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The free verse poem reveals that Maria is downhearted. According to the text the author writes “I am almost not unhappy”. This shows that Maria was most likely sad about moving to America since she said that she is almost not unhappy meaning she is almost happy. On line 5-9 the author writes “I am sitting on the top step of the cement stairwell leading into our basement apartment in the city just waking up from a deep and dark winter”. This shows that Maria is downhearted because she used words like deep,and dark winter".Therefore, the free verse poem reveals that Maria is downhearted about being in America.

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The free verse poem reveals that Maria personality is very conflicted. The reader knows this because the author shows Maria's feelings and different personality in different stanza in the poem. One of these examples is when the author writes ``sometimes I feel like a bird soaring above all that is ugly and sad I'm Maria Alegre. Other times when I'm like a small underground creature when I feel like I'll never see the sun again I'm Maria Triste``. Alegre means the feeling a happy and cheerful Triste means the feeling of sadness and sorrowful. This shows that Maria emotions are very confusing and change very frequently sometimes she can happy cheerful while other times she can be sad and depressed.

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The free verse poem reveals that Maria is Conflicted, this shows throughout the whole poem. In line 15, it says
"I am a different Maria" which shows how Maria feels like a different person ever since she has arrived to America. In "Call me Maria" the author writes in lines 15-19 It states " I am a different Maria, no longer the Maria Alegre who was born on a tropical island, and who lived with two parents in a house near the sea." These lines explain how she feels like different person since she has to adapt to this new life, and not the island life she is used to. Therefore, Maria feels conflicted.

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In this poem Maria is a girl who lived in Puerto Rico and had to move to America and she didn't want to move from amercia.The free verse poem reveals that Maria is melancholic,melancholic meaning is “feeling or expressing pensive sadness”.According to the text,the author writes “I'm a different Maria no longer the Maria Alegre who was born in Puerto Rico and live with her two parents”.This shows that Maria feels different and she's lonely because she is not with her parents.In lines 15 -20 the author writes “Nor like the Maria Triste,lonely barrio girl of my new american life”.She calls herself Maria Trieste when she is sad and lonely because she don't live in puerto Rico or live with her parents anymore.Therefore that's why i believe that Maria is melancholic because she is feeling a pensive of sadness that she can't be with her family or look at the beautiful oceans and take warm nice showers but now that she is living in america she is living in a basement in a apartment and its cold.

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1. The free verse poem reveals that she is down hearted.  According to the text it states ’’Nor like the Maria Triste, the lonely barrio girl of my new American life’’ This piece of evidence shows that she changes her changing. Because she doesn't feel comftorble. Another piece of evidence to support this is when it says “I am almost not unhappy” This piece of evidence shows that she is unhappy and down hearted.

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M.S. 381                                                                                                                 Mark Campbell

7-1D                                                                                                                        10/29/20

What does the free verse poem reveal about Maria’s personality?The free verse poem

reveals that Maria is conflicted because she is not sure of her feelings or

identity.According to the text,the author writes “I am a different Maria no longer Maria Alegre who was born on a tropical island and lived with two parents in a house near the sea nor like Maria trieste the lonely barrio girl of new american life”.This shows that Maria is not sure of her identity or feelings of moving to America but she has to adapt to her new life.In addition the author writes “sometimes I feel like a bird soaring above all that  is ugly or sad I am Maria alegre other times when I am like a small underground creature when I feel like I will never see the sun again I am Maria trieste”. This shows that Maria has mixed feelings and is not sure of her identity because she says sometimes I feel like a bird soaring above all that is ugly or sad so this means she feels happy but then she says other times she feels like a small underground creature so this means she feels sad.therefore the poem reveals that Maria is conflicted because she is not sure of her identity and her feelings.

