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The transition from girlhood to womanhood is commonly one of the hardest times in a girls life, but more often by society it is overlooked as being a minor change. In the poem “Quinceanera” by Judith Ortiz Cofer, the speaker, who is a young girl, explains the changes she must go through at the age of fifteen. From simple things, such as giving up possessions to actually being accustomed to doing things in preparation for marriage, the speaker describes first hand the many difficulties of becoming a woman. But because women are often perceived as the inferior race in society, the speaker in the poem is resistant to the changes she must go thorough.
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