Introduce the big question, "How Can We Become Who We Want to Be?" in one to two sentences.
Introduce the two pieces of literature, Barrio Boy and "How I Learned English," in four to six sentences.
State your thesis in one to two sentences. (This might be a sentence that starts with something like, "In Barrio Boy and "How I Learned English," we learn that we can setting can affect how we become who we want to be because...")