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An hour with Abuelo. Judith Ortiz Cofer.

Setting, Characters, conflict and theme.

The main characters in the Story __An Hour With Abuelo,__ are: Arturo (grandfather) and Arturo (The grandson). The story takes place in a nursing home in Brooklyn during Arturo`s Summer vacation. Arturo`s conflict is that he wants to study to come into the AP english class but his mom wants him to visit Abuelo in the nursing home. The theme of the story is that things dont always come out the way you expect them to.

Do you think Hana will be able to adjust to life in the U.S.? Use examples from the story to support your answer.

I think Hana will not be able to adjust to life in the U.S. because she is from Japan and is used to japanese cultures and not to cultures from the U.S. The man she must mary with is used to the life in the U.S. so they are very different in adjustment to life in the U.S. Her education is also from Japan, so she doesnt know any U.S. education. She has friends and family in Japan and nobody in U.S. She wanted to leave japan because of its cultures. So thats why I think it is very hard to adjust to life in other countries.