Julia Alvarez’s How the García Girls Lost Their Accents

Section I – United States

Chapter Title Character – POV Place – Time Event, Symbol, Theme

“Anotojos”	Yolanda – third person	Dominican Republic – 1989
“The Kiss”	Sofía – third person	Michigan –
“The Four Girls”	Carla, Yolanda, Sandra, Sofía – third person	New York –
“Joe”	Yolanda – third person	New York (?) –
“The Rudy Elmenhurst Story”	Yolanda – first person	New York – 1972 (1960s)

Section II – United States

Chapter Title Character – POV Place – Time Event, Symbol, Theme

“A Regular Revolution”	Carla, Sandi, Yoyo, Fifi – first person (plural?)	Dominican Republic (begins in NYC) – 1970 (3-4 years after getting green cards)
“Daughter of Invention”	Mami, Papi, Yoyo – third person	New York - 1965
“Trespass”	Carla – third person	New York – 196_
“Snow”	Yolanda – first person	New York – 1963 (Cuban Missile Crisis)
“Floor Show”	Sandi – third person	New York – 1960 (3 months after arriving to U.S.)

Section III – Dominican Republic

Chapter Title Character – POV Place – Time Event, Symbol, Theme

“The Blood of the Conquistadores”	Mami, Papi, the Four Girls – Part I: multiple third person narrators Part II: first person (Fifi, speaking from future perspective; Chucha, from present)	Dominican Republic - 1960
“The Human Body”	Yoyo – first person	Dominican Republic – 195_
“Still Lives”	Sandi – third person	Dominican Republic – 195_
“An American Surprise”	Carla – first person	Dominican Republic – 195_
“The Drum”	Yoyo – first person (last paragraph speaking from future perspective)	Dominican Republic - 1956