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Individualism In Sandra Cisneros Straw Into Gold

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American literature is chocked full of values about the idea of individualism, where a person has the capacity to retain self identity, the notion that we are made up of many migrants, and messages that have a vocal outcry that equality isn’t always present in our country. Sandra Cisneros draw numerous values from American literature when growing up and, contains values that we learned in class. Classification of her work could possibly align under more traditional works, as she doesn’t break the mold against society normals with that of a modernist to postmodernist view. Perhaps a realist label classification would be appropriate.
Formerly, In “Straw into Gold” the themes that were present was the discomfort of her fellow “Latino Host” expecting her to make tortillas from scratch. As a result she begins to cascade into a “stream of consciousness” and …show more content…

This is a strong theme in some works such as "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" by Katherine Anne Porter. Random thoughts would bring flashbacks to another idea and would continue. In “Straw into Gold”, there is evidence of strong individualism. Cisneros believes in a strong female identity and shows it through her stories. Growing up in a house of six boys in addition, to being the only girl led to far greater progression as needing less reliance on siblings. As a result, it left her time to be alone much like some of the earlier philosophies where reflectance was needed. Possible influence that was subconsciously enacted on her as she was often the “outsider”. She emphasized the importance of all her accomplishments. “I’ve gone to a prestigious

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