Simple hypotheses generation and ACH were the SATs used in the case study of who murdered Jonathan Luna. The case study detailed an assistant U.S. attorney Jonathan Luna’s personal and professional life, along with his financial issues, infidelities, previous and current cases and of course his confusing unsolved murder. Some key questions to ask one’s self throughout examining and applying SATs are: who murder Jonathan Luna, who called Luna at 11 P.M., why would someone target him, and what evidence was provided or a lack thereof? Also, keeping an open mind and not jumping to conclusions of who murdered him. Going through this case study was a headache, considering there were so many unanswered questions lingering, that the professionals…
The Quest Cabeza de Vaca had only wanted to survive through this beating of a journey. He was a well-known man that had very many near-death experiences. Cabeza started his journey searching for gold and settlement, but in a matter of days, he didn’t care about any of that. He only wanted to live. How did Cabeza de Vaca survive in these conditions? He survived because of his wilderness skills, his great success as a healer, and his deep respect for the Native Americans.…
The Gutierrez Magee Expedition of 1812. The Gutierrez Magee expedition, left a humongous scar on the state of Texas. Unlike previous wars and fights, the Expedition not only changed Texas, but also many other southwestern states. It also made possible for an expansion to the United States territory, in a magnificent way.…
Cabeza de Vaca on the Narvaez expedition For many years the journey went on. Slowly killing all of the explorers on the Narvaez expedition. But only four survived, and one of them was Cabeza. Narvaez and his crew members set sail in 1527 from Seville. The expedition started.…
The blazing hot, gritty sand, felt like a million fire ants, stabbing at his skin. The sun's blinding rays beamed onto his face, and all of the others that had washed up with him, on the rafts. Two out of five rafts, were the only ones that had made it. Cabeza de Vaca, was among the Narvaez expedition, that set sail in the Spring of 1527. They had set sail to Northern Mexico, but they were blown off course by tricky currents, and according to the background essay, made accidental landfall near Tampa Bay, Florida.…
In the early fifteen hundred’s a Spanish expedition was sent on a mission to conquer Mexico, and consisted of approximately a dozen ships. Hernán Cortés was one of the most accomplished of the conquistadors in the sixteenth century, and also known throughout the world as the man who defeated the Aztec Empire. By overthrowing the Aztec Empire and their emperor, Moctezuma, Cortes conquered Mexico. Hernán Cortés was eternally known as a man who was rather bold and valiant in his leadership of his soldiers.…
The Journey Of An Explorer Cabeza De Vaca a guy who came to Texas and wasn’t even planning on coming here helped colonize it to what Texas is today. Cabeza originally heading towards Mexico and ended crashing into what is now modern day Galveston Island and made Texas what it is today. Cabeza traveled all the way around Texas and soon met up with an Indian tribe who took him as a work slave which he soon escaped from them and he and his partners walked to Mexico city over a 21 month trip and a lot of friendly and not friendly indian tribes. Cabeza De Vaca: How did he survive? Cabeza survived because he had amazing wilderness skills, his success as a healer, and his respect for Native Americans.…
Discussion Board #6 – Case Study of Maria Diaz – Alexandra Dais – November 20, 2017 1. Identify the geriatric syndromes (tip: there are many) that Maria is experiencing. Provide assessment findings that support your response. Bladder Control Problems – Urinary incontinence is a common problem in our elderly generations. Urinary incontinence can lead to problems like falls, depression from embarrassment and isolation from not wanting to venture out in public (National Institutes of Health, 2017).…
Seven Cities of Gold Expedition A land of riches and gold sounds like a land any person would want to live in. In the southwestern part of the United States and northern Mexico, there were lands filled to the brim with gold and other riches. In 1539, one of the first expeditions to find these cities was led by Francisco Vasquez de Coronado who took on the long, difficult journey which was also known as Seven Cities of Gold Expedition. While exploring the Southwest United States and Northern Mexico, they came across many hardships and encountered many different groups of native tribe along with newly discovered lands that no European has ever came across before.…
Junot Diaz’s “How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or Halfie,” lays out a list of dating instructions for young men. The story is written as a second person narrative directed at both the main character Yunior, as well as the reader. The first instruction is to wait for your mother and brother to leave the apartment after telling them a lie, that you are feeling sick and cannot go with them to visit your aunt. The second paragraph says to “clear the government cheese from the refrigerator,” to hide the fact that you are of low economic status. You must also take down any embarrassing photos that indicate your Dominican heritage.…
The Spanish invasion of Mesoamerica in the sixteenth century has been one of their most renowned victories. However, with a review of Restall’s work, as well as a closer look into the help that the Spanish had, reveals that the success of the Spanish was not merely their own. The Spaniards’ and natives’ common political goals, the natives’ army strength, knowledge of the land and the sharing of battle strategies and resources made the native allies a key asset to the conquest. The success of the Spanish conquest was largely dependent on the military support they received from their native allies; the Tlaxcalans especially, along with other native contributors, such as the Teocalhueycan and the Tepaneca.…
Velasquez cancelled the expedition last minute, but Cortés was stubborn. He had went to Mexico without permission. He set sail with 11 ships and 500 men. There everything went downhill from there for the Aztecs. He had conquered lands but never discovered anything.…
“Drown” During different stages in their lives humans tend to go through a multitude of struggles that they sometimes are able to find a resolution at the end of them. In “Drown” by Junot Diaz, the narrator is dealing with his struggle of finding his identity .The narrator shows his inner struggle of finding his identity through expressing his experience about his detachment from this mother, his issues with his father and jealousy between him and his friend. This struggle is one that is common with much of the youth in poverty stricken America today who are forced to have no kind of parental engagement within their lives.…
“Invierno” by Junot Diaz is the story of a family: a discontent mother, a brother that hides his actions behind those of his sibling, an abusive and controlling father, and the protagonist of the story, Yunior, the one sheltered by his father and forbidden from exploring his surroundings. Yunior, his brother Rafa and their mother were just brought into the states from Santo Domingo. Both Rafa and the narrator are unfamiliar with the man they referred to as “Papi.” Once they had arrived to their new home in London Terrace, Rafa and Yunior soon became aware of the hostile environment their father creates for them. They are not allowed to go outside and interact with the “gringos” who also live in their neighborhood.…
Diaz writes his lengthy account because he’s tired of everyone else writing about what went down in Mexico and getting it all wrong, and so tries to remedy this by writing his own version. We can see from Diaz’s writing about the starvation of the Natives that he too wishes to gather support for his and his countrymen’s actions in the Siege; just as the Mexicas would benefit from making themselves look like victims in their retelling, so would Diaz benefit from making the cruelty of the Spaniards simply look strategic, as though the measures they took were necessary to provide for their king and country, to assure each soldier’s well-being, and to fulfill the wishes of God. Diaz relates the “decision” of the Spanish to cut off the city’s water supply directly after “Father Diaz [said] mass and [they] had commended [themselves] to God”, setting aside specific space to tell his audience of “the advantage… gained by preventing food and water getting to the enemy”, how the Spaniards “broke the pipes which supplied the city, and the water did not flow into Mexico again”, how they, to “interrupt” outside supplies into the city, “agreed… that two launches patrol the lake by night and destroy all the canoes”, praising this as a “good plan” (pg. 359 & 369). It’s no accident that Diaz and his company first consult with God and then come to the conclusion that their best plan of action is to sever Tenochtitlan’s water and food supply. These events happening so close together in the narrative causes the reader to subconsciously believe that this plan is approved by God himself, and thus that the Spaniards acted righteously in attempting such genocide.…