Padlet Structure for When I Was Puerto Rican by Chibuzo Soja

Negi's character

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Living Conditions/Neighborhood

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Humble, rural, close-knit community, poverty, hardworking families.

Family Relationships

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Complicated, loving but tense, protective mother, absent/unreliable father, sibling rivalries.

Setting: Puerto Rico in the 1950s

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Post-war Puerto Rico, economic struggles, migration to the U.S., cultural traditions.

Jíbaro/Jíbara – Significance in Puerto Rican Culture

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Puerto Rican identity, rural life, self-sufficiency, hardworking, cultural pride.

Conflicts Encountered So Far

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Poverty, instability, identity struggle, parental conflict, cultural expectations.

Reflection (5-7 Sentences)

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What do you think of the memoir so far?
Do you relate to Negi’s struggles?
Can you connect this to another book, your own experiences, or the world?