of Hernando Cortés during Spain ’s conquest over the Aztec tribes of Mexico. This is where the tale of the Crying Woman was said to have begun ("La Llorona" 79). In this ancient history‚ La Llorona is part of a holy trinity‚ mirroring the Christian faith. According to Gloria Anzaldúa‚ "All three are mediators: Guadalupe‚ the virgin mother who has not abandoned us‚ la Chingada (Malinche)‚ the raped mother whom we have abandoned [Malinche is the basis for many of the "La Llorona" versions]‚ and
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"What’s my girl’s name?" From the age of about four until I was around eight years old‚ I firmly believed that I had two last names‚ Hoffpauir and Monceaux. This was because of my grandfather‚ he never made it a secret when I was younger that I was his special little one‚ which was unsurprising to most of the family as I was nine years younger than any of his other grandchildren. Whenever I would go and visit him we had a routine conversation; first‚ he would say‚ "What’s my girl’s name?" Which I would
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British writer and inventor‚ Arthur C. Clarke is most known for his thrilling stories that bring into play several of the scientific and technological advances of his day and those to come. Many of his stories would have the underlying theme of technology and its relationship with another factor. The Nine Billion Names of God published in 1953 demonstrates just this‚ in which the story’s main characters are caught between their logic and that of another group. Clarke’s short story addresses the conflict
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Tv is Too White Have you ever wondered why television shows lack people of color? Many people in the television business claim that diversity is a priority but many people who watch primetime television today‚ it isn’t. Instead of focusing on a variety of ethnics‚ television shows choose to only present white people as the main character‚ the supporting cast member and every other relevant role in the television series. Television show producers do not seem to understand that ethnic diversity is
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A) Save as Many as You Ruin People makes mistakes‚ sometimes these mistakes are the result of something self-inflicted‚ and other times‚ they are totally unintended. Some of those mistakes can be small ones‚ or life-changing factors that can turn things completely upside down. At some point‚ you can stand without anything at all due to a mistake made. But you can also be granted another chance‚ a chance to correct that mistake and make something good out of it instead. In Simon Van Booy’s short-story
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experience and it insisted on the freedom and the autonomy of the individual” (Wolf). The philosophy of existentialism‚ and one of its greatest philosophers Jean Paul Sartre‚ were the motivation and inspiration to the arts and humanities during the 1940’s and 1950’s. First allow me to elaborate on the definition of existentialism and France at the start of 1940. Existentialism is a philosophical movement oriented toward two major themes‚ the analysis of human existence and the centrality of human choice
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ideas and faces we are not quite used to. In these two stories the two characters get treated almost the same even though they are from two completely different cultures. What’s in a Name is a story about a working black man that gets treated like everyone else of his race. In the story there is a little boy whose name we do not know‚ but this boy’s father is a hardworking man. He slaves away at his jobs so that his kids can have new clothes on their bodies and warm food on the table every night
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Don’t Judge Too Soon In America today there are a lot of stereotypes surrounding gay people. These stereotypes are portrayed everywhere you look. You can find them on the television‚ in magazines and in movies. A lot of the time the media portrays gay people as fitting into only these stereotypes and as being so much different than any other person‚ without any regard for the truth or real life. People have preconceived notions of how gays and lesbians live their lives without even getting
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One World‚ Many Colors “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character.”~Martin Luther King‚ Jr. Discrimination is one of the world’s major concerns today. Many people are not aware of how much it still exists in our schools‚ work places‚ and society. Discrimination has indeed changed many lives and many people’s way of thinking about other ethnic groups and religions
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Bottlenose dolphins are also known as Tursiops truncates‚ which is their scientific name. This name originated from the Latin word “tursio” which means “dolphin”‚ and the Greek suffix “ops” which means “appearance”. In effect‚ tursiops means “dolphin-like” and their scientific name was derived from these other languages. Bottlenose dolphins are generally 6.6 to 12.8 feet long and weighing around 332 to 442 pounds. The variations in size are because of geographical location and gender. The coastal
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