Blog Post -Jeffrey P

Gloria's writing has a very unique style that sets her apart from most writers, as well as mirror her own identity and experiences. Coming from a different culture and being forced very harshly to assimilate to American culture has had a very negative impact on her. This can be seen as her writing style switches back and forth from English to Spanish, with many of her bad memories are explained with English. While many of the Spanish sections were tough to understand, I really love Gloria's style because I think she is using it to intentionally reflect her role in society. As she writes, she switches back and forth between English and Spanish, much like she had to switch her identity growing up depending on the setting she was in. Her style definitely made me feel for her, because she is obviously very loving of her personal culture and feels like it has been violently ripped away from her, and she has been torn between sticking to her origins and assimilating to America, which shows itself very uniquely in her style.