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The free verse poem reveals that Maria is melancholic because she is melancholic because when she moved from Puerto Rico she had a sad personality that she called Maria Triste. According to the text, the author writes “ I am a different María, no longer the María Alegre who was born on a tropical island, and who lived with two parents in a house near the sea 20 until a few months ago,nor like the María Triste, the lonely barrio girl of my new American life”. This shows that she has a different personality that is sad of her new American life.  In the text, the author writes “ I am almost not unhappy. 15 I am a different María”. This shows that she feels like her personality is another person. Therefore, The free verse poem reveals that Maria is melancholic because she is melancholic because when she moved from Puerto Rico she had a sad personality that she called Maria Triste.

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The free verse poem reveals that Maria is wistful. According to the text, the author writes “I’m a different Maria, no longer the Maria Alegre.” This shows that  Maria was sad and very upset. Also in the text, the author writes “Maria Triste, the lonely barrio girl of my new american life.” This shows that  Maria’s American life was sad at first. Therefore, the free verse poem reveals that Maria was wistful.

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The free verse poem tells that Maria is conflicted. According to the text, the author writes “I am almost unhappy”. This shows that Maria is upset that she doesn’t live like she used to before and her life isn’t as good as before. Second off, the author writes “Sometimes, when I feel like a bird, soaring above all that is ugly or sad I am Maria Algre. Other times, when I am like a small, underground creature when I feel like I will never see the sun again I am Maria Triste. This shows that Maria is happy sometimes but sad the other times and it changes a lot. In conclusion, the free verse poem tells that Maria is Conflicted

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The poem reveals that she is conflicted. She is conflicted because feels different things at different times (she inconstant with her feelings). according to the text "sometimes when i fell like a bird soaring above all the ugly or sad, maria Alegra other times that above everyone and then other times." Times she sad that she left her island.

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The free verse poem reveals that Maria is conflicted. According to the text, Maria says "Sometimes, when I feel like a bird soaring above all that is ugly or sad, I am Maria Alegre. Other times, when I am like a small underground creature, when I feel like I will never see the sun again, I am Maria Triste.” This evidence shows that Maria has two different personalities and she describes them by using examples of animals such as a bird and an underground creature. Another piece of evidence is in the beginning of the poem, Maria states  “I am a different Maria, no longer the "Maria Alegre" who was grown on a tropical island, and who lived with her two parents in a house near the sea until a few months ago, nor like the "Maria Triste", the lonely barrio girl of my new American life.” This means that Maria has two different sides in where one she feels happy and in one she feels lonely. Therefore, the poem reveals that Maria has inconsistent feelings and is conflicted.

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The free  verse poem reveals that Maria is Conflicted about being in America. According to the text, the author writes “ I'm almost not happy ,  I'm a different Maria no longer Maria Alegre.who was born on a tropical island and who lived with two parents. This tells me that she has different emotions at different times . Also tells me that she is confused about her emotions  .The author writes “nor Maria Triste , the lonely barrio girl of my american life,Im fifteen years old called Maria. This shows that Maria  is lonely and she doesn’t  want to be in America. Also this tells me that Maria  doesn’t feel  like she belongs in america  ,when she calls herself Maria triste feels lonely and sad. Therefore,maria is conflicted because she is living in america ,but she doesn’t want to be  there. She wants to be in Puerto Rico with her parents .

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The free verse poem “ Call Me Maria” reveals that Maria feels conflicted. According to the text, in lines 25-28, Maria states “Sometimes,  I feel like a bird soaring above all that is ugly or sad, I am Maria Alegre." This shows that sometimes Maria feels that she above all the negative and she is happy.  Secondly in lines 29-34  the author writes “ Other times, when I am like a small, underground creature, when I feel like I will never see the sun again, I am Maria Triste." this shows that sometimes Maria feels sad and hopeless. This also shows Maria feelings change from time to time and are inconsistent. Therefore, in the Free verse poem “ Call me Maria” Maria feels conflicted.

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In the book "Call Me Maria" I learned that Maria is a very conflicted person. I know I know this because has 3 different feeling about herself when she is sad her name is Maria Treste. When she is happy her name is Maria Alegre. When she feels fine she says just call me Maria. According to the book it states that I dont feel the same today. Also It states that she feels very sad and doesn't feel well today.

