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    Always Running Notes

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    In ALWAYS RUNNING‚ Luis J. Rodriguez offers a loosely organized but thoroughly wrenching account of his experience growing up in and around Watts and the Las Lomas barrio‚ just east of Los Angeles. Rodriguez‚ a poet and journalist who now resides in Chicago‚ was born in 1954 in El Paso‚ Texas. His parents‚ recent immigrants from Mexico‚ soon migrated to the Los Angeles area. There‚ Rodriguez experienced the indignities of poverty‚ prejudice‚ and nearly unchecked police brutality. Joining a gang and

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    Ivania Martinez Chicano studies 37 SN #0164 May 4‚ 2013 Book Report Always Running Always Running is an autobiography written by Luis J. Rodriguez. The setting takes place in California‚ for the most part takes place in east of Los Angeles‚ Watts a neighborhood that was designated "as one of the 10 poorest in the country." The protagonist in this autobiography is Luis he is also the narrator‚ and the antagonist in autobiography is the gang life. The autobiography basically

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    the monologue Always Running portray the theme coming of age more effective than his poem “Race Politics” because in the passage‚ it is more effectively symbolized that Luis learns as tough as people present themselves‚ everyone has a weakness and the monologue gives more detail on Luis coming to grasp that some people’s reputations are more significant than the feeling of the individual. The story displays that learning comes from experience. Furthermore‚ the story Always Running descriptively

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    largest proportion of homicide victims was Latino‚ followed by 28.4% black and 21.3% white. Mostly 29% of homicides were gang-related therefore many people throughout the entire world had to deal with violence. The title of the book is Always Running by Luis J. Rodriguez. This book is about the author and how he was raised in Los Angeles following a harsh gang life. Despite the school board’s recent sentiment regarding the lack of value that fiction provides‚ fiction should remain in the schools curriculum

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    are thousands of books that have been banned because of controversial topics tat parents may not want their kids to be exposed to. Within those thousands of books there is one in particular that stands out the most‚ which is “Always Running” by Luis Rodriguez; with its explicit language‚ sexual descriptions‚ and gang warfare‚ interprets exactly how life on the streets of East L.A does not always have to result in a deceitful ending. Although many authorities figures despise his book and accept that

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    In the memoir‚ Always Running‚ by Luis Rodriguez‚ Luis had power over himself to make choices. Some of the choices he’s made by himself are getting in a gang‚ standing up for his beliefs‚ and changing his life around to get out of bad situations. Luis had an older brother who never got involved in gangs and steered clear of trouble‚ unlike Luis who left school several times. In the book‚ the Lomas boys meet up to fight against their rival‚ Sangra‚ because they think Sangra was guilty for the death

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    should you live? Perhaps this come from a good fictional novel that makes us think like this. In the story‚ “ Always Running” by Luis Rodriguez ‚ In Los Angeles‚ during the outbreak of gang violence‚ luis‚ an immigrant from mexico‚ having a rough start in life which make him join hardcore gangs. In a way we can evaluate why people are in gangs and why they do it just by reading a book or actually interview a person that have done this before. First of all‚ gang violence is everywhere although

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    entertain their audience? As a reader you want to be pulled in and experience the thrill in the author’s texts. You want to understand why the author decided to do what they did. In the short story “An American Childhood” by Annie Dillard and “Always Running” by Luis J. Rodriguez‚ they utilize many action verbs‚ different forms of figurative language‚ tone‚ and structure to engage the reader. Dillard and Rodriguez uses active verbs in their stories to bring out how they felt about being chased by

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    Book Will Always Exist

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    Book will always exist We are living in a century of technical progress. More and more new gadgets appear in our everyday lives. If I had been told ten years ago that I would be able to check e-mails‚ listen to the music and read electronic books with the use of only mobile phone‚ I wouldn’t have believed it. Nevertheless nowadays it’s as easy as abc to read a book through computer‚ mobile phone or a special e-books reader. Major IT corporations raise competition for the invention of the most

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    Running on Empty Report

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    Writing A Report (Com 211) Running on empty: the effects of food deprivation on concentration and perseverance Donna Kandil Writing A Report (Com 211) Running on empty: the effects of food deprivation on concentration and perseverance Donna Kandil A research article titled “Running on empty: the effects of food deprivation on concentration and perseverance” showed how food deprivation affects concentration and perseverance‚ and aimed to analyze our ability to focus‚ in spite of the

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