D.N, Questions: February 27, 2008.

Rosario Morales, Aurora Levins Morales. Ending Poem.

Do Now: Do you consider yourself as having a mixture of roots? Why or why not?

• I know I have a mixture of roots because I'm not fully from one country. My ancestry could be traced back, and even though its forgotten it's still there and will always be there.
  

What geographical regions can be identified in this poem?

• Puerto Rico, Carribbean, New York, Bronx, CA, Africa and Europe.

Describe the message within the following verse "History made me" and "I was born on the crossroads."

• I think both messages means/shows how you are what you are because of your past history and if it wasn't for all these types of peoples coming together, you wouldn't have been all those things/ethnics or nothing at all. Also, because of those nationalities, and ethnic group combining, you are, who you are.

How could you characterize the speaker's racial and ethical background?

• Latino-American. Jewish.