La Vida: A Puerto Rican Family in the Culture of Poverty--San Juan and New York |
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Page 257
... talk English she'll beat me . But I tell her I would love to learn English . I start talking to Sarita and mami says to me , " Listen , you shut that mouth . You are not going to talk English around here . " She gets very mad . So I ...
... talk English she'll beat me . But I tell her I would love to learn English . I start talking to Sarita and mami says to me , " Listen , you shut that mouth . You are not going to talk English around here . " She gets very mad . So I ...
Page 306
... talk and talk and talk and Pedro came and stuck his finger in my mouth and I thought it was the dead and I began to scream . They scared me practically every day . One night when I was in bed , after the light was turned out , I saw ...
... talk and talk and talk and Pedro came and stuck his finger in my mouth and I thought it was the dead and I began to scream . They scared me practically every day . One night when I was in bed , after the light was turned out , I saw ...
Page 404
... talk about me when you are with her . " " No , I don't talk about women in front of her . " " Ah , because you Americans are afraid of women and let yourselves be ordered around by them . " " No , I am the man in my house . " Georgie ...
... talk about me when you are with her . " " No , I don't talk about women in front of her . " " Ah , because you Americans are afraid of women and let yourselves be ordered around by them . " " No , I am the man in my house . " Georgie ...
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