Have you ever tried to forget something you didn't like? In “El Olvido” by Judith Ortiz Cofer the author lets the reader know that to forget a tradition can be dangerous. “El Olvido” is about a girl who does not like being controlled by her cultures traditions. Which she wants to forget about.
In “El Olvido” the author states, “It's dangerous to spurn the clothes you were born to wear for the sake of fashion”(lines 7-8).