Two Accounts: Broken Spears and Bernal Diaz In every historical event there tends to be conflicting sides‚ each member has their own point of view based on a plethora of statistics. These statistics include but are not limited to‚ socio-economic classes‚ race‚ geographical boundaries‚ gender‚ etc. When two cultures interact for the first time there is bound to be some discrepancies over what truly occurred. These discrepancies are portrayed quite well through Bernal Diaz’s The Conquest of New Spain
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of work titled “Becoming a Writer”‚ written by Junot Diaz‚ is a short story showing the importance of dedication and persistence in order to become a good author. Diaz begins by explaining his difficulty in getting past the “75 page mark” in a novel he had been working on. He explains how no matter how hard he tried‚ it felt as if he was “chained to the sinking ship of those 75 pages and there was no key and no patching the hole in the hull”. Diaz explains how it is hard to continue his work after
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Rodriguez Diaz De Vivar “El Cid” Born and educated as a nobleman in the Royal Court of the Castile‚ Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar became a famous military leader and diplomat. He was King Alfonso VI’s greatest general in the war against the Moors and is widely considered to be a National Hero of Spain. Known as El Cid Campeador (or El Cid)‚ this honourable nickname translates as the ’Lord of Military Arts’‚ or ’The Champion’‚ and reflects his innovative techniques on the battlefield. Rodrigo Diaz was born
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The Documentary‚ The End Of Poverty directed by Phillip Diaz is based on the mass world poverty going on in less fortunate countries. He looks at the history and effect of economic imbalance in third world countries in documentary‚ and makes the convincing argument that it’s not an accident or simple bad luck that its created a growing lower class around the world. Diaz traces the growth of global poverty back to colonization in the 15th century The documentary was made to push society into looking
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Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña painted a landscape called Forest Pool in 1862‚ and Georgia O’Keeffe painted a landscape called Pink Moon Over Water in 1924. These painters from two different countries and periods in time each had a similar goal in mind: to express themselves in their work. Through their use of composition‚ color‚ light and space the artists convey to the viewer a sense of their time through the values their paintings depict; Diaz’s emphasis is placed on the imagination and emotions
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Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar was born in 1090. He was given the nickname "El Cid"‚ which is derived from the Arabic word sayyid or “sir”. El Cid inspired the writing of “Cantar Del Mio Cid” or The Poem of The Cid. There are many speculations as to who the real writer of the Poem of the Cid‚ however the real author or authors are unknown. The Poem of The Cid is the oldest Spanish epic and is one of the four most important Spanish books of all time. Although it is inspired by the the real Cid‚ who was a
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Maulana Restanto 1205896 5B Commentary Writing Objective is Impossible in Junot Diaz’s “How to Date a Brown Girl (Black Girl‚ White girl‚ or Halfie)” Nowadays people always said we need to be objective in every activity of daily life‚ including being objective when we want to date a girl. However‚ Junot Diaz depicted in his prose how a guy received suggestions to date a girl in very subjective way. Torstenson (2006) stated this then becomes the crucial irony and driving force of the story‚ and
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Greek Economy i. How debt crisis started ii. The Bailouts c. The Flaws of the European Union i. The euro ii. Policy constraints iii. Integration 3. Conclusion a. My viewpoint i. The cracks must be fixed Greece is Sinking: Will They Drown the EU? Introduction Over the past few years‚ it seems that one cannot turn on the news without seeing something about Greece and its collapsing economy. It may have a high standard of living‚ but it has never had a top-tier economy and this was
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what they are communicating or even worse‚ what they are not communicating. I believe Junot Diaz‚ makes a good point of this in his short story "How to Date a Brown Girl (Black Girl‚ White Girl‚ or Halfie)". The main character has a precise way of treating every girl dependent upon what her race is. However‚ I question why‚ aside from the simplistic answers‚ such as maybe he’s a misogynist or a racist boy. Diaz writes this particular story the way that he does‚ by placing the reader directly in the
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As a conquistador under the command of Hernán Cortes‚ Bernal Diaz witnessed some of Latin America’s most interesting and least chronicled history. He was fortunate enough to be one of a select few Europeans to experience the Aztec empire at its height and to visit Tenochtitlan prior to its downfall. In an era where personal accounts of the historical occurrences are almost nonexistent‚ Bernal Diaz’s The True History of the Conquest of New Spain provides virtually the only window into this period
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