“How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents” Julia Alvarez, the author, unravels the story of four Dominican sisters who, although raised the same, turn out very different. The book is divided into three sections, with Part One being the most recent and Part Three being the least. In Part One, the author uses the plus ones of the the sisters to give background information on them. For example, the youngest girl, Sofia was raised the same as her sisters. However, she becomes the most rebellious, and ends up getting pregnant and running away. Meanwhile, Yolanda, the third sister, has always lived by his parents rules. She has always lived by their rules. However, all the sisters share something in common. They all end up spiralling down in their lives as soon as they leave the support of their father and mother.
In the case of the Sandra, the second sister, she began the purge herself as soon as she went to college. Her bulimic state gets her hospitalized to a point of being “unrecognizable”. She goes into a mental breakdown, which her family becomes ashamed of. During the sessions between her father, mother, and her therapist, her father kept much of his opinion to himself, while her mother could only sob and whine about her daughter. The mother always had a story of each girl that she would tell on the respective girls important days. But after this incident, her mother no longer told the story. She only wished to forget the past.
The oldest daughter, Carla, was the only one who has some form of success in her life. However, she is still dependent on her parents. She is the only one who wants to spend time with them. She is the only one who still bothers invite them to her events, compared to Yolanda who kept trying to hide her poetry recitals.
In general, the girls have proven to be very unsuccessful in independent living. dealing with pregnancy, nervous breakdowns, and just wanting to get away from her parents.
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