Life is a big lesson for everybody that’s live in this world. All human around the world is affected by the problems of the different situation that transforms the course of their life. To decide where to live, work or study is a choice for everybody, but there are events like death or a breakup that just happened and you need to accept like their come. These events have a major impact on our decisions in the future but sometimes can be a good turn or a terrible turn in our life. We can see those happen not only in different theater plays, or reading in the short stories and novels but also in our real life.…
In Selfish Pursuit "In Selfish Pursuit" is a short story in which Anthony Brandt, the author, presents his definition of happiness according to his life experiences. Brandt discusses the most common view of happiness, which is defined by materialistic possessions. According to him, happiness is unobtainable. Also, the author uses a lot of techniques and devices in this short story, such as cause and effect, comparison and symbolism. At the beginning of the story, the author uses a pattern of cause and effect.…
Cisneros was born in Chicago, Illinois. Similarly to Esperanza, Cisneros grew up in a Latino family around the 1950s and 1960s in Chicago. They both had a Mexican father and Chicano mother. Esperanza’s childhood mirrors Cisneros’ in the aspect that were both encouraged by their mothers to read and were not insisted on spending all their time performing classic “women’s work”. Both welcome their culture with open arms, but acknowledge the unfairness between genders inside it.…
In the essay “Reading the Puffy Taco,” Phil West explains the history and tradition behind the mascot of the San Antonio Texas’s minor league baseball team, the Missions. In the year of 2000, the Missions debuted their new mascot, Ballapeno. Like all team mascots, Ballapeno’s job is to engage the crowd with fun, madcap antics, such as shooting off team t-shirts into the crowd from an air cannon, wanders through the crowd monkeying around with the fan’s along with their children. The tradition however, comes at the end of the sixth inning, another more baffling mascot emerges, and walks out toward second base. The crowd of approximately 4,000 fans goes wild, as this mascot makes its way to second base to meet up with a child picked from the crowd.…
The Chosen, the novel by Chaim Potok follows the lives of two Jewish boys, Danny Malter and Reuven Saunders, set in Brooklyn, New York, during the time of World War II. A common paradoxical theme found in this novel is that through one’s loss there is also one’s gain. A quote from Reuven’s father, David Malter states this paradox perfectly; “No one knows he is fortunate until he becomes unfortunate” (Potok 87). To me this means you don’t realize what you have until it is gone or taken away from you. There are many examples of this found in the novel and also some examples of this I can relate to my own life.…
Unit 4 Assessment A greedy person desires things he is not prepared to work for. When our greed exceeds our needs, we lose sight of what is important. This can lead to negative consequences in life. There are several examples how someones greed has lead to unfavorable outcomes in the end. These stories are “The Necklace”, “The Golden Touch”, and “La Riconda.”…
The Big Enchilada by Stuart Stevens: Book Review Within this paper I will be discussing and giving a detailed description about “The Big Enchilada” and my impression of it and about George W. Bush’s 2000 election. I will also discuss within the paper on the political views of the Bush campaign that involved Bush’s positions on education, Social Security and tax cuts during the 2000 Presidential election. Also will be included an analysis of Stevens accounts as the campaign consultant during the Presidential election. The Big Enchilada is the story about the 2000 Bush campaign for the presidency that leads up to the election.…
When an individual feels that their life and actions are constantly being monitored, patrolled, and assessed by others or by God, there is more of an incentive to make “just” or “good” choices. How does one live life when nobody is watching, though? According to Glaucon in Plato’s Republic, one acts justly solely based on their care for reputation and future repercussions, not due to a genuine desire to do what is good and reflects justice. Glaucon expresses that without the worry of unfavorable consequences and opinions of society it is likely that the righteous and ethical man would abandon his virtues and instead adapt habits that bring forth pleasure and self -fulfillment. Socrates, Glaucon’s debate partner, unquestionably disagrees with him, fiercely arguing that organic and long-term euphoria stems only from leading a “good” and “just” life.…
Are traditional nuclear American families really the most encouraging families compared to any other families or ethnicities? As stated in the article, “The Color of Family Ties” by Naomi Gerstel and Natalia Sarkisian, “Commentators often emphasize the disorganization and dysfunction of Black and Latino/a family life. They suggest that if we ‘fix’ family values in minority communities and get them to form married- couple households, all their problems would be solved” (51). In other words, commentators believe that if unmarried Black and Latino/a families or single parents found a soul mate and married that there will be fewer complications within their family. However, Gerstel and Sarkisian claim, “Even if they don’t live together,…
Salvation is a Piece of Pie Guilt (noun) the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability In “The Pie” by Gary Soto and “Salvation” by Langston