Shady Brook Elementary School. He began to shoot students and staff. After killing 15 students and two teachers in the first classroom‚ he entered the classroom of 27 year old Victoria Soto. Soto‚ knowing that their life was in danger‚ had already hidden her sixteen students in a closet. When the gunman burst in‚ Soto lied and told him that her students were in the gymnasium. As a result‚ she lost her life to protect the lives of her kids. Vicki is the named that she was called by the many people who
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Gary Soto once wrote ‚ ¨ I was the first Chicano to write in complete sentences ¨ (“www.goodread.com/ Gary Soto Quotes”) Knowing that Gary Soto was the first Chicano to write a complete sentence gives me a better understanding of what kind of guy Gary Soto is. He helps kids that speak spanish learn english and builds relationships with the kids he helps. He also explains his compassion and love for the people he loves through his poems. Gary Soto uses imagery and relationships to create a
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Hernando De Soto Tours Hernando De Soto sent out on an expedition to find an empire abounding in gold and jewels. He had six hundred troops‚ 213 horses‚ a pack of fighting hounds to aid him in his search‚ and his heard of swine. He landed in Florida May 28‚ 1539 in Tampa Bay in search for his gold. Shortly after arriving in pursuit of Indians his men were surprised to hear one of them shout in Spanish‚ “Do not slay me‚ cavalier; I am a Christian!” They were lucky to find a survivor of the Narvaez
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Not many people can recreate what life was like in a Spanish speaking‚ neighborhood‚ barrio‚ like Gary Soto. Gary Soto was born in Fresno‚ California to working-class Mexican-American parents in 1952. Soto’s father died when he was 5 years old from a work accident. Soto used this tragedy to help him write later on in life. He grew up working in the fields of the San Joaquin Valley and in factories‚ so a lot of his poetry is based on everyday experiences for Mexican-Americans like racism‚ identity
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Hernando de Soto was born in 1496 in Spain and died on May 21‚ 1542 in de Soto County‚ Mississippi.. He was a Spanish Explorer. His mission was to conquer and settle in the unknown territories. He participated in the conquest of Panama and took a role with the Spanish in the conquered of Peru. He lead the largest expedition that would later become the Southeast United States and the Midwest United States. He was made Governor of Cuba by Charles V. He lead an expedition from Spain to
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provider and worker. The mother stays at home cleans‚ cooks‚ and takes care of the children. Also the father would be the one who gives out advice to the kids and makes the family decisions. On the other hand Gary Soto‚ who wrote "Looking for work" wasn’t influenced by his father. Soto as a kid was influenced by television shows. Just because you are Mexican doesn’t mean you’re going to be raised with the idea of being a macho man. A while back
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pie from a German market‚ and then feels guilty about the whole incident. Gary Soto recreates the experience of his guilty six year-old self with the use of religious imagery and language‚ the description of his paranoia that everyone knows‚ and the use of the fact that he attempts to escape his guilt‚ but is haunted and unable to escape it. Soto uses religious imagery to relive the time when he stole the pie. Gary Soto “[knows] enough about hell to stop [him] from stealing”. It was always boredom
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My Mother’s Strength Unlike Gary Soto in “Looking for work.” I didn’t look to the television to imitate what my idea of a family was. My family included my mother‚ my brother and my sister and that was enough for me. I never really focused on not having a dad around; it wasn’t as important as having our mom‚ who was always there for us. Many people believe that to be a productive family there needs to be two parents in the household. However‚ I know different. My mother was both parents and
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considered unemployed; she is fully employed and desires a better job. Mary Davis wishes to have a better job where she can use her skills and expertise. Following the reading assignment and Mary Davis wants "Having a job takes precedence over looking for work." An example of Kinetic Energy is when I throw a baseball the movement of the ball shows the energy in motion. Potential Energy changes to kinetic energy in association with the velocity and mass of the baseball. An example of Potential
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some harder than others and it smote the naïve six year old Gary Soto with a compelling blow. In his autobiographical narrative Gary Soto vividly expresses the guilt he felt for stealing a pie from the perspective of his six year old self with a wide-eyed misunderstanding of religion. Using both irony and imagery Soto creates a powerful image of how his poisonous guilt pestered him. In the first paragraph of his narrative Soto sets the backdrop of religion‚ a theme that plays a major role throughout
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