Multicultural Literature Poisoned Story - 2532 Words

Latino culture, specifically Puerto-Rican culture has changed through the course of history. Puerto Rico has witnessed a fusion of races and cultures spanning over many years, starting in 1898, after the Spanish-American war. Ultimately, Puerto Rico was annexed to the United States, the Puerto Rican people made United States citizens with limited restrictions and granted commonwealth status. The changes made during those eras did not come without consequences to the Puerto Rican culture. In Poisoned Story, author Rosario Ferre depicts the political and economic changing norms and tensions between the social classes of the Puerto Ricans culture. In Ferres story Poisoned Story several major themes are prevalent through the story:†¦show more content†¦Rosaura was the daughter of a once wealthy sugar cane plantation owner named Don Lorenzo. It can be assumed that Rosaura was fairly young at the onset of this story, but old enough to read and attend school. Her mother had recentl y died (reason is not specified) and her father quickly remarried to Rosa. This young girl loved to read books in a dense overgrowth of crimson bougainvillea vines (p.1). It should be noted that the color of crimson and red are repetitively used to describe associations with Rosaura. The red association is first in the flower on vine, then in the bloodlike guava compote which gets spilled on Rosas dress. The story represents Rosaura as an educated daughter, a part of the aristocracy who was described to possess the ability to read in a country where the illiteracy rate was very high. It can be assumed through Puerto Rican history and through the narrative description in the story, that unless you were of the wealthy class, education was not an option: ...she was forced to leave school because of his poor business deals (p.9). The literacy rate was very poor in Puerto Rico which was a farming country. The characters that were literate in the Poisoned Story also represent the idea of who usually writes history, which is the literate, or the rich. The structure of the story is centered on the narrative theme of the concept poisoned story. TheShow MoreRelatedEssay on Silent Spring - Rachel Carson30092 Words   |  121 PagesRelated Web Sites.  © 1994-2005, by Walton Beacham. The following sections, if they exist, are offprint from Beachams Guide to Literature for Young Adults: About the Author, Overview, Setting, Literary Qualities, Social Sensitivity, Topics for Discussion, Ideas for Reports and Papers.  © 1994-2005, by Walton Beacham. All other sections in this Literature Study Guide are owned and copywritten by BookRags, Inc. No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced orRead MoreSda Manual Essay101191 Words   |  405 PagesFunds ................................................................ Funds of Auxiliary Organizations ............................................. Safeguarding the Purpose of Funds ......................................... Money for Personal Literature Orders ......... ........................... Proper Method for Payment of Money by Members ................ Receipts to Church Members ................................................... Proper Method of Remitting Funds to the Conference/ Mission/FieldRead MoreOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 Pagesby Susan Porter Benson, Stephen Brier, and Roy Rosenzweig Also in this series: Paula Hamilton and Linda Shopes, eds., Oral History and Public Memories Tiffany Ruby Patterson, Zora Neale Hurston and a History of Southern Life Lisa M. Fine, The Story of Reo Joe: Work, Kin, and Community in Autotown, U.S.A. Van Gosse and Richard Moser, eds., The World the Sixties Made: Politics and Culture in Recent America Joanne Meyerowitz, ed., History and September 11th John McMillian and Paul Buhle, eds