March 11, 2024 Madelyn Lippard Mrs. McClain-Lower, Mrs. "Determination and Compassion: The Tale of José in 'Born Worker'" José is an amazing worker in the story "Born Worker." José is dealing with a lot of tough stuff for someone his age, but he handles it like a champ. He's super determined and hardworking, always pushing through, no matter what. José shows us how important it is to keep going, even when things get tough. He's like a symbol of never giving up and always striving to be better. Watching him figure things out and grow throughout the story is inspiring. It shows us that no matter what life throws at us, we can still grow and be awesome. At the outset of “Born Worker,” José is introduced as a young boy with a strong work ethic, displaying adult responsibilities in his family's struggling business. In paragraph 81, it states, “Mr. Clemens ignored Arnie, he said. He watched José, whose arms worked back and forth like he was sawing logs.” This piece of text shows José is a good worker, and he works hard also making sure he does it right the first time. This is important because it shows what José does while Arnie just sits back and watches. This evidence is crucial for later on when Arnie claimed to the police that he did José’s work; this would impact José because the work could have been completed if Arnie had helped him. …show more content…
Clemans) in need. This proves he’s not only a good worker, but a good person overall. For example, line 111, states, “José had already dropped his brushes on the side of the pool and hurried to the old man, who moaned, eyes closed, his false teeth jutting from his mouth. A ribbon of blood immediately began to flow from his scalp.” This shows that José was instantly willing to help the older man in need. This piece of evidence is important because it highlights how kind and caring he is, impacting others positively as he becomes a good role model. José is not only a hard worker, but also a good
Chavez had a harsh childhood, he had toil over work since he was a young child. This hero experienced the event himself; the passage shows his parents lost their land and farm, so all the family had to work hard all day being exposed to the scorching sun for unfair wages they needed to survive. Chavez's speech clearly stated the
It is safe to say that work comes in many different forms. Whether it be a fast food or a corporate, the people that surround an individual make a great impact on the way he or she may work. Singapore, by Mary Oliver, is about a young woman working as a custodian in an airport who although works alone, enjoys her work and the people she meets. Dorianne Laux’s What I Wouldn’t Do, introduces another young woman reviewing the jobs she has had throughout time and reflects on those that she liked and disliked. Hard Work, by Stephen Dunn, exemplifies a young boy working in a soda factory during his summer break. Searching for happiness in life and work is just what these individuals are doing.
Richard Rodriguez’s “The Workers” follows Rodriguez experience he encounters while working a summer job. Rodriguez, the narrator, receives a construction job during the summer of his senior year in college through a friend. At first the narrator is excited to be provided a menial job and have a chance to show his parents he can handle “real work.” However, throughout the story, the narrator is seen coming of age as he realizes that there’s more to the job.
In closing, Francisco faced many hardships throughout his life. He had to adapt to his life here in the United States, deal with being a male in his family, as well as face discrimination. Through all the hard times, family and getting a good education were always his top priorities. With the help of his teachers and counselors, he was able to succeed in school, unlike the majority of the students. Francisco is a true hero in the eyes of many Hispanic immigrants who come to the United States and strive to be the best they can be.
Starting off with high hopes, I quickly came to realize that job opportunities were hard to find. I came to have a lot of respect for anyone who felt that college was not right for them and went on to pursue manual jobs or any job out of the white-collar spectrum. His biggest examples are his mother the waitress, known as Rosie and his uncle the mechanic, known as Joe. Rosie and Joe found success and happiness in their jobs that most people look down upon.
José, the protagonist, is a young man of African descent living in Black Shack Alley with his grandmother, M’Man Tine. The people who work harvesting sugar cane are the close descendants of only recently freed slaves – they live in conditions of poverty similar to that of slavery due to the wealthy, ruling white class. Catholic imagery is found throughout the film – notably, M’Man Tine keeps a portrait of Jesus Christ in her shack in Black Shack Alley, and later, above her bed. This portrait serves as a visual cue to the reach of French colonialism and an iteration of French power – the idols of white religion hang in the houses of black oppressed peoples. Perhaps Jesus, to M’Man Tine, represents the notion of life after death and a means of escaping the physical and psychological toil of harvesting cane, much in the same way the converts in Things Fell Apart looked for solace in
His embarrassment and sense of shame for his apparent inadequacies, as well as those of his parents, provided the driving force to become educated. Rodriguez describes himself as “The boy who first entered a classroom barely able to speak English…” (195). Becoming educated changed Rodriguez, enabling him to move through academia without the cultural baggage of his past: Describing himself as the scholarship boy, Rodriguez outlines this progression in the following statement: “Advancing in his studies, the boy notices that his mother and father have not changed as much as he. Rather, when he sees them, they often remind him of the person he once was and the life he earlier shared with them” (198). This realization drove Rodriguez throughout his academic career as well as his life.
