The essay written by Aurora Levins Morales entitled “Puertoricanness” has impacted me because of its different point of view. The writer speaks of a woman that is trying to get in touch with her culture. She expresses her longing to be Puerto Rican again. How she is tired of trying to assimilate another race so that she can fit in. It is an essay about coming to a time in your life where you begin to know yourself and in return try to get in touch with the deep structure of your culture.
The author stresses this by stating, “It was Puerto Rico waking up inside her, uncurling and shoving open the door she had kept nearly shut for years and years.”
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