Vacation at the Beach Vs. the Mountains Ivet Molina Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra ESOL 103 Felicia Donaghy March 24‚ 2014 Vacation at the Beach Vs. the Mountains People are always looking forward to their vacation period. There are many options where to go. According to a study by some explorers‚ most common places people choose for taking a vacation are the beach and the mountain. Both places offer a variety of fun activities
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fun activities my family and I did there. In addition‚ other memories include the delicious meals we enjoyed there. To begin‚ it had a marvelous location. My grandparents’ house was in Punta Cuna‚ one of the eastern beach cities in the Dominican Republic. The house was very near to the beach‚ on the top of a hill: for that reason‚ a fresh breeze was always blowing. It was surrounded by beautiful gardens and a huge back yard with many fruit trees on which lived a lot of birds that would delight
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Confusion of Faith In the Dominican Republic‚ Trujillo is a living god to the children and the adults as well. In the Time of the Butterflies‚ Patria‚ as a child‚ accepts Trujillo‚ but sees God as the only god present. Yet as the novel progresses‚ similarities between the two are shown‚ especially with the use of their power. Even though this confuses Patria‚ a new faith in motherhood forms controlling both of Patria’s faiths. Julia Alvarez shows that despite how Patria treats God and
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Maria always looked up to her older sister Minerva and decided to join her sisters in their political activities. Maria became a martyr as a result of her political stance against their dictator Trujillo. Trujillo was the dictator for the Dominican Republic‚ he was a role model to his people‚ but not everyone knew he was also a murderer. There were some
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Trujillo. Minerva realizes that her country isn’t as she thought it was. Patria realizes the same thing while out on a retreat in the mountains. She witnesses a young man about the age of Noris‚ get gunned down. That’s when she realizes how bad the Dominican Republic is getting because of Trujillo. Maria Teresa was very immature throughout the novel but once the girls were taken to prison‚ she had really become aware of the trouble she had gotten herself into. Dede loses her innocence the same way Maria
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Courage is valued among the characters‚ and they display it in varying amounts. Among all the sisters Minerva shows the most courage. First she starts off by wanting to be a lawyer and she is not afraid of speaking her mind. She goes to a boarding school where she meets a girl who is against Trujillo and learns how bad Trujillo really is. This is when she begins to start acting rebellious. Once she is older‚ Minerva’s family is invited to a party at Trujillo’s palace where she does things that most
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Cultural Background Haiti is a small country in the Caribbean located on the island of Hispaniola‚ which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Currently‚ Haiti covers the smaller portion of the island on the west end‚ within the Greater Antillean island group of the West Indies. Haiti is the third largest Caribbean nation‚ with 9 million people spread out over 28‚000 km; 2.1 million are concentrated in the capital city of Port-au-Prince (CIA‚ 2010). Vodoun‚ or “Voodoo” is the religion of the
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Country Fact Page: Puerto Rico Official Country Name: Puerto Rico Location: North America- Puerto Rico is an island meaning no countries border it. Countries close would be the Dominican Republic to the west‚ US Virgin Islands to the east‚ Venezuela to the south(across the Caribbean Sea)‚ and the US to the north. Capital: San Juan Size of Puerto Rico Compared To A State: Roughly 3 times bigger than Rhode Island President (Puerto Rico is territory of USA. There is no president just for Puerto
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tensions. politics There is no nationwide advisory in effect for Haiti. However‚ you should exercise a high degree of caution due to high crime rates in various parts of the country and ongoing political tensions. 6 Officials in Haiti and the Dominican Republic are preparing for a long campaign against cholera‚ the water-borne disease that has sickened tens of thousands of people in the two neighboring Caribbean
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Coming to America Narrative Essay College Writing I My name is Angela S. Baez‚ and you can call me Angela. I am from the Dominican Republic. In this essay I would like to tell you a story about my experience in coming to the USA. I was very happy when I found out my daughter and I received full residency status from the USA. We would be moving to New York City Sometimes‚ I felt nervous‚ because it was my first time to go to another country‚ which used a different language than my
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