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 adults. In “An American Childhood”‚ Dillard explains how she escapes with her friend
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Luis Cardenas Luis Cardenas needs to consider happiness when choosing his career. Because when you are in a job it is very impotent that you love what you do and be happy‚ after all you will be doing this same job for forty years are so. For example the lone officer position Luis would be very unhappy. When Luis was working as an executive assistant he would come home and say‚ “there goes another eight hours of my life down the drain” (pg.209). Luis would be getting up every day
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November 10th‚ 2014 Reading Journal – Always Running – Second Week (Chapter 3-5) Summary: Luis describes his life as part of the gang‚ saying that he and his friends are in a vacant lot they had claimed as their own‚ furnished with old sofas and covered by plastic to keep off at least some of the rain when an old car comes by. Two of the group go to the street to get a better look and one‚ Clavo‚ is shot in the face. Clavo loses an eye in the shooting. Luis and Rano do many jobs‚ ranging from cleaning
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James Baldwin and Richard Rodriguez are writers or authors with similar stories based on racism and religion. Baldwin recounts his stay in a tiny Swiss village where he was the only black man and relates his experience in this village with his experience as a black man in the United States. Besides‚ Richard Rodriguez focuses on race and diversity; his principal concern how Hispanic learn to adapt to American society. For vacation‚ Baldwin went to a Swiss village where he was the only African American
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When Rodriguez says "you can’t use family language in the classroom" (London) he seems to be explaining that it is the family’s role to teach the offspring about their culture. On the other hand it is the dominant cultures institution‚ school in this case‚ which has to teach about its culture. He seems to think nobody agrees on how assimilation works and so there are assumptions about cultures from other cultures and this causes confusion. When Rodriguez says “they may be fighting in gangs right
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Manzano Killer: Unknown House Caretaker: Extra no. 1 Visitors: Fadri‚ Jason Bon J.( Psychopath) A.K.A. Luis Vilalflor‚ Mark Andrew K. A.K.A. Mauricio Andales‚ Paul John G. A.K.A. Juan dela Cena‚ Maria Kristina Z. A.K.A. Sol Turingan‚ Marjorie V. A.K.A. Crizel Extra No. 2 A.K.A. Facundo Extra No. 3 A.K.A. Lourdes Extra No. 4 A.K.A. Roberto Scene 1: [Luis and Mr. Manzano] [Monologue] Mr. Manzano walking in the hallway with a folder in hand‚ making his
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The choices we make have always affected our lives. In the novel Tangerine‚ Luis made a huge impact on the main character. The way Luis made a huge impact on Paul was by showing him the tangerine groves‚ Confronting Erick who’s Paul’s brother‚ and also dealing with death. By the end of the story Paul became stronger with the help of Luis. One of the big choices that Luis made that affected Paul was when Luis showed him the tangerine groves and his new tangerine‚ the Golden Dawn. This affected Paul
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Luis Cardenas’ Career Possibilities Have you ever been given the chance to pick between a job that will make you win a lot of money in life or a job that will satisfy you as a career and passion? Luis had a passion for teaching ever since he was in high school teaching to 10 year old kids. “He decided to go into teaching nine years ago‚ between his sophomore and junior years in high school‚ when he worked in a summer camp”(143). Luis was raised in the largest city of the state‚ where he have
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Composers such as Luis Enrique Martinez and Luis Angel Pastor were successful in recording and distributing vallenato merengue while concurrently pushing cultural pride. Luis Enrique Martinez also known as the 1973 king of vallenato‚ composed many vallenato songs including some in the merengue style. He recorded and released a song titled La Botelita which featured many other well-known artist (Smithsonian Folkway‚ 13) This song was recorded for entertainment purposes and even though it did not reach
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Luis Borges “The Keeper of the Books” Here they stand: gardens and temples and the reason for temples; exact music and exact words; the sixty-four hexagrams; ceremonies‚ which are the only wisdom that the Firmament accords to men; the conduct of that emperor whose perfect rule was reflected in the world‚ which mirrored him‚ so that rivers held their banks and fields gave up their fruit; the wounded unicorn that’s glimpsed again‚ marking an era’s close; the secret and eternal laws;
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