Vignette Review

            After reading a lot of vignettes I found out that there were many similarities between what students wanted to symbolize in their own vignettes. In Ivan's, Justice's, and Luis's blogs I found that all of  them had a connection with shoes.
               In Justice blog vignette she thinks that shoes are not all that important. she thinks that people should not have an obsession  to shoes. She also talks about her family and how each family member chooses their shoes and what kind. Her main concern is to not get so shoe crazy. I could connect to her because I also think that girls and guys should not get crazy over shoes, I mean their just shoes!

"Im simple open to any shoe as long as it’s cute and I’m not thinking about it. In some ways it is good to like shoes but i do not get the urgent obsession to have to buy a pair of shoes every weekend just because you feel like you need another pair of shoes to fit your life style. I do not understand the fact of having a perfect shoe or having a shoe that is simply not god enough." (Justice)                                                                                      

She also connects to the other two vignettes because she also describes what type of shoes her family members wear.
      In Ivan's vignette shoes come up as symbolizing personality. Her is specific on what type of shoe her focuses on wearing.

Shoes. The shoes my family wear tend to show our personality. I focus on wearing easy flat slim shoes that don't over exaggerate the size of my foot. i have many shoes that tend to focus on what i feel and for different occasions. with having different types of shoes it leads to priority of specific one compared to others.

He also connects to other people because he talks about his family shoe connections as well. Another thing that is uniue about his vignette is that he writes about the comparison he writes about his different pairs o shoes. At the end he writes about a special pair of shoe that he has that he has never worn.(but you should! or else your foot will grow and it will not fit!)
    "  I have shoes i rarely wear which i clean after every use, while i also have some that i wear many days a week and i clean about once a month. My most prized shoes i keep hidden in the darkness of my closet and Ive never ever wore them, i have kept them for almost a year. The shoes i have not wore to this day have huddled together to keep each other company." (Ivan)

Luis is really into shoe brand since he names so many of them.
"Shoes, shoes, shoes. All colors, all brands. As many people know from Jingletown, I have amounts of shoes. Jordans, Nikes, Vans, PF Flyers, Chuck Taylor’s, Supras, Creatives, Adidas, you name em’; I’ve had them. All colors to match shirts, outfits, and jeans. " (Luis)
What is cool about his shoe is the experiance he had with one. He talks about how one pair of shoes changed his whole shoe life and now he wants to buy shoes of that brand.
These are the vignettes THAT HAve one thing in comman SHOES! It was fun reading all the vignetees especially these about shoes.

Vignettes

Parties

We have many parties. Not the ones that most people go to with dining tables, music that you can't dance to and makes you sleepy.

No, we have fiestias.

I love going to them. Wearing my fancy clothes. My pink dress with the little black shoes my mom brought me for my birthday. " Te ves muy bonita" says my papa.

We arrive at our Tio Luis's house.

"Bienvenidos, entren"

The little house that is small like one of my barbie doll houses is packed with people.

Family, friends, and other strangers I do not know.

Children are running around crazy with their paletas in their hand dripping to the side.

Men turn on the TV to watch the end of the soccer game, all I hear is "gooooaaaaaalllllllll!"

Old mujeres are telling chismes about the neighborhood drama.

The vatos or cholos as I call are fixing their car, trying to please the cholas who are talking and laughing waiting for a nino to ask them to baillare.

There are colors everywhere that make up the Mexican themed scenery.

Yellow, Orange, Red, and my favorite hot pink.

Plates of comida fill the room with scents of agua de horchata and  tacos de carnitas on the grill.

Mariachi music makes the dance floor on the backyard. Couples dance to

I sit on a bench and  see the starry night.

Yes, this is the parties I go to.

Not the ones that most people go to with dining tables, music that you can't dance to and makes you sleepy.

No, we have fiestias.

Nombres

People mistake me for many things. They think I am a different person. I am mot.

They call me names, but I am a true person.

They don't know my life, I do.

I think of the things they tell me at night

I am in my bed and I can still here their voices.

My bed is filled with the tears I hold inside me.

Living in the hood, I know what it feels like.

Having beatings, hearing gunshots.

Its no that bad of a life, though.

You get used to it.

You learn to protect yourself.

I know my way around the streets.

Where to take my place and where to not.

But, people look at me as if I am strong.

I am not all that strong.

When I am alone I am different.

I am the real me.

A ll the beatings, names, and fights I had,

they take place in my heart.

I feel alone, without anything to depend on.

This is the real me.

Brothers

I have a brother.

Hair that bounces with every step he takes and the curls wave around his head.

His big brown eyes and long lashes, when he blinks it makes a new day.

The little clothes that fill his room, such tiny little shoes.

But, now he is big.

Growing faster as the days go on

He reminds me of myself, well almost.

funny and clumsy.

I know what it feels like to have a brother.

Annoying you every minute of the day.

Spying on you on, and

Eating your french fries when you turn around

But, I still like my brother.

I love him,

With is bouncy hair and his annoying self.

Yes, he's all right.

 A Little Chit Chat

A uncle doesn't talk that much.

"Hello" and "What are you doing?" is all his lines for the day.

With some occasional "thanks, how was your day, and where do you want to go or where are you going?"
I guess that is where a man takes place.

He comes home for dinner

Then goes back to doing his thing.

I guess that’s what it is.

Cars

There are many cars in my neighborhood.

Red cars, blue cars, and even lime green cars that you would think glow in the dark.

A Little Chit Chat

As I faced the window I heard the sound of a familiar car engine.

Oh no, my cousins.

They were visiting from LA

I never really liked them.

They always had new clothes, nice cars to drive in and they said they had their own rooms!

I sat waiting patiently for the time they would arrive.

" Hi, how are you?" They said entering.

My bother elbowed me to respond.

" Great, thanks, " I responded.

" Well now, I made some food lets go into the kitchen., oh take your cousins to your room while I prepare the food," my mother commanded.

"So, is this your room?" The one with the purple shirt asked.

" No I share with my brother", I responded, not wanting to.

"Oh, I see," she said looking around the room.

"Girls, dinner is ready," My mom called.

I felt relived, but still we did not finish the chit chat we had.

Maybe later, I hope not.