Woman in Front of the Sun: On Becoming a Writer by Judith Ortiz Cofer
Essay: "A Prayer, a Candle, and a Notebook"
Memoir Question 4 A,B,C
Memoir Question 4 A,B,C
A. In this essay, Cofer recalled the issues between her parents. Cofer explains how her memories of her parents have impacted her, whether for the good, or for the bad. This whole essay was mainly about people, her parents.
B. Cofer had two different relationships between her father and mother. Cofer's father dies and she feels like there were things left undone that both had wished to do. This motivated her to finish what he never got to even start. Cofer's mother was a woman of many rituals and habits that even Cofer picked up now and then. Such as, lighting colored candles before falling asleep.
C. The relationship between Cofer and her father had a very solid relationship throughout the text. For example, "His only luxury was our education, my brother's and mine. He invested in us. He bought us books and paid our tuition at private Catholic schools when we could not afford to buy a house. All her father wanted was to give them the opportunities he never got as a child. Also, her father wanted to give her a future to look forward to, instead of doing the same customs back in their country. He explains, "Our life is here [United States]. Our family has a future here. There [Puerto Rico] our daughter would just be another girl waiting to get married. She would just end up a slave to some ignorant man." Cofer knew her father made the right decisions.
The relationship between Cofer and her mother was revealed through many instances. Cofer knew her mother was a housewife so their relationship was based off habits. For example, "At least twice a week, she walked the five blocks to the nearest Catholic Church to attend mas. I accompanied her only on Sunday's." This was something that she and her mother liked doing together. Not only was their relationship based off habits, but on hobbies as well. She exlplains, "She [her mother] read one Corin Tellado (the Spanish-language Danielle Steele of her time) romance novel a week....My mother liked to discuss these cuentos de amor with me, and we sometimes dramatized the characters, reading aloud to each other as if we were acting in a soap opera." Even if her mother was away, she kept these memories deep down in her mind for whenever she wanted.
B. Cofer had two different relationships between her father and mother. Cofer's father dies and she feels like there were things left undone that both had wished to do. This motivated her to finish what he never got to even start. Cofer's mother was a woman of many rituals and habits that even Cofer picked up now and then. Such as, lighting colored candles before falling asleep.
C. The relationship between Cofer and her father had a very solid relationship throughout the text. For example, "His only luxury was our education, my brother's and mine. He invested in us. He bought us books and paid our tuition at private Catholic schools when we could not afford to buy a house. All her father wanted was to give them the opportunities he never got as a child. Also, her father wanted to give her a future to look forward to, instead of doing the same customs back in their country. He explains, "Our life is here [United States]. Our family has a future here. There [Puerto Rico] our daughter would just be another girl waiting to get married. She would just end up a slave to some ignorant man." Cofer knew her father made the right decisions.
The relationship between Cofer and her mother was revealed through many instances. Cofer knew her mother was a housewife so their relationship was based off habits. For example, "At least twice a week, she walked the five blocks to the nearest Catholic Church to attend mas. I accompanied her only on Sunday's." This was something that she and her mother liked doing together. Not only was their relationship based off habits, but on hobbies as well. She exlplains, "She [her mother] read one Corin Tellado (the Spanish-language Danielle Steele of her time) romance novel a week....My mother liked to discuss these cuentos de amor with me, and we sometimes dramatized the characters, reading aloud to each other as if we were acting in a soap opera." Even if her mother was away, she kept these memories deep down in her mind for whenever she wanted.
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