These days‚ we Geeks don’t travel anywhere without our laptops. It’s a given that we need to have them on us! How would we survive?! Thankfully‚ Seth sent in the following tips to help us keep them safe while we are on the road. Pad The Laptop: Make sure the laptop bag or carrying case you transport your laptop in provides adequate padding. As you move about the airport or shove the laptop under the seat in front of you or into the overhead storage compartment‚ the laptop can be jarred and jostled
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For most of my childhood‚ my whole world was comprised of people that shared the same ethnicity‚ culture‚ and living style as I did. But after leaving El Salvador at the young age of seven and undertaking the most difficult journey of my life‚ my world was split shattered. In school‚ I had to assimilate to a culture where I was surrounded by kids who had been born speaking English and teachers who taught with voluminous books instead of dirty chalk boards. Meanwhile‚ at home‚ I had to meet my mom’s
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El Norte‚ a 1983 film directed by Gregory Nava‚ depicts the life of two indigenous teenagers who flee their native country‚ Guatemala‚ in search for a better life in America. The reason for fleeing is due to the ethnic and political oppression of the Guatemalan Civil War. The film builds up a strong connection shared between Enrique and Rosa‚ one of genuine feeling and fierce emotion. This connection is foregrounded by the exaggerated style and is often compared to adulterated relations among Hispanics
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“Pride in Control” In the book Gulliver’s Travel‚ the theme pride is presented between Book 1 and Book 2. Pride enables one to credit themselves as being prime to others. Despite how tiny the Lilliputian are they seem to seize control over Gulliver. The Lilliputians are gratified to have Gulliver as abducted‚ what they do not come to mind is their army would not be an army without Gulliver and his backbone for being an immense man compared to them. An example of the Lilliputians not putting their
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El Mañana The title of the song has multiple meanings when considering the translation. El Mañana has a few different uses in Spanish; it means ‘the tomorrow‚’ ‘the dawn‚’ or ‘the morning.’ All of these meanings play a role in the message of the song. ‘The tomorrow’ resembles the future and having a positive mindset for that future. ‘The dawn’ is used to show recovery from a sad time or dark place‚ it is the first sign of light which represents positive change. ‘The morning‚’ although similar to
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hierarchy are in attendance. Unfortunately for him‚ his plan fails and he commits suicide by consuming poison. * Basilio - After the tragic deaths of his mother and younger brother‚ Basilio heeds the advice of the dying boatman‚ Elias‚ and travels to Manila to study. At first he is frowned upon by his peers and teachers not only because of the color of his skin but also because of his shabby appearance‚ but redeems himself in their eyes by participating in a fencing contest--and winning. He
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Patrick’s. During his brief time in England‚ Swift had become friends with writers such as Alexander Pope‚ and during a meeting of their literary club‚ the Martinus Scriblerus Club‚ they decided to write satires of modern learning. Gulliver’s Travels was a controversial work when it was first published in 1726. In
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The Role of Satire in “Gulliver’s Travels” Sir Thomas More wrote “Utopia” in 1516‚ Daniel Defoe produced “Robinson Crusoe” in 1719‚ Jonathan Swift brought forth “Gulliver’s Travels” in 1726. The first coined the much used today word “utopia”‚ the second created the first English novel about reason and moral values‚ and the third fathered probably the best satiric masterpiece. Contemporaneity‚ a few centuries later‚ is still amazed at the strength and validity of these notions. Satire‚ Swift’s
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Female representations in “Gulliver’s Travels” In Jonathan Swift’s satire‚ “Gulliver’s Travels”‚ the representation of women can be seen‚ at a superficial level‚ as offensive and extremely misogynistic and in broad lines corresponding to the image of the woman in Swift’s contemporary patriarchal society. The woman was almost objectified‚ thus reduced to her physical appearance and its status as obedient wife‚ whose sole purpose was to attend to her husband’s need. This perception of women was what
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Summary of El Filibustirismo The novel opens with the steamship Tabo heading up the Pasig River on its way to La Laguna one December morning they meet Doña Victorina‚ the only lady in the European group on the upper deck she is accompanied by her niece‚ the beautiful and rich Paulita Gomez. Doña Victorina is the wife of Don Tiburcio de Espadaña‚ who left her after many years of marriage and who was now hiding in Laguna. In the lower deck of tabo‚ Basilio and Isagani converse with Don Basilio those
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