Characters
This is the main character of Poet X
Who is Xiomara?
What Xiomara uses to express herself and process her feelings
What is poetry?
The religion that Xiomara's mother wants her to strictly follow
What is Catholicism?
The city where the story takes place
What is Harlem, New York?
Xiomara gets invited to join this school activity, which changes her life
What is the poetry club/slam team?
Who is Xavier?
Where Xiomara writes her poems
What is her journal?
What sacrament Xiomara is expected to complete but resists
What is Confirmation?
One major theme in The Poet X
What is identity, voice, self-expression, religion, or family conflict?
This moment causes Xiomara to lose trust in her mother
What is when her mother reads and burns her journal?
Xiomara's mother who is deeply religious and strict
Who is Mami?
What event makes Xiomara finally share her poetry in public
What is the poetry slam?
How Xiomara feels during church
What is conflicted or disconnected?
The way Xiomara’s body is viewed by others and how that affects her
What is sexualization and unwanted attention?
The reason Xiomara and Aman stop talking for a while
What is her mother finding out and punishing her?
Xiomara's teacher who encourages her to share her poetry
Who is Ms. Galiano?
The reason Xiomara is hesitant to share her poetry
What is the fear of judgement and her mother's disapproval?
The major family conflict that arises from Xiomara’s secret relationship
What is her mother finding out about Aman?
The contrast between Xiomara and her twin brother highlights this theme
What is gender expectations or communication?
The surprising thing that Twin reveals to Xiomara
What is that he is gay and in a secret relationship?
The boy Xiomara secretly starts dating
Who is Aman?
What poetry symbolizes for Xiomara
What is freedom, identity, and self expression?
How the relationship between Xiomara and her mother begins to change by the end of the book
What is they begin to understand each other, or start healing?
This symbolizes the freedom Xiomara seeks
What is her poetry or the microphone/stage?
The emotional turning point that brings Xiomara and her mother closer together
What is when they go to therapy and Mami begins to listen to her poetry?