and gang life is entrenched in the society. The name of Dante’s gang is called La Familia Cartel. (cartel is the Dominican name for gang) Dante lives in a crammed house with 6 of his brothers from his gang. They also have over 15 native Dominican animals in their 1000 square foot home‚ all of which are endangered species. “Hey man” said Monty. Monty has been Dante’s best friend since they were five and although He is just two years older than Dante‚ he respects and looks up to Monty like the father
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Kara Howland October 10‚ 2002 M‚R‚F-10am "VANKA" After reading the story entitled Vanka I was both amused and saddened. Vanka was a poor orphan child who was obviously quite desperate due to the miserable conditions of his life. The child Vanka is reaching out in desperation to his grandfather much like any individual might reach out to a higher authority that he or she believes in with great faith and hope. As is often the case in seemingly hopeless situations‚ people will promise things
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When I first read through the story I could start to see little hints and signs of a man who is in a state of depression. Depression can be defined as a state of feeling sad. Also can be defined as a serious medical condition in which a person feels very sad‚ hopeless‚ and unimportant and often is unable to live in a normal way. These definitions pinpoints Manny’s state throughout the story. You can notice the first since of him feeling sad‚ and hopeless when his wife died and he sold all of their
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and our children were small. My husband brought home a tiny white kitten that was injured at a house party. His paw was crushed by a person sitting on a chair. I took the kitten reluctantly and nursed him back to good health. The kitten grew into a cat named Toughie‚ who loved us‚ his family‚ and was protective of us. We did not need a dog as we had a watch cat! The cat would put the run on a drunken man‚ who bought pure vanilla at the store to drink. We lived at a grader station‚ where my husband
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This type of conflict is shown in the story Brownies‚ where the protagonist Laurel is conflicted on whether or not to stay reserved to herself or to speak up. When the troop corners the white girls‚ Laurel is not sure if she should share her ideas with her troop or to stand up for the white girls. “If I spoke even a word‚ I could count on someone calling me Snot.” Person vs. Self conflict is also conveyed in the story Our Lady of Peace. A new teacher named Lynnea is confused by the students that
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of liquid ecstasy into it. These were little kids‚ so no one would ever notice if they were acting out of the ordinary. Two months later his friend Tido went to his house. Tido: Hey man what you been up to? Oz: Great man‚ how have you been? Tido: Pretty good‚ so I heard about this great party that we can go to. Oz: Sweet man well lets check it out. Tido: Alright‚ we can take my car. Since you don’t have one you loser! Oz: It’s not my fault I don’t
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One day when the Earth was still a work in progress‚ a Ojibwe tribe member man by the name of Mahpe which means water was asked by God to enhance the beauty of the land. Mahpe began to look out the window of his house which was adjacent to a wide waterfall and he realized that all the flowers within his meadow were the same white color. He thought to himself “how boring” and in that exact moment Mahpe had a brilliant idea‚ he was going to make a change so he gathered up his paint and paintbrushes
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The Bicycle Short Story In the story “The Bicycle” by Jillian Horton‚ Hannah‚ the main character‚ is a pianist who lives with her aunt‚ Tante Rose. She is given the opportunity to travel to New York so she can audition at a school. Unfortunately Hannah does not take that opportunity and decides to stay. In this case I agree with her decision at the end Firstly‚ Hannah lived all her life with very limited time for herself. Everything revolved around piano and her Jewish religion. She wanted to live
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Incredibly‚ Avilio fucking pouts‚ he pouts when Nero takes the things over to the couch and Nero has to hold back on releasing a string of expletives. What kind of grown man pouted when having pillows taken away? It goes unsaid‚ but they both silently agree that sleeping early would be best and Nero retires to the couch while Avilio switches off the gas lamp near the bed. The only light in their room comes from the moon
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doesn’t speak much. I catch his eye and smile politely. He smiles back....an embarrassed/ uncomfortable smile. He’s about to insert needles into my ankle. I sit up‚ facing him. My legs‚ together‚ dangle off the edge of the table. I’m wearing blue shorts. I place my hands on either knee and slowly move my legs apart‚ looking downward with no expression the whole time. Although his eyes widen a little‚ he only looks at me. He moves back one step. With my hands still on either knee‚ I smile at him.
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