trees and the yucca moths. They are both benefiting from the relationship by the yucca moth only laying their eggs on the Joshua tree’s flowers and only pollenating them. This allows the Joshua tree’s flowers to being able to bloom‚ which produce seeds that are then spread and produce a larger Joshua tree population. The yucca moths will also bonus from the pollination of the flowers by when the eggs they lay hatch the larva will eat the flower to live. Both the yucca moth and the Joshua tree need
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Helena’s Desperate Love Helena disgraces all women of her time by desperately chasing Demetrius. Shakespeare uses Helena’s character to show women can be pursuers just like men and in doing so comments on his feminist views on women. In the end‚ Helena is rewarded with Demetrius’ love. In Helena’s desperation to win Demetrius’ love‚ she betrays her friend‚ Hermia. Helena reveals to Demetrius Hermia’s and Lysander’s plan to meet in the woods and run away together. Helena is jealous of Hermia because
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Alexander Macias A Woman’s Time and Space That Collapses the Family Chicana writers are those that will publish work with various themes that will connect majorly with the female audience. Some like Helena Maria Viramontes will write stories that have a theme of time and space for the character usually involving the child bearer. Many do not realize that the mother in the group is what keeps the clan running‚ and by having her fall off reality is when that unit will be wounded. This is known as
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Estrella’s displayed exasperation towards the neglect of her education is distinctively illustrated throughout Under The Feet of Jesus by Helena Maria Viramontes‚ nonetheless the more concealed theme is noticed by the more attentive reader is the conflicted nature that’s present within the setting in regards to immigration in the United States. These intricate messages are displayed using literary devices such as the use of symbolism‚ metaphors and similes alongside character progression to construct
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1.What are the various meanings of "Things" in the title? After reading the short story in “ The things they carried”‚ there were several entities that meant something towards the things they carried throughout the war. One of the explanations of the meaning “Things” in the story represented the various items that were carried in their backpacks during the course of each mission that the soldiers had to face. Whether they needed the items or not‚ they still carried it with them. Some of the object
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Shaquille Martin (Under the feet of Jesus) Helena Maria Viramontes’ Under the Feet of Jesus shows the maturing of Estella is a young Latina that seems to blend in many different phases of her life. The author‚ Helen uses Estrella give the book its quality and energy. Estella is a friendly character‚ who is used to symbolize the small amount of strength that waits at a person’s weakest point. Throughout the entire novel‚ Estrella serves as the tough base for the family and through the setting
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the system to the attainment of human purposes?” In Helena Maria Viramontes’ novel‚ Their Dogs Came With Them‚ she impetuously poses the same question through exploring the lives of four young female main characters. Similar to authors such as Steinbeck and Thoreau‚ Viramontes elaborates on how contemporary society views land as an economic commodity‚ all the while negating the crucial historical bond embedded in the land and the people. Viramontes chooses to set her story in the midst of profound
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When he realizes that these kids are missing and possibly abducted‚ he doesn’t think them important enough to call the police right away. Instead‚ he convinces himself that he’s not even sure it was them‚ and falls back asleep. Viramontes goes on to expertly emphasize all of the ways in which this Cafe owner is not superior to anyone. He is likely an alcoholic‚ and a terrible cafe owner who probably has quite a few health code violations‚ judging from the black gunk he wipes off of the top of the
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In the novel‚ Under The Feet of Jesus‚ by Helena Maria Viramontes‚ the author conveys the harshness of being a migrant worker and how easily one can become stuck in the same job for their whole life. Viramontes‚ uses the main character‚ Estrella‚ a 13 year old migrant worker to display how this long-lasting cycle and precedent can be broken. Estrella is anything but a stereotypical young girl who has big dreams and plays with friends‚ instead‚ everyday she goes out into the fields and works extremely
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Cariboo Café" Helena Maria Viramontes grew up in Los Angeles where relatives used to stay and live with her family when making the transition from Mexico to the United States. This is where she got her first taste of the lives of immigrants in this country within the urban barrios. Viramontes’s writing reflects this theme along with expressing her political opinions on the treatments of immigrants‚ especially Chicanos and Latinos. In her short story "The Cariboo Café‚" Viramontes brings these ideas
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