Only Daughter by Sandra Cisneros

Cindy Alcantar

Eng.20

7/11/10

Only Daughter by sandra Cisneros.I have read this story before, when i read it this time it refresh thoughts I had toward it . This story shows a typical "machista" Mexican family. Sandra Cisneros explains that she is only daughter in a family of six sons. She also mentions that her dad will always say he had seven sons . This made Sandra feel erased from her own family. Sandra's dad way of seeing Sandra in her future was as someone's wife. when she was in the fifth grade she told her father she was going to college his response ."que bueno m'ja, thats good." for Sandra this mean a lot . Her brothers made fun of her. When Sandra started to write. she wanted to impress her dad.He was not interested in reading . Later she realized that her dad only wanted her to go to college and find a good man and get married . Her brothers had careers and families. Her biggest accomplishment was when she gave her novel to her dad actually read it and proudly ask her for copies to give away .

This story shows how Sandra even when her family only expected her to grow up and be a house wife . She went farther in life and become a great writer and also was able to woo her father and made him proud .

TheAllegory of the Cave

Cindy Alcantar

Eng. 20

7/11/10

Post #1

I really enjoyed this story . The Allegory of the Cave, by Plato is an interesting story it talks about

prisoners who are in a cave being blinded by the fire , not being able to see the outside light. one being able to escaped the cave .My favorite part of the story is paragraph 27 ."And when he remembered his old habitation,and the wisdom of the den and his fellow-prisoners, do you not suppose that he would felicitate him self on the change ,and pity them."

In my own words this passage tells one that the prisoner who was able to escape the cave now is seeing what really is out there in the outside world. Now he realizes that in the cave there was not much to learn, explore and to experience. It was pretty much up to the puppet masters on how they should see life . When he sees what is outside the cave he now sees the reality of life.

He does not know whether to feel happy for himself or to pity the prisoners . I think is really hard for him to go back and help the others if they do not want to be help to be freed. I f their only reality has always being the cave.

PS my first post.