African-Brazilian Culture and Regional Identity in Bahia Brazil written by Scott Ickes takes the reader into a history of the Northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia and the cultural politics the state faced between the years of 1930 through 1954, a time period that the nation of Brazil was going through a major change; Getulio Vargas, with some help, turned the government into a dictatorship. The people of Bahia, especially the African-Brazilians, actively sought to change the narrative of the culture of Brazil. Ickes uses a number of events to help cultivate the narrative of the establishment of African-Brazilian culture, to be the regional identity of Bahia. Among these events included the employment of African-Bahian cultural practices such…
I would like to explain how I use this amount $ 1000 scholarship as below. In the beginning semester, I will spend around $ 200 for buying used textbooks of Bio Anatomy I and II (lecture and lab). Next, I have to buy the online code of Bio Anatomy I and II (lecture and lab) for assignments or homework as my professors' instruction. It will take around $ 200. With the $600 left, I will pay for my tuition. With the discount money, I have money to save for the tuition fee for next semesters. It is appreciated for me. When I still study in GPC and in The United States, I still have a chance to explore my new life and my new journey here. Thank you for considering my appliaction of the…
Have you ever had to make a hard decision? Have you ever had to decide whether or not to stay with your mother or leave her again or to stay with the love of your life. In the book Enrique’s Journey, Enrique is always having to make tough decisions such as weather or not to stay in the United States or go back to Honduras. Enrique wants to stay in the U.S because he has been apart from his mother for so long and here he has stopped doing as much drugs as he usually does back in Honduras, he is able to support his girlfriend and their baby. “In spite of everything, Enrique has failed again, he will not reach the United States this time, either. He tells himself over and over that he’ll just have to try again(Nazario 60). This is an example of…
The family is one of the most important things in the world. Lourdes should have to go back to Honduras with her family and recoup the relationship with her children; the children need a mother not a person who sends them money every time. Even thought the economic in Honduras is terrible and there’s no job, the family need to stay together and Lourdes can support her daughter and son with her only presence.…
Foreshadowing can be overlooked when reading through a story the first time. It is not until one goes back and re-reads a story after knowing the ending that they can truly see the signs along the way. “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor has an unexpected ending but it comes as less of a surprise if the reader pays attention to the details in the story. In this particular story, O’Connor describes the way grandmother dresses, the graves, and the automobile that the Misfit drives. Those details may seem innocent during the first read-through but they are not missed when one realizes, at the end, their true meanings.…
made friends and experienced cultures from around the world. Khanna and Johnson (2010), also state that biracial individuals have found that having the ability to associate with various races have actually worked as an advantaged because of their ability to associate with multiple groups. This attitude eventually became the approach the student had with dealing with his racial identity. According to him, he no longer tried to identify with a particular group, and part of this a lesson that he was taught by his parents. Though he experienced different ideas about his identity from family members, his parents were very intentional with the way they socialized all of their children to the world they lived in. Neither of them could relate to his…
Throughout the world there are many human right issues that the United States and other country battle daily. The problem today is many countries give these issues the cold shoulder hoping simultaneously they will go away. Some countries take action to try and get the problem under control whereas others just focus on other things. Today in the U.S immigration is a huge problem; at least some may think. Although, the United States are trying to protect our country from immigrants who are out to hurt us, they also have to take into consideration the immigrants who are trying to protect themselves and families from corrupt governments and poverty way of living. In Enrique’s Journey, Sonia Nazario scrutinize the role of immigration and the impact it have on immigrants from all over.…
“The text authors claim that the midterm elections of 1866 were “more crucial than some presidential elections.” Do you agree? Why or why not?”…
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For as long as there have been civilizations, people have separated themselves into groups. Most of the time into groups like: the have and the have not’s or us vs them. This has happened in Brazil between the upper and lower class. Brazil is a country with a very small to non-existent middle class, causing a huge gap between the two classes. This huge gap is causing the us versus them mentality or a we/they divide between the upper and lower class, based on a process of social categorization. The central hypothesis of the mentality is that group members of an in-group will seek to find the negative aspects of an out-group, thus enhancing their self-image. The in-group in Brazil is the upper class where as the lower class has been named the…
Alex, and that tree. I’ve lived in two completely different places. For the greater part of my life, in Ecuador, and for the last 4 years, in California. Moving away from the place that I spent my entire life at, has really changed me. I had to leave all of the people I love and everyone I ever knew, and move to a strange place where I had no one except my mom, dad, and brother. Moving to California made me become a new person, a different person than who I was in Ecuador. In the following Vignettes I talk about what has made me into who I was in Ecuador, and what made me into what I am today. I talk a lot about the trip to California, and the first few months here because it was a very traumatic experience for me that pains me to think about even to this day. I’ll always miss the person I was in Ecuador, even if I don’t remember who I was. But I will always love the person that I am today and will continue to better myself and live the best life…
Since my freshman year, I have been able to pay for the required textbooks and materials needed to succeed in several of my classes, which enabled me to focus on what is important; my education. Moreover, the renewal of the Robert T. Kenney scholarship will assist me in paying for my college expenses so I can focus and maintain my academic performance. With the Robert T. Kenney scholarship I can continue to put in my best effort so I can reach my goal of being accepted into graduate school and pursuing a fulfilling career.…
I was recently admitted as an international applicant and had been discussing my financial aid package with Ms Sines-Sheaff, who has redirected me to contact you since she's now on maternity leave.…
When people ask me, “What’s your favorite country”, I start to think about many places in the world France and Eiffel Tower, Italy Coliseum and about Brazil with many beautiful thing. I would probably say BRAZIL! In my entire life I have never went to Brazil but if I have the chance to go my dream world become true! You may be asking Brazil is my favorite country if you want to know the answer reads and find out.…
In Chile, my aunt lives in Cerro Argentina, a hill above the ocean in Valparaiso. When the sirens signalling a tsunami ring, the people that live down below flee to the mountains and my aunt opens her doors to strangers as they watch their homes collapse with heavy water. If I believed in supernatural genes that carry qualities like once believed in the Renaissance, I would say that I carry the selfless of my family. I don’t mind giving up my time, items, or responsibilities in the name of helping others in serious need. There is nothing that makes me happier than knowing I helped someone who was feeling hopeless. My friends and family tend to recognize that I am on an endeavour to help my friends, acquaintances, and peers. I am the “papa corazon”…