Summary of “How I Wrote the Moth Essay---and Why” In her essay “How I Wrote the Moth Essay---and Why”‚ Annie Dillard explains how she wrote the first essay “Form Holy the Firm” and tells us the reason why she decided to write it. She concludes the wisdom on writing and expresses her attitude towards the personal writing. Annie Dillard had detailed journals descripting how the moth flew into the candle and got burnt. She was happy about that she had kept notes of what she read
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Alexander Macias A Woman’s Time and Space That Collapses the Family Chicana writers are those that will publish work with various themes that will connect majorly with the female audience. Some like Helena Maria Viramontes will write stories that have a theme of time and space for the character usually involving the child bearer. Many do not realize that the mother in the group is what keeps the clan running‚ and by having her fall off reality is when that unit will be wounded. This is known as
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existing close personal association between Mr. Torres and Acting Division Manager‚ Traffic Mark/Sign Superintendent III‚ Manuel Viramontes. The allegation alleged that Mr. Torres was Mr. Viramontes’ stepson or nephew. Background: On December 5‚ 2014‚ Mr. Torres was interviewed for Traffic Post and Sign Painter positions. When Mr. Torres arrived for his interview
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system to the attainment of human purposes?” In Helena Maria Viramontes’ novel‚ Their Dogs Came With Them‚ she impetuously poses the same question through exploring the lives of four young female main characters. Similar to authors such as Steinbeck and Thoreau‚ Viramontes elaborates on how contemporary society views land as an economic commodity‚ all the while negating the crucial historical bond embedded in the land and the people. Viramontes chooses to set her story in the midst of profound social
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In the novel‚ Under The Feet of Jesus‚ by Helena Maria Viramontes‚ the author conveys the harshness of being a migrant worker and how easily one can become stuck in the same job for their whole life. Viramontes‚ uses the main character‚ Estrella‚ a 13 year old migrant worker to display how this long-lasting cycle and precedent can be broken. Estrella is anything but a stereotypical young girl who has big dreams and plays with friends‚ instead‚ everyday she goes out into the fields and works extremely
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1.What are the various meanings of "Things" in the title? After reading the short story in “ The things they carried”‚ there were several entities that meant something towards the things they carried throughout the war. One of the explanations of the meaning “Things” in the story represented the various items that were carried in their backpacks during the course of each mission that the soldiers had to face. Whether they needed the items or not‚ they still carried it with them. Some of the object
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According to Viramontes‚ the unique challenges by Latina females is caused greatly by their ethnic background. Often women are oppressed by society‚ but when the issue is of color these challenges are harder to avoid. This does not only occur in this novel‚ but exists today in the real world. Many Latina females are often discriminated and harassed by societal influences‚ which makes them feel forced into specific roles. As seen in Under the Feet of Jesus‚ Estrella is a victim of these ongoing challenges
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Shaquille Martin (Under the feet of Jesus) Helena Maria Viramontes’ Under the Feet of Jesus shows the maturing of Estella is a young Latina that seems to blend in many different phases of her life. The author‚ Helen uses Estrella give the book its quality and energy. Estella is a friendly character‚ who is used to symbolize the small amount of strength that waits at a person’s weakest point. Throughout the entire novel‚ Estrella serves as the tough base for the family and through the setting
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evicted‚ they find a lot of tents and shelters in the middle of the city: “Voices in the igloo-shaped tent now‚ people speaking in Spanish‚ English‚ men with central accents.” (Tobar‚ 13). This is a universal backdrop portrayal in East Los Angeles. Viramontes’ novel portrays
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Café" Helena Maria Viramontes grew up in Los Angeles where relatives used to stay and live with her family when making the transition from Mexico to the United States. This is where she got her first taste of the lives of immigrants in this country within the urban barrios. Viramontes’s writing reflects this theme along with expressing her political opinions on the treatments of immigrants‚ especially Chicanos and Latinos. In her short story "The Cariboo Café‚" Viramontes brings these ideas to
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