ZOE SALDANA BY MARGARITA COREY BIO OF ZOE Born Zoe Yadira Zaldana Nazario Born June 19‚ 1978 in Passaic‚ New Jersey Father died at 9 Moved to the Dominican Republic when she was 10 Trained at the prestigious ECOS Espacio de Danza Dance Academy BIO CONTINUED Moved back to the U.S. at 17 Performed in the New York Youth Theater Performances focused on teaching teens on how to deal with substance abuse and sex Got picked up by a talent agency for these MOVIES ZOE FEATURES IN
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domineering regime of Trujillo from 1938 to 1960. They lived in constant fear of being arrested‚ molested‚ raped‚ imprisoned or killed and anything in between. The time of Trujillo was truly a time of terror and complete oppression in the Dominican Republic. The sisters along with the other citizens all grew up worshipping him as though he were some sort of god. However as they came of age‚ they became painfully aware that he and everything he represented was nothing less than pure unadulterated
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oppression plays a big role along the movie and we see how much it affects everyone‚ mostly one of the Mirabal sisters‚ Minerva. One great example that is based on the film is how Rafeal Trujillo had so much power because he was the dictator of the Dominican Republic‚ every respected him‚ and treated him like no one else got treated. On contrary‚ Minerva was treated less important and was brought down emotionally and mentally by others including her family because she was a women. This meant that because
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Name: Duong Hong Anh Group: 06.1.E1 Date: 01/02/2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Discourse Analysis Assignment 1 Text: [pic] [pic] Features of context 1. Addressor: a BBC journalist 2. Addressee: the US readers 3. Audience: online readers 4. Topic: US to resume shortly Haiti medical evacuation flights 5. Setting: place: in a column of online BBC newspaper; time: February 2nd‚ 2010 6. Channel:
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resources of his company to prove that an apparel company could make a profit while simultaneously improving the lives of its employees. The result of his idea was Alta Gracia Apparel‚ a collegiate clothing manufacturing company located in the Dominican Republic. Struck by extreme economic strife‚ brought on by the widespread loss of the town’s only source of manufacturing jobs in 2007‚ the town of Villa Altagracia presented Bozich with ideal economic conditions for developing a first of its kind
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privacy‚ and almost the freedom to do anything. If these rights are taken away‚ people will become irate‚ and eventually they will do anything to get their rights back. In the novel In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez tells the story of Dominican Republicans who have lost their freedoms. Rafael Trujillo‚ dictator of the country creates a secret police called the SIM‚ which he uses to protect the government. These secret police go undercover during their job of bringing in any information
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her experiences writing about her time spent in the Dominican Republic the summer after she graduated high school. The thesis statement of this narrative is “Far more interesting‚ though‚ was my hands-on education in the possibilities of travel journalism‚ and the freedom that comes with disregarding expectations.” Stacy talks about how there were lots of people who wanted to be kept up to date with her experiences while she was in the Dominican so she set up a blog where she could easily do so. At
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Her Everlasting Faith Death is a word associated with loss‚ grief and sadness‚ but in the novel In the Time of the Butterflies we see death in a whole new perspective; martyrdom. Strong‚ independent‚ caring‚ honest‚ and having firm beliefs are all characteristics we see in a martyr especially in Patria. In the novel we explore the wonders of Julia Alvarez’s writing and get to witness Patria as a martyr and an individual who fought for the right of women against a dictator: Trujillo. As an individual
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justify why he/she is an outcast in society. In the novel‚ the theme of isolation is common throughout all the main characters; Oscar‚ Lola‚ and Beli. To start with‚ Oscar begins as a typical Dominican male. As a child‚ Oscar was considered “a Casanova” who was “a ‘normal’ Dominican boy raised in a ‘typical’ Dominican family” (11). Oscar eventually grows “fatter and fatter‚” develops “zits‚” and gets “self-conscious” because his “interest in “Genres...bec[o]me[s] synonymous with being a loser...” (16‚
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Came From The Dominican Republic was ruled by one of the most ruthless dictators‚ Rafael Trujillo. Julia Alvarez’s father was involved in the underground movement to overthrow the country’s dictator‚ which was uncovered and forced the family to flee the country four months before the founders of that underground‚ the Mirabal sisters‚ were brutally murdered by the dictatorship. Determined to show her adult independence from her family‚ Yolanda returned to the Dominican Republic. Aware of the region’s
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