“Silent Dancing”

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This article was written by Judith Ortiz Cofer who was born in Puerto Rico. This is the author’s whole childhood story. Her father join the navy in the United States because her mother born a little brother and cause the economic pressure in the family. So her family was all moves to New Jersey when she was three years old. The main characters are her parents and her. The minor characters are her father’s uncle and a neighbor even thought the neighbor did not show up, author has write it couple times. The story is beginning at Judith immigrate to New Jersey with her parents when author three years old and her brother was only a toddler. She has no memories at first few years. Then the author told the stories like they shopping in the supermarket with her father, having their own television when Judith started first grade, and at New Year’s Eve they dressed up even though her younger brother and be invited to her father’s uncle’s home to celebrate. The title “Silent Dancing” was a story that Judith’s mother’s brother Hernan bought a home movie camera. So they played for a five-minute home movie. At the end of the movie, there are people dancing in a circle and with no music; so that is why this article named “Silent Dancing”. Actually I did not understand this article very clearly. The whole article divided into two kinds of word style. If I skip the slant one then I cannot connect two paragraphs above and below. However, if I keep read all paragraphs, then I cannot connect with all paragraphs. It makes me confused. However, due to the article that I read and the details that I understand, I came up that because author’s father is a United States Navy, they are not very poor. However, her father cannot be in home every day, so the story she wrote are all happened when her father was back home on weekend leaves. Her beautiful mother who has black hair and

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