"The Only Traffic Signal on the Reservation Doesn't Flash Red Anymore," by Sherman Alexie is a story that starts out with two guys, the author states in the beginning of the story Victor is holding a pistol to his temple and said he wished he was drunk enough to pull the trigger. Adrian then took the gun and put the barrel in his mouth, smiled around the metal and then pulled the trigger, soon after, the author says he spits the BB out.…
On a cool Pensacola night in January 1991, just a few minutes before midnight, three teenagers pulled up to the Trout Auto Parts store. Patrick Bonifay, his body coursing with adrenaline, entered the store clad in a ski mask carrying a loaded gun, intent on carrying out a poorly laid plan. Little did he know that it was his life--as well as the lives of his companions--that was about to be forever changed. Patrick…
In the short story "The Continuing Mission" by Adam Lance Garcia the two characters that stood out to me were Bah'rack and Dr.Biden. Even in this fiction story their heartwarming friendship was seen. With no doubt this short story had a unique and creative way of depicting political aspects in today's world. For instance, the characters portrayed in this short story were former President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. Many controversies emerged during the Obama administration only because he became our first African American president.…
It was a sunny day in Piedmont Park of Atlanta, GA where a miserly man named Jake Smith could be found arguing with his girlfriend Jodi Lee about rent for their apartment. He and his girlfriend were notorious for fighting each other amongst others and bringing their problems to the public. Everyone in the city knew the secrets they kept from one another as well as the abuse their dog had taken from their anger. After the altercation the two parted ways and Jake Smith got in his Camry and began down the crowded street.…
However, the situation got worse when one of the people involved in the discussion tried to take advantage of the other. In this case, the Iranian man did not want to pay the Mexican for his services, and later he blamed the Mexican for the burglary of his store. The Iranian man, blinded by his fury, tried to get even by killing the one who supposedly robbed his store, but fortunately, the gun did not have bullets. This scene exposes how the differences between people cause tension, misunderstanding, distrust, and hatred between them and how this kind of behavior can lead to unnecessary results harming the innocent, which in this case was a…
On Sunday a gunman entered the pool area of his San Diego apartment complex and began shooting randomly at people gathered for a birthday party, one person was killed and 6 others were injured. At some point during the shooting, 49-year-old Peter Selis took a seat in a lounge chair, pulled out his cell phone and called his ex-girlfriend to tell her he shot two people, San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman said in a news conference Monday. Selis kept her on the line as he continued to shoot people until the police fatally shot him ending the rampage. "The victims were targeted for no reason other than their mere presence," Zimmerman said. "What started as a celebration of a friend's birthday turned into a tragedy of epic proportions for all…
Hector Garcia was born January 17, 1914 in Llera, Tamaulipas, Mexico. His father, a college professor, Jose Garcia, and his mother, a school teacher, Faustina Perez Garcia were threatened by the Mexican Revolution. In response of having seven children in the middle of a war for independence the family decided to flee. The Garcias legally settled in Mercedes, Texas. At first the family had to satisfy their daily needs by manual labor. Jose later joins his brothers in the dry goods business for their compensation. Throughout the children’s lives, it was instilled in them to always strive for a proper education. These teachings had a return in all of the children receiving a degree in medicine (Rozeff). From fighting Mexican American…
“Sor Juana” is a biography of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz written by Octavio Paz and translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. It is a book of 470 pages divided in six parts that besides Sor Juana’s life and work, explain the difficulties of the time for an intellectual woman. It was published by The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1988. Reading this book gave me the best opportunity to know more about someone that although has been very influential in my entire life, I didn’t know all her history. My admiration and respect for Sor Juana started since I was a child and one of my sisters used to read her poems. Through my literature classes I knew a little more about her and the…
The mayor was horrified that this club was shut down due to building code violations. The Mayor knows he failed the city knowing that the lives of these 87 people could have been avoided. After Gonzalez started the fire, he stayed around and watched for a little and took the bus home. Although, Gonzalez is a tough man that in anger and spontaneously setting a fire at the club broke down because he realized what he had done and regrets his actions. Once arriving to his apartment, he knocked on his neighbor’s door and began to break down crying to his neighbor. Where he confessed and stated he had problems in Happy Land and killed Lydia. When confessing to his neighbor, his neighbor didn’t believe him because he smelled like booze, he told Gonzalez to go to sleep which Gonzalez did. Meanwhile, at the police department, they now hear the news about 80 people died in a fire. The police department started their investigation and began to interview witnesses. They interview 30 witnesses all saying things about the fire until a story started to…
The first article I have chosen is, "Juncture in the road: Chicano Studies Since: "El plan de Santa Barbara" by Ignacio M. Garcia. I have chosen this particular article for various reasons. One is because reading the first few paragraphs of the article stirred up many emotions within me. I found myself growing angry and once, again, repulsed by the United States discrimination system. The more knowledge I obtain on the United States, on its past and how it develops today, I can finally say that I resent everything it stands for and embarrassed being part of it. I would rather say that I am a country of one myself. The second reason for choosing this article, was because it was an easy read for me as well as the topic being discussed was intriguing.…
In Julia Alvarez's Yo!, Yolanda Garcia's family and friends get their chance to tell the truth about Yo. They express their feelings and their stories about Yo, including how she's always told lies, how she stole the plot for a story from a student, and how her college professor kept trying to prevent her from ruining her life and her talents. Alvarez tells Yolanda's story through other characters, while Yo is denied the privilege of defending herself. It is ironic because initially, the novel is based on Yolanda and how angry her loved ones are after she publishes a book that exposes personal things about each of them. In this novel, these very people are working to set the story straight and portray the true Yolanda Garcia that they know, a liar, a plagiarist, and a dropout.…
The message to Garcia describes the average human mindset, action and reactions toward a given task. Many men and women from past to present want work, status, money and reputation; but feel work is not needed. It describes not all but many situations pertaining to people having lack of initiative.…
The main reason I chose Diego Rivera is because I want to learn more culture from my country Mexico. In all the years I lived in Mexico I was never exposed to any art history. I didn’t know who Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera were until I started taking Spanish in High School here in the United States. Diego Rivera is famous because of all the murals and frescos he painted through out his life. He was part of the muralist movement in Mexico, as well as the cubist era. I feel like this research has helped me to get to know more about my native country’s history. I will be analyzing Diego Rivera’s Epic of the Mexican People: History of Mexico, The Flower Vendor (Girl with Lilies), Portrait of Martin Luis Guzman, Dia de Los Muertos,…
Wrongful convictions happen all over the world. Wrongful convictions are defined as a conviction of a person who was factually innocent, leading them to a live in prison for a certain amount of time. Putting the wrong person in the system can ruin their life and reputation. These people can spend just a few years, a big portion of their life, or even die while incarcerated if they are on death row. The most common causes of wrongful convictions are eyewitness misidentification, improper forensic science, false confessions, government misconduct, informants/jailhouse snitches, and inadequate counseling.…
“I was just loading the bullets to ensure whoever is backstage during the concert has the gun ready when they may need to use it, in case of intruders. I was reading backstage, but I was checking to verify that the gun stayed put,” Mr. Lopez replied. “But the time I checked an hour after the concert had started, the gun had vanished. A few minutes later I heard the murderer shoot the gun and people produced boisterous noises.” Mr. Lopez seemed uncommonly calm.…