Life does not have to be complex to be good‚ this is simply because a good life is‚ a life where a person is a “good person.” This has always been my perception‚ however lately‚ pondering this idea has left me with the question “What is a good person?” There is such a vast diversity of what a good person is‚ does that now make it complex to have a good life? It is a given that you are a decent person if‚ you are compassionate and would never intentionally harm anyone and if you treat all people
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written by Judith Ortiz Cofer discusses some of the many experiences she has encountered throughout her life dealing with stereotypes and common misconceptions of Latin American women. To further engage her audience in the story‚ she provides detailed past experiences that have stood out to her the most. In order for the readers to fully understand those past encounters‚ some of which are cultural and common among Latinos‚ Cofer explains them in careful detail. For example‚ Cofer explains the concept
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share the same views. In "Black men in public spaces" by Brent Staples‚ and in " The Myth of A Latin Woman " by Cofer‚ the authors talk about stereotypes and the different but similar expierences they both encounter. Brent Staples explains how people classify him as being a robber or a rapist‚ just for being a young‚ black male. Staples starts off his essay with a personal experience‚ "My first victim was a woman‚ white‚ well dressed‚ probably in her early twenties. I came upon her late one evening
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Judith Ortiz Cofer: Understanding a Writer Judith Ortíz Cofer was born in Hormigueros‚ Puerto Rico in 1952. She was raised on the island and in Paterson‚ New Jersey‚ before her family finally settled in Augusta‚ Georgia. She received her B.A. in English from Augusta College in 1974‚ and her M.A. in English from Florida Atlantic University‚ and did graduate school at Oxford University in 1977 (Judith). Her collections of poetry include The Year of Our Revolution: New and Selected Stories and Poems
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Chapter 1: her story Life was always hard‚ always a challenge for Elizabeth Welch. She was just a regular teenager‚ (on the outside) everything was going wrong in her family‚ her parents devoiced‚ her sister Angela died in a car crash with her boyfriend‚ Justin‚ (my mom can’t sue him so she’s going to sue his parent’s) her best closest and only friend is in the hospital‚ (she jumped out of a window‚ well more like throne) and it gets worse‚ her brother was in a motorcycle accident and
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today and I will smile tomorrow because the life is too short to cry for anything Let us meet each other with smile‚ for the smile is the beginning of love. A very good morning to Dr Josephn and my fellow friends. All the quotes that I say before this is from mother Theresa and it’s related to my topic‚ smile can help reduce stress. What concern me that‚ stress can lead to danger for us. There is many ways to reduce stress like listen to music‚ exercise or reading but the easiest ways to decrease
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Cofer tell her thought about stereotypes of Hispanic women can have bad effects base on what occurred in her life. Base on the Hispanic cultrural influence‚ In Hispanci family they want their daughters to dress more like women‚ but in Americas culture those clothes is really mature for their young age. Cofer use the story of how hard to chose dress in her career day and what happened in that day to explain to us that culture clash really make Latino girls feel awkward and biring to them some negtive
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The years passed by‚ with my sister watching over me. In conclusion‚ I will add that during the entire time my sister Jackie (surrogate mother) was watching over me‚ I never questioned her authority over me. And on a brighter note‚ how many little boys have their mom in their bedroom all night‚ keeping the cookie monsters at bay. I without a doubt was the one and only kid in the nation to have learned the arts of embroidery‚ and crochet. Jackie became an expert at playing cowboys and Indians‚ shooting
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“My Body‚ My Employer‚ My Abortion” In the article‚ “My body‚ My employer‚ My abortion” by Loren Clark-Moe‚ stated the argument that every women is fully capable of making appropriate decisions about their health‚ their body‚ and life just as she made for herself. To give a little background of the article‚ Loren Clark-Moe‚ a 29 year old woman who worked with the federal government as a former analyst at the Department of Homeland Security. Loren believed passionately in the importance of public
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In Judith Ortiz Cofer’s short story “Volar‚” a girl who is a huge fan of comic books dreams of being a Superhero but realizes her reality. Whether a child or an adult‚ most of us have our dreams; however‚ not all wishes become true. The narrator‚ the girl‚ begins her story describing how much she loves comic books such as Legion of SuperHeroes and Supergirl so much that a pile of her books is high as she is. She smoothly continues with her repeated dream in which Cofer vividly conveys the image that
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