Haiti (Figure A)‚ killing more than 200‚000 people‚ leaving more than 1.5 million homeless‚ and destroying most governmental‚ technical‚ and educational infrastructure throughout this region of 3 million people. It was also strongly felt in the Dominican Republic but caused no damage there because of the significant distance between major urban centers and the epicenter. The event caused an estimated $8 billion in damages in Haiti‚ ~120% of the country’s GDP. No other earthquake of such moderate magnitude
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Giger‚ J. N. (2013). Transcultural nursing: Assessment & intervention (6th ed.). St. Louis‚ MO: Elsevier. Haught‚ J. (2010). What is Religion. Hudson‚ NJ: Paulist Press. Painter‚ R. (2011‚ August 1). Our Dominican Republic. p. 16. Rogers‚ L. & Rogers‚ B. (2009). Dominican Republic. New York‚ NY: Children ’s Press.
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black‚ sitting on the couch‚ and so the interview begins. Now at one ends of the couch were the subject of the interview‚ Monica Mena‚ or by her other name called “Mother” because that’s what she is to me. The person in question is from the Dominican Republic‚ Santiago‚ and lived there most of her life‚ she moved to the U.S. in her 40s. Why did she moved to the US
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“Patricia deja de comer comida en la calle‚ para eso cocino.” These are words that I constantly hear from my mother whenever I eat outside of the house. My mother is a strict Dominican mother who believes that food from the streets will make me sick or gain weight in an unhealthy way. In the story We’re Not by Andrea Roman‚ author mentions that her parents could not understand certain unacceptable actions in their culture were acceptable to practice in the United States. My mother is a person who
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the war for liberation. The Mirabal sisters represent the anomalies of the society‚ struggling to fight for their God-given rights of freedom in the 1930-1960’s in the Dominican Republic. In the Time of the Butterflies is not just a story of the Mirabal sister’s immense fight against the thirty-one year reign of Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo‚ but also portrays a story of love‚ insecurities‚ and strength that transforms the lives of the four sisters. Patria‚ one of the brave Mirabal
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we see Oscar de León‚ a Dominican American young man‚ who resides in Paterson‚ New Jersey with his family going through many different relationship experiences in his life. One of those experiences is during his childhood; he is an outcast and is considered a nerd. Another love experience that Oscar encounters is when he goes to Rutgers University to get his education. One more experience that Oscar has is when he travels back to his native country the Dominican Republic and falls in love with the
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Amanda Jeffries In The Time Of The Butterflies From 1930 until 1961‚ General Leonidas Trujillo held absolute control of the Dominican Republic. His alliance and support from the army‚ church‚ and wealthy families and also the press were the foundation of his dictatorship. His formula to remain in power was simple: murder anyone who opposed him. Therefore anyone who wanted a fair government was declared an enemy of the state. General Trujillo wanted everyone to reproduce based on color. More
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the hatred of one person by another -- or the belief that another person is less than human -- because of skin color‚ language‚ customs‚ place of birth or any factor that supposedly reveals the basic nature of that person.but in Haiti and the Dominican republic it is a very different variation of the word‚.in fact if racism is as the dictionary defines it then surely a new word must be invented to describe and explain the events that take place against the Haitian people‚where hatred and racism are
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Name of Salome" weaves together the life and spirit of Salome Urena‚ and her daughter‚ Salome Camila‚ through a journey of political turbulence in the Dominican Republic. Throughout her life‚ Salome describes the chaotic days of rebellions and the calmness of transitory peace between political powers. The book trails the history of the Dominican Republic through Salome‚ voiced through her daughter Camila‚ whose history weaves together her mother’s life and her country’s unrest‚ finally bonding mother
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Symbolism in The Farming of Bones Edwidge Danticat’s novel‚ The Farming of Bones is an epic portrayal of the relationship between Haitians and Dominicans under the rule of Generalissimo Rafael Trujillo leading up to the Slaughter of 1937. The novel revolves around a few main concepts‚ these being birth‚ death‚ identity‚ and place and displacement. Each of the aspects is represented by an inanimate object. Water‚ dreams‚ twins‚ and masks make up these representations. Symbolism is consistent
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