My Beloved World

by

Sonia Sotomayor

Miss Katz Character Analysis

Miss Katz is Sonia’s history teacher for her junior year of high school. She’s the first to ask Sonia to synthesize information into compelling arguments rather than just regurgitate facts, and Sonia remembers her later in college when professors ask her to do the same. During high school, however, Miss Katz is the only teacher to ask this of her students. For this—and possibly because she’s politically active and progressive—she only teaches at Cardinal Spellman for one year.
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Miss Katz Character Timeline in My Beloved World

The timeline below shows where the character Miss Katz appears in My Beloved World. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 12
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Junior year, Sonia has a teacher named Miss Katz for history. She’s different from the other teachers in that she’s not a nun, and... (full context)
Chapter 15
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...as upper-level courses and, importantly, help her learn to engage critically with a subject, as Miss Katz tried to teach her, instead of just regurgitating facts. Later, as a lawyer and a... (full context)