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1 Study Guide for Memoir of a Visionary: Antonia Pantoja Study Guide for Memoir of a Visionary: Antonia Pantoja Prepared by Robert F. Cohen, Ph.D. Hostos Book-of-the-Semester Project Fall 2011 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Pre-reading Activities A. Considering the Book’s Title B. Foreword (ix – x) C. Editor’s Note (xi – xiv) D. Introduction (xv – xvii) II. Reading Activities First Part: Toward a Clear Identity (1922 – 1944) [pp. 1 –49] A. General Understanding: True or False? (pp. 1 –4) B. Note-Taking: Scanning (pp. 4 – 49) C. Role Plays D. Writing Incentive Second Part: I Take a Leap over the Sea and I Land on My Feet (1944 – 1949) [pp. 50 – 71] A. General Understanding: Writing a Summary B. Matching C. Writing Incentive: Working with Quotations Third Part: A Builder of Institutions (1950 – 1960) [pp.72-89] A. General Understanding B. Open for Discussion Fourth Part: The Puerto Rican Forum (1957 – 1964) [90-124] A. General Understanding B. Writing Incentive Fifth Part: Leadership in the Overall Society (1965 –1969) [125 --138] A. General Understanding: True or False? B. Writing Incentive: Working with Quotations 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Sixth Part: Return to Puerto Rico and Return to New York (1969 – 1983) [139 –179] A. General Understanding: True or False? B. Note-taking: Reviewing and Compiling Information C. Writing Incentive Seventh Part: I Return to Puerto Rico to Retire (1984 – 1998) [180 –193] A. General Understanding: Giving Reasons B. Writing Incentive: Working with Quotations Epilogue: Reflections and Ruminations [194 –197] Open for Discussion: Working with Quotations 3 Study Guide for Memoir of a Visionary: Antonia Pantoja Hostos Book-of-the-Semester Project Fall 2011 I. Pre-reading Activities The material in this Study Guide is based on Memoir of a Visionary: Antonia Pantoja. Houston, Texas: Arte Público Press, 2002. A. Considering the Book’s Title The title of the book is Memoir of a Visionary: Antonia Pantoja. What do you expect to learn about Antonia Pantoja as you read her memoir, the story of her life? What does the word visionary “say” to you? Write down your thoughts here and remember to return to them to respond to this question after you finish reading the book: Did the journey you took with Antonia Pantoja provide you appropriate examples for your definition of visionary? If so, how? If not, why not? Study Guide for Memoir of a Visionary: Antonia Pantoja Hostos Book-of-the-Semester Project Fall 2011 I. Pre-reading Activities B. Foreword (ix – x) Comprehension and Discussion Questions 1. What three “side projects” did the writing of Antonia Pantoja’s memoir give birth to? a. b. c 2. In the Foreword, Antonia Pantoja explains why she decided to write her autobiography. The young Aspirante (a member of ASPIRA) who had been visiting her said, “One day you will die and no one will know how important your life has been for other Puerto Ricans in the city and for the city’s development” ( ix). After she told him that she had thought about writing a book about ASPIRA, the work that she believed represented her greatest achievement, the young man told her that she “had to write [her] entire life story, starting from [her] very humble origins up to receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Bill Clinton in 1996. [Her] life, [the young man] said, was important because it provided an example for many young Puerto Rican New Yorkers who had very few mentors, heroes, and important figures to emulate.” a. Why may it have been significant that the impetus towards writing her memoir came from a frank discussion about life one day between a young man and a much older woman on the beach in Puerto Rico? In what ways might the dynamics of this conversation have had a greater effect on her than a conversation that could have taken place between her and another person her own age? b. Why does a complete story of a person’s childhood and origins give us a better appreciation of the achievements for which he or she is recognized by society than just a story of the achievements themselves? Study Guide for Memoir of a Visionary: Antonia Pantoja Hostos Book-of-the-Semester Project Fall 2011 I. Pre-reading Activities B. Foreword (ix – x) (cont.) c. Why do all young people have to have “mentors, heroes and important figures to emulate”? 