She worked first as a secretary and then as a journalist in print‚ on television and in movie documentaries. After the overthrow and assassination in 1973 of her uncle‚ Salvador Allende‚ president of Chile‚ Isabel Allende and her husband and children left for safety in Venezuela. It was in her exile that she began to write The House of the Spirits‚ her first novel‚ which was based on her own family and the politics of Chile
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Chapter 1 Democracy in the Contemporary World Democracy in Chile During the early 1970s‚ Chile had a democratically elected government under President Salvador Allende. The government was liberal towards the workers and the poor people of Chile. Various welfare policies were adopted by the government for emancipating the poor such as milk for the children‚ distribution of land to landless farmers‚ and restricting the entry of foreign companies. Military Coup of 1973 A military coup led
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inconsistencies‚ I think are to enrich and to give the movie more substance as it progresses. These inconsistencies were; the friend of Dr. Jose Rizal that visits him in his cell‚ Simoun died because of a gunshot‚ the writing of another ending for his novel El Filibusterismo‚ and the night on the eve of the last day of Dr. Jose Rizal were not spent with the Jesuits who persuaded him to retract. First‚ the friend of Dr. Jose Rizal that visits him is his cell. The series of visits that his friend did was
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EL FILIBUSTERISMO I. The Novel El filibusterismo * It is the second novel written by José Rizal as the sequel to Noli Me Tangere. Like Noli Me Tangere‚ it was written in Spanish. * “The reign of Greed” in English * It consist of 38 chapters * Rizal dedicated El Filibusterismo to the three martyred priests of Cavite mutiny.The execution of the three priests was significant to the title of the novel. The title Rizal had to define the word filibustero to his German friend Ferdinand
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The Angel of Independence‚ most commonly known as "El Ángel" and officially known as "Columna de la Independencia"‚ is a victory column located on a roundabout over Paseo de la Reforma in downtown of Mexico City. It was built to commemorate the centennial of the beginning of Mexico’s War of Independence‚ celebrated in 1910. After several years it was transformed into a mausoleum for the most important heroes of that war. It is one of the most recognizable landmarks in Mexico City. It is quite similar
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Jose Rizal was not easy. The writers‚ cinematographer‚ editors and director surely were efficiently prepared in making the movie‚ as evidence by the transitions made on every scene‚ from real event to flashbacks‚ Rizal’s writing Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo and how they related to his life until the execution at Bagumbayan. Though I
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Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. Salvador Dali Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them. Napoleon Bonaparte Ambition is the path to success‚ persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. William Eardley IV Different persons have different ambitions in life because they differ not only in tastes and temperament but also in innate tendencies and physical
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MY REACTION ABOUT EL PRESIDENTE Being a history buff‚ I really made time to watch "El Presidente‚" about the President of the First Philippine Republic‚ Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo. It is about time that era in Philippine History was given a definitive movie rendition. I had high hopes about this film‚ since producer Laguna Gov. Jeorge "E.R." Ejercito (as Jeorge ER Estregan) gave us a very well-made
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remaining money‚ buys a dictionary. She reads then memorizes it‚ from A to Z‚ then throws it into the ocean; she doesn’t want to sell her clients packaged words. One morning‚ the Colonel’s men‚ led by the feared giant El Mulato‚ come into town and kidnap Belisa. She is taken to el Coronel‚ el hombre más temido del país (237) (who‚ according to Belisa‚ is also be the loneliest man in the world). He says he wants to be president‚ to be loved and cheered. His appearance as colonel puts terror in people’s
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Deir el-Medina. Caitlin Wall. Good morning‚ Deir el-Medina is a little workmans villiage set on the west bank or the River Nile‚ just below the ancient city of Thebes. The village was inhabited by workmen who were responsible for the construction and decoration of the royal tombs from the New Kingdom. The exploration of Deir el-Medina has yielded a huge quantity of artefacts and texts written on ostraca or papyri‚ which offer a unique view into the daily life of an ancient Egyptian community. Throughout
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