Judith Ortiz Cofer's Poem Latin Women

In Judith Ortiz Cofer’s poem Latin Women Pray imagery is used. The title alone having the word Latin immediately makes the reader picture a Latino woman. As the poem continues it says God, “Looks down upon his brown daughters” (Cofer 7). This again, helps the reader depict the appearance of the Latin women. I believe that Cofer uses imagery to show how different that Latin culture can be. She also is describing the adjustment Latino’s may face when coming into the American culture when they hope that God, “At least be bilingual” (Cofer 16).
Dear John Wayne written by Louise Erdrich has many similes used throughout. “Who die beautifully, tumbling like dust weeds,” is a simile used to describe the Indians who are trying to save their land (Erdrich