If a person does not find who they are they can be confused and lost for life. ... Why is this person confused or lost? ... While thinking of research only one book came to my mind that would show the exact opposite, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents. ... In the Field Guide to Parenting it states,Stereotypes promote the false idea that boys and girls have different and predictable behavior and feelings based on their gender.? ... Many teens do not receive this guidance and become confused and lost. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In Alvarez's novel, "How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents," her chapter on The Blood of the Conquistadors, tells the story of how her family had to withstand a great deal of controversy when two SIM police officers showed up at her house looking for her father. At one point in the book, one of the little girls asks why her father had to put locks on the door. ... The man showed the little girl his gun which demonstrated that he could've murdered her father if the door wasn't locked. ... Alvarez noted that this was the only way for one to get their cédula (identificatio...

• Word Count: 1913
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate