[LM_NET] possible plagiarism

[SUSAN PATRICK <spatric1@TOPEKA.K12.KS.US>]

Has anyone seen this before--meaning it is possibly plagiarized?

This was written from a 1991 AP language prompt re: Gary Soto.

It starts "The ubiquitous Almighty.  Angels in the backyard, holy voices that 
whisper admonishments from the less-than-holy plumbing.  "A squirrel nailed itself 
high on the trunk, where it forked into two large bark scabbed limbs."-a squirrel 
that possesses a strikingly Christ-like Veneer.


Later it says, This nearly sarcastic tone reminds us of the moments in our youth in 
which we fell back on our seemingly present but usually superficial innocence in 
order to escape harsh punishment and a guilty conscience.  

Later, The moral crudeness and inhumane cruelness of kicking his pet dog doesn't 
concern. . . 

And, Soto is a conceptual master.  He brilliantly intertwines heady symbolisms with 
powerful themes and intoxicating descriptions to swiftly whisk his readers back to 
his date with sin; 



Please let me know if you have seen this or know, besides google of a way to track 
it down.

Susan Patrick
Media Specialist
Topeka High
(785) 295-3363
spatric1@topeka.k12.ks.us
(785)295-3363

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