The Garcia Girls Struggle to Become Americans

"Alvrez never once allows reader to think growing up in a foreign
culture, expecially the United States, is ever easy."As the tale of the Garcias in
the new world progresses, each of the family members, mostly the girls,
recount in the troubles and the obstacles they overcame. All four had to deal
with the pressures of having Old World parents."(P.186)
As soon as one enters a new environment, they would usually start
acclimating to it while at the same time losing heritage. In the Alverez's "How the
Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents", shows an example of this. This book took place i…