Santo Domingo

A mother, that glorious creature, that carries in her womb, unconditional love. Nature grants her the ability to embrace with her heartbeat, the life that nurtures off her. Undoubtedly, the mother-child relationship is indispensable for the child prosperity; nonetheless, the father-child relationship is as important. He symbolizes that rational yet sensitive embrace that every daughter needs to evolve healthily. However, a father is human; a man that struggles and isn’t immune to an…

Globalization.html modernity, without leaving time for the crisis of the medieval model. No notice is taken that the scientific revolution -- discussed by Kuhn -- departs from a modernity that has already begun, the result of a "modern paradigm." 19 It is for that reason that in the fifteenth century (if we do not consider the later European inventions) Europe does not have any superiority over China. Needham allows himself to be bewitched by this mirage, when he writes: "The fact is that the…

George Eastman had a lot of hardships throughout his life. His father, George Washington Eastman, moved the family from Waterville, New York, to Rochester to start the Eastman Commercial College (George Eastman). Tragedy struck two years after they moved, Eastman’s father died and the college went bankrupt. This horrible turn of events left George to take care of his mother, Maria Kilbourn, and two sisters (About George Eastman). One of which had polio (Hofkes). At age fourteen, he dropped out…

Call to Freedom It is important to note that not every plantation experienced a rebellion. This can be partially attributed to the success of paternalism, but this was not always successful in creating a harmonious relationship between the master and his slaves. Nevertheless, slave revolts still presented a prominent threat in the south, and more or less played a large impact on southern identity. It is here that we examine the first major slave revolt to truly impact the south: the Haitian…

In many respects, men are privileged. In fact, in many cultures a man’s attributes, accomplishments, rights, and opinions are valued, and placed above his female counterpart. It is believed that men live a better life because of these privileges. In Spanish and Latin cultures, men are expected to exhibit a machismo attitude. They are expected to be hyper masculine, sexually promiscuous, and dominant in all social aspects. This perception of men and “maleness” is dangerous; it negatively affects…

Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th president of the United States. Theodore Roosevelt became William McKinley 's Vice President in 1900 when elected. In 1901, when McKinley was assassinated in September of that year, Roosevelt assumed the presidency. At the Age of forty-three, he was the youngest man to ever become President of the United States. He ran again for his second term in 1904 and his measures to stop big business fleecing the public were popular and the election gave him the opportunity…

In the Dominican Republic, baseball is an important part of the country’s culture and history. As stated in the video “The Education Crisis Crippling Dominican Baseball Players,” there are four guiding principles to the Dominican Republic: God, country, liberty and baseball. In the book Not my father's game: Immigration, Major League Baseball and the Dominican Republic, an informant, a Dominican American named Pedro states, “When I was growing up, that’s all we had. I remember being five or six…

Throughout his storytelling, Junot Díaz conflates magical realist fantasy with the factual truth of Dominican history to dismantle the dichotomy between imagination and reason. He shows the reader that racial categories are affirmed and maintained through hateful colonial fantasies by blurring the lines between fact and fiction in the novel. His use of historical moments demonstrates how the characters live in a lingering framework of coloniality—that which is sustained by our inability to…

1) Introduction a) Federalists versus the anti-Federalists where Hamilton supports a central gov’t and Jefferson supports the state’s and people’s rights 2) Federalist and Republican Mudslingers a) The Federalists were mad at John Adams for not allowing them to declare war against France, but they ran up the debt with the war preparations, which established new taxes i) The Federalists already had many enemies due to the Sedition & Alien Act b) Federalists fought back against Jefferson by…

George became interested in photography when a coworker suggested he take a camera on a vacation to Santo Domingo in 1877. George never made the trip, but consequently this sparked his interest in photography. “ He would toil at the bank all day, six days a week, then spend his evenings… experimenting tirelessly with various photo emulsions” (Zinsmeister)…