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"as if the syllables were made out of tin and hurt the roof of your mouth."(11)

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"Not quite as thick as my sisters name --Magdalena-- which is uglier than mine."

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"The way so many women sit their sadness on their elbow"

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"It is like the number nine"

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"the way women sit their sadness on an elbow"

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"Yes."(11)

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"I wonder if she made the best with what she got or was she sorry because she couldn't be all the things she wanted to be" (11) -lack of punctuation in this case

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"Just like that, as if she were a fancy chandelier"

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Esperanzana

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"not quite as thick as my sisters name --Magdalena-- witch is uglier than mine"

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"But in Spanish my name is made out of a softer something, like silver" (11)

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A muddy color.

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"It is the mexican records my dad plays on sunday mornings when he is shaving, songs like sobbing"(10)

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Sisters name----Magdalena----

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YES.

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A muddy color

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But in Spanish my name is made out of a softer something

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"a wild horse of a woman"(11)

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muddy in, 'A muddy color

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She looked out the window her whole life

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"It means sadness, it means waiting" (10).

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Their sadness on an elbow (11)

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I would've liked to have known her, a wild horse of a woman.

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"so wild she wouldn't marry. Until my great-grandfather..."

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"not quite as thick as sister's name—Magdalena—which is uglier than mine," (11).

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"The way so many woman sit their sadness on an elbow"

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Born like me in the Chinese year of the horse-which is supposed to be

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A muddy color

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Not quite as thick as my sisters name---Magdelena---which is uglier than mine.

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"The way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow."(11)

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"the way so many women sit with their sadness on their elbow"

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"It is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings when he is shaving, songs like sobbing," (10).

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"Chinese year of the horse-- which is supposed to be bad lick if you're born female-- but I think this is a Chinese lie"

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"not quite as thick as my sisters name -- Magdalena -- which is uglier than mine"

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At school they say my name funny as if the syllables were made out of tin and hurt the roof of your mouth.

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But in Spanish my name is made out of a softer something, like silver, not quite as thick as sister's name - Magdelana - which is uglier than mine.

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But in Spanish my name is made out of a softer something, like silver, not quite as thick as sister's name - Magdelana - which is uglier than mine.

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Logan

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"just like that as if she were a fancy chandelier".

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It is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings.

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It is like the number nine

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"It is like the number nine" (10)

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It is like the number nine

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"Songs like sobbing"

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as if the syllables were made out of tin and hurt the roof of your mouth.

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"My great-grandmother"

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They said my name funny like it was made out of tin and hurt the roof of your mouth.

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"It is like the number nine."

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"But I am always Esperanza"

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Logan

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"A muddy color" (10)

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"Elbow" in
The way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow

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"Yes."

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"the way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow," (11)

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"I don't want to inherit her place by the window" (11)

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It is like the number nine.

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"songs like sobbing"

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"as if she was a fancy chandelier"

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Logan

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it is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings

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a muddy color.

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"But in Spanish my name is made out of a softer something, like silver" (11).

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"My great-grandmother." (10)

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"She was a horse woman too, born like me in the Chinese year of the horse--which is supposed to be bad luck if you're female--but I think this is a lie because the Chinese, like the Mexicans, don't like their women strong."(10) Cisneros uses
"--" vey often in her writing.

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"as if the syllables where made out of tin"

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"Just like that, as if she were a fancy chandelier." (11)

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Logan

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which is supposed to be bad luck if you're born female--but I think... (10)

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My sisters name-- Magdalena-- is uglier than mine

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"my great-grandmother".

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"Just like that, as if she were a fancy chandelier."

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"Not quite as thick as my sisters name -Magdonlina- "(11)

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It is the mexican records my father plays on sunday mornings

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Yes.

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"Esperanza," (11).

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"It is...A muddy color".

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Yes.

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"Esperanza."

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My great-grandmother

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It is the Mexican records my father plays

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"My great-grandmother."

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"It is like the number nine," (10).

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It is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings when he is shaving, songs like sobbing.

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"It is like the number nine."

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At school they say my name funny as if the syllables were made out of tin and hurt the roof of your mouth.

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At school they say my name funny as if the syllables were made out of tin and hurt the roof of your mouth.

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Logan

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Muddy in "A muddy color" (10).

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My great grandmother