1. The Life and Literature Work of Julia Alvarez
Her love of language and need to understand it has molded her life as an English professor and acclaimed author (Contemporary 1). ... Alvarez speaks of her cleaning poetry, claiming, "I was using the material of my housebound girl life to claim my woman's legacy (Homecoming 119)." ... For the majority of her life, it has been the love of her native Spanish that has created a divide deep within her disillusioned self. ... Another believes that Alvarez's characters are "of an oral tradition, and even though they have moved onto a writing stage, the power of the voice is what carries...
- Word Count: 2799
- Approx Pages: 11
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School