(Eva and Juan are walking across the stage to a cheering crowd) Juan- (Whispering to Eva) Are you certain this will work? Eva- Of course I am, we’ve got the best pyrotechnics, from the movie studio. (Eva and Juan walk off stage. There is the sound of an engine starting and a car starting to drive, then an explosion and a screaming crowd. Juan and Eva stumble back onstage visibly shaken) Eva- Whoever did this, you will pay! (Blackout) Secretary of the Press (VOG)- After the recent attacks on the president and first lady, a Señor. José Peters, head of the meatpackers union, has been arrested for attempting to assassinate the president and his wife. The meatpackers wages have been garnished in response to this attack and Señor. Peters is being
held in maximum security prison to await further questioning.
When it comes to analyzing the “banana massacre” scene in chapter 15, I found three narrative techniques the author used to describe this scene. Therefore, one can notice that this part of the book is the climax. As a result, one infers what the author is trying to say about Latin American history and politics.
Starting a new life is very problematic for many Central American children that migrate to the United States. There are a lot of difficulties involved in the process to migrate to the United States including the journey to get there. An extremely common way to migrate is by train. Migrants usually take away many life lessons from the journey to the United States such as the generosity and assistance from fellow Central Americans. On the other hand there’s extreme hardships. For example, the many robberies, and gang violence a migrant can face on the journey to the United States. During the trip, migrants learn that they usually cannot take things for granted, especially how scarce food, supplies, and other necessities are.
In the case study of Juanita and Sandra, Juanita, a sales manager of Trumbell and Son, is struggling with Sandra who is a new employee on the sales team. Juanita is an effective manager who spends time to learn about what personalities, strength, and incidental details her employees have. Juanita can pull out employees best skill sets and internal incentives. On the other hand, Sandra’s inconsistent behavior made Juanita confuse about her personality. As a manager, Juanita feels uncomfortable about managing Sandra’s inconsistent personalities. This may be caused by the difference in behaviors and personalities between these two individual.
In life there are times when things go wrong and you are out of fortune. The only way to evaluate your self-identity and character is to get back up on your feet and turn your problems around. In this memoir, A Place to Stand, Jimmy Santiago Baca (2001), demonstrates his adversities throughout his life. Baca’s parent was a big influence in process of creating his own identity. He encounters many obstacles as well as meeting a wide range of different people in society in positive and negative ways. At times in his life, he feels, the world is his worst antagonist. However, Jimmy has overcome the challenges he faces. Baca experiences challenges and difficulties during his youth and prison; However, he managed to overcome
The movie “Walkout” is about the school system in East Los Angeles in the late 1960’s. During this time Mexican Americans were treated unfairly and were seen as second class citizens. The story goes through the different aspects that Mexican American/ Chicano students had to put up with within their own schools. They wanted and deserved equal education, but were constantly shut down by the city. This movie contains the four characteristics of Mexican American Art, which is what gives this movies such a strong and meaningful message.
Esperanza, a strong- willed girl who dreams big despite her surroundings and restrictions, is the main character in The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. Esperanza represents the females of her poor and impoverished neighborhood who wish to change and better themselves. She desires both sexuality and autonomy of marriage, hoping to break the typical life cycle of woman in her family and neighborhood. Throughout the novel, she goes through many different changes in search of identity and maturity, seeking self-reliance and interdependence, through insecure ideas such as owning her own house, instead of seeking comfort and in one’s self. Esperanza matures as she begins to see the difference. She evolves from an insecure girl to a mature young lady through her difficult life experiences and the people she comes across. It is through personal encounters and experiences that Esperanza begins to become sexually aware and acceptance her place and self-definition in her community.
There are certain songs that you hear and never forget or they stay playing in your mind. This is one song that I have heard which sort of keep repeating in my mind long after it has finished playing. In fact this song got so popular at one time that I even have a silly, battery operated gorilla that shakes as he sings this song. What song is it?
The scene edits back and forth from the scene of the explosion to Vargas’ wife who has been led into danger following her dismissal to the hotel. The fact that...
To critique the film castaway I would say that they did not show enough of what he had to do to survive for the 4 years on the island they showed him catching a few fish and the showed him cracking coconuts but they never showed him trying to catch any animals or setting any traps that he might find on an island. Also, I would have little bit more of the time that they were having at home searching for him or at his funeral. They just showed him at the island for the whole time and the only time we saw any other characters were at the beginning and the end.
The idea of telenovelas being only for women comes from an earlier time, in which men were the one who strictly worked while women stayed at home. This dynamic between men and women, that was established by society, resulted in telenovelas being dramatic, emotional, and romantic. In Loving with a Vengeance: Mass Produced Fantasies for Women by Tania Modleski it is stated that "soap operas [and their commercials] train women to become, like women in the home..." (Modleski 24) However, telenovelas are not only aimed at women. They do, however, receive the same message that women receive about how to perceive each other. According to Gabinete de Comunicación Estratégica (Office of Strategic Communications), which is in charge of surveys done
Everyone wants to leave a legacy of some sort. In “Man of La Mancha,” written by T’ien-Hsin, the story takes place from a narrator who wants to be remembered in a good light. The narrator wants to be perceived in the best manner possible. Personally, I’ve had a near death experience twice. I’ve totaled two cars, the first my fault, and the second the fault of someone else. When the catastrophe was over, I did think about what it would have been like if I had died.
The film Amistad is based on a true event that occurred in 1839. It is about a mutiny by recently captured slaves, who take over a ship known as La Amistad, and the legal battle that followed regarding their freedom. The movie begins by showing many Africans chained together on the lower deck of La Amistad. They manage to break free and go to the upper deck and attack the sailors, leading a mutiny and taking over the ship. They leave two men alive to guide them back to Africa, but they point them towards the US. When they arrive in the states, the Africans are thought to be runaway slaves, and are imprisoned. The case of their freedom is taken to court, to decide whether the Africans were originally slaves or free men. One lawyer decides to fight for them, and pleads his case that the Africans were never slaves and were indeed free men. The case eventually makes it to the Supreme Court and a translator is eventually found to communicate with the leader of the Africans, and he tells his story. He was one of many illegally captured in Africa, and sold into slavery. When the time comes for the trial, John Quincy Adams pleas for their freedom. After a grueling trial, the slaves are said to be free men, and are to be sent back to their homeland, Africa.
In Y Tu Mamá También, two young men, Tenoch and Julio, are accompanied by a beautiful woman, Luisa, on a trip to a secluded beach on the Mexican coastline. Luisa, a married woman who secretly knows she is dying from an unnamed illness, joins the immature teenagers in an effort to find personal peace for herself and escape her failing marriage in her last days. The three companions spend three or so days in a small car together in which they learn about themselves, each other, and the relationships that bind them together. The film's director, Alfonso Cuarón, is a prominent Mexican filmmaker and wanted to use the movie as a way to also highlight the cultural and political landscape of Mexico in addition to telling the story of the three travelers. This mixture of the main story and the references to a greater nationwide conflict, such as classism, creates a complex,
The two prepared the ship for launch, they ran around checking everything to make sure they could get to a safe distance from the planet, the fuel tank had been filled to about half - empty and after about 30 minutes of making sure this old thing wouldn’t explode we turned everything on and we saw a broadcast from the spaceships monitor, a military looking man was on the screen, it looked like a repeat so we listened and the man began to say “The planet must be evacuated now.” ...
When the final song was over and Jars of Clay was off the stage, the lights abruptly came on. Everyone started to leave the theatre. I still wanted to hear more of their music, but just as they had come out they then left in the same way. My adrenaline was still on a high point even as we got to our vehicles.