Biography
Grew up this religion
Catholic
The Ring
her being naive
Perspective
First Person
Her occupation before author
College Professor
El Arabe
Chance for something different
Another literary device used
Imagery
Mother
Ring Size
Realization that her father didn't actually hate her
Marxism
Difference in struggles between social classes
Reason her family moved to New Jersey
Father joined the Navy
The Blanket
Arabe's bait allowing him to stay until her father got home
Psychoanalytic Criticism is
The analysis of an authors psyche
How frequently her and her mother moved back to Puerto Rico
Every time her father was deployed (6 months)
Merchandise
the active search to find his son a wife
Culturalism is
The significance if cultural differences