Para Teresa

"Para Teresa" was written in Spanish and English to add context to the poem. Because the poem is bilingual it gives a better understanding to why Teresa was so threated by the narrator. The narrator and Teresa are both Mexican-American children. In the late 50s, approximately the time the poem’s plot happens; many minorities were still trying to find their identities. The mixed in Spanish in the poem helped emphasis this point. The entire reason that Teresa and her friends wanted to confront the narrator was the fact that the narrator was conforming to a system that was not that of a Mexican; yet the narrator is a Mexican and therefore betraying her race.