didn’t understand why Soto wanted them to like whit people. Their family didn’t want to behave that way. 3. As Soto looks back on his nine-year-old self‚ he has a different perspective on things than he had as a child. How would you characterize the mature Soto’s thoughts about his childhood family life? (Was it “a good family”? What was wrong with Soto’s thinking as a nine-year-old?) Back up your remarks with specific references to the narrative. Responds: Now Soto thinks that it was a
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About the author (2006) Gary Soto was born April 12‚ 1952‚ and raised in Fresno California. He graduated from Roosevelt High School and attended Fresno City College‚ graduating in 1974 with an English degree. His poems have appeared in many literary magazines‚ including The Nation‚ Plouqhshares‚ The Iowa Review‚ Ontario Review and Poetry‚ which has honored him with the Bess Hokin Prize and the Levinson Award and by featuring him in Poets in Person. He is one of the youngest poets to appear in The
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1532‚ explorer Francisco Pizarro made de Soto second in command on Pizarro’s expedition to explore and conquer Peru. While exploring the country’s highlands in 1533‚ de Soto came upon a road leading to Cuzco‚ the capital of Peru’s Incan Empire. De Soto played a fundamental role in organizing the conquest of Peru‚ and engaged in a successful battle to capture Cuzco. His share of the Incan Empire’s fortune amounted to no less than 18‚000 ounces of gold. De Soto settled into a comfortable life in Seville
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front of Mr.Zuckermans barn. The author does not describe the vehicles merely as numerous but he goes on to name nine specific makes present " Fords and Chevvies and Buick roadmasters and GMC pickups and Plymoths and Studebakers and packards and De Sotos with gyromatic transmissions and Oldsmobiles with rocket engines and Jeep station wagons and Pontiacs"(83/84). He also goes on to describe some of the most prominent features of these vehicles almost to the point where a reader is compelled to feel
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after conflicts with Almagro over his one-time partner taking over Cuzco/Lima in 1537 causing a rebellion. Hernando de Soto arrived in the West Indies as a young boy and made a fortune in the Central American slave trade. He supplied ships for Francisco Pizarro’s Southward expiration landed up a company Pizarro in his conquest of Peru in 1532. Wanting more glory and riches‚ de Soto when doing a major exploration in 1538 to conquer Florida for
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opportunity to shadow with Dr. Garcia-Soto who was a gynecology fellow at the time. She allowed me to sit in with her on two separate surgeries‚ one being a complete hysterectomy and the other being a vaginal tumor removal with the implantation of a vaginal stent. This experience has most significantly influenced my decision to study medicine because it has enlightened me about the practicalities of being a physician. For both surgeries I was able to follow Dr. Garcia-Soto through her rounds with the patients
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In the alley‚ kicking over trash cans‚ A dull chime of tuna cans falling” ( Soto 203). Also when the author is telling the story and he changes his mood to being scared and startled in the first stanza in the seventeenth line when his grandma comes out and yells at him. “ Until grandma came out into the alley‚ Her apron flapping in a breeze‚ Her hair mussed‚ and said‚ Let me help you‚” And punched me between the eyes” ( Soto). The rhythm of the poem is high low it makes it easy to follow‚ because
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October 20 ‚2010 “Seventh Grade” By Gary Soto Personal Response When your in seventh grade‚sometimes it can be confusing and you might struggle. Gary Soto shows us that when your in seventh grade‚ sometimes it can be difficult. In seventh grade‚ you will learn new things. Some new things you learn might be very interesting. Some things might be challenging. Some things might not be so challenging. Seventh grade sometimes is easy‚ but most of the time it’s difficult. When your a student
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Historical trauma‚ discrimination‚ and the high rate of cultural stressors found on Native American reservations inhibit the healthy development of its adolescents‚ reservations do however‚ inspire a strong sense of tribal identity as well as family and community-oriented culture. These supportive aspects of living on the reservation can help to combat the difficulties facing these adolescents. Poverty‚ substance abuse‚ drop-out and violent crime rates are especially high in this area‚ which can
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the dream of most Americans but at the same time is a cliché. “The “traditional” family… has existed for little more than two hundred years” (18). This idea has been so widely accepted due to the attention that it has received in the media. Like Gary Soto in “Looking for Work” the perfect family misleads people into thinking what is truth and what is fiction. Of course the truth is that there is no such thing as the “perfect” family. One family cannot represent all the variation of families all around
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