Yoyo- why is that so funny?

Yay! We finished the second paper clip, now we are one to the next one, lol.

The second half of the book seemed to go by really fast. This happened because I did not focus a lot about the structure of the book, but the context.

This half has many back and fourths about the Dominican Republic, the Island, and America. For example, when Fifi went to the motel with Manuel, her mother knew about it and sent her back to America. The reason why she sent her back was because of gruesome, uncivilized acts, and did not want to ruin her reputation. During these times, many people categorized people based on their children. They more pay or occupation the children have establishes the parent’s status. This is why the parents are always strict on their children, well in my perspective...

This is also common in my family as well. I hear many conversations about his or her child attending college with a full ride scholarship, one with a PhD, and another who is a pharmacist, doctor, engineer, biologist, the list goes on and on.

In the Trespass, the third to last vignette, there were many scenes in which, Carla did not appreciate her accent and her language barrier. For example, the scene when the man in the car was half naked, and was asked to get in the car. When she got home, she told her mom about the incident and she called the police. When the police wanted to talk to her, she did not know how to explain the event in English nor Spanish, which prevented her to explain her scene. As a result, something that prevents to do something really important establishes confusion and discomfort.

In my experience, many of my family members are also impacted with a language barrier- English. Although they have lived in America for a long time, it is still a challenge in their everyday lives. This is why I believe many parents want their children to be born or raised in America- to not have a challenge similar to theirs. This is way we should always thank our parents. Our lovely, lovely parents…