Abuela By Arthur Dorros Essay

Abuela, is the Latin children’s book that I chose that possess representations of latin literature. Author Arthur Dorros writes a story about a nameless little girl and her nameless Grandmother (Abuela) that travel the world together while the Grandmother is showing her the past places she has been to. The story begins when these two get on a bus to go take a walk in the park. They come across birds, in which, they begin to feed them with bread. In the next moment, the little girl envisions on what would happen if the birds would pick her and her Grandmother. A series of events starts to happen that include flying over communities, seeing citizens on ground level, checking out harbors, and visiting the statue of liberty. When their adventure is finally over, the little girl’s Grandmother wants to get on a boat to go to another adventure. …show more content…
According to Rosalinda B. Barrera and Ruth E. Quiroa, “"literary bilingualism," a phenomenon distinct from societal bilingualism… “Literary bilingual techniques, like the use of a secondary dialect in English-language literature (Holton, 1984), need only suggest social reality, not reproduce it exactly, even in realist prose” (249). When authors like Dorros present their vision in their story books, they are presenting their cultural authenticity. When the little girl and her Grandmother get on the bus, the Grandmother is always speaking Spanish. She even informs her grandchild that she speaks Spanish for the reason that she grew up in a Spanish speaking community. Dorros is showing social reality of the Grandmother on speaking her native language while living in a country where English is the native language. The next cultural point is when they travel to the Grandmother’s native land and they see people loading and unloading