Period 2 - The Book of Unknown Americans by Prakash Bhagat https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus Made with a creative frenzy en-us 2020-11-23 14:03:34 UTC 2025-11-08 16:32:20 UTC hello@padlet.com s108069 https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/952380701 "Between the three of us , we knew only the most minimal English" (7).

Embodied State: He describes the knowledge he has about the American Language, especially being from a different country.]]> 2020-11-23 14:12:24 UTC https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/952380701 s108069 https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/952424135 "The kids at my school loved changing my first name to English and then tackling insults onto it" (15).

Objectified State: She talks about the typical setting and environment of school when there is a new student and what the classmates sometimes do to those certain people.]]> 2020-11-23 14:21:36 UTC https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/952424135 "We're citizens, and if someone asks me where my home is, I say los Estados Unidos" (23). s108069 https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/959811990 Embodied State: Rafael talks about her identity and where he is from if someone approaches and asks about himself.]]> 2020-11-25 13:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/959811990 "And me and those guys, were like cockroaches, crawling over each other at all hours of the day" (45). s108069 https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/959835624 Objectified state: he talks about the environment he was living at in Arizona which was very small and barely space for all 12 people.]]> 2020-11-25 13:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/959835624 "Tell them in Mexico you owned a construction business" (24). s108069 https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/959853975 Institutionalized State: Alma is telling Arturo what he can be recognized for if he told them about his accomplishment he had in Mexico of owning a business. ]]> 2020-11-25 13:48:51 UTC https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/959853975 "People started calling him Lambon Pabon, a nickname he accepted like it was a honor to be called a suck up" (37). s108069 https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/959894062 Objectified State: Mayor talks about Eddie Pabon on how the environment of the new school changed him and how the classmates in the U.S acted towards him when they heard about him being a sweat in school by participating in almost every activity.]]> 2020-11-25 14:01:07 UTC https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/959894062 "English was such a dense, tight language" (60). s108069 https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/959916358 Embodied State: She talks about the difficulty of learning English as a person moving from Panama and how it is different from learning Spanish in in the type of atmosphere she was in America.]]> 2020-11-25 14:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/959916358 "Which inevitably led to him talking about Enrique and bragging about the latest goal my brother had scored against Georgetown or the assist he'd had in the big game against Virginia"(67). s108069 https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/971235877 Institutionalized State: Mayor describes how Enrique who is his brother is known by his accomplishments and is recognized by his dad on how good he is at soccer. ]]> 2020-11-30 14:01:54 UTC https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/971235877 "The army began kidnapping citizens who they suspected were against them"(87). s108069 https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/971272748 Objectified State: Gustavo talks about how drastically times were changed in Guatemala and he describes the bad things that were happening between the people of the country and government. It was as if the country was getting tortured by its own people.]]> 2020-11-30 14:09:20 UTC https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/971272748 "This is the American version, the woman said"(94). s108069 https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/971353263 Embodied State: This is what the Mexican lady says to Alma when she asks her about the oatmeal she saw her stacking which reminds her about the atole de grano her mom use to make when she was a kid. This tells how the environment of the U.S is still new to her and still getting used to learning about american products sold in stores.]]> 2020-11-30 14:24:34 UTC https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/971353263 "Her mom wouldn't let Maribel actually go anywhere with me, so she and I just sat on the floor in the bedroom she shared with her parents and talked"(109). s108069 https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/971400066 Objectified State: He talks about the typical situational environment of parents who are overprotective and don't let their kids wander off anywhere with someone for a particular reason of their own.]]> 2020-11-30 14:33:10 UTC https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/971400066 "It was an enormous house with a pool in the courtyard"(116). s108069 https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/971428056 Objectified State: She talks about the rich house environment she lived in california with her mom's husband. ]]> 2020-11-30 14:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/971428056 "I wished that we were back in Patzcuaro, where Christmases were warm and thick with the scent of cinnamon"(123). s108069 https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/971458869 Objectified State: She remembers back in Mexico which is her hometown that she misses and since she likes the warm climate, she isn't used to the typical cold climate in America yet. ]]> 2020-11-30 14:43:46 UTC https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/971458869 "He was wearing a hooded sweatshirt that said MARYLAND across the front and black athletic pants"(133). s108069 https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/971534153 Embodied State: Describes the typical clothing worn by a college student in America studying in school. ]]> 2020-11-30 14:57:31 UTC https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/971534153 "I was Latino and male and not a cripple, therefore I should play soccer"(16). s108069 https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/993971642 Soccer: Mayor talks about the discourse community he takes part in which is soccer and he talks about the type of race the people are that play the sport. ]]> 2020-12-07 13:52:22 UTC https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/993971642 "He'd been a senior the year before, when I was a freshman, and every single person in the school had adored him"(14). s108069 https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/994078795 Everschool: He talks about the way people acted towards his brother Enrique. He talks about how he was so good at soccer and everyone in the school knew him because of his popularity and he was recognized by lot of people as a cool kid. ]]> 2020-12-07 14:16:53 UTC https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/994078795 "I was always trying to persuade the other guys to play soccer instead, but baseball was the big sport"(20). s108069 https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/997019885 Baseball: He talks about the popularity of how everyone played baseball, but he sucked at baseball so he just played it since it was a thing that was more popular for people to play. It reveals the way of how people act towards how they feel about this sport. ]]> 2020-12-08 05:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/997019885 "We're Americans now, I'm a line cook at a diner, and I make enough to provide for my family"(23). s108069 https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/997029417 Cook at Diner: This reveals the way of being because in this quote Rafael talks about what he does for a living now and says that he is an American based on what job he does at a restaurant. ]]> 2020-12-08 06:01:38 UTC https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/997029417 "During the first week of school, I was in the locker room, changing into my gym shorts"(14). s108069 https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/997039048 School: In this part of the text, Mayor reveals the way he dresses for school during gym which shows how people in his community are dressed up as on a certain day.]]> 2020-12-08 06:07:37 UTC https://padlet.com/s108069/4fk65nwpnzgbpfus/wish/997039048