Luis Ortiz

Grieving is an important part in life. Without grieving one can never move on from what they are grieving about. In the short story Catch the Moon by Judith Ortiz Cofer, it follows the life of Luis Cintron and his process through grief from the loss of his mother. On the other hand, a review, A Review of “On Grief and Grieving? Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss” by Lori A. Bolden goes into depth about the stages of grief and how grief impacts a persons everyday life.…

In the short story “Catch the Moon”, written by Judith Ortiz Cofer, she introduces a teen boy that was released into his father’s custody after being in juvenile hall. To pay off the time he owed for leaving early, he had to work for his father for free for six months. At Jorge Cintrón & Son Auto Parts and Salvage, he had to clean and polish a large amount of hubcaps. He wasn’t really looking forward to it either. In the beginning, Luis knew that “...his father has had more than one reason to…

love can make you do things that you wouldn’t think of doing normally. Feelings like this can make you question who you are as a person, and what sacrifices you will make for the person you are falling for. After reading “Catch the Moon” By Judith Ortiz Cofer, I saw that her point of the story was love can change a person in a good way, by making the person feel like they can improve their life and make better choices, not only for themselves but the person/people they love. Yet in “The Bass,…

The novel I read was The Devil’s Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea. The Devil’s Highway is a true story about Mexican immigration to the United States. It retells the devastating journey of the group of men who attempted to cross the U.S. border by entering one of the deadliest regions in Arizona known as the Devil’s Highway. There were twenty-six men who entered the region, and only twelve survived. This journey was the largest number of border-event deaths in history. Urrea introduces each…

The United States influence in the Caribbean has effected the development of the Caribbean, especially that of the Caribbean country, Cuba. The Platt Amendment was a direct way for the United States to take control of Cuba’s political and military system. It also exposed the United States’ intentions of using Cuban resources, such as land ownership, as a source for political and economic opportunity. The United States however, has also indirectly controlled the Caribbean country using Cuban…

Having a big family is great, especially when you 're the youngest one in the family. My family has a total of 8 people, my parents, two sisters and three brothers. The oldest brother in my family is Eddie Romo and his biggest accomplishment was being in the Marines for five years. He was stationed in San Diego and then later went to Virginia for school to learn mechanics. He was then shipped out around the world and went to different places, for example, he went to the Philippines, Guam, Hawaii…