The Truth
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- This is the beginning of the story, and it is important because it establishes the plot points, such as the fact that her mother is extremely strict about religion, which eventually leads Xiomara to rebel against it because she will be unable to develop as a person on her own because she is forced to believe in something she does not want to.
- "Mami makes me go to evening mass with her every evening this week, even the days that aren't confirmation class." (Acevedo 66)
- "We both know that our secret friendship can take place only in public." (Acevedo 95)
- The novel's rising action occurs as Xiomara eventually beings to act independently and more rebelliously. Xiomara begins to disobey some of her mother's prohibitions such as dating, "going to a park alone with Aman might as well be the eigth deadly sin. But I can't wait to do it anyway." (Acevedo 91). She believes that by disobeying Mami's regulations, she believes that she will be able to escape her mother's strict standards and lead a more typical life.
- Because her mother forced her to get confirmed when she was not ready, Xiomara is at her most doubtful about Christianity at this point in the novel. As a result, Xiomara skipped confirmation class and engaged in more rebellious behaviour such as hanging out with Aman, which led to her further getting into problems.
- "Altagracia, I don't think XIomara is quite ready to be confirmed. I think she has some questions we should let her answer first" (Acevedo 228)
- During this part of the novel, poetry club was her only means of escape at the moment because she and her mother got into an argument about the confirmation and her boyfriend, Aman did not stand up for her after she opened up to him. Since Aman disproved her belief that even being open with someone would be useless, she is confident that she should simply keep her thoughts and feelings to herself and only concentrate on her poetry club for her upcoming Slam recital.
- "I can't wait for poetry club. Going there was like being tested in fire; it helped me to be brave, so I can't wait to tell them about the Nuyo. Late into the night I write and the pages of my notebook swell from all the words I've pressed onto them. It almost feels like the more i bruise the page the quicker something inside me heals." (Acevedo 283)
- In this point of the novel, Xiomara's mother burns her notebook after finding out about it. It is significant to the story because as Xiomara states, "Burn it! Burn it. . . Will you burn me? Will you burn me, too?" (Acevedo 308) Her notebook is like apart of her, so when it was burned, it greatly impacted her. As a result, she rages at her mother telling her to burn her as well since a big part of her got burned.
- "If your hand causes you to sin. . . If your eye causes you to sin. . . If this notebook, this writing causes you to sin" (Acevedo 304)
- "Burn it! Burn it. This is where the poems are. Will you burn me? Will you burn me, too?" (Acevedo 308)
- When Xiomara has a chat with all of her loved ones, such as her mother and Aman, and they all forgive one another, the story's conflict is finally resolved. At the New York Citywide Slam, she begins to read her poetry in this scene, which is about all of her loved ones. This is the most significant part of the narrative since Xiomara can now express herself in front of a large audience instead of keeping everything to herself in her notebook.
- "With twin helping me practice: I hand it over like a present I've had gift wrapped, With a brand new notebook: I perform like I deserve to be there. . ." (Acevedo 350)
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