ES 323 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Banana, Pennsylvania Avenue, Flag Of Mexico
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Lots of open space which allows for imagination. Banana grove in the back, killing rangers. From nena (maria elena), miss cornelia & school, stabbing. Also becomes something he is embarrassed of. First in front of maria elena b/c shes upper class spanish. Then in front of his anglo wife ellen as an adult: does gualinto gomez identify himself as a mexican (resistance) or as an. As a teenager/child he identifies as mexican. As a senior when they go to the dance at the la casa. Mexicana and stays outside with the other mexican students even though he passes as spanish and could"ve went in. He was ashamed of the name his dead father had given him, george. He was grateful to his uncle felciano for having registered him in school as gualinto and having said that it was an indian name.
