![]() ![]() Some themes of Grande’s include the pursuit of the American Dream a sense of belonging or a “home” identity (perhaps torn) through race, ethnicity, gender, language, name, immigration status privilege-race, $ family/support how writing/story-telling gives voice to an individual rejection, failure, & success coping and healing role of education desire to escape via substance abuse, religion goals and responsibilities & giving back.ĭon’t forget to cite your sources (Grande only-no other outside sources, please), and use appropriate punctuation (think quoted and reported speech). ![]() (Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author of The Sympathizer ) Reyna Grande is a fearless writer and a tireless. Writers in need of inspiration should read this book. In that book, Reyna recounted the pain and poverty she experienced growing up in Mexico without her parents, who had immigrated to the U.S. Reyna Grande’s A Dream Called Home is a moving memoir about building a family, becoming a writer, and redefining America. ![]() Critical thinking is key here you’re not writing a summary. A Dream Called Home is the follow up to Reyna Grande’s national bestselling memoir The Distance Between Us. You must cite specific examples from the text (giving the page number/s in parentheses), as well as compose an argument for Grande’s main message behind this theme (what is she trying to communicate, and why is it important?). Please choose ONE theme that is central to the book’s message, and provide textual evidence (use direct quotations from the text) in which this theme is revealed. You will write a literary analysis of Reyna Grande’s A Dream Called Home. ![]()
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