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noun
/ˈkämˌpound/
a thing that is composed of two or more separate elements; a mixture.
"the air smelled like a compound of diesel and gasoline fumes"
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adjective
/ˈkämˌpound,kəmˈpound/
made up or consisting of two or more existing parts or elements.
"a compound noun"
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no boots and the backpack thing
<span>Mora includes the poem in her speech to encourage her audience to remember their family history.
Mora's speech is about immigrants who want to blend into the new society so much that they completely delete their own family history and background. She is obviously against this, saying that we should be proud of where we come from and not try to eradicate every trace of our family history just to become Americanized.
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