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Friday, August 30th
Xiomara says how she feels like a burden to her mom. She struggles to be who her parents want her to be. She writes her feelings down that helps her from hurting. She feels as if her twin brother doesn’t even understand she feels. -
Tuesday, August 28
Xiomara’s mom wants to get Xiomara into this sacrament at church. Her mom wants her to go to church when Xiomara doesn’t think she needs it. This is important to the plot because it shows that Xiomara isn’t this perfect daughter her mom wants her to be she doesn’t want to do what her mom wants. -
Thursday, September 6th
It's Xiomara's first day of high school. She feels like high school is an escape from the conflict with her family. She talks about how her school isn't the greatest school but it's somewhere to get close to people. This is important to the plot to show she wants to be herself at this school with different -
Tuesday, September 17
Xiomara goes to her first poetry slam club after school. She joined to write poetry about things she wish she could say to her family. Poetry is a big part that plays in where the book is going and how she deals with her family and the problems she has through poetry. -
Friday, September 21st
Xiomara hangs out with a boy for the first time. She's not even allowed to data until she's married because it's a sin in her moms eyes. This makes the book conflict go up because Xiomara is doing things the way she wants them instead of what her mom wants for her in life -
Monday, October 29
Xiomara learns that her twin brother is gay. And he's scared to be sinful in the eyes of his mother. Xiomara understand how he feels to be the one not following what his mother planned for them. It's an important character arch for Xiomara to learn she's not alone with not wanting to feel sinful towards her mother. -
Thursday, November 8
XIomara mom finds out she has a boyfriend and gets mad at her and that's what Xioamara was scared of. She disappoints her mom and her mom forces her to confess her sins. Which you can see how Xiomara is scared of her mom's reaction to not following her mom's path and important on why Xiomara writes poems to ease her pain. -
Thursday, January 8
Xiomara's mom finds the peoms she wrote about her mom, Aman, and church. Her mom burns her notebook filled with all the poems she ever wrote. Which causes Xiomara to leave and spend the night at Aman's house. This deals with the plot shifting her mom's and hers relationship. -
Thursday, January 24
Xiomara and her mom do counseling to fix the broken relationship they had. She finally reads her poems to her family and open up about everything. Her mom is proud of her and it's a thing they do now. Their relationship isn't perfect but they are coming to terms with each other and she doesn't have to hide anymore. -
Friday, February 8
Everything goes well for Xiomara her parents except her having a boyfriend but refuse to call him that. She tells them her poems and she goes to poetry club without having to hide it. It works out wells for her and she doesn't hide what she feels anymore.
