of Puerto Ricans outside the island” (pg. 59). In Julia de Burgos’ volume of poems, Poema en veinte sucos, she argued against the ideas of imperialism and committed a majority of her writing to her feminist and patriotic ethics in support of Pedro Albizu Campos, the leading father of the Puerto Rican independence movement. The author’s perspective and opinion on how women in her Latin American community were treated and how they had to live through the control of men is thoroughly expressed through
that he wants to preserve it as much as he can. “Because I’m Puerto Rican. I ain’t no American. And I’m not no Yankee flag-waver” (Rodriguez 18). All of this starts when he begins reading books about his culture and important figures like, Pedro Albizu Campos, this makes his culture feeling increase, not wanting to follow the American standards. He is also discriminated by his teachers and others at school due to his feelings of not participating in the national anthem “Some smart-ass. I stuck him