3. Antonia Pantoja writes: I believe that I have accomplished so much because I have guarded my integrity and my connections to my community. I have never accepted gifts and promotions that I felt I had not earned and deserved. If I had not guided my life by these principles of integrity and honesty, I believe that I might have lived a life of self-serving mockery. I complete this work feeling proud and satisfied with what these memoirs will say about me. (pp. x) a. Why are integrity and honesty such important values, especially for a public figure? b. How do integrity and honesty help to build community? c. Why is it difficult to take pride in one’s accomplishments if they have been achieved without any sign of personal integrity? Study Guide for Memoir of a Visionary: Antonia Pantoja Hostos Book-of-the-Semester Project Fall 2011 I. Pre-reading Activities C. Editor’s Note (xi – xiv) Comprehension and Discussion Questions 1. How does Henry A. J. Ramos, Executive Editor of the Hispanic Civil Rights Series, situate Antonia Pantoja in the American civil rights movement? In what civil rights categories has she laid a foundation for future generations? 2. How did Antonia Pantoja evaluate the progress that she and her fellow Puerto Ricans made in fifty-five years, from 1945 to 2000? 3. Pantoja’s book belongs to the Hispanic Civil Rights series, which “will seek especially to educate younger readers, many of whom are being exposed to this history for the first time” (xiv). Why is it particularly important for young people to become aware of the history that came before them? How does it give them an appreciation of their current status in time? Study Guide for Memoir of a Visionary: Antonia Pantoja Hostos Book-of-the-Semester Project Fall 2011 I. Pre-reading Activities D. Introduction (xv – xvii) Comprehension and Discussion Questions 1. How did Antonia Pantoja’s perception of the sea as the “promise” of the “world that lay beyond” (xv) give her great inspiration at the very beginning of her life journey? How was she able to convert the “insurmountable obstacle” of the sea, “when viewed as part of [her] constantly changing reality,” into an “enhancing and transporting experience”? 2. The author writes this way about the “black children from the nearby slum, playing in the water”: These are the children, descendants of sad Yoruba princesses and furious Cafre fishermen, who never had the knowledge of why they were kidnapped and enslaved on the other side of the sea. These children will never know that their present lives are a reflection of that captivity – an enslavement that resulted in their present subordination. (pp. xvi) Why is it sometimes the responsibility of those with knowledge to raise other people’s consciousness of their station in life? Study Guide for Memoir of a Visionary: Antonia Pantoja Hostos Book-of-the-Semester Project Fall 2011 I. Pre-reading Activities D. Introduction (xv – xvii) (cont.) 3. Take notes on Antonia Pantoja’s beliefs and personal values and her goals in life. Beliefs and Personal Values Goals in Life 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. 5. 5. 4. Explain the clear connection that exists between the author’s beliefs and her goals in life. 5. Pantoja writes: “I consider myself an educator, a teacher. However, by teacher, I mean one who engages with the learner and becomes a teacher/learner” (xvii). Explain Pantoja’s concept of a teacher. Do you agree with her definition? Why or why not? Write your own definition of a teacher. Study Guide for Memoir of a Visionary: Antonia Pantoja Hostos Book-of-the-Semester Project Fall 2011 II. Reading Activities First Part: Toward a Clear Identity (1922 – 1944) [pp. 1 –49] A. General Understanding: True or False? (pp. 1 –4) Working with a partner, decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). If they are false, rewrite them so that they become true. ___1. Antonia Pantoja was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President William Jefferson Clinton when she was 75 years old. ___2. She did not believe she deserved the award. ___3. When she was a small schoolgirl, she found answering questions about her parents’ names easy. ___4. When she was eight years old, she changed her official birthdate, which made her officially the daughter of Conrado Pantoja and Luisa Acosta Rivera. ___5. Her mother’s real name was not on her birth certificate. ___6. Her family was embarrassed about the story of her birth. ___7. Thanks to the indirectness of Puerto Rican culture, she never really learned who her real father was. ___8. Her grandmother boosted her self-esteem by telling her that she was “a person with a special destiny.” ___9. In her grandmother’s mind, Antonia’s natural curiosity, intelligence, and sensitivity proved that she had a “special destiny” ___10. The various people who had an influence on her during her childhood made Antonia realize that she would have to be the creator of her own destiny. Study Guide for Memoir of a Visionary: Antonia Pantoja Hostos Book-of-the-Semester Project Fall 2011 II. Reading Activities First Part: Toward a Clear Identity (1922 – 1944) [pp.
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