Allan Tao English 7-5 May 2024 Title here. Before We Were Free is a historical fiction book written by Julia Alvarez which tells the story of a young girl‚ Anita‚ and her struggles and emotions as she navigates a world full of dangerous government agents‚ possible spies‚ secretive adults‚ and many boys fighting for a place in her heart. This book at surface level seems to be a simple romantic/action novel‚ but inside this book‚ there are many lessons to be learned. Two of these lessons are: you
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Behind The Story of how the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Hispanic American Literature Summative Assessment Savannah Blakely April 27th 2015 English III Honors Abstract Julia Alvarez wrote an amazing and spectacular novel‚ with the name of “Howthe Garcia Girls Lost their Accents.” This paper will take you through a summary of the novel‚ and how the story begins‚ and ends. It will surely answer any questions you have after reading the book. By the three articles to help back up different information
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Ethan McKay Ms. Mayer English 7-5 28 May 2024 Flourish in the Dark “Do what you can with what you have‚ where you are.” Theodore Roosevelt In every route that seems bleak and hopeless‚ there’s always a way to get out‚ even when it seems like all hope is lost. We are like saplings flourishing and blooming in the soothing rays of the sun‚ but every once in a while‚ there’s going to be a storm. We are blowing away all our friends‚ family‚ and everything we once had‚ yet we can’t do anything to bring
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Mrs. Alvarez was raised in Dominican Republic‚ where the mother tongue is Spanish‚ but soon‚ she got enrolled in a (probably private) school‚ where she also learned English. Even though the learning of a new language is better at early ages‚ it certainly has consequences in us. Julia started mixing words in both languages (what we call Spanglish)‚ but not only in her informal conversations with friends and family‚ but in school‚ what gave her problems with her professor. She also found herself talking
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the world are most likely to be influenced by society and culture in which we exist in. Hence we become end product of the culture surrounding us. Both authors Julia Alvarez and Alice Walker were mutually influenced by their life experiences but their stories present an extreme different trend by which people adjust to a new culture. Alvarez‚ who is a Dominican reflects part of her life experience growing up as a girl in her story "Daughters of Invention"‚ which is about a family seeking a new life
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Alvarez: A Case Study I. Executive Summary Alvarez‚ a mechanic in Canalven‚ has been with the company for 25 years and is five years away from retirement. He is good at his tasks and has a good understanding of the machineries‚ displayed by his ability to develop high quality machines for the plant use. He is very energetic and very proud of his job and his capabilities‚ so proud that he inscribes his name in bright yellow to every machine that he developed and assembled. This caught the
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How the Garcia Girls lost their Accents. In How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents‚ Julia Alvarez discusses the four girls’transition from the Dominican Republic to America. The Garcia’s are an immigrant family who must find a balance between their identity as Dominicans and their new identities as Americans. Yolanda‚ the sister on whom the story primarily focuses‚ must find a balance between the strict and old fashioned culture she comes from and the new‚ innovative and radical culture she is
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The non-fiction novel‚ Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez is about the Garcia family’s hardship throughout the dictatorship of Trujillo. This took place in the 1960’s. Anita is a protagonist of the story. She is only 12 years of age. During this time Trujillo governed the Dominican Republic. He killed innocent people. Every household had to have a picture of him hanging on the walls or you would be considered as a tarator. He had to be treated and respected as if he was a king. He would also
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Eisenstaedt’s snapshot of the kissing couple in “V-J Day in Times Square” (also known as “The Kiss”)‚ depicts the face of the United States in the mid-1940’s: the national mood of elation‚ the spirit of American culture‚ and the beacon of hope for better days to come.
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Klimt’s The Kiss features two figures in the centre of the composition – one male and one female. The two lovers are embracing each other‚ their figures intertwined‚ the female having one of her arm wrapped across the male’s neck while the male holds her face and leans in for a kiss on the cheek. Only the female’s face is fully visible‚ the male’s face being blocked by the angle of how he leans in to kiss. They kneel on the edge of a flower field‚ with a gold/green background. The canvas itself is
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