Water by the Spoonful
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Substance Addiction
Internet Communities and Human Connection
Family
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Elliot Ortiz
Yaz / Yazmin Ortiz
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William
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Water
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Water by the Spoonful
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Quiara Alegría Hughes
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Introduction
Intro
Plot Summary
Plot
Summary & Analysis
Scene One
Scene Two
Scene Three
Scene Four
Scene Five
Scene Six
Scene Seven
Scene Eight
Scene Nine
Scene Ten
Scene Eleven
Scene Twelve
Scene Thirteen
Scene Fourteen
Scene Fifteen
Themes
All Themes
Substance Addiction
Internet Communities and Human Connection
Family
Freedom, Identity, and Dissonance
Quotes
Characters
All Characters
Elliot Ortiz
Yaz / Yazmin Ortiz
Haikumom / Odessa Ortiz
Fountainhead / John
Orangutan / Madeleine Mays
Chutes&Ladders / Clayton Wilkie
Mami Ginny
William
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Barrio
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The Ghost
Water
Yaz’s Piano
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Barrio
The barrio refers to the Puerto Rican community in North Philadelphia from which
Yaz
and
Elliot
both originated. Whenever Yaz and Elliot refer to the barrio, it carries the connotation of drugs, crime, violence, and…
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