Which statement best describes the role of the speaker in the poem "el olvido" by julia ortiz cofer?
the speaker is warning against forgetting one’s heritage.
the speaker is trying to reconnect with her own heritage.
the speaker is expressing regret over moving away from home.
the speaker is voicing embarrassment over her mother’s cultural traditions.

The message of the author is about his calling for the homeland which he describes with the lines "It is a dangerous thing /to forget the climate of your birthplace", "It is dangerous / to spurn the clothes you were born to wear". The author's closing remarks are "el olvido is a dangerous thing". Olvido means to forget something in which author's message is described through the word. The correct answer is the first option.

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boccaccio employs the voice of his narrator dioneo to represent his ideas on the tension between masculinity and femininity.  while dioneo excites the members of the brigata and recognizes women for their unique skills and independent ideas, he concludes the decameron with a story reminiscent of the society from which these young aristocrats escaped, revealing misogynistic overtones.  dioneo boccaccio is able to explore the gender disparity which is inherent in 14th century florentine society.