"One Daughter" Questions

Meaning Question #1:
I think the main purpose of cisnero's essay is to show how she has always wanted to gain the approval of her father, no matter what she did, she could never get his approval and praise for anything she accomplished. She had six brother's and all her father wanted her to do was one day get married someday, she never married instead she went onto school and started writing, her father never thought much of it because he couldn't read in english. Growing up her whole life she thought she would soon be erased from her family because her father would tell everyone he had "seven sons", she always wished her father would say someday say six sons and "one daughter".

Writing Strategy # 4:
I believe the reason why cinsnero decribes in so much detail at the end of her story is to get the reader to see what she saw, and feel what she felt while all this was happening. She is trying to get the reader into her place and be where she was at that moment, the reader can then invision everything around and get a sense of the main idea of the setting and the mood. By knowing the the background details the reader can understand the story better and imagine more.