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Julia Alvarez was born March 27, 1950 in the Domincan Republic ~ 1997 her dad was in grave danger ~1998 Julia and her parents had to flee to New York ~1999 she was dealing with immigration ~2000 finished with her Spanish and started reading in English ~2001 wrote her first novel
Julia Alvarez isn't only great, she is a surviver. She conquerd a new language and way of life. She also learned to deal with racism. She could have died in the Dominica Republic, but her parents fled to the United States. Her father worked in an underground movement and was a target of an attempted assasination. She fled to New York with her family. She learned English when she was 10 years old, and she paid a lot of attention which helped her become a writer
HER GOALS ~Wanted to become famous writer -She worked hard to learn English -She asked for help writing English ~ She moved to New York -She has vivid memories in Dominica Republic -1960 fled from Dominica Republic
~Learned English as new language+Asked for help with her writing =Great Hispanic writer~ ~Dealt with her new life+Forgot what she had to deal with =She proved she could succed ~She is a surviver+ Express her self by writing =Helped her deal with her past
Have you ever felt so lost but you finally realized that you had to move on? Well, that's how Julia felt, but she didn't just move on, she succeded. She opened my mind wide open. Now I know I can go into the world and catch my dream; I believe I can hold it in the palm of my hand.
''It's like my whole world is coming undone, but when I write, my pencil is a needle and thread, and I'm stitching the scraps back together.''
