How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents 40-103

**Summary**
In these chapters you get into the life of the family and their background. The mother of the girls, Laura always referred to her daughters as “the four girls,” she never called them by their names because she had four girls and no boys. Her husband doesn’t really like it because he always wanted a boy but Laura was never able to have a boy, always girls. And so in this chapter Julia Alvarez takes us back to the beginning when all the four girls were young deciding colors, and what they liked, because their mother distinguished them only by the color they wore. In the chapter Laura is also telling stories of each of the girls when they were younger, which shows how she views them. however, she leave some changes which indicates her current attitude toward each of her daughters. She tells the story of Sofia’s betrayal towards the family but made it positive. Laura and her husband are very disappointed in Sofia becuase of her actions to runaway and marry a man the family has never met before. she also tells the story of Carla’s red sneakers which shows the pride she has in her family, and she tells the story of Yolanda’s career as a poet and her trouble with men, especially with her husband John. However, she had a difficult time telling a story of Sandra because she is mentally ill.
Yolanda was married to a man named John, which the marriage did not work out. Yolanda undergoes a breakdown where she loses all of her communication with everyone else. Everyone becomes depressed and broken hearted becuase of her breakdown especially her husband becuase her attitude and actions becomes intolerable. She starts to reveal different situations she goes through with her marriage and people around her in which she loves.

**Quote**
"The words tumble out, making a sound like the rumble of distant thunder, taking shape, depth, and substance. Yo continues: "Doc, rock, smock, luck," so many words. There is no end to what can be said about the world" (Alvarez 85).

**Reaction**
I find this quote important becuase it reflects Yolanda in a different way. she characterize herself as a great poet, however when she goes through this breakdown she loses all her sense. And when she starts talking, she just babbles, and she can't communicate well.