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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write books‚ history will always glorify the hunter". In his play "Los Vendidos"‚ Luis Valdez tries to become a lion and let the voice of Chicano history be heard. Luis Valdez does this in a satirical way by presenting the views and stereotypes that many American’s have had and continue to have‚ about Chicano’s in the form of a shop where Chicano "model/robots" are sold. By presenting each Chicano as a robot and stereotype‚ Luis Valdez tries to earse of the "models" of Chicano’s that people have in
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In the short story‚ “Los Vendidos” by Luis Valdez stereotypes and racism take the main stage. The story takes place in a shop called “Honest Sancho’s Used Mexican Lot” where Mexicans are sold very much like used cars‚ implying they are property. A woman named Miss. Jimenez‚ a secretary from Governor Reagan’s office comes to the shop to buy a Mexican for the administration. Honest Sancho‚ the shops owner proceeds to walk Miss. Jimenez around the shop showing her different “models” of Mexican he had
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Los Vendidos Los Vendidos The majority of people have experienced the feeling of being named or put into a category that they do not belong. These assumptions and accusations are made by people just because of a person’s appearance physically‚ or where one may live. This is a problem that society has not addressed or given enough attention to being solved. In the play “Los Vendidos‚” written by Luis Valdez in 1967‚ Luis attempts to send a message to our society that stereotyping
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Los Vendidos means the sell-outs. All the characters in the play sold-out at some point during the play. The characters sold out both their races and their way of life. I would say that the person who sold out the most was the Mexican-American because he sold-out both his Mexican‚ his American heritage and way of life. He wanted to be perfect‚ so when he found that the Americans and the Mexicans had their flaws he sold them out. He now has to search for a new and perfect race to identify with. (He
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In Luis Valdez short play “Los Vendidos”‚ it is clear that there was a stereotyping issue and he demonstrates this symbolically. I have analyzed his symbolic demonstrations on how Mexicans are labeled and looked down on by society. This short play takes place in Honest Sanchos car lot. Miss Jimenez is a secretary from Governor Reagan’s office and she is looking for a Mexican type for the administration. When he walks up to Honest Sancho‚ she firmly insists that her name is pronounced JIM-enez‚ she
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Luis Cardenas Luis Cardenas needs to consider happiness when choosing his career. Because when you are in a job it is very impotent that you love what you do and be happy‚ after all you will be doing this same job for forty years are so. For example the lone officer position Luis would be very unhappy. When Luis was working as an executive assistant he would come home and say‚ “there goes another eight hours of my life down the drain” (pg.209). Luis would be getting up every day
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History of Juan Valdez In this section we will introduce the history of the brand Juan Valdez and the corporation as a whole. This background information is necessary for the reader in order to understand the purposes of the analyses that follow throughout our project. Using the brand’s history as our point of departure‚ will lead us to better understand the brand’s current position and contemporary challenges. Ever since 1959‚ the fictional Juan Valdez has been the brand symbol of the National
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Exxon Valdez On March 24‚ 1989 at 12:04am the super tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground in the Prince William Sound on the Bligh Reef. Eight out of eleven cargo tanks were punctured releasing 5.8 million gallons of crude oils into the surrounding sea. According to reports from Exxon and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) there were only nineteen crew members and the captain aboard the ship. On the day before the ship arrived at the Alyeska Pipeline Terminal to be loaded for a trip
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Manzano Killer: Unknown House Caretaker: Extra no. 1 Visitors: Fadri‚ Jason Bon J.( Psychopath) A.K.A. Luis Vilalflor‚ Mark Andrew K. A.K.A. Mauricio Andales‚ Paul John G. A.K.A. Juan dela Cena‚ Maria Kristina Z. A.K.A. Sol Turingan‚ Marjorie V. A.K.A. Crizel Extra No. 2 A.K.A. Facundo Extra No. 3 A.K.A. Lourdes Extra No. 4 A.K.A. Roberto Scene 1: [Luis and Mr. Manzano] [Monologue] Mr. Manzano walking in the hallway with a folder in hand‚ making his
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