That it is a good circus and it was well known at the time.
The symbol is the white umbrella, and it represents what the narrator wants to be, perfect, pure, etc. and that would mean that when she throws it away she is satisfied with the way she is now. The narrator is taught many lessons including acceptance. The narrator is taught acceptance because she regrets wishing Ms. Crosman was her mother. She also wanted to be part of American culture, and she was so embarrassed of her mother working. She was taught to accept things how they are in her life and be thankful for them because some people don’t have what she does.
A phrase is any collection of words that behaves like a part of speech, like a noun phrase (“my brother Stu”), an adjectival phrase (“in a different shade of blue”), or an adverbial phrase (“with elegance and tact”). A clause is any noun phrase plus a verb; they can be sentences, but they don't always have to be
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The mix of Spanish and English foreshadows the author’s inner struggle with her identity.
Esmeralda Santiago writes about finding her true identity as she had to move around a lot and live both in Puerto Rico and the USA.
<span>She spoke of deforestation, chemicals in the air, the waste and greed in our society, and the wanton destruction of animal and plant species that can never be brought back to life again. Her speech wants to tell the audience the bad effects of human activities polluting the atmosphere.</span>
