The Significance of using Spanish and English in "Almost a Woman" Esmeralda Santiago i an american citizen with puerto rican origins who writes the novel called "Almost a Woman". Her book recalls her journey towards womanhood and describes the details of growing up Puerto Rican in the 1960's in America. Esmeralda Santiago wrote "Almost a Woman" at age fifty eight, an age at which she clearly knew how to speak and write English. Being an …showed first 75 words of 1010 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1010 total…to reinforce the idea that the novel is written about and for the hispanic audience. The English text is there to invite the American public to take a look into the hard journey of maybe any immigrant into their society. The English text sprinkled with Spanish words give a wonderful image of what one goes through as an immigrant and how one relates back to its identity as a Puerto Rican or any other nationality.