Every individual is a product of the experiences and opportunities handed to them, and nowadays it is a universally held belief that every person is deserving of the right to achieve greatness. However, Judith Ortiz Cofer shows how some people are constrained by other people’s pre-conceived notions, and are unfairly limited in their ability to achieve greatness. Ortiz Cofer is a Puerto Rican born professor at the University of Georgia and in her piece “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria” she makes an effort to replace these stereotypes of Latina women with a more accurate depiction. She adopts an agitated tone while sharing her testimony as an immigrant to convey to her readers that these stereotypes are bothersome and
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Her reaction to his performance shows her true opinions on his performance, and discloses to the reader that this kind of behavior is abusive and unacceptable. She trivializes the experience by saying she “was not quite as amused” as other onlookers. She was insulted by this man’s disrespect, and is able to convey these feelings to the reader, resulting in a mental call to action. Considering most people have been insulted in their life time, it should be easy for the reader to understand what Ortiz Cofer felt in that situation and to not only sympathize, but to then be called to prevent a similar action from happening around …show more content…
She writes about the incident later, saying that if she was a white woman, the man would have thought that she could be “somebody who might take offense”. She responds with a frustrated and semi sarcastic tone that strikes an emotional chord within her readers. She makes it seem as if many believe that Latina women are somehow inferior to others and don’t deserve the same treatment as other people. Naturally the reader’s sense of decency should kick in and impel the reader to not only negatively view the man’s actions, but to side with Ortiz Cofer, and thus the rest of the arguments she
Her reaction to his performance shows her true opinions on his performance, and discloses to the reader that this kind of behavior is abusive and unacceptable. She trivializes the experience by saying she “was not quite as amused” as other onlookers. She was insulted by this man’s disrespect, and is able to convey these feelings to the reader, resulting in a mental call to action. Considering most people have been insulted in their life time, it should be easy for the reader to understand what Ortiz Cofer felt in that situation and to not only sympathize, but to then be called to prevent a similar action from happening around …show more content…
She writes about the incident later, saying that if she was a white woman, the man would have thought that she could be “somebody who might take offense”. She responds with a frustrated and semi sarcastic tone that strikes an emotional chord within her readers. She makes it seem as if many believe that Latina women are somehow inferior to others and don’t deserve the same treatment as other people. Naturally the reader’s sense of decency should kick in and impel the reader to not only negatively view the man’s actions, but to side with Ortiz Cofer, and thus the rest of the arguments she