So where are you from, judy? ”
“new york,” i told my classmates. after all, i had been b...
So where are you from, judy? ”
“new york,” i told my classmates. after all, i had been born blocks away at columbia presbyterian hospital.
“i mean, originally.”
“from the caribbean,” i answered vaguely, for if i specified, no one was quite sure what continent our island was located.
“really? i’ve been to bermuda. we went last april for spring vacation. i got the worst sunburn! so, are you from portoriko? ”
“no,” i shook my head. “from the dominican republic.”
“where’s that? ”
what evidence from the passage best supports the inference that the teenaged alvarez just wants to fit into american culture?
“new york,” i told my classmates. after all, i had been born blocks away at columbia presbyterian hospital.
“from the caribbean,” i answered vaguely, for if i specified, no one was quite sure what continent our island was located.
“no,” i shook my head. “from the dominican republic.”
they were just being curious, i knew, but i burned with shame whenever they singled me out as a “foreigner,” a rare, exotic friend.
“south of bermuda.”
they were just being curious, i knew, but i burned with shame whenever they singled me out as a “foreigner,” a rare, exotic friend.
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