Which statement best describes the role of the speaker in the poem "El Olvido" by Julia Ortiz Cofer?

AThe speaker is warning against forgetting one's heritage
BThe speaker is trying to reconnect with her own heritage
CThe speaker is expressing regret over moving away from home.
DThe speaker is voicing embarrassment over her mother's cultural traditions.

The statement that best describes the role of the speaker in the poem "El Olvido", by Judith Ortiz Cofer is option A. The speaker is warning against forgetting one's heritage. In this poem the narrator says it is dangerous to forget one's heritage, one's origins, the clothes we used to wear and our ancestors and the saints of our elders.

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Tundexi Tundexi · Answer 2 · 2022-03-25T13:10:03-04:00

The statement that describes the role of the speaker in the poem "El Olvido" was that the speaker is warning against forgetting one's heritage.

What does the narrator explains in the poem?

The narrator emphasized that it is dangerous to forget one's heritage, one's origins, clothes we used to wear, our ancestors and the saints of our elders.

Hence, the role of the speaker was warning against forgetting one's heritage.

Therefore. the Option A is correct.