Literary Narrative

             For my literacy narrative last week I read "Always Living In Spanish" by Marjorie Agosin. At first I thought this literacy narrative was just going to be about spanish people, but it was so much more. This story that this woman has to tell shocked me in so many ways. The fact that she moved to the United States because of the problems she faced in Argentina completely astonished me. The problems she faced were unreal, people disappearing and being tortured to death, and killing of innocent people. She moved to escape but faced more problems entering the U.S.
            Not like she had enough problems in her life like losing most of her family, she wasn't accepted in the United States. She was outcasted for being foreign and not being able to speak english very well. The way she stayed strong baffled me. To remember her upbringing and heritage, she wrote poems in spanish. She felt she could express all of her feelings through this language. One day, her work was published so that the entire world could know her story. This story was so powerful and made me think of how lucky I am to live in such safe conditions. It changed my way of thinking, made me less selfish, made me open up to new ideas and ways of life. I truly loved reading "Always Living In Spanish" by Marjorie Agosin.