Alvarez Shows Language is A Tremendous Difference In Everyone's Lives In His
Story
Rudy and Yolanda communicated in completely different languages. By
language, I mean the written, and spoken kind. More so I mean the traditions,
and values that go hand in hand with learning a language. When they learned
their own languages, they inherited their own set of ideals, that were changed
by what, where, and how they were taught.
Yolanda's language was Spanish. She learned to speak Spanish in the
Dominican Republic. Her lifestyle was one of a strict Catholic girl. Yo had a
very traditional father. He allowed nothing but what was the social norm. His
social norms became hers. When she moved to the U.S., she was completely naive
when it came to the American culture. Yolanda was raised in the way that the use
of drugs and alcohol were totally unheard of. Pre-marital sex was something that
was taboo, and strictly reinforced. She had grown up with very traditional
values that......
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