2. Rain of Gold Bless Me, Ultima Like Water For Chocolate The Education Of Little Tree The Hundred Secret Senses Victor Villaseñor Rudolfo Anaya Laura Esquivel Forrest Carter Amy Tan Lupe, and Juan Salvador and their families Antonio and Ultima Tita, and Pedro Little Tree and Grandparents Kwan, Olivia, and Father

3. Struggles of Life Like Water for Chocolate Bless me, Ultima The Education of Little Tree The Hundred Secret Senses Mexico U.S.A. Challenges to survive Strive to be Free Rain of Gold

4. Contrast Time Period Age Spiritual beliefs Economic status Family Size Culture

5. Comparison Strong woman Their own cultural traditions Struggle to survive Elders educate the young

6. Like Water for Chocolate Laura Esquivel Likes »I liked the authors style of writing and the way each knew chapter was a month of the year and started with a recipe. »The way the author described emotion. »shows strength and survival. »shows conflict and rebellion. »love story. »descriptive enough to keep you involved. Dislikes »There were a little to many recipes and some were too long.

7. Likes »How I was able to recognize some of the names of places where the families lived and traveled through. This gave me a visual of these places. »Dislikes »I disliked the way the writer went from one separate family to another separate family without an introduction. The writer switched back and forth from families without notice.

8. Likes »Intelligent kid »The way Ultima helped Antonio »Strong women Dislikes »The fact that Antonio witnessed the death of people he liked.

9. The Education of Little Tree Forrest Carter Likes »It is a good book to read to your family. »The family is very nature like »it used vocabulary that I understood »they showed how they survived. Dislikes »it was hard for me to get into the book at the beginning.

10. Likes »The font on the book was big and easy to read. »The father thought of his daughter he left behind. »Kwan always tried to learn new things. »Olivia grew to understand Kwan. Dislikes »Father left her behind for so long. »Olivia told her secret when she promised that she wouldn’t tell.