Read the passage from “Child of the Americas.” I am Caribeña, island grown. Spanish is in my flesh, ripples from my tongue, lodges in my hips: the language of garlic and mangoes, the singing in my poetry, the flying gestures of my hands. Based on the imagery in the passage, how does the speaker feel when she is speaking Spanish?

The speaker describes Spanish as living throughout her body and connects it to vivid sensations, such as garlic, mangoes, singing, and expressive hand gestures. These images show that speaking Spanish feels natural and meaningful to her, and that she expresses herself with pride. The passage does not suggest that she feels homesick or displaced.

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