The World In Half Analysis

During this quarter we have cover various themes throughout all the reading we were assign. The last novel we had to read was The World in Half by Cristina Henríquez and what made this book so different and unique from the others was it’s location, Panama. The others novels and stories we read were about immigrants from Mexico, Cuba and Puerto Rico, which are the most popular Latino community. Other Spanish speaking countries don 't get much recognition in the United States, especially Central America. Most americans can’t distinguish all of the Spanish-speaking countries, so they put all of us in the same box. Novels similar to The World in Half contribute to a more diverse representation of U. S. Latinos since, Americans know very little …show more content…
This wasn 't the case in all the novels for example, in The House on Mango Street Esperanza, the main character, was embarrass of her roots, to a point that she didn 't even like her name. An important theme that was widely presented in The House on Mango Street was the machismo mindset and the reader saw how these mindset tied Esperanza down and made her feel powerless and how it made other woman in the novel had a fear of their fathers, husbands or strangers. In The World in Half that wasn 't a common theme, Miraflores was able to get a great education and never mention any sexism. A similarity that Esperanza and Miraflores had is their promise of returning back to their home. Esperanza promise to return to help woman in her community that are stuck and Miraflores return to Chicago for her mother and even dropped out of college to take care of …show more content…
The biggest similarity between us is how she flew to Panama without knowing what she would come face to face with and I flew to Chicago to study at DePaul alone and not knowing what was going to happen to me. Another way I related to Miraflores was how nervous and insecure she was when speaking Spanish, even though she knew it since she was a little girl. Similarities like this made the book even more special to me and easily to connect. Besides finding similarities with my experiences, this novel also discuss issues and themes that we have talk during class and during Common Hour such as a sense of belonging, involvement, diversity and social justice. In the novel we see Miraflores determine to get involve in her family past to find the truth and at the same time discovering herself and Panama. We also, saw how social justice works there, Panamanians go to the streets and protest, not caring how dangerous it can be. The novel also, discusses Education and Career Planing, which is the majority of my classmates related to. In the novel Miraflores talks to the Dean to discuss scholarships and financial aid, which is a very common topic for every college students. These were some of the many topics that the novel discussed that were also in our Common Hour class. The World in Half was a splendid novel that cover various topics in a clear and effective