What could be more similar than some polynesian islands and some random book called How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents. A lot of things but they do still have a lot of similarities. This summer I learned from both reading How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents and going to Hawaii on vacation. After reading the 290 pages of How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents, I look back and see what messages and lessons were ingrained in the plot and events of the notice that there is much to be learned. I will elaborate on the many similarities as well as life lessons learned from these experiences as well as the many ways they are applicable to each and every person. One of these lessons, was that people, even if they are close friends and family will always find their personality, and will always differ from one another. Early in the book, it was explained how once the main characters of the book, the Garcia sisters, grew up having the exact same clothes, toys, and other possessions, differing only in color to distinguish which girl it belonged to. Later in life after taking separate paths for themselves the sisters later criticized “The little one …show more content…
The lessons of growing apart and becoming who you are can be applied in countless ways even in our everyday lives. Everything. For example, when I look back into my past, I notice that I have lost and gained many friends. Why? Sometimes things just happen, sometimes people just grow apart and become incompatible, I’ve lost friends just from not talking to them for a couple months or gained entirely new ones just after one day. I even look at my own family and see how my parents have become so different from their siblings, how my aunts and uncles live in different cities, states, and countries and how they have virtually forgotten about each other. I realize that letting go is part of life, growing apart is okay, and being yourself is