Monroy Judith Watry WRT102 April 19th‚ 2014 World renowned author and playwright‚ Luis Valdez‚ carries a rich Mexican-American historical background that gives him the ability to integrate his beautiful culture in his writings. In 1940‚ Luis Valdez was born into a family of migrant workers along with his nine brothers and sisters. According to the Encyclopedia of World Biography in an excerpt on Luis Valdez‚ he began picking crops at the age of six and was forced to travel around California’s
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In "Catch the Moon"‚ Luis‚ the main character‚ changes throughout the short story. Luis is a male student at Central High and has been in trouble ever since he started attending the high school. After his mother’s death‚ Luis organized a "social group." The group’s members were mainly high school age guys who found amusement from harassing the local authorities. His social group lead him to take part in activities that he wouldn’t have before his mother past away. For example‚ the group broke
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“The South” by Jorge Luis Borges portrays the life of Juan Dahlmann‚ a librarian from Buenos Aires‚ wherein a sequence of unfortunate events brings him‚ eventually and triumphantly‚ to the South. But the story might be as mundane as Dahlmann’s northern life without its stunning conclusion: rather than living happily in the South like he’s always longed for‚ Dahlmann willingly dies the first night he gets there. Dahlmann dies just before his promised life can even begin‚ yet he finds joy in it. His
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He lived in poverty and was the oldest child. Luis raped and murdered kids that were poor and on the streets. (Murderpedia) He would give them stuff‚ take them on walks‚ and once they got tired he would rape them and most of the time‚ dismember their bodies. He confessed to killing 140 people‚ charged
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In the story “Catching the moon” Luis Cintron was just released into his father‚ Jorge Cintron’s‚ custody after 6 months in a juvenile detention center for a breaking and entering. Luis did it for a dare. Unfortunately‚ the old lady was a light sleeper and also had a very good aim with her aluminum cane. His father determined that Luis should wash and polish every single hubcap in the yard. Lately‚ Luis has been getting in trouble since he started high school with his “social group” he organized
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This article is about Luis Delcid-Cardona‚ a boy who killed his three best mates while driving drunk. He fled the scene by foot while his friends lay there dead or dying on the New Jersey highway early Thursday morning – 12/12/13. The four passengers were on their way home early Thursday morning after attending a high school party. Luis Delcid-Cardona‚ aged 19‚ was the intoxicated driver‚ Jonathon Rivas‚ aged 19‚ was in the front passenger seat and two recently graduated high school students‚ Samantha
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In the memoir‚ Always Running‚ by Luis Rodriguez‚ Luis had power over himself to make choices. Some of the choices he’s made by himself are getting in a gang‚ standing up for his beliefs‚ and changing his life around to get out of bad situations. Luis had an older brother who never got involved in gangs and steered clear of trouble‚ unlike Luis who left school several times. In the book‚ the Lomas boys meet up to fight against their rival‚ Sangra‚ because they think Sangra was guilty for the death
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An interesting topic to explore and debate is the question of how much of our identity is innate and how much of it is developed with time. Following this question‚ and further continuing the discussion‚ would be whether or not there are innate aspects of identity that are biologically instilled in all humans and/or animals. Such aspects could include survival instincts‚ empathy‚ fear‚ or selfishness. If every being possesses these qualities‚ then it is not hard to see why one would argue its potential
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The bridge to San Luis Rey is a tragic story where all of the main characters are unaware that when they die‚ they will all have something in common. All of the people walking across the bridge that day had the choice to go where they were going when they attempted to cross the bridge. No one made them but they had the free will to do so. As brother Juniper was studying the lives of these five people‚ he thought that it was important to compare and contrast each of their lives and everything that
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Port Trakl‚ a narrative of poems written by Jaime Luis Huenun and translated by Daniel Borzutzky‚ focuses on a Port named after poet Georg Trakl‚ where “poets come to die” (11) and share their poems amongst themselves. In his book‚ Port Trakl‚ Huenen showcases the connections that poets can share with each others’ work through his narrative about the poets at the Port sharing of their work as a collection that’ll remain at the port. In Christian Hawkey’s Ventrakl‚ he describes books as “the truest
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