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Rtgina
Janc$'
biog
raphy
and
ailidsm,
Gabr;rlCarcia
Marqun
(Columbia:
U n i \ ' ~ r s i t \
of
M i J . . . ~ o u r i
Pre5s.
1981).
or
1111
h i ~
novds.,
O n ~
Hrmdrr.d
Years
01
SaWudt:
SLilflcJS
as
lhe.<
:Ichicvrmcnl
\I.'hichmadt:
Gabriel
Garda
M,lnlUl'l
a
~ y m b o l
of
L:llin
Arnaic:a
fictional
ingeuuilY.
To
understandthequality
01
Latin
An\t'.ric:an
lilITdlure
ill
contempo
raryriction.
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should
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!incechildhood,provided
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enough
10
h,wl."
hads
childhood
of
biT)'Eales,"
A
new
contributor,Rafael
C.
CQ..flj[[u
ItacJus
English
arId
H u m c m i t i c ~ '
al
John
Marshall
lligh
School,
San
AnialtitJ,
T ~ x a . s ,
,
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Reaction
(0
the
Action
Phn
in'Reaction
10
the
Push
forExcellence
One
of
my
bo),s
\\IllS
killed
in
sixth
period
tod;Jy
..
Ililink
1
saw
himlall,
Right
betweenthe
subjeci
And
verb.
Dead
r
believehewas
woundedin
askirmish;
CUI
down
by
ascrnicolon
He
didn't
e"'cn
callIer
a
medic,
Jus.,
sal
Dying,
I
wamed
l()
gCI
tht'
kid
ready
rorbattle.Readyto
meet
and
b ~ a l l h e
t e ~ t . .
To
p T o ~ ' e
inthe
nation.
'Vr
l\te
one
or
'fhe
best
A
Ii
~ ' e
DarrellH.Garber
New
Orll:.'lns
Public
Schools
78
English
Journal
~ . ~ ~ . 9 ~ 9 , ~
..
. 9 ~ ~ ~ , ~ ~ 1
Garcia
Marquez,
by
Rafael
C,
Castillo
The
EnglishJournal
©
1984
NationalCouncil
of
TeachersofEnglisho
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; ~ ~ ~ I · ~ : · l
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