It is no mystery that discrimination and stereotyping are two of the most prominent social issues in society today. Along with discrimination there come many words used negatively in which others are targeted. In Gloria Naylor’s essay‚ The Meanings of a Word‚ she discusses the idea in which words are essentially meaningless and that it is the person who uses them that brings meaning to the words they use. As everyone knows‚ there are many people that use words with bad intentions and they use their
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Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa is a notable Chicana feminist‚ cultural theorist‚ and activist because of her many contributions to social movements regarding minority women. Not only did she impact this “renaissance” for Chicana literature through her own writings‚ but she also encouraged other aspiring minority artists and writers to help expose the diversity that was rapidly growing in the United States. Personally‚ Anzaldúa interested me because of her efforts in promoting feminism‚ so I wanted to
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Gloria Pollock was 16 years old when the Vietnam War began. When the war first started‚ Mrs. Pollock did not think much of it. She just thought of it as another war that the United States would take care of. It was not a big deal to her‚ until further into the war‚ when she realized it could affect the US in a pretty big way. Although she‚ or anyone in her family‚ did not fight in the war‚ she knew a few people that had entered the war. Most of them were her friend’s fathers or brothers. When asked
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The author talks about the dilemma she faced about her own language and how she represents herself through her language. Gloria Anzaldua who is a Chicano talks about how Chicanas have problems expressing their feelings. Since they lack a native language‚ instead it is a product of several languages. And their language Chicano Spanish has incorporated bits and pieces of several versions of Spanish. The author speaks about people who are neither Spanish nor live in a country in which Spanish is the
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Being the eldest child of three‚ Gertrudis was foreshadowed to be rebellious towards her family traditions. After many years of being oppressed by Mama Elena’s traditions‚ Gertrudis’ first lust for progress became evident when she had a reaction to her sister Tita’s quail in a “magic” rose petal sauce. This reaction causes her to have “such strong emotions in her that she runs off with a solider in the revolutionary army and thus away from her mother’s oppression”. (Napierkowski 193). Gertrudis never
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As the questions states‚ yes Gloria Anzaldua’s work has created a new area of Border Writing. Throughout her writes‚ Anzaldua speaks about the rights of all Spanish speakers‚ including herself. The author displays the types of Spanish spoken which are Standard English‚ Working class and slang English‚ Standard Mexican Spanish‚ North Mexican Spanish dialect‚ Chicano Spanish‚ Tex-Mex‚ and Pachuco. They all contain the same base of Spanish but spoken differently depending on who you are talking to.
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this fall semester and throughout these months I have encountered many new philosophies. Many of my ideals have been challenged and I have had to myself‚ confront my beliefs. Most recently‚ I’ve discovered the philosophies of Friedrich Nietzsche and Gloria Anzaldúa. Compared with the other philosophies‚ these two seem to be the most similar in at least their belief that there is no one right way to the good life‚ but rather there are many and are suited to each individual. I will begin with the philosophy
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Later‚ as more children were born‚ and more rooms more were needed‚ Mama asked Papa to build more rooms for each child‚ filling up the lower level of the house. All the rooms were built before the new room with shelves and a private entrance for Papa. 2. Cofer refers to the house as “le casa de Mama” which describes the power Mama had over everyone in the house. No one in the house was allowed to touch anything in her bedroom. Mama also had a chifforobe‚ with a little golden key‚ which she never hid
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In Gloria Anzaldua’s poem‚ “El Sonavabitche”‚ the narrator who is said to be a woman‚ witnesses a group of migrant workers who are fleeing from immigration. To her frustration‚ she stands up against “El Sonavabitche”. Knowing that she cannot be deported‚ she threatens “El Sonabitche”‚ and demands for money in return. It is not uncommon in America to see migrants working in farms. It is also not uncommon to see them constantly getting deported because of bosses who turn them in. Migrants work for
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Ang Mga Kaibigan ni Mama Susan by Bob Ong (Visprint‚ 127 pages) I’ve been reading Bob Ong’s books since college‚ ever since a friend brought her copy of his first book‚ A B N K K B S N P L A Ko (That reads as Aba Nakakabasa Na Pala Ako – literal translation: Wow‚ I Can Read Now). Bob Ong is one of the popular Filipino writers‚ who‚ until now‚ I am not sure if he is really one person or many contributing to one book. I’ve read almost all of his books ever since then‚ always looking forward to
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