Malik Floyd: Text Structure

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I really did not enjoy reading Caramelo it was a difficult read for me and overall it was hard to keep my interest. However, the way the book being written is unique because of the way the culture is described in the novel. It is deeply rooted and I love the way she describes each seen as if we were there to witness it. The novel is so descriptive and it makes you really get an understanding of what is going on and how the setting of the particular seen really was. An example of this descriptive writing is when Lala’s father gave away her Bobby doll that had significant vale and meaning to her. “How can I explain, his one is my Bobby doll, two fingers missing on his left hand because I chewed them off when I was teething. (pg.26)” By her giving a vivid description of how the doll looked with two fingers and how the two fingers got that way it makes you realize how important that doll was to her.

I also think that it is really cool how she uses both English and Spanish throughout the book to make things seem more vivid or important. It also makes the reader cross read the two languages which makes her points stand out. “We’ve been waiting all morning for Uncle Fat-Face to telephone and say, -Quihubo, brother, vamonos…pg.7” as readers we can actually picture the uncles communicating with each other on the phone excited about their trip. Not only can we picture them ubrothers talking back an d forth, we can also imagine Lala telling the story to us as if we were sitting on her couch listening to her. Overall this book is my least favorite so far but I love how descriptive it is. It paints vivid pictures of what is happening in the book, the only thing is it is hard to follow and keep my interest and I think some students would battle this problem also. 

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