Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Journal 5: Geraldo No Last Name

One of the stories that has stood out to me the most is "Geraldo No Last Name." In the story, we hear about a young hispanic man who Marin meets one night at a dance. Unfortunately, there is an accident that night and by coincidence alone, Marin becomes the last person to see Geraldo alive. I like this story because I find it interesting how Cisneros uses such beautiful language to describe something so sad. She introduces us to Geraldo and turns it into such a sad story, but describes him in such a nice way. "Geraldo. That's all. Green pants and Saturday shirt. Geraldo. That's what he told her." (Cisneros 65) For Marin, Geraldo was nothing more than someone to dance with, but he dies that night.

4 comments:

  1. nice job eddie, you gave out some good points about the story good work

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  2. I agree with you about how Cisneros uses good language to something sad.

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  3. awww i thought this story was really sad because Geraldo was a young man with a long life ahead of him. Instead he dies and leaves nothing behind.His family won't know what happened to him for a while and he probably wont get a funeral. Poor guy! :(

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  4. I thought the story was really sad, because cisneros made sure not to describe Geraldo very well. We knew nothing about him, and he was already dead.

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