and hard times of Luis Perez and his family. Luis Perez emigrated from Argentina to the United States with his wife‚ eight children‚ and his parents to build a better life. They left behind most of their belongings and bought a piece of land to start a winery business. The family structure was a traditional style and the grandparents were resistant to the changes in language and culture in the U.S. Luis began his family with his high school sweetheart at the age of 20. Luis was considered to
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his fourteen year old son (Luis). Carlos works as a landscaper with a friend named Blasco who is now planning to head back to Mexico but intends to sell his truck to anyone to keep his small business going. Blasco offers the truck and tools to Carlos to continue working since he would be without a job if someone else was to buy the truck. Luis in the other hand is dealing with going to highschool and his girlfriend Ruthie whose family is involved in a gang pushing Luis to consider being in one.
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so it starts‚ the story of a nineteen year old Mexican- American girl named Mary (Maria; as he only chooses to call her)‚ who helps out and eventually falls in love with Jose Luis Alegria‚ a Salvadoran refugee. Martínez’s story of María is told against the backdrop of the 12-year civil war in El Salvador. Maria and Jose Luis develop a friendship that slowly turns into a typical novella love affair. Through their relationship‚ both characters are forced to confront the violence of their pasts—his
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The story‚ “A Different Sort of Dream” is about a boy named Luis who has a dream about becoming an artist. His family sells the crops they grow at the market but there was no rain so they were running out of crops to sell. His brother wanted to be a bullfighter and his father loved that but his father didn’t like how Luis wanted to be an artist. In the end‚ Luis was alone‚ drawing at the market when a man wanted to buy some artwork that Luis drew. Suddenly‚ he sold several and brought home extra money
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will be Greg’s father-in-law‚ introduces Greg to Jorge‚ who is probably Greg’s son. Greg doesn’t know he might have a son. In this scene‚ Jack uses feed forward when he says‚ "He’s never met his father." This hints at what is to come. Jack acts casual‚ but he has his own motives. When Jack mentions that Jorge is 15 years old‚ it seems like Greg does the math to figure out how long ago he was in a relationship with Jorge’s mother. Jack also says that Jorge never knew his father. Greg says‚ ’That’s a shame
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Catch the Moon is a teenager named Luis Cinturon. Luis is a troubled boy who doesn’t really behave. His mother died and it made him very aggressive‚ and distant. Luis was sent to juvie for breaking into an old woman’s house. Now Luis works for his dad scrubbing hubcaps all day. He doesn’t have a very good attitude towards his job. A girl named Naomi is looking for a certain hubcap so she goes to where Luis works. Luis’s dad is the owner of the shop. As soon as Luis sees Naomi his attitude changes a
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bitterness that develops by working and helping others. First in the story‚ the narrator says that Luis would “build a display wall for his father. People would be able to come into the yard and point to whatever they wanted.” This supports the theme because although Luis started by being sneaky‚ troublesome‚ selfish‚ and fearless‚ he changes into a kind‚ thoughtful‚ motivated‚ caring‚ and helpful person. Luis learned by working and helping others‚ he was able to improve his attitude by concentrating
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| Luis Perez | Unit 9 –Final Project | | HN144 Human Behavior and the Social Environment | 10/24/2010 | Luis Perez‚ usually strong physically fit 41 year old married male‚ with seven children ages three to nineteen and one on the way. He and his children speak fluent English. Luis has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Luis has known his wife Maria all his life and married her at 19. He moved his elderly parents and family from Argentina to the United States for more opportunities
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children have to come to a point where they realize life is not as innocent as they presume. Luis Rodriguez and his brother in the monologue Always Running portray the theme coming of age more effective than his poem “Race Politics” because in the passage‚ it is more effectively symbolized that Luis learns as tough as people present themselves‚ everyone has a weakness and the monologue gives more detail on Luis coming to grasp that some people’s reputations are more significant than the feeling of the
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Good and evil. The struggle for prosperity between two forces has been the driving factor behind James Dashner’s recent popular series of novels. The ongoing battle between characters and their environment‚ other characters‚ or with themselves in this novel is incredibly prevalent. Many of the factors that dramatically influenced the story came with various challenges the characters faced. The problem from person to person is between Thomas and himself when WICKED takes over his body. Person to environment
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