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    in this moment of no pride for who this Indian child is that his mother slaps him across the face. First of all‚ the child disrespected the mother and she would never put up with that. Each stanza is emotionally giving and this style of poetry opens Diaz up to the

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    The second chapter of the book serves in creating a contrast between Oscar and Lola by outlining how Lola is more rebellious and outgoing than Oscar. This is illustrated through the differences between the relationships either of the siblings have with their mother specifically after her cancer diagnosis as well as their own reactions towards the diagnosis. For instance‚ when their mother announces the doctor is running more tests on her‚ Lola asks her mother‚ “could you please pass the salt?” while

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    the potential to produce the most dramatic impacts on land cover. Within the borders of Argentina deforestation has continued to change and disturb the landscape as part of agricultural expansion in the country‚ particularly for soybean cultivation (Diaz et al.‚ 2008). Soybean agriculture is a large‚ growing industry in Argentina that provides a substantial amount of income to the country (WWF Global‚ 2011). This industry was first promoted in the 1960’s when an increase in rainfall occurred and

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    independence by Hidalgo‚ Madero declared himself provisional president of Mexico from Texas. The cause of the revolution was that Porfiriato Diaz was in control of Mexico and he was running it into the dumps. The poor remained poor and the rich became richer. Diaz was backed by the army and one day small guerrilla forces sprang out all over Mexico and Diaz sent his army and rurales to defeat them. These small groups were made up of school teachers‚ peasants‚ lawyers‚ doctors and students. During

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    them incapable of governing themselves. Diaz was in awe of Tenochtitlan and the Aztec empire as in expressed in this quote from the reading‚ “it is clear that Bernal Diaz had high respect for Aztec political and social organization‚ for the skills and talents of Aztec workers and craftsmen‚ for the remarkable city that stood on pilings and built-up land in the middle of Lake Texcoco.” He was impressed with how the whole city was built up and crafted. Diaz compared it to an enchanted vision from the

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    fathers are supposed to be leaders of the family‚ and role models for their children. They are also considerate like the one who transmits the traditions of their ancestors in order to carry them on. “Fiesta‚ 1980” is a short story written by Junot Dìaz taken from his short story collection‚ Drown‚ (1996). “Killings” is also a short story taken from‚ Finding a Girl in America (1980)‚ written by Andre Dubus. Both of these stories are dealing with the family’s subject and provide us different perspectives

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    Jason Bezares April 12‚ 2012 English 253: Hispanic American Literature John Christie The Curse of Fukú Many individuals encounter different love experiences during their entire lives. In the novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz‚ we see Oscar de León‚ a Dominican American young man‚ who resides in Paterson‚ New Jersey with his family going through many different relationship experiences in his life. One of those experiences is during his childhood; he is an outcast and is

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    self-fertilize‚ which resulted in having both yellow and green seeded plants. Again‚ we ask why and how is this possible? This question led Mendel to determine that the green colour trait was a recessive gene‚ hidden by the yellow dominant gene. (Diaz‚ n.d.) After analyzing the results from his experiments it steered him to the most two important conclusions of genetics: the law of Segregation‚ and the law of Independent Assortment. (Corcos‚ Monaghan. 1993) In more modern terms‚ Mendel inferred

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    Homeland Security: Necessary prevention or invasion of freedoms? “Our nation owes a debt of gratitude to the 9/11 Commission members for their valuable service and important recommendations to improve homeland security.”-Jim Ramstad The United States has for a long time developed many agencies with many different purposes. Some agencies moderate currency while other handle law enforcement. These agencies have always run as single entities within the governmental framework. On September 11‚ 2001 our

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    Illustrated by his unwavering dedication to the people‚ his refusal to give up on the agrarian objective that sprung his peers to revolt‚ and a naturally gifted ability to keep local commerce from irreversible destruction‚ Emiliano Zapata was an insightful leader for the Zapatistas. The rural revolutionaries he led needed a leader with his qualities and also a leader that would also never forget where he came from or give-up the hope of success. Fortunately‚ they found those traits in Zapata. The

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