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Guadalupe Garcia McCallA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
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Give the “Monster” a Backstory
One way that folktales endure is that writers create modern versions of their stories, as many generations of indigenous and Mexican people have done with the story of La Llorona. Other times, monsters are given second chances, more depth, and character when creative writers give them a humanizing back story. McCall demonstrates this with the chupacabras and Cecilia in Summer of the Mariposas. Now, it’s your turn. Choose a “monster” or villain from this story or another legendary/folktale “monster” and give them a back story.
By Guadalupe Garcia McCall
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