Ortiz Cofer's real life influence the story An Hour With Abuelo, saying what really happen in her life and then putting it in to poetry. And she writes about sad things just like abuelo. Also, how she lived in Puerto Rico. And some of her life did not go as plan like abuelo. Like how his life did not go as plan when he wanted to be a teacher and then he had to be part of the war. And her dad was in the military to just like when abuelo when he had to go. Also, he had to move from Puerto Rico. And as a child she loved to learn and she loved her faimly and her