Juan Sanches, a migrant farm worker. Juan Sanches has a really hard and challenging life.
Carlos Fuentes was born on November the eleventh, nineteen twenty-eight; he was the son of a Mexican diplomat. Carlos was very well educated; he attended schools in Washington D.C., later went on to get a law degree from the University of Mexico in Mexico City, and even studied abroad at the Institute of Advanced International Studies in Geneva. He was always inspired by writing; his law degree was merely a way to satisfy his parents. His parents did not see a future in being a writer. Fuentes was also a very well rounded traveler, because of his fathers career Fuentes was able to get a look at other cultures and governments. His travels took him throughout Mexico, the United States, Cuba, into Europe, and most importantly throughout Latin America. He was able to come to understand how governments worked, the way big business used people for their own wealth and power. Fuentes was rather disgusted by corrupt governments and big businesses and actively stood up for what he believed was right. He was very liberal and at one point even joined the communist party. He used his writings to display to people from around the world the way that business and government used and betrayed the average citizen. He was revolutionary in the way he was able to use characters in his writings to disclose the big picture and history of his own home land, the country of Mexico.
In the first piece of literature, “Born Worker”, the main character José learns a very important lesion. The story starts by Arnie, José’s cousion proposes a business proposition. Arnie proposed that he finds work for José while
“Born worker,” by Gary Soto, is composed of a short story of how a lower-middle class boy, José, learns a lesson by involving himself with his cousin, Arnie, and his ideas. While most people around have the money to buy new things often, José’s family only has enough to survive; they must work to get rewarded. Arnie, however, is spoiled with many valuables inaccessible for José, and lacks integrity within himself. After saving the life of Mr. Clemens, José realizes that your actions speak for what you need to be proud of yourself for.
As you can see, Jiro is one man who has devoted his life to his work by hoping to improve his skills every day and letting nothing get in the way of his work. When I think of seeing if I know any like Jiro, a dedicated hard working man, I think of my Uncle Rick. My uncle has also devoted his life to his work. My uncle does what he loves by working on cars and building houses. His typical routine in the day is to work in his auto shop, and work on houses on the side as jobs come around.
... special. He wanted to get to the top quickly and as a child decided he was not going to take the slow and steady path that law abiding citizens took. He began a life of crime, without regard to who he hurt and killed along the way. His eventual success in the community did not negate the means he used to gain that success however and when he tried to use his gained political popularity to change the constitution in a manner that would erase his past the public turned on him. He went to prison, escaped and died. Had Escobar not existed, the business aspects of the drug world would not be as organized as it is. He was able to develop solid financial and business practices in an illegal world. He left a mark in which is name will always be associated with the notorious drug lords of the world. Pablo Esobar wanted the good life, but he didn't care who he hurt to get it."
The Cesar Chavez Movie was very emotional to the point that I almost nearly cried after watching this movie. When I was watching the movie in the theaters, I actually felt like I was following with Cesar Chavez monitoring his actions throughout his long journey to fight for the rights of Mexican Farm Workers. Although the movie mainly concentrates on the period from 1965 to 1970, when Cesar Chavez led a strike of grape-farm workers that brought him into the national media glare, the Cesar Chavez movie begins by sketching the years before he landed on the cover of Time. In this movie, I learned that Cesar Chavez was not a flashy person, but actually a very reserved person. Moreover, Chavez knew what it was like to go from being an owner to being a worker in a blink of an eye. Cesar Chavez (played by Michael Pena) carries the compassion that comes from loss kind of like someone who has seen a slightly bigger picture that both his workers and union colleagues represent. Additionally, after watching this emotional movie, I learned that Ceasar dedicated his entire adult life to improving ...
his dream come true and he endured many hardships and hard work to attain success. However,