Day 1

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Lesson Plan

Discussion of Thought Questions

  1. 1

    What is the significance of guava fruit to Yolanda?

    Guava represents Yolanda's attachment to her past. She cannot obtain guava in the United States, and initially, she can't find it in the Dominican Republic either. She remembers it fondly from her past, when she lived in the Dominican Republic, and finding it will make an important connection to what she and her family have left behind. Yolanda is questioning whether she should move back to the Dominican Republic, and finding markers of her past that she thinks of fondly is part of her process of figuring out her future.

  2. 2

    Is Carlos, the Garcia Girls' father, sexist?

    Some might argue that he is—he expects...

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