11 By Sandra Cisneros

In the story, "Growing Up" by Gary Soto, Maria thinks that she is too mature to go on vacation with her family but because she thinks she is "too mature", she is missing out on being with her family before they are gone forever so that's what I think the theme is. Why I think the theme is that she should enjoy being with her family while she can is because on pg. 1-2 it said "Her father promised to take them to Great America, but she knew that the grown-ups would sit around talking for days before they remembered the kids and finally got up and did something. They would have to wait until the last day before they could go to Great America. It wasn't worth the boredom." Because she is thinking about herself, she didn't think about the bad things

Throughout the story, motive and theme were used to make the story more intriguing. Motive was incorporated everytime the girl went to the grocery store, as she would go to look for the bag boy, clarifying why she acts the way she does. In the story, the author states, “ Each time she went to the store, her eyes scanned the checkouts at once, her heart in her mouth.”(Rylant), explaining how the girl was deeply in love with him and that he was on her mind 24/7, which gave her motivation not only to go grocery shopping, but to start liking Cincinnati and her new life. Theme is also shown in the story when the girl and boy hated themselves and each other because they were too scared to talk to one another, introducing

The theme of the book is to be patient. Being patient has a lot to do with Sarah who is the only girl on the football team. It took a while for Sarah to get on the football team, but her impressive kicking skills really showed why she should be on the football team. Sarah is the type of girl who workouts everyday and wants Vanden High School to win the state championship. At first Sarah had to wait for a week to get on the team because she disguised herself as a boy, which wasn’t the smartest idea, but a way to show off her talents.

One way the author conveys the theme is through the main character’s actions. She strives to be like an American girl and is stubbornly blind

Dwight Okita's poem, "Response to Executive Order 9066" and Sandra Cisneros' short story, "Mericans", both show that neither a person's heritage or physical appearance determine if a person identifies as American. Being an American isn't how you look or your family's cultural background. In Okita's poem the girl's heritage is Japanese, but she has always lived in America. We know this when she says Denise, "sat in front of me all through grade school ..."

The most important lesson for Rachel that comes out of this situation is that after wearing the disgusted sweater she has become even older, and it was tied to the experience instead of the birthday itself. She understands that it is the challenge she needs to grow up faster as she will receive additional benefits of behaving the way she wants and resisting to the outside irritators. As for the literature techniques, the author applies language, diction and symbolism to reveal the issues of experience, aging, knowledge, power, authority and freedom. The discovering is gaining age are conveyed with the help of the memories of eleven-year-old girl on her birthday. Rachel resists her humiliation from Mrs. Pierce, and that is the exact moment when her “smart eleven” comes as well[2].

For example, it says "or maybe some days you might need to sit on your mama's lap because you're scared and that's the part of you that's five". In that sentence, it seems like maybe she had experienced that before. It's also clear that she is uneasy about turning eleven because she compares it to the little wooden dolls

He felt an aching pain in his shoulder and left arm, one of the many realistic details used in the story. The realistic details in the story provide a real-life environment that helps develop and make the story one of a kind. The stories the porters told, the symptoms of a heart attack, and the trains’ names all help develop the story. To begin with, the first way she shows this is through the telling of stories in the porter house. In the story the author, Patricia McKissack, tells us that Lester is telling the tale of the 11:59, otherwise known as the phantom death train. This example shows how the story is realistic by giving the reader an example of how Lester likes to pass time. In addition, another example is how the main character, Lester

In the text, Eleven, by Sandra Cinsneros, the story explains how a young girl, Rachel turns eleven, but doesn’t feel or act as if she is eleven. Rachel counts down from eleven, which are her past ages instead of counting forward, which are her future ages to come. She counts down because she has experienced these ages before and tells the readers that when you turn eleven you still act these younger ages and are still inside of us. She can’t or doesn’t count forward like twelve, thirteen, fourteen, etc. because those are her future ages to come and doesn’t know what it’s like to be older just yet. Rachel compares aging to her wooden dolls that fit inside each other. This means that every year as we get older, all our younger previous ages all

The book 7th grade by Gary Soto is about a boy who is trying to impress a girl that he likes by doing things he normally wouldn’t do. And the poem Oranges by Gary Soto is about a boy and a girl who like each other and the boy tries to be kind to the girl by going out of his way. The theme in both books is the same; kindness can be given if they allow themselves to walk in another's shoes. In the beginning of the book “7th grade”, the theme is shown when Victor says to himself thinking “That's weird Michael thinks making a face makes him look handsome. ”

In Jeffrey Toobin’s novel, The Nine, he promises in his subtitle to delve “Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court.” And throughout his 340 page novel, Toobin accurately accomplishes this promise. To Toobin, the secret world of the Supreme Court focuses around the areas of the Court that are not often seen by the public eye, the information that often goes unnoticed or overlooked. To accomplish this goal of expanding the common man’s knowledge of the Supreme Court, Toobin not only narrates in detail the proceedings and cases of the court, but he also expands upon the complexities of the court as he describes the major themes, relationships, and intertwined connections that occur throughout the history of the Supreme Court. Furthermore, many of these major themes and relationships focus around main ideas and specific aspects of the court. In order to further illustrate the Supreme Court’s relationship and complexities, Jeffrey Toobin details the way the Court is shaped by the outside factors, the evolution of values, recurrent cases and constitutional requirements, and even misconceptions.

Birthdays are usually the happiest and the most exciting day of the year for most people. However, in “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros, Rachel experiences the worst birthday ever. Rachel looks forward to cake and songs for her eleventh birthday, but her day starts to go wrong when her teacher forces Rachel to wear an old sweater that does not belong to her. In the story, Cisneros characterizes Rachel as shy, weak, and childish. First of all, Rachel is shy because she cannot express her opinions.

In Sandra Cisneros’ “Tepeyac” she uses long descriptive sentences with complex words to reflect on her past, while in Langston Hughes’ “Marion Anderson” he uses short sentences and simple, down-to-earth language to inform the reader about Marion Anderson’s singing career. In “Tepeyac”, Sandra Cisneros uses high or formal diction to elevate the images from her memories. She also uses concrete, descriptive language such as “arabesque” and “lacework” to contribute to the imagery of her past. Describing her memory she states, “Green iron gates that arabesque and scroll like the initials of my name, familiar whine and clang, familiar lacework of ivy growing over and between”(Cisneros 105). Her long sentences are made easy to read by her use of natural order. She is able to express her thought with complex word while not having the reader get lost in complex sentence types. The images conveyed in her memories are comforting and nostalgic, while describing where she resided as a child. “Shoeshine men sheltered

The main theme of the story is to not lie to and deceive people (especially multiple times). There may be a time in which you are struggling and will need help but because you are dishonest people will not want to help you. The people that you tricked and fooled will think you're just wasting their time and effort.

When Ms. Moore, Sylvia and the group of kids were in toy store the kids perspective about social class changes, the prices of toys were so expensive it makes the kids to begin to think about life as evident said by Sylvia  “...we start down  the block and she gets ahead which is O.K.by me cause I’m