“campesinas” which come from very poverty-striken families (Agosin‚ Marjorie). The jobs that they seek in Juarez are factory jobs who have already reached their capacity of workers. Women who come to Juarez are attracted to the jobs even if they are exploited because in January 1‚ 1994 the “ North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)‚ ha[d] created jobs for more than 1.2 million Mexicans‚ approximately 250‚000 in Juarez alone” (Agosin‚ Marjorie). Some people speculate that some of the murders started
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Pham 1 Karyn Pham Professor Gray English 103 6 April 2014 Connecting Two Worlds In essays “Living in Spanish” by Marjorie Agosín and “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ the narrators both experience the struggle of language and its barriers in America. In their essays‚ they explain that having the capability to speak proper English and assimilating themselves to American customs. Although there were many obstacles and challenges faced when adapting to America‚ they did not dismiss their true heritage and culture
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"The Lasting Love" In the poem "Tonight I Can Write‚" 20th century Chilean poet Pablo Neruda writes about his infatuation with his previous lover. In the biography of Pablo Neruda it reads that" As a teenager he received encouragement from one of his teachers‚ the poet Gabriela Mistral‚ who later won a Nobel Prize for poetry‚" and how "It is almost unconceivable that two such gifted poets should find each other in such an unlikely spot." One of the author’s sources‚ Dean Rader also writes how
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of speaking has came from elsewhere there is a kind of shame that comes from this. There has been so much change that it has made the past seem inadequate to this modern worlds language. Authors Ngugi Wa Thiong’O‚ Gene Luen Yang‚ Amy Tan‚ and Marjorie Agosin have all shared similar
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written‚ spoken‚ or in body-language is all used to define different culture because language expresses a culture’s standards and values‚ something that anyone else wouldn’t understand. “Always Living in Spanish” -Marjorie Agosin The author is an author and a professor. In this essay Agosin tells us about how her family migrated from Chile the United States and in Georgia her accent caused her many insult. To continue to be connected to her childhood‚ she continued to write in Spanish because writing
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borderlands between nationalities‚ and dishonoring one by choosing another. Secondly‚ although it is often not understood as such‚ language is a core component of a person’s identity. If lost‚ it tears a hole in the psyche of that who it left. Marjorie Agosin characterizes this inner pain in her piece The
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References: Abeles‚ T.P. (2001). The Impact of Globalization. On the Horizon‚ 9(2)‚ pp 12 – 14. Afonso‚ A. and Schuknecht‚ L. (2011). Income distribution determinants and public spending efficiency. Journal of Economic Inequality‚ 8(3)‚ pp 367-389. Agosin‚ M.R. and Mayer‚ R. (2005). Foreign investment in developing countries: Does it crowd in domestic investment? Oxford Development Studies‚ 33(2)‚ pp 149-162. Bee‚ A. (2012‚ March 8th). Household Income Inequality Within U.S. Counties: 2006–2010. U
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that causes an individual to have disabilities in life. A mental disorder can be really hard to recognizes and imagine‚ how can people suffer from a disorder that cannot be proven medically? Marjorie suffers from a mental decease that hinders her to cope with other people and life in general. People like Marjorie tend to have very few interests‚ which they really care about; Marjorie’s big interest is fishes. What happens if somebody touches her precious fishes? Would she tolerate that? Serrusalmus
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Serrusalmus is a short story written by Lesley Glaister. It was published in Contexts in 1992. The themes in the story are fear‚ revenge and love. Through the whole story Marjorie fears the world‚ other people and especially Mick. The fear controls her life and makes her stay inside her apartment most of the time. At the end of the story Marjorie does no longer fear Mick and that gives her an opportunity to take revenge on him with help from her fish. After taking revenge on Mick she feels satisfied. The person
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Nick and Marjorie row past the ruins of Hortons Bay‚ a lumbering town the two used to know so well. Seeing all that is left are the limestone foundations of the mill‚ Marjorie tells Nick “There’s our old ruin… Nick said nothing.” (32). In this quote‚ it is not about what was said but more about what wasn’t said. Nick’s silence and terse responses stem from his subtle feelings of nostalgia and anxiety for the impending break up between him and Marjorie. On the other hand‚ Marjorie shows how
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