"Straw Into Gold"

     The speaker of this specific autobiography is Sandra Cisneros. She is writing about her life and all the achievements and struggles she encountered during it. Her introduction was quite fanatic.She shows how harsh her childhood was, and the difficulties of being a Spanish woman. She was not that rich, and was surviving off educational grants, which were used mainly for researh and education. One example that she gave about her success, was when she was invited someplace and had to make corn tortillas. Even though she was raised not knowing how to cook any Mexican food, she tried her best and succeeded, because she did not give up on herself.

     According to her thoughts, she was not normal in her family. She had inherited her intelligence from her mother, and her sappy heart from her father. It was important for a Mexican woman to get married first and then leave her parent's house, but she left before any of her brothers did. She wanted to chase her dreams, and follow her career, and that made her who she is now. Even though her life included dreadly aspects, like poverty, it made her stronger and more willful. Her parents were still important to her, because without them she could not have reached the peak of where she stands today. She became the leader of her own life, and made her own decisions, without pushing everybody aside. Impossible is just a word you say when you have given up on what you should be following the most. She took a chance and made it.