Judith Ortiz Cofer

Myth Of Latin Woman” , Judith Ortiz Cofer talks about her life in America as a Puerto Rican immigrant. She talks about how people stereotyped her how different American culture was different from Puerto Rican culture and about how she want to fit in, but couldn’t because of different culture and traditions. For example, “It quickly became obvious that to the puerto Rican girls “dressing up” meant wearing their mother’s ornate jewelry and clothing, more appropriate (qtd in Cofer page 443). It…

There are similarities and differences in how the authors of “American History” and “TV Coverage of JFK’s Death Forged Mediums’ Role” use Kennedy’s assassination in their writing. While the short story & the news article had some similarities in how the authors used Kennedy’s assassination, both had different effects on readers, and both writers had different purposes for their writing. There are similarities in the “TV coverage of JFK’s Death” and “American History”. The Similarities in these…

Judith Ortiz Cofer was an amazing American writer, though she was originally from Puerto Rica. Cofer was an award winning author with a wide range of writings styles. She was best known for writing short stories, poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and essays. In one of Cofer’s essays More Room, she writes of memories of her childhood where she spent them at her grandmas house in Puerto Rico, known in the essay as Mamá. In this essay you read how her Mamá and that house were so connected, and how…

to face criticism merely for being a person of color in a white world. When Judith Ortiz Cofer, a Puerto Rican writer and poet, was mistaken for a waitress, rather than a professional in a restaurant in which she was reading her poetry, she reflected that “it reminded me of what I had to overcome before anyone would take me seriously” (108). In this essay, “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria”, Cofer illustrates the American Latina stereotype of a “whore, domestic, or…

Throughout life human beings are faced with culture and gender roles on a day to day basis. We see it on TV, in magazines, newspapers, books, at work, or even at home. We use these messages to understand gender roles and how to function within society. The implementing of gender roles in cultures begins from birth or early adolescence. From birth we learn about the expectations of being male or female and what it means to be male or female. For example, girls play with dolls while boys play with…

How we see the theme, Life and Death and Innocence and Experience Some life come or leave this world in everyday. But have we ever think of life and death? I did not think of it until I read two pieces of story, “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin and “Death Knock” by Woody Allen. This two pieces gives me some ideas about life and death, which helps me have a deeply reflection on it. In “The Story of an Hour”, the main character Mrs. Mallard delivers me a new perspective on how we see on life…

In the reading “American History”, by “Judith Ortiz Cofer” the quote on page one,"Hey, Skinny Bones, pump it, girl. Ain't you got no energy today?" Gail, the biggest of the black girls who had the other end of the rope, yelled, "Didn't you eat your rice and beans and pork chops for breakfast today…

shown through on many occasions. Out of the values, three constant ones that were clear as day were kindness, loyalty, and selflessness. The stories that will be used are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, Abuela Invents the Zero by Judith Ortiz Cofer, and Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. All these stories have an undertone that anyone can learn from. Values others can use affect anyone or everyone. All people contribute to an ever-growing world, and others actions can impact the…