Leslie Mejia Mrs. Willette Book Report 13 March 2013 Life of Esmeralda Santiago When I was Puerto Rican is a memoir of Esmeralda Santiago’s (referred to as Negi in the book) childhood and how she overcame her struggles after moving from her home country of Puerto Rico to The United States. She lived a poor life in Santurce‚ Puerto Rico for 13 years before her mother decided to move Negi and her seven siblings to Brooklyn‚ New York in 1961‚ in hopes of a better life. When the family arrived
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I‚ Santiago the shepherd‚ have finally arrived at the old‚ destroyed‚ and abandoned church with my flock of sheep. An enormous sycamore tree lies where the sacristy used to be. I might as well spend the night here as it is beginning to become dark. When I awoke from my slightly uncomfortable slumber‚ it was still dark. A strange dream kept on waking me up. I have only had the dream twice. However‚ the worst part of the dream is that I never see the ending of it. I always wake up before I see it.
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Endurance Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage Alfred Lansing in1959 wrote Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage. This is a true story about Ernest Shackleton a polar explorer who was eager to cross the Antarctic Continent overland from west to east (Lansing). Shackleton recruited 27 men to venture on this expedition with him from artist to engineers to surgeons; Shackleton handpicked his men based upon the previous experiences of these men at sea. As Shackleton and his men set
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El Camino de Santiago “The Way” is one of the most inspirational movies I have ever witnessed. It centers around a man‚ his son‚ and their journey along the Camino de Santiago. Tom‚ an esteemed Doctor‚ learns that his son has passed away in a storm while traveling along the Camino de Santiago. The movie shows scenes of the father-son relationship between Tom‚ and his son and it quickly becomes clear that the two did not always see eye-to-eye. Tom learns that his son has passed away‚ and immediately
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Blood Doping in Endurance Sports Blood doping has become a consistant part of sports and fair play. Blood doping enhances your performance by increasing red blood cell mass and as a result delivering more oxygen to muscle. This “boost” of energy has sparked major controversy in the sports world for what it can do for an athlete during endurance events such as running. The risks involve putting the cardiovascular system of the athlete being in severe danger because of this procedure. Still‚ there
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1. Playing badminton keeps you extremely fit and healthy. No more regular visits to the doctors! 2. It is fantastic cardio-vascular exercise. Which means in English‚ it’s brilliant for your heart! 3. [IMAGE]It trains your body’s endurance and therefore
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Loneliness is something that the old man‚ Santiago experienced throughout his life‚ one of the most painful things he must have felt was losing his wife. Having the reminder of her in his shack came to a point where he had to take down the picture because it made him more lonely‚ but he still kept the pieces that reminded him of her. As it says “On the brown walls of the flattened‚ overlapping leaves of the sturdy fibered guano there was a picture in color of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and another
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be extremely difficult to focus on things that one may want to do in order for them to change their life. Life is full of surprises that sometimes we find ourselves becoming the person we never imagined to be. The memoir A Place to Stand by Jimmy Santiago Baca‚ a story about a man who was abandoned by his parents at a very young age‚ having a mother who desired to blend into “white world” and an alcoholic father‚ a man who was convicted at the age of twenty-one. Baca’s story tells about how he changes
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Book Review: Endurance Endurance is an astounding true story of heroic leadership and relentless perseverance through seemingly impossible odds. In August 1914‚ days before the outbreak of the First World War‚ the notorious Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven men set sail for the South Atlantic with one goal in mind: becoming the first group of individuals to cross the Antarctic continent by foot. However‚ the decreasing temperatures set off a series of events that would lead Shackleton
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Santiago Calatrava. Calatrava is known worldwide for his architectural designs and sculptures‚ which combine fluid‚ almost aerial forms with strongly functional structure. "Wave" reflects the creative combination of engineering and movement that is the hallmark of Calatrava’s great architectural projects. Architect‚ artist‚ and engineer Santiago Calatrava was born on July 28‚ 1951‚ in the town of Benimamet‚ near Valencia‚ Spain. Calatrava family on both sides was engaged in the agricultural export
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