Cheyenne K. Koehler Kath Pattie English 102 April 21, 2024 The poem “The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica” is about a store that would sell unusual things. These supplies were often more valuable to immigrants who were coming into the United States at the time. Often these immigrants would go to this store and immediately feel at home. Some will even say that it would be cheaper to just go back home, even though they know they cannot. In the poem “The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica,” the store gives immigrants comfort through how the store is set up, the foreign ingredients they sell, and their ability to speak and understand their native tongue. The store in the poem is set up like a 3rd world country store. The United States has stores that keep everything packaged and …show more content…
Although the United States at the time had access to the good things for stores. The store owner kept all this to help them feel more comfortable, even with the “narrow aisles” (Ln 25). She knows exactly how to set up the store to meet each immigrant longing for a home. The immigrants are comforted with the products the store sells. The store owner sells products from other countries such as “Bustelo coffee” (Cofer Ln 12) that would not be found in the United States regularly. These products were known as “canned memories” (Cofer Ln 9) to most of the immigrants and the products were bought from ”close ports” (Cofer Ln 37). The store owner would keep “dried codfish” (Cofer Ln 5) in bins and hanging stalks would be “green plantains” (Cofer Ln 5) she made sure that all the goods were packaged just like the markets from their native markets. Most importantly, she would package products just like her mother would by “wrapping it in wax paper tied with string” (Cofer Ln 29-30). Being so far away from home, customers would read the labels as if they were “names of lost lovers” (Cofer Ln 27) because of their longing to be back
The Carrillo Adobe is in a dire situation. It has not only fallen into disrepair from the many years of weather and use by so many individuals, but by visitors and citizens have been less that kind and considerate of its age and the prominence that it deserves. After Carrillo’s death her house was given to three of her daughters, Marta, Juana, and Felicidad. Then her belongings were distributed between all of her children. In the first decade after her death her different children each occupied the house at different times. One of her daughters, Juana and her husband ran the home as a tavern. They then converted the adobe into the first post office in the town of Santa Rosa. After her daughters no longer had a need for the adobe it was turned into a trading post where numerous individuals...
Spartan society holds its genesis in the migration of Dorian tribespeople to the fertile land of the Peloponnese. Following the end of the 9th century BCE, these tribes expanded their territorial claims by force, conquering the adjacent region of Messenia. Following the second Messenian War in 668 BCE, lawgiver Lycurgus proclaimed the Great Rhetra upon consultation with the Delphic Oracle; Tyrtaeus accounts for this in his 7th century BCE poetry ’Eunomia’. However, the romantic nature of Tyrtaeus’ poetry decreases its reliability as a factual source. Modern and ancient historians, including Andrews and Plutarch, argue that inconsistencies in Lycurgus’ recorded triumphs are questionable; with suggestions that the Great Rhetra was the result
These basic ideals of cruelty and mistreatment toward Mexican Americans, as well as the Anglo view of Spaniards as "unusually cruel, avarious, treacherous, fanatical, superstitious, cowardly, corrupt, decadent, indolent, and authoritarian" (Weber p.336) are visible in "Los Vendidos." The shop owner, Mr. Sancho, introduces himself and explains how he was a former labor worker, but how he has become more successful and now runs the shop. His attire is that of a respectable American; he is dressed in a suit, clean cut, and well kept, yet his skin tone, his acce...
This short story, first published in 1961, stirs up controversy and still continues to be debated today. Although Updike intends for his writing to be simple and enjoyable, he also includes literary and cultural knowledge of the time period for readers to analyze more deeply (Saldivar N. pag.). As with A&P, Updike injects religious faith, which few Non-Catholic writers attempted during this time, in a seemingly effortless way. The supermarket A&P, the main setting of the story, was positioned “right in the middle of town” (Updike 983); a prime position accessible to all, although, generally this position was reserved for the town’s place of worship. In a way, Updike implanted this detail to be ironic. The supermarket in his story represented a “temple of modern consumerism” and was replacing a temple of worship (Wells N. pag.). To create a story that was relevant to the 1960’s, yet still encompasses issues society currently faces, demonstrates Updike’s genius ability to engage in the enthralling world around him.
In his Confessions, Augustine relates that, in his school years, he was required to read Virgil’s Aeneid. The ill-fated romance of Aeneas and Dido produced such an emotional effect on him. Augustine says that Virgil’s epic caused him to forget his own “wanderings” (Augustine 1116). He wept over Dido’s death, but remained “dry-eyed to [his] own pitiful state” (Augustine 1116 – 7). Augustine later rejects literature and theater because he believes that they distract the soul from God. Nonetheless, Augustine shares many of the same experience as the characters in the Aeneid. Augustine discovers that love can be destructive, just as it was for Dido. Both Aeneas and Augustine of them give up love for the sake of duty. Aeneas leaves Dido to fulfill his calling given by the gods. Augustine ends his lustful affairs in order that he may devote himself to his God.
Also posted on the display window was information about the store supporting products made by local farmers in the Kensington area. The products were sold in store and the farmers’ names were written as well as the foods the farmers were selling.
