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Phoenix, Arizona in 1963, Ernesto Miranda was captured after a woman recognized him in a police lineup. He was indicted assaulting and kidnapping and addressed for two hours while in care of police. The officers that addressed him didn't educate him of his Fifth Amendment right against self-implication furthermore of his Sixth Amendment right to the help of a lawyer. Subsequently, Miranda admitted in doing the wrongdoings with which he was sentenced. His announcement had an affirmation that he knew of his privilege against self-implication. At his trial, the indictment utilized his admission to get a conviction, and he was sentenced to 20 to 30 years in jail on every check.…
Antonio, the protagonist, follows the Campbell’s hero cycle regarding that he portrays a young hero in the novel. His characteristics support him into becoming a successful hero but, being the youngest member of the family, Tony gets directed to fulfill both his mom and dad’s dreams. As his parents lack understanding of Tony’s internal troubles and impose their religion on him, his parents are in a way absent to him. This places more responsibility on his shoulders as he has to take lead in his parents positions. Ever since Tony’s birth, he had always been the chosen one by Ultima. When Narciso receives punishment for his actions and Tenorio escapes without justice, the main character becomes hesitant and begins questioning God. Antonio refuses…
David Alfaro Siqueiros was a very famous and influential Mexican artist whose work reflected his political ideologies. David was born on December 29, 1896 in Chihuahua, Mexico to parents Cipriano Alfaro and Teresa Siquieros. Siqueiros was the second of three children, and was raised by his grandparents after his mother had died when he was only four years old. His grandfather, Antonio, who had a military background, had a major impact on his childhood. In 1908 David attended Franco-English College and later, San Carlos Academy, to study art and architecture. During his time there, the Mexican Revolution began and Siqueiros became involved in student strikes, which successfully changed the school’s teaching methods. David joined the Mexican Revolution Army at age 18, leading him to join the Communist Party that worked to challenge Victoriano…
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz lived a life without fear regarding the social criticisms of her writing and she wrote to influence change regarding the educational stereotypes made by the men of her era. Sor Juana worked diligently to educate herself continuously throughout her life in order to reach a level of sophistication that no man could contest.…
Bartolome` de Las Casa had a very different view of the Indians than the majority. Las Casa was against the mistreatment of the Indians. Las Casa tried to convince the Spanish to change their attitudes towards the Indians. He committed his life to being an advocate for the Indians and urging people to treat them better.…
1. Which of the following was NOT a symptom of decline in the Arabic caliphate by 1400? The decline of the Sufis.…
I believe that in the novel Bless Me, Ultima Antonio is an alienated individual. He doesn't seem to act like any of the other kids his age and has been through so much more then they have. For example, Antonio is torn between making his mother happy and becoming a priest, or making his father happy and becoming a cowboy type figure. He also has experienced a lot of death in his life to people he cared deeply about. I believe that Antonio is alienated because he has the mind of an adult, he is the only one who can talk to Ultima, and he can see the future.…
the monster stirred, that demon, that fiend/Grendel who haunted the moors, the wild/Marshes, and made his home in a hell./Not hell but hell on earth. He was spawned in that slime/Of Cain, murderous creatures banished/ By God, punished forever for the crime/ Of Abel's death." Page 26…
Throughout Antonio’s life, the religion he was born into that has helped shaped his life good or bad is Catholicism. Such as, when Antonio was so lost in his life, he looked to his religion to give him guidance. “I hoped that in a few years the taking of the first holy communion would bring me understanding” (74). Antonio was feeling so out of place even his family was, after Eugene and Leon left them. Andrew help Antonio realize that he and his brother couldn’t fulfill their parents dream, it had to be Antonio. Eventually, after Narciso’s death Antonio starts to question how god let Narciso die and Tenorio live. “I couldn’t understand why Narciso, who did good in trying to help Ultima, had lost his life; and why Tenorio, who was evil and had taken a life, was free and unpunished. It didn’t seem fair. I…
His mother is worried, and his father is counting down the days. But no one seems to be giving him much of a choice. He will be educated, he will be a priest, he will be a farmer, he will be a Luna, he will be a Márez… “My man of learning!... My baby will be gone today,” she sobbed. “He will be all right,” Ultima said. “The sons must leave the sides of their mothers,” she said almost sternly and pulled my mother gently.” (53). Antonio is never allowed to be anything but a man of learning. Even in his times of struggle with the issue of becoming a man, Ultima is there to help him. She has no doubt that he will become a good man in time. At one point in the book, Antonio’s mother tells him it is a sin that he become a man, and yet she is also telling him that he must become a man. Her contradicting statements do not help Antonio with this struggle at all. His older brothers are also a bad influence. All they value is booze, money, and women, and they choose to go wander through foreign cities. Antonio sees the effect this has on everyone, and decides early on that he won’t be like…
After the colonial period, the Havana city interred a series of modern evolution. Modern Evolution in the city mainly involved the growth of other smaller cities and the refurbishment of the major cities. This series of the developmental face of Havana and many other major cities in the country involved the improvement of settlement buildings. It also involved the improvement of commercial centers by building more advanced stalls and stores for the businessmen. Modern evolution of Cuba also involved the improvement of infrastructure across all cities. Some of the major improvements that were made in terms of infrastructure in the country include the improvement of the road transport and the introduction of the rail transport system. It also…
In the “Four Freedoms” Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) says, “Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere”. FDR says That everyone deserves the same rights as every person who has them, this also shows that people who have freedoms should also see that people who understand that everyone no matter who deserves the same rights and…
Is there anything new to be said about Matteo Ricci after this time-lapse of twenty-seven years, which corresponds to the period of Ricci’s own ascent to and settling in Beijing? Well,…
Antonio Banderas, one of Spain's most famous faces who was a soccer player until he broke his foot at age 14, is now a Hispanic film star best known as Zorro.…
The Cold War is in full swing in 1952 and new ideas are emerging from everyone. The United States released its newly created nuclear submarine, DC Comics released Firefly and Rex the Wonder Dog, and Harvey Kurtzman on a lesser note released Mad. During this time period, middle aged Antonio Prohias was working for El Mundo and was an awarded cartoonist in Cuba. He will end up being one of the most important figures for Kurtzman’s the newly created Mad Magazine in the decade to come because of his ties with Cuba and familiarity with communism. Prohias will then use his position in Mad Magazine and in popular culture to address the problematic and ironic conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union through a comic he creates known…