"The Family of Little Feet" by 21A Shapiro https://padlet.com/21ashapiro04161/lyl3bzg53obv Period 6, 2017 en-us 2017-11-02 21:39:17 UTC 2023-05-30 18:56:35 UTC hello@padlet.com “We are tired of being beautiful.” (Cisneros, 42) 21ashapiro04161 https://padlet.com/21ashapiro04161/lyl3bzg53obv/wish/203128463 Summary:  Every man they walked by complimented them on their looks just because they were wearing high heels. After an old man tried kissing Rachel they hid the high heels.

Topics:  Beauty, Objectification.

Theme of the line: Physical beauty can have consequences.


]]> 2017-11-02 21:42:06 UTC https://padlet.com/21ashapiro04161/lyl3bzg53obv/wish/203128463 “Now you know to talk to drunks is crazy and to tell them your name is worse, but who can blame her. She is young and dizzy to hear so many sweet things in one day.” (Cisneros, 41) 21afournier81439 https://padlet.com/21ashapiro04161/lyl3bzg53obv/wish/203128800 Summary:  The girls are too young to understand why the men are complimenting them. They are unaware of the consequences that beauty can bring.

Topics: Common sense, praise, and innocence

Theme of the line: Little girls are too young to understand objectification.

Literary Devices: Dizzy is a metaphor for being confused and innocent.


]]> 2017-11-02 21:43:58 UTC https://padlet.com/21ashapiro04161/lyl3bzg53obv/wish/203128800 Theme: 21wstone02142 https://padlet.com/21ashapiro04161/lyl3bzg53obv/wish/203130022 There are two types of beauty, outer beauty and inner beauty.]]> 2017-11-02 21:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/21ashapiro04161/lyl3bzg53obv/wish/203130022 “Lucy, Rachel, me tee-tottering like so. Down to the corner where the men can’t take their eyes off us. We must be Christmas.”(Cisneros, 40) 21afournier81439 https://padlet.com/21ashapiro04161/lyl3bzg53obv/wish/204151292 Summary: As Esperanza, Lucy and Rachel walk down the streets in their new, beautiful heels, they receive many compliments from men they don't know. They accept these compliments and continue their walk through the city.

Topics:  Self Esteem, Sexual Objectification, Vulnerability, and Vanity

Theme of the Line: The girls are too vain to understand what the men are really thinking .

Literary Devices: The metaphor used here is “we must be Christmas.” ]]> 2017-11-06 22:35:27 UTC https://padlet.com/21ashapiro04161/lyl3bzg53obv/wish/204151292