The book that I am currently reading is Almost a Woman by Esmeralda Santiago. This inspiring memoir explains the struggles and hardships of immigrating from Puerto Rico to New York. It also demonstrates how your weakness do not determine your abilities; an example of this in the book would be how Santiago goes from knowing a modicum of English to becoming an actress at an amazing performing arts school and graduating from Harvard University.
The book cover of Almost a Woman has a picture of Santiago as a young lady and in the background a skyline of New York. This emphasizes the fact that Santiago moved around New York at least 20 times from age 13 to 21. Also, the picture of her on the cover has Santiago in a school uniform. This is a major part because in the book it explains how she wants to be more like an American girl and wear her uniform skirts high and hair done because the girls at school jerThis emphasizes the struggle of pressure, of any young person, to be an imitation of everyone else, instead of being yourself.
Santiago's photo and biography are located in the first 3 pages of the book. The picture is of Santiago in her young adult age. The biography explains how Santiago moved from Puerto Rico to New York in her adolescent years. It also explains how she came to graduate from Harvard University and how her eloquence in writing earned her 3-award winning books. This is important because it says the success of Santiago, and this will make the reader want to read of how she got her success.
The Los Angeles Times stated, “ [Santiago has] the skill to render the most minute details of her before and after lives... Richly evocative.”, on the front cover of the book. When I read this statement it made me want to checkout the book immediately. Detailed books, in my opinion, are always better than books without much details. In non-detailed books I feel as if I am just reading a book. But in detailed books, such as Almost a Woman, it seems like I am sitting right next to the person while a part in the book is happening. .
The coolest thing I found about the book was the table of contents. In the book, every chapter's title is a quote from the upcoming chapter. The first quote, I thought, summarized the whole book; the quote is “Martes, ni te cases, ni te embarques, ni de tu familia te apartes.” (Santiago P.2). It means “On a misty Tuesday, I didn't marry, but I did travel, and I did leave my family.” (Santiago). This basically is what the whole book is talking about; it talks about her family, her travels, and her struggles of love. I like the quotes as chapter titles for an upcoming chapter because it gets me excited about what is going to happen next in her life.
All in all, I think this book is super interesting and I look forward to reading the rest of it.
The book cover of Almost a Woman has a picture of Santiago as a young lady and in the background a skyline of New York. This emphasizes the fact that Santiago moved around New York at least 20 times from age 13 to 21. Also, the picture of her on the cover has Santiago in a school uniform. This is a major part because in the book it explains how she wants to be more like an American girl and wear her uniform skirts high and hair done because the girls at school jerThis emphasizes the struggle of pressure, of any young person, to be an imitation of everyone else, instead of being yourself.
Santiago's photo and biography are located in the first 3 pages of the book. The picture is of Santiago in her young adult age. The biography explains how Santiago moved from Puerto Rico to New York in her adolescent years. It also explains how she came to graduate from Harvard University and how her eloquence in writing earned her 3-award winning books. This is important because it says the success of Santiago, and this will make the reader want to read of how she got her success.
The Los Angeles Times stated, “ [Santiago has] the skill to render the most minute details of her before and after lives... Richly evocative.”, on the front cover of the book. When I read this statement it made me want to checkout the book immediately. Detailed books, in my opinion, are always better than books without much details. In non-detailed books I feel as if I am just reading a book. But in detailed books, such as Almost a Woman, it seems like I am sitting right next to the person while a part in the book is happening. .
The coolest thing I found about the book was the table of contents. In the book, every chapter's title is a quote from the upcoming chapter. The first quote, I thought, summarized the whole book; the quote is “Martes, ni te cases, ni te embarques, ni de tu familia te apartes.” (Santiago P.2). It means “On a misty Tuesday, I didn't marry, but I did travel, and I did leave my family.” (Santiago). This basically is what the whole book is talking about; it talks about her family, her travels, and her struggles of love. I like the quotes as chapter titles for an upcoming chapter because it gets me excited about what is going to happen next in her life.
All in all, I think this book is super interesting and I look forward to reading the rest of it.
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