Character Analysis In Volar In the story “Volar” by Judith Ortiz a little girl from an immigrant family that lives in a tired apartment with her father and mother who she finds interest in comic books and has dreams of becoming a superhero. She sees herself as a blonde with multiple powers messing with her landlord. The little girl dreams of transforming into this superhero because she feels like she is in need of an escape and feels that she needs control for the unhappy environment that she is in. Some might ask why the little girl feels the way she does, why she feels ugly, why she feels that she needs this perfect life, is it social media? Is it her parents? Is she being bullied at school? Do her parents not show her a
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Walking into the kitchen the mother shouts in Spanish that she wishes that she could fly. The mother and daughter desire the same thing, as the daughter dreams about being able to fly and be free and the mother wishes to be able to fly away from her problems that she has at home. The daughter dreams about all these fantasies and living the American dreams as her way of getting away from her problems at home. She and her mother dream of living The American Dream which in “James Truslow Adams, in his book The Epic of America, which was written in 1931, stated that the American dream is "that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.” When many people think of The American Dream they see a family with two to three kids, this nice house, one or two cars, this father as a business man, mother working hard as well or even being this stay at home mother doing household chores for the family with great neighbors who all enjoy having cookouts and going on vacation every summer. The little girl would feel very accomplished and satisfied if she were to make this dream a priority and accomplishing it. It's very hard for her the little girl to become something better than her parents because of the life in which they live. The father moved both the wife and daughter to America for much more freedom and a better life but nothing seems
Walking into the kitchen the mother shouts in Spanish that she wishes that she could fly. The mother and daughter desire the same thing, as the daughter dreams about being able to fly and be free and the mother wishes to be able to fly away from her problems that she has at home. The daughter dreams about all these fantasies and living the American dreams as her way of getting away from her problems at home. She and her mother dream of living The American Dream which in “James Truslow Adams, in his book The Epic of America, which was written in 1931, stated that the American dream is "that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.” When many people think of The American Dream they see a family with two to three kids, this nice house, one or two cars, this father as a business man, mother working hard as well or even being this stay at home mother doing household chores for the family with great neighbors who all enjoy having cookouts and going on vacation every summer. The little girl would feel very accomplished and satisfied if she were to make this dream a priority and accomplishing it. It's very hard for her the little girl to become something better than her parents because of the life in which they live. The father moved both the wife and daughter to America for much more freedom and a better life but nothing seems