Fixing the Broken “El Tonto del Barrio” tells the story of Romero‚ a man who has an exclusive arrangement in the Golden Heights Centro. Romero sweeps the sidewalks and the barrio gives him handouts‚ which helps balance the community in a systematic way. Could a nonessential improvement be enough to upset the balance of this community? In the short story “El Tonto Del Barrio‚” author Jose Armas intertwines conflict and irony to show readers that one should not fix something that is not broken (896-901)
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Juggling Ethics in El Barrio Anthropologists‚ being scientists whom deal with humans and their society‚ commonly find themselves at ethical crossroads. However‚ the ethical responsibilities and challenges that anthropologists face are multi-dimensional in the sense that they include all aspects of society. Anthropologists must take into account the ethical responsibilities he or she has for himself/herself‚ the people he/she is working with‚ the general public‚ and‚ in certain cases‚ for his or
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affected me by showing me that even if you don’t have someone in your life that you need‚ you will always have God. I liked how he was in a bad situation and put everything aside and put it in God’s hands. The third story I chose is “Remembering All the Boys”. This essay is about a sister whose brother died from a gunshot. He was in the blue gang when the red gang shot him. She believes in everyone should have
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The song is about a girl that has a crush on a boy in her neighborhood. The girl gives him hints that she likes him. Now‚ she is waiting for him show signs that he likes her. The girl talks about all of the things the boy can do to show her that he likes her. The song shows the innocent side of love. In the song‚ love is very playful. Love can be comforting and soothing. It makes you feel important and shows that people care about you. Everyone needs love in his life. Love is important because
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boys will be boys Barbara Kantrowitz and Claudia Kalb’s‚ “Boys will be Boys” article‚ explains how after years of research on girls‚ boys must also be put under the microscope‚ in efforts to reach a further understanding of the adolescent male. The two authors start their article by pointing out‚ that boys and girls come from two completely different “planets”. They have two different “crisis points”‚ which are stages of emotional and social development‚ where things can go seriously wrong. Kantrowitz
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the phrase‚ “boys will be boys” has had‚ in the American school system. From the truth about why girls seem to thrive more in a structured classroom setting than boys‚ to the effects of bullying and how‚ until the 90’s‚ either a blind eye was turned to it or‚ in the case of many coaches‚ it was practically encouraged for the (supposed) betterment and cohesion of the team or group. I found it very interesting that girls tend to be more successful in school than boys because‚ unlike boys who often
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In an article called Malibu Local’s Only: “Boys will be Boys”‚ Brian Ludeke successfully argues how MLO qualifies as gang explaining multiple factors as to why it should be established as a criminal street gang. The California Penal Code 186.22‚ defines a criminal street gang as‚ “an ongoing organization of 3 or more persons‚ with a common name‚ or identifying mark or symbol‚ having as one of its primary activities the commission of the crimes listed and whose members individually or collectively
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In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio Philippe Bourgois book In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio was published in 1995‚ and discussed his experiences of authors living in El Barrio (East Harlem). In 1985 the writer moved to this district of New York City with the purpose of studying the impact of imposed racial segregation and economic marginalization on the inner city Puerto Rican population (intro pg.1). An interesting new insight into the street culture found in New
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The short story “Boys and Girls” was about the different problems that most of us face today: stereotypes and to go deeper into the main theme of the short story: sexism. The short story was about a girl who tried not to be like the rest. She didn’t want to be stuck at home working all day like the way her mother spent her entire life. She wanted to be free‚ to go on adventures and maybe even one day‚ become a hero. Because of what people were influencing her to do‚ she started to lose her true self
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The short story “ Boys and Girls” describes growing period into womanhood‚ for a young girl living on a fox farm in Canada‚ post World War II. This story also relate to a lot of gender issues that we face in our society everyday. In America’s history women couldn’t voter because of their gender. Why should women be treated differently because of their gender. In this short story the author describe how the young lady is having trouble finding who she is. It describes how the young lady faces difficult
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