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Name: Judith Ortiz Cofer
Background: Her narrative self is strongly influenced by oral storytelling, which was inspired by her grandmother, an able storyteller in the tradition of teaching through storytelling among Puerto Rican women.
Interesting facts: her works of creative nonfiction, she had one child,
Setting: airport, house, church
Key Details: constancia wants to go somewhere with her friend but her dad tells her that she has to take her grandma to church first
Beginning: Constancia and her mom go to the airport to pick up her grandma
Middle: Constancia leaves her grandma in the middle of the church lost and not knowing how to get back to her seat
End: Constancia regrets what she did when her grandma tells her mom and sees her mom crying
Characters: Abuela,constancia,mom,dad
Notes: don´t make people feel worthless because than one day they could do the same to you.
The author believes that don't make people feel worthless.
Then Abuela points her finger at me like a judge passing a sentence on a criminal. She says in Spanish, “You made me feel like a zero, like a nothing.” Then she goes to her room. I try to explain what happened. “I don’t understand why she’s so upset. She just got lost and wandered around for a while,” I tell them. But it sounds lame, even to my own ears. My mother gives me a look that makes me cringe and goes in to Abuela’s room to get her version of the story. She comes out with tears in her eyes.
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