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Snow By Julia Álvarez Analysis

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In the short story "Snow" by: Julia Álvarez Yolanda was moving into a small apartment in New York and had to learn English and keep on practicing. She went to a catholic school, where they have nuns there. And Russian missiles were being assembled, which started to freak everyone out during that time. Yolanda worried that there was a bomb coming towards her school but it just ended up being snow, explained Sister Zoe. In the short story snow by Julia Alverez teaches the readers that a person has to always look around their surroundings because a person may never know what could happen. In the beginning of the story, Yolanda demonstrates that a person has to be aware of their surroundings always. Sister Zoe is a very attentive character …show more content…

President Kennedy, looking worried too, was on the television at home, explaining "we might have to go to war against the Communists” Álvarez page 1 ).Clearly it shows that People are worried about this situation. In addition the catholic school were speculating what the missiles could look like or do to their school and people in New York. Sister Zoe explained to the class what the missile will do to them.” Yolanda Says.” (“Sister Zoe explained how it would happen.) (“She drew a picture of a mushroom on the blackboard and dotted a flurry of chalk marks for the dusty fallout that would kill us all.”) (Álvarez page 1.) Obviously it shows that Sister Zoe knows what the missile looks like and is describing it to her students to warn them if they see the …show more content…

Yolanda class has been talking about the missiles from Russia for quite some time now. And she speculates that there are bombs coming towards where she is at, so she gets up and starts yelling bombs. But it just ended up being snow at that time. Yolanda( I shrieked, "Bomb! Bomb!) (“I shrieked, "Bomb! Bomb!" Sister Zoe jerked around, her full black skirt ballooning as she hurried to my side. A few girls began to cry. But then Sister Zoe's shocked look faded. "Why, Yolanda dear, that's snow!" She laughed. "Snow.") Álvarez page 2 This shows that Yolanda is speculating that the missile is coming towards the city because she rushed to

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