Read the passages from "A Smart Cookie" by Sandra Cisneros and "An Hour with Abuelo" by Judith Ortiz
Cofer.
The passages provide evidence to support the
conclusion that
I could've been somebody, you know? my mother says
and sighs. She has lived in this city her whole life. She
can speak two languages. She can sing an opera. She
knows how to fix a TV. But she doesn't know which
subway train to take to get downtown.
When I came back to the island, things had changed.
You had to have a college degree to teach school. ...I
became a farmer. I married a good woman who gave
me many good children. I taught them all how to read
and write before they started school.
Esperanza's mother is happier about the
consequences of her choices than Arturo's abuelo is.
Arturo's abuelo is happier about the consequences
of his choices than Esperanza's mother is.
Esperanza's mother and Arturo's abuelo are both
happy about the consequences of their choices.
Esperanza's mother and Arturo's abuelo are both
unhappy about the consequences of their choices.
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