Note 2: This quote turns the authors point that Chicano Spanish has been silenced into a metaphor. The tongue is Chicano Spanish and the wilderness is society. The author uses this to explain how Chicano Spanish has faded away and is no longer.
Note 7: This quote is an empowering one the author inserts after claiming she will not be silenced, and she will speak her language proudly. The quote itself puts an image in the readers mind of women standing side-by-side, hand-in-hand, as one.
Note 11: The author explains why Hispanics are called Hispanics. She explains that the U.S. government changed it from Hispanis to Hispanics to make it look better on paper. Reading this, it seems as if the Government is dehumanizing Hispanics in this sense, and assigning their identity. Perhaps that was her intention.
Note 12: This note signifies that the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo created the term Mexican-American, and that it’s just a term. The term does nothing more than give them one of their many identities, putting emphasis on the American noun. Putting it this way disregards the Mexican adjective, and insults the adjective by giving it less significance. The author included this to show how a simple name can impact a group of people so immensely.
Research Questions:
- What was Chazz Palminteri’s purpose of writing A Bronx Tale?
- How does the film impact people of different backgrounds, personally?
- Could I expand on the identity of everyone else in my group of friedns, besides the one’s important to the story?
- Why is your essay in parts, instead of chapters?
- What about the movie makes it so enjoyable to you (me)?