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    A Study Guide for Gary Soto's "Oranges"
    A Study Guide for Gary Soto's "Oranges"
    A Study Guide for Gary Soto's "Oranges"
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    A Study Guide for Gary Soto's "Oranges"

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    A Study Guide for Gary Soto's "Oranges," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateSep 2, 2016
    ISBN9781535830324
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      A Study Guide for Gary Soto's "Oranges" - Gale

      08

      Oranges

      Gary Soto

      1985

      Introduction

      The poem Oranges by Gary Soto tells the story of a twelve-year-old boy who goes over to a girl's house on a cold December morning, bringing two oranges in his pocket. They go out walking and end up at a drugstore candy counter, where he offers to buy her any candy she wants. When the chocolate bar she chooses costs more than he has in his pocket, the boy finds himself in a potentially embarrassing situation. He quickly manages to appeal to the store's cashier, subtly, without the girl noticing, and is given the candy. As they walk back to her house, he basks in both the gratitude of the girl and the charity of the store clerk, feeling warmth and heat emanate from himself, as if he were able to hold not just the orange he is peeling but fire itself.

      This is one of the most popular, widely recognized poems by the renowned Chicano poet. Soto first gained fame as a poet, then went on to use his stories about his childhood, with its poverty and the conflicts of growing up in a bicultural household, to become a familiar name in the field of young adult literature. Originally published in Soto's 1985 poetry collection Black Hair, Oranges is also included in his 1995 collection New and Selected Poems. In addition, the last line of this poem was used for the title of another book that Oranges is included in called A Fire in My Hands, which is a collection of poems intended for grades six through ten.

      Author Biography

      Gary Soto was born in Fresno, California, on April 12, 1952. His grandparents were born in Mexico and came to California to work in the booming agricultural industry of the San Joaquin Valley. His father picked grapes for the Sunmaid Raisin Company and

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