Ja`mel Garcia In this story by Esmeralda Santiago titled “when i was puerto rican” one characteristic of the story i enjoyed was that the language of the text is very familiar words such as Brooklyn Puerto rican the tone of the text is very familiar to most readers and they don’t have a hard time trying to understand the text. She also helps you understand her feeling at the time of the story such as fear when she says “everyday i walked home from school repeating those words im not afraid im not afraid” this helps the reader understand how she feels at the moment. als o this text is very detailed the writer of the text really gives the reader a clear idea of what she means and how she mean it in the text this helps other reader understand