Julia Alvarez
Journal Entry #4
pg. 88-116
Five Comments
1. Yolanda at some point in her life was de wild out of all her sisters
2. Yolanda didn't have any serious relationships when she was in high school
3. Yolanda was smart because she didn't engage in sexual relationships with a boy just to keep their interest
4. When Yolanda was in college she had her first serious relationship with Rudy
5. Yolanda went to college and graduate school
Four Questions
1. What did her father think when Yolanda was getting all those calls from boys?
2. Why would she write the sonnet for Rudy?
3. Why was she ashamed of her immigrant origins?
4. Why did Rudy's parents talk to Yolanda like if she was stupid?
Three Words
1. Logistics- the planning, implementation, and coordination of a business or other operation (pg.88)
2. Proverbially- expressed in a proverb (pg. 89)
3. Barony- the estate of a baron (pg. 88)
Two Literary Techniques
1. Personification- "This guy I had sworn never to talk to after he ha embarrassed me in class, but my politeness-training ran on automatic" (Alvarez 90)
2. Metaphor- "How his hand had touched the small of my back to steer me through the crowd of rowdy frat guys in the dining room" (Alvarez 91)
One Summary Sentence
1. Yolanda talks about her experience in college and her relationship with Rudy.
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