Sofia In Voila Canales 'Taco Head'

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Sofia, the protagonist of the story "Taco Head" by Voila Canales, is a person to be proud of because she is a smart girl, she is respectful; above all because she is friendly. Sofia is a person to be proud of because she is a smart girl. On page number three lines 87 to 88 Viola Canales, the author, wrote "And that year I beat that girl on classes even in soccer." This is showing that Sofia is a smart person because getting good grades is something good. Is something good because if people see that Sofia is getting good grades they will think better of her, and if people think better of her she will got a really good job just because of some good grades that she got.
Another example is when coach Clerk told Sofia that she can be the girl

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