Why I Am A Writer Pat Mra Analysis

I read the article in the book Vision Across the Americas: Short Essays for Composition the seventh edition. In the article Why I Am a Writer, the author Pat Mora explains one of the most important reasons why she has chosen to be a writer. It is very surprising that her main point is to help Hispanics in the right place in American society and literature. The fact is that Hispanics are defined not as beautiful and rich as normal people. In addition, this prejudice is broadcast by mediums so widely that everyone thinks so. In a result, Hispanics are too feared to reveal their Hispanics identities, otherwise, they would be isolated in society. However,in fact Hispanics are nothing different from others. For instance, they they all have common things like normal bodies and feelings. Since she was a little girl, Mora has wondered why everyone thinks that Hispanics are different. She has found the reason. That is, the …show more content…
Affirmative actions are made to help those who are seen inferior, like women or the black. They do not have any advantages to find their jobs with the competition with the white men. Similarly, Hispanics have to face insults because their identities would bring them trouble. However, after the call for affirmative action, women and the black have opportunities to work at the same position. Similarly, after those Hispanic writers’ efforts, the culture of Hispanic seems to be famous, although their economy is not as well as developed countries. That is, Pat is one of those writers who managed to make culture lives of Hispanics more coherent. Although being stronger in literature is only one way to catch up with other countries, this action does make the statues of Hispanics better, which thanks to authors like Pat. Thanks for standing out to make her own voices. Therefore, she has made a possibility that people would like to change their ideas which are believed for a long period of