[SOLVED] George Washington Gomez
For this Forum, respond to the following questions in at least 8 sentences each. Having 8 sentences DOES not guarantee full credit. Full credit will be given to engaged and complete responses. For each response, you should refer to at least one quote from the excerpt. Quotes do not count toward your sentence minimum. Maximum length – 16 sentences per response. 1. The first part of the excerpt from the novel George Washington Gomez, describes Gualintos (or George Washingtons) home and neighborhood. What is home like for Gualinto? How might he feel about home? What do you think the author wants us to take from the description provided? 2. Often, people of a different culture than the dominant culture of a place/society are seen as having different values. In this excerpt, what values can you see are important to Gualinto and his family? And how are they the same or different from what one considers American values? 3. There are multiple moments within this excerpt where what is being described or what is happening is an identity crisis. Identify those moments and describe them in your own words. What different things make up our identity and how are these problematic for Gualinto?