Chapter-By-Chapter Summary and Discussion of Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria AnzaldÃºa. Author and Book. Gloria AnzaldÃºa, the author of this book, is attempting to define the âNew Mestizaâ throughout its contents, and does so by examining herself, her land, and her language.
Author's Purpose. Many different types of writing exist in the world, ranging from classic Shakespearean plays to politicians' speeches to the screenplay treatments that inspired this summer's biggest blockbuster hits.
Hypothetically, one  determines the author's purpose and then one writes it down. In  practice, the first step gives most people troâ¦uble, often including  the author in question. Anything that asks for the author's purpose  in writing something will be subject to a wide variety of  responses, even if there is a single accepted purpose. In order  to determine a reasonable purpose, one must examine the theme of  the work as well as the context in which it was written.