This discussion guide for Esperanza Rising features guided student questions with answers provided for an instructor. Book Summary Esperanza believed her life would be wonderful forever. She would always live on her family’s ranch in Mexico. She would always have fancy dresses and a beautiful home filled with servants. Papa and Abuelita would always be with her. But a sudden tragedy shatters her world and Esperanza and Mama flee to California‚ where they settle in a camp for Mexican farm workers
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The Dark is Rising Written by Susan Cooper From The Dark Is Rising The Characters Will Stanton The last and youngest of the Old Ones - appears for the first time as the main character in The Dark Is Rising. He appears in each of the following books. Merriman Lyon The first and oldest of the Old Ones - appears in each of the DR books. Mentor and friend to Will Stanton in The Dark Is Rising and guardian of each of the quests. ’Great Uncle’ to the Drew children. The Lady Matriarch of the Old Ones
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Impact of Easter Rising Intro By the time the smoke cleared from the guns on that bloody Wednesday night in 1916‚ 230 British soldiers laid dead or wounded‚ while the 17 Irishmen had escaped. Our freedom is sometimes taken for granted‚ for our revolution happened over two hundred years ago‚ while Ireland’s was just over a century ago. The Easter Rising of 1916 was a battle for Irish Independence that revived Irish Nationalism In order to explain the cultural impact of Easter Rising‚ I will focus
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Easter 1916 by Wiliam Butler Yeats I HAVE met them at close of day Coming with vivid faces From counter or desk among grey Eighteenth-century houses. I have passed with a nod of the head Or polite meaningless words‚ Or have lingered awhile and said Polite meaningless words‚ And thought before I had done Of a mocking tale or a gibe To please a companion Around the fire at the club‚ Being certain that they and I But lived where motley is worn: All changed‚ changed utterly: A terrible
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It could be said that the Jacobite risings of 1715 and 1745-46 were the two most serious threats to the Hanovarian Crown. Although there were numerous smaller attempts to restore the Stewarts to the throne‚ the 1715 and 1745-46 remain the closest to succeeding. This essay will examine the several factors pertaining to the failures of these risings. According to Lenman the 1715 rising is one that was - “the result of a private decision taken by one man because of his personal circumstances. The
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This sad feeling is what Esperanza felt. In the book Esperanza Rising By Pam Munoz Ryan‚ Esperanza thought she would live a wonderful life on her family’s ranch in Mexico. But then an unforeseen disaster shatters her world and forces Esperanza to flee to California and become a worker to survive In several ways Esperanza’s life is like the roots‚ stem‚ and thorns of a rose. In my opinion‚ the roots of a rose mean hope in Esperanza Rising. One example to support my claim is when the rose is planted
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Assess The Short Term Significances of The Easter Rising It is clear that a foremost short term significance of the Easter Rising was its failure on military terms. The Easter Rising led to the death of 450 individuals and the injury of over 2500[1]. At first‚ the rising was unpopular amongst the Irish‚ and the failure consequently left the general public and many Irish republicans in a state of humiliation. However‚ this was only the initial response which ultimately changed dramatically‚ in
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tenure security. According to the United Nations‚ the percentage of urban dwellers living in slums decreased from 47 percent to 37 percent in the developing world between 1990 and 2005.[1] However‚ due to rising population‚ and the rise especially in urban populations‚ the number of slum dwellers is rising. One billion people worldwide live in slums[2] and the figure is projected to grow to 2 billion by 2030.[3] The term has traditionally referred to housing areas that were once relatively affluent but
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‘Yeats’s poetry is driven by a tension between the real world in which he lives and an ideal world that he imagines’ The poetry of Yeats gives a deep‚ profound and though-provoking experience. His sweepingly broad thematic focus deals with issues that are timeless and universal. We realise Yeats both is a very public and a very private poet‚ his work ranging from the personal and political‚ to Irish history and his own life experiences and emotions. He grew up in a very transitional time
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cases the people of the informal cities need a place to put their hopes and dream in they need a place that they can escape to – even if it is only in their head to escape the struggles of daily life. In the movie‚ “City of God‚” Rocket escapes the favela through his photography job but is drawn back because it is how he makes his money. This is a tool that is needed in these novels because they need to a way to escape the depression and the general sadness of their lives. In a way this is the only
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