In “How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents”, Julie Alvarez writes of the difficulties four sisters face when they move into the United States. The difference between the Dominican Republic and the United States is evidently indifferent. While in the Dominican Republic, the girls are treated unequal sexually and even just in general, the United States offers a variety of equal rights and government. In comparison to the Dominican Republic, the United States is much safer for the girls.
During their time at the Dominican Republic, especially as shown in the very first vignette, women have much more limited rights than men. In it, Yolanda, one of the sisters, returns to the Dominican Republic. When she arrives, she finds that she cannot even take a bus without a man by her side. She had become so used to American society, that she is culture shocked when she realizes her past limitations.
While she is in America, she experiences an equal lifestyle. She is exposed to the freedom of teenage life, whether this harms or helps her development as a person. For example, in America, Yolanda is able to write about whatever she wants, while her possibilities are limited while she is in the Dominican Republic. Even the mother, would rather live in the United States, where she is free to be something other than a housemaid
Obviously there is a huge difference between the Garcia Girl’s experience in the Dominican Republic than in the United States of America. For one, the Dominican Republic offers much less equality for women and America is built of the logic of equal rights. In addition, the Dominican Republic enforces limited freedom for both men and women alike, due to their political state. As a result, the family that stays in the Dominican Republic have a huge difference in opinion of human right than the ones that go to America. The two nations are evidently very different in both culture and politics.
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