1. In the story “Oranges and Sweet Sister Boy” by Judy Ruiz, the main character is the sister of a man who is deciding to change his gender. The purpose of Judy’s story is her way of trying to cope with her brother’s change. She has spent her whole life knowing him as her brother and now has to adapt to the sudden change that she now has a sister instead. An example, “The cigarette stays a cigarette. I light it. I ask my brother to run that stuff by me again,” (2) is her way of trying to comprehend what he is saying. Judy uses the cigarette as a way to make sure that she is not dreaming and that it truly is the reality of her brother becoming her sister. She is trying to get the idea to the reader just how hard it is for not only the transgender