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What does the Free-Verse poem reveal about  Maria?
The free-verse poem reveals that Maria is downhearted after leaving her hometown,Puerto Rico.According to the text,It says,’’Nor like the Maria Triste ,the lonely barrio girl of my new American life’’.This text shows that Maria  is Maria Triste when she is sad.She’s Maria Triste when she is in her New York barrio because she misses her hometown,Puerto Rico.Another piece of evidence that shows that she is discouraged is according to the text,It says,’’Other times, when I am like a small underground creature, when I feel like I will never see the sun again, i  am Maria Triste. This shows that when she is Maria Triste, she feels sad when she is Maria Triste so she won't go outside because she describes herself as a underground creature who will never see the sun again..These pieces of evidence show that Maria is downhearted when she moved from Puerto Rico to New York.

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The free verse poem , "Call Me Maria" reveals that Maria is conflicted. According to the text , Maria says "I am Maria Alegre (Spanish for cheerful) Other times , when I am like a small underground creature , when I feel like I will never see the sun again , I am Maria Triste. (Spanish for sad)” This shows that Maria is conflicted , she goes from one emotion to another. Maria said at first she was cheerful , but when she feels “small” , she is now sad. Maria goes from one emotion to the other , whenever she sees something or gets reminded of something she constantly goes through different emotions. Secondly, Maria shows that she is in a happy mood by saying that she feels like an iguana under a rock. In stanza 30 , Maria says “Today I feel like an iguana seeking a warm rock in the sun. I am sitting on the top step of the cement stairwell leading into our apartment in a city just waking from a deep and dark winter sleep" In that stanza , Maria has said it shows that she is happy. Maria changes from one emotion to another so quickly. One minute , Maria feels cheerful and excited , but the next minute , Maria feels small and she feels like she can't do anything , that is a sign that Maria is conflicted. Therefore, Maria was conflicted because she has had mixed feelings ever since she moved.

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In the Poem “Call Me Maria”, Maria is a 15 year old girl from Puerto Rico. Maria has different mixed emotions , she describes these emotions by using the metaphors “Alegre” and “Triste”. The word “Alegre ” is a word that describes happiness and cheerfulness. She uses this to describe her life in Puerto Rico when she lived with her two parents .The word “Triste” means a person who is sad and lonely and that’s how Maria feels like when she is in the Barrio in Harlem. In conclusion, this how Maria feels and states these feelings in the poem.

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Caleb Gillespie   7-1D    Oct, 30, 2020 

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Caleb Gillespie   7-1D    Oct, 30, 2020 

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I think the free verse poem tells us that  maria two sides of her. The two sides are happy or sad. She is very conflicted.  She is conflicted because she had to leave Puerto Rico, she does not want a new life where she moves around a lo , she wants to keep her old life.  In the text the author  says" I am different maria, no longer the old Maria who was born in Puerto Rico". Maria does not want to be there in her new life she wants to stay in Puerto Rico.

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The free-verse poem reveals that Maria is conflicted. This is because she had to leave her island of Puerto Rico and misses her old life. According to the text, the author writes “I am A different Maria, no longer the Maria Alegre who was born on a tropical island and who lived with two parents in a house near the sea until a few months ago, nor like the Maria Triste, the lonely barrio girl of my new American Life”.  This shows that Maria is feeling down because she had to leave Puerto Rico. This evidence reveals that sometimes, she feels low in spirits in one minute, and the next minute she feels happy. Maria doesn't like her new American life. On the contrary, Maria has joyful and happy moments when she thinks of her tropical island.  The author continues to say "Sometimes when I feel like a bird soaring above all that is ugly or sad,  I am Maria Alegre." This evidence tells shows that Maria tries to appreciate the weather in America and it makes her joyful. Maria uses these animals to show how she feels.

All in All, Maria is conflicted.