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As the title suggests, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, is about four Dominican girls who moves to America and adjusting to the American culture, in terms of language, academics, and living standards. Back in the Dominican Republic, the four girls, Carla, Sandra, Yolanda and Sofia all lives extravagant lives with their father. All four girls can be described as extremely rebellious again their family and traditional values, where there are sex, drugs, and criminal actions were involoves, such as stealing. Although, the actions taken by the girls seem to be immoral, unlawful and strictly against family and their cultural values and norms, they seem to all express their feelings, thoughts and identity and many different, yet rebellious, ways. For example, Yolanda is one of the daughters who is commonly associated with sex, nudity and boys, while Sofia is known for the marijuana. Moreover, after their life in the Dominican Republic, they were sent to America because of the issues their father was coming across with the federal government.

In America, the girls struggled to adjust to the new society, especially since they were put into the middle class once they moved to New York City. They were being picked on and also molested by boys in school. As a result, this new American life for the Garcia girls helped them see how important it is to never forget their tradition and family values. In America, because they were obligated to speak English, for communication reasons, they seem to have lost a part of their culture, their native language. In other words, this is where the significance of the title comes into play; language, one's native language plays a huge role in one's identity. All in all, this was a very interesting story because it conveyed an unique theme, instead of the original and traditional themes of love, friendship and family.