Summary Of My Beloved World By Sonia Sotomayor

At the beginning of “Chapter 7, “My Beloved World, Sonia Sotomayor writes, “The vague shame overhanging my father’s alcoholism silenced any conversation among the adults that might have caused me to question what I thought” (64). Sotomayor's father, Juli, had the biggest transformation in his life from being the smartest and cleverest to turning into an alcoholic. On the other hand, Sotomayor’s mother, Celina, had a good transformation, from being poor and living in poverty to getting married and having children as well as becoming a nurse. Celina and Juli had a supportive and unsupportive relationship. Juli was very loving and caring of Celina. In My Beloved World, Sotomayor writes, “On her birthday, she went into the bedroom, and there on the bed was a new dress, the skirt spread wide, with roses scattered around it” (77). Juli was very clever. He could do math calculations in his head. He received a scholarship to go to college, but his mother could …show more content…
Juli loved Celina, and he did everything he could to keep her happy. Juli was very creative, and in his heart, he was an artist. When his father became sick with tuberculosis, he had to help support the family. Juli started drinking, that's when it all started falling apart. Juli cared about his children, but he didn’t stop drinking. Celina and Juli did not have the right communication between them. In “Let the colors run,” article by Ron Suskind, there is a quote he provides, a quote from a student’s poem that relates to Celina, “Yet, I can no longer glory in this beautiful rainbow” (31). Celina’s life was going really good until Juli made a bad decision about drinking, resulting in his passing away early in life. The two of them had their ups and downs in their relationship. At the end, Celina was the one who had the roughest time. Celina had to take care of and raise two children. She felt lonely and was now a