The ancient Romans are known for placing value in a virtue called gravitas. To possess this virtue, a Roman must be disciplined and obedient, be physically strong, and be loyal to Rome. The Romans also valued empirical reasoning and logic over decisions based on emotions. In addition to these moral and physical standards for men, the Romans also stressed the importance of social standing. Money and power, especially political power, were coveted by all Romans. In the eyes of the Romans, a model man would possess great wealth, hold a significant position in the government or military, and have a strong mind and body. The great Roman poet Catullus defied these expectations for a Roman man in almost every sense, challenging the values and mindset
Puerto Rico has many markets some of which are run every day and some that are only run certain days of the month. The most popular one that is run only on the first Sunday of the month is Ventana Al Mar. as soon as you arrive at this outdoor market there are cabanas that specialized in different merchandise or food stationed over this widespread area. I immediately noticed the Fruits and Vegetable stands they had every color imaginable it was a rainbow of juicy mouthwatering sweet and savory treats. It awoke my senses I felt as if I was standing in a garden everything smelled natural and
the United States of American relate and make relevant to themselves the aspects of Latin
Pietas was important in Roman society and most of the Romans lives revolved around it. Pietas means sense of duty, which includes, devotion to gods, ethics, morality, country and family. (Class Notes) Romans must show proper behavior towards gods, country and their families. Virgil shows pietas in the novel, The Aeneid. He expresses pietas through main character, Aeneas’, actions and behaviors. Through examples of pietas, a clear parallel can be drawn comparing the Romans, Augustus and Aeneas.
Virgil is not only an influence on Dante as a character of Dante's fashioning and in terms of the poem, but he is also (perhaps more importantly) an incredible inspiration to Dante as a fellow poet. It seems clear that there are many similarities between the Aeneid and the Divine Comedy - what at first glance may seem indefinite is the importance of those similarities. Virgil's Aeneid is intimately intertwined with Dante's Divine Comedy in the capacity of an entire poetic work with similar themes, and also as an integral reference for specific images.
Pablo Neruda is from Chile and gives a voice to Latin America in his poetry (Bleiker 1129). “The United Fruit Co.,” the poem by Pablo Neruda that will be analyzed in this essay, is enriched with symbolism, metaphors, and allusions. These allusions have great emphasis to the Christian religion, but some allusions are used to evoke negative emotions towards the United States (Fernandez 1; Hawkins 42). Personification and imagery along with onomatopoeia and metonymy are also found in “The United Fruit Co.” Neruda’s use of these literary devices makes his messages of imperialism, Marxism, and consumerism understandable (Fernandez 4). In this essay each of these literary devices with its proper meaning will be further analyzed in the hope of achieving a more complex understanding of Neruda’s message.
	Henrik Ibsen was born in the Stockman Building in Skien, Norway. He spent part of his childhood on Venstøp Farm after his father went bankrupt. In 1843, he was apprenticed to a chemist in Grimstad. That was when he began writing satire and elegant poems in the style of the time. He wrote his first play in 1849, a five-act tragedy in verse, Catiline, which was published in 1850 under the pseudonym Brynjolf Bjarme. The Warrior's Barrow was written and performed in 1850, as the first of Ibsen's plays to reach the stage. However, it was not published until much later. Ibsen lived in Christiania (now Oslo) from 1850 to 1851 to complete his upper secondary education. From 1851 to 1857, Ibsen was playwright in residence and director of the theatre in Bergen.
Courageous and admirable with noble qualities defines a heroine. In Aristotle’s Poetics he describes a tragic hero as a character who is larger than life and through fate and a flaw they destroy themselves. Additionally, Aristotle states excessive pride is the hubris of a tragic hero. The hero is very self-involved; they are blind to their surroundings and commit a tragic action. A tragedy describes a story that evokes sadness and awe, something larger than life. Furthermore, a tragedy of a play results in the destruction of a hero, evoking catharsis and feelings of pity and fear among the audience. Aristotle states, "It should, moreover, imitate actions which excite pity and fear, this being the distinctive mark of tragic imitation." (18) For a tragedy to arouse fear, the audience believes similar fate might happen to them and the sight of the suffering of others arouses pity. A tragedy's plot includes peripeteia, anagnorisis, hamartia and catharsis. Using Aristotle’s criteria, both characters in Oedipus The King and The Medea share similar qualities that define a tragic hero such as being of noble birth, having excessive pride, and making poor choices. They both gain recognition through their downfall and the audience feels pity and fear.
According to Aristotle, a tragedy must be an imitation of life in the form of a serious story that is complete in itself among many other things. Oedipus is often portrayed as the perfect example of what a tragedy should be in terms of Aristotle’s Poetics. Reason being that Oedipus seems to include correctly all of the concepts that Aristotle describes as inherent to dramatic tragedy. These elements include: the importance of plot, reversal and recognition, unity of time, the cathartic purging and evocation of pity and fear, the presence of a fatal flaw in the “hero”, and the use of law of probability.