Project Summary: Compose a 1300-word minimum MLA style essay in which you explain how Carmen Rivera’s play La Gringa has universal relevance beyond the specific family and culture it represents. Your thesis and claims may address the following questions: How is someone’s identity influenced by language(s), location(s), and learning? How might the domestic conflicts and confrontations between characters in the play relate to the larger dynamic of U.S.-Puerto Rican relations? What might human beings across time and place learn from these characters? Your essay must demonstrate your ability to think critically about the primary literature by citing and analyzing at least 3 quotations from the play La Gringa AS WELL AS direct references to each of the following 3 secondary sources to deepen your analysis: this Latinx Project interview and this article from The New York Times (.pdf version here) and this study guide associated with the NYC production (the longest-running off-Broadway production to date!)