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What is your overall opinion of this passage and its free-verse structure? In 50 to 100 words, explain your position using evidence from the passage from Under the Mesquite.
seƱorita
Mami said life would change
after I turned fifteen,
when I became a seƱorita.
But seƱorita means different things
to different people.
For my friends Mireya and Sarita,
who turned fifteen last summer,
seƱorita means wearing lipstick,
which when I put it on
is sticky and messy,
like strawberry jam on my lips.
For Mami, seƱorita means
making me try on high-heeled shoes
two inches high
and meant to break my neck.
For Mamiās sisters, my tĆas
Maritza and BelƩn, who live in Mexico,
seƱorita means measuring me,
turning me this way and that
as they fit me for the floral dresses
they cheerfully stitch together
on their sewing machines.
For the aunts, seƱorita also means
insisting I wear pantyhose,
the cruel invention that makes
my thick, trunk-like thighs
into bulging sausages.
When my tĆas are done dressing me up
like a big Mexican Barbie doll,
I look at myself in the mirror.
Mami stands behind me
as I pull at the starched
flowered fabric and argue
with Mamiās reflection.
āWhy do I have to wear this stuff?
This is your style, not mine!
I like jeans and tennis shoes.
Why canāt I just dress
like a normal teenager?
En los Estados Unidos, girls
donāt dress up like muƱecas.ā
āSeƱoritas donāt talk back
to their mothers,ā Mami warns.
When my aunts arenāt looking,
she gives me a tiny pinch,
like a bee sting on the inside
of my upper arm. āSeƱoritas know
when to be quiet and let their
elders make the decisions.ā
For my father, seƱorita means
he has to be a guard dog
when boys are around.
According to my parents,
I wonāt be allowed to date
until I graduate from high school.
Thatās fine with me.
I have better things to do than think about boysā
like prepare for my future.
I want to be the first one in our family
to earn a college degree.
For my sisters, seƱorita means
having someone to worship:
it is the wonder of
seeing their oldest sister
looking like Cinderella
on her way to the ball.
But for me, seƱorita means
melancolĆa: settling into sadness.
It is the end of wild laughter.
The end of chewing bubble gum
and giggling over nothing
with my friends at the movies, our feet up
on the backs of the theater seats.
SeƱorita is very boring
when we go to a fancy restaurant
decorated with Christmas lights
for the upcoming Posadas.
We sit properly, Papi, Mami,
and I, quietly celebrating
my fifteenth birthday
with due etiquette because
Iām trying my best
to be a good daughter and accept
the clipping of my wings,
the taming of my heart.
Being a seƱorita
is not as much fun
as Iād expected it to be.
It means composure and dignity.
SeƱorita is a niƱa,
the girl I used to be,
who has lost her voice.
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