Write for 10-15 minutes on the influence of U.S. culture in the text.
What does it mean to be a yankee imperialist?
Bland, [processed food replaces spicy fresh food
Low quality food (powdered milk)
Misreading of the needs of Puerto Ricans--Mami wants rice and beans, not canned stuffs or perishables
Mami and Negi prefer their own cuisine
Food is a metaphor for what is good for Puerto Rico
Food pyramid reflects American corporate culture--lettuce, white bread--promotion of certain products

yucca and baked bread, sweet potatoes, beans, rice
morcillas--blood sausages
codfish, fried chicken,
dairy--eggs, cafe con leche, white cheese wrapped in banana leaves
mango, guava, grapefruit, pineapple

Teaching English--My country tis of thee
U.S. don't necessarily learn Spanish well

Posters of Susy and Dick--American children
Infirmary and vaccinations--TB and Polio

Nueva Yor--NY
Nueva Yores--the area
Development: Rockerfeller buying land and building hotels
Positive aspect of U.S. electricity and running water
Negative aspect is the appropriation of land
Tita/Tata-- Negi's grandmother who lives in the States (Monin's mother). She's working and sending back U.S. clothes and money

Don Berto--neighbor and friend who dies in Macun
Dona Lola--neighbor