1.)      The point of view is told in the eyes of Caroline Correa. She wants people to know that they can make it for themselves if you actually go out and make it happen. There are many resources for people coming over as a refugee that should definitely be taken advantage of to the fullest extent. However, she recognizes the language barrier and all the disadvantages that bring for people coming to an entirely new country and learning a whole new language. Caroline wants people on both ends to be aware of this barrier, she wants refugees to really push themselves to learn about the new culture they are in, but she also wants the organizations reaching out to the refugees to recognize these challenges and try to accommodate for the refugees as best they can.

 

2.)      The dramatic question that organizes this interview is how you can learn to be independent. Caroline came to the U.S when she was a young girl and then left the house her mother had been living in when she was only 16. Caroline left because she did not agree with her mother's life choices. These choices negatively affected not only Caroline's mother, but it affected Caroline's life as well. Caroline knew that her family had come here for a better life and to escape all the living conditions that restricted them from being free and independent human beings. When Caroline's mother remarried

 

 

3.) 5 Central Moments/Themes:

1. When her father died

   1. This was pivotal because that’s when she realized that her life had come to a crashing halt.

2. When she pryor didn’t really label herself as a refugee

   1. I liked this moment because it was a very valid point. When you think of “refugee”, you think of like Middle East or Africa, not Columbia. It is important to realize that refugees come from all over the world.

3. How she doesn’t talk to her mother anymore

   1. Her relationship with her mother is strained because of the way the new man in her life treats her. She doesn’t agree with the subordinate life that she is living, thinking she is stuck in a disrespectful relationship. This put into light the theme of independence that Carolina expresses

4. Going from rich to poor

   1. She lived a

5. Being independent

5.) We can open the story with how she lived a great upper/middle class life, and how all of the sudden that can change in an instant. How life was so great and she lost her father, home, and great life, and had to recover from that. That recovery we can show the progression throughout the story, and lead it up to how it molded her to the independent woman she is today.