https://padlet.com/anasiagaskin77/gmqpp5ile6mu Made with no regrets, whatsoever en-us 2018-02-28 01:38:00 UTC 2018-02-28 02:13:45 UTC hello@padlet.com anasiagaskin77 https://padlet.com/anasiagaskin77/gmqpp5ile6mu/wish/236228205 Letters play a big part in the story because Maria and her Mami send letters to each other. The letters tell the details of how their lives are going. In the beginning Maria explains how much she misses Puerto Rico and the Spanish language.]]> 2018-02-28 01:46:58 UTC https://padlet.com/anasiagaskin77/gmqpp5ile6mu/wish/236228205 anasiagaskin77 https://padlet.com/anasiagaskin77/gmqpp5ile6mu/wish/236228231 The setting of the book is Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is the homeland of Maria, her mami, and her abuela. Maria leaves Puerto Rico to live with her American father. ]]> 2018-02-28 01:47:07 UTC https://padlet.com/anasiagaskin77/gmqpp5ile6mu/wish/236228231 anasiagaskin77 https://padlet.com/anasiagaskin77/gmqpp5ile6mu/wish/236228248 The theme is identity because throughout the story Maria seeks her own identity and gets a better view and understands herself more. In the beginning Maria feels lost and lonely. She feels really out of place as she lives in New York. She really wishes to be something beautiful.]]> 2018-02-28 01:47:11 UTC https://padlet.com/anasiagaskin77/gmqpp5ile6mu/wish/236228248 anasiagaskin77 https://padlet.com/anasiagaskin77/gmqpp5ile6mu/wish/236229314 The other setting is Barrio. Barrio is in Bronx, New York . Many immigrants have settled there in America. This is also where Maria and her father live. ]]> 2018-02-28 01:52:18 UTC https://padlet.com/anasiagaskin77/gmqpp5ile6mu/wish/236229314 anasiagaskin77 https://padlet.com/anasiagaskin77/gmqpp5ile6mu/wish/236229988 A 13 year old Puerto Rican girl named Maria leaves her homeland to live with her father in New York. Maria loves to live in Puerto Rico, but doesn't want to leave her mother, but she does because she wants to go to an American college. ]]> 2018-02-28 01:55:52 UTC https://padlet.com/anasiagaskin77/gmqpp5ile6mu/wish/236229988 anasiagaskin77 https://padlet.com/anasiagaskin77/gmqpp5ile6mu/wish/236230502 Maria is very stunned u the different culture and language. Maria has a difficult time because she later finds out her mother is divorcing her father. ]]> 2018-02-28 01:58:37 UTC https://padlet.com/anasiagaskin77/gmqpp5ile6mu/wish/236230502 anasiagaskin77 https://padlet.com/anasiagaskin77/gmqpp5ile6mu/wish/236232141 Embroidered dreamcatcher is symbolized in the story because Maria recieves a dreamcatcher from a really nice blind woman. The gift means a lot to Maria because it is a sign of Puerto Rico. ]]> 2018-02-28 02:07:09 UTC https://padlet.com/anasiagaskin77/gmqpp5ile6mu/wish/236232141