Julia Alvarez has captured the hearts and minds of her readers through a clear poetic language that appeals to anyone who has contact with her works. Having experienced an early childhood experience in the Dominican Republic, Alvarez had to feel a cultural adjustment from age ten when she was brought back to America where was her place of birth. This transformation considerably shaped her perception of the world.
"Julia Alvarez’s philosophy of poetry is that she made her personal experiences the core of her creative endeavors in poetry" (Sirius, 2001). She grew up to be aware the kind of life she experienced was what other Latinos were undergoing. She also learns poetry as “a resting place for the soul… and …a world teeming with discoveries and luminous little ah-ha! Moments.”
I admire Julia Alvarez’s writing style because it is surprisingly innovative. For instance, the tale about 'Mirabal sisters' is a true story that is based on real events that happened in the Dominican. However, Alvarez recreates this story as fiction literature with a unique flavor. The actual events only have three sisters involved but once the author heard about them, she reinvented the plot to have herself as one of the sisters, and she …show more content…
However, Alvarez’s experimentation with plot and points of view in her works of fiction often becomes problematic to grasp for some readers. For example, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents' (Alvarez, 1991) seems like a collection of related episodes wrought together instead of a novel with a narrative-style plot. Alvarez’s handling of narration in her stories also proves challenging because of her use of multiple points of views in titles such as In the Name of the Butterflies (Alvarez, 2010) and How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents. These excessive shifts occasionally overwhelm readers who are not accustomed to her style of
"Julia Alvarez’s philosophy of poetry is that she made her personal experiences the core of her creative endeavors in poetry" (Sirius, 2001). She grew up to be aware the kind of life she experienced was what other Latinos were undergoing. She also learns poetry as “a resting place for the soul… and …a world teeming with discoveries and luminous little ah-ha! Moments.”
I admire Julia Alvarez’s writing style because it is surprisingly innovative. For instance, the tale about 'Mirabal sisters' is a true story that is based on real events that happened in the Dominican. However, Alvarez recreates this story as fiction literature with a unique flavor. The actual events only have three sisters involved but once the author heard about them, she reinvented the plot to have herself as one of the sisters, and she …show more content…
However, Alvarez’s experimentation with plot and points of view in her works of fiction often becomes problematic to grasp for some readers. For example, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents' (Alvarez, 1991) seems like a collection of related episodes wrought together instead of a novel with a narrative-style plot. Alvarez’s handling of narration in her stories also proves challenging because of her use of multiple points of views in titles such as In the Name of the Butterflies (Alvarez, 2010) and How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents. These excessive shifts occasionally overwhelm readers who are not accustomed to her style of