En boca cerrada no entran moscas. "Flies don't enter a closed mouth" is one of the sayings that Gloria mentioned in this essay. I found this story very hard to read and it hardly kept my attention. I felt like the story would have been more effective and enjoyable if she had clarified what more of the Spanish words meant. Because of this I had to look up alot of words. Here are some of the ones I looked up.
1.Bracero- A Mexican laborer admitted legally into the U.S. for a short period to perform seasonal, usually agricultural, labor.
2. Corrido- A Mexican ballad or folk song about the struggle against oppression and injustice
3. Mestizas- A woman of mixed racial ancestry, especially of mixed European and Native American ancestry.
4. Pocho- An Americanized Mexican.
1 comment:
Good post, Dora.
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