spanish culture but‚ at the same time‚ something completely new. This identity is often a point of pride. It is celebration of a complex history and a reclamation of the mestiza land and body. Over the years‚ Chicanx activists‚ theorists‚ artists‚ and writers have attempted to understand what a “borderlands” identity could mean. At the start of the movement‚ Chicano activist Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzáles wrote the famous poem “I am Joaquín” in which he embraces the contradiction inherently present in mestizaje
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“Why‚ Honey?” is a short story written by the American short-story writer and poet‚ Raymond Carver‚ published in his collection Will You Please Be Quiet‚ Please in 1970 (en.wikipedia.org). The text tells the story of a mother’s concern of her son’s behaviour and tendency to lie starting from a young age to present time‚ in a form of a letter‚ an epistolary narrative (sittingbee.com). The woman in the text is the protagonist and narrator of the story and her son is a minor character. However‚ even
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English Composition I EN1320 Unit 3 Assignment Memoir (Revised) Sam Kerns 10/2/2013 Devastation I remember that call as if it were yesterday. I knew it was important to take that call from my dad. I sometimes wish I’d never taken that call that night at my friend’s place. Then again‚ I’m glad I did. I walked to the outside balcony of my friend’s second story apartment. The air was pretty crisp and the only light was from the light poles around the parking lot. I answered
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guns or fists. “The man that put your father in prison‚ he knew he was sending an innocent man. But you know‚ he was just protecting his own”. Furthermore‚ in Freedom Writers‚ Caucasians are give special treatment by being placed in honors classes while African Americans‚ Latinos and other minorities are denied that right. “Being black made me an automatic outsider” The objective for the class of room 203 demanded by the school was just to keep the students for as long as they will show up to class
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physical gains while on the other hand‚ some may go through life with little to nothing and be perfectly happy. Finding a balance or taking a position on which would be the most beneficial is key in creating self worth and respect. In the novel Truth and Bright Water‚ Thomas King influences this idea through the character development and actions in the way they coped and displaying ambition. Relationships between characters led some to pursue happiness while it also negatively affected others. Appearances
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Ryan Collins ENG 102 Section N02 February 10‚ 2014 An Interpretation of Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” tells the story in first person narration‚ of a man that at first when confronted with the notion of his wife’s blind friend Robert visiting them at their home‚ is hung up on the fact that he is blind and cannot really relate to that concept. The narrator’s wife became acquainted with Robert prior to her first marriage‚ which failed due to her then husband’s military
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FREEDOM WRITERS We all have our own story to tell‚ the only question is…is it worth telling? The students in Woodrow Wilson Highschool under the class of Mrs. Gruwell were delinquents. They were part of gangs of every kind black‚ Latin and Cambodians. They were racist. They beat up people who aren’t in their gangs and they protect their own even if it isn’t worth protecting. My first conception of delinquents were that they will never change‚ they were born to be like that and nothing and no
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Film Application Paper The Freedom Writers Organization Development Seminar Two Prof. Williams Rebecca Shafer 1/17/2012 Film Application Paper: The Freedom Writers In the case of the Freedom Writers‚ the teacher was the Practitioner and the students were the team. When she first came into that situation the team was not a team they were disorganized and had no sense of teamwork. At the time the teacher/practitioner came into the classroom and was an outsider was not sure what exactly
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What’s It Like to Be Depressed? David Scharf‚ a university student‚ takes a creative approach on explaining the difficulty of dealing with the real world and the depression brought about by it‚ in a short animated film called "The Forest". The video starts out with a 12 year old girl narrating her life. She doesn’t like school; she feels alone among people; her father pushes her very hard. To escape the pressures and sadness of the real world‚ the girl spends much of her time daydreaming about a
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Punk rock‚ cartoon-like and text heavy are some common descriptors of cotemporary artist Raymond Pettibon’s work. His work throughout the last twenty five years is a compilation of image and text that has been influenced by previous artists and influences many newer artists as well. The artist known as Raymond Pettibon was born Raymond Ginn in Tucson‚ Arizona in 1957 the fourth of five children. He got the nickname Pettibon from his father a child and then changed it as an adult. He earned a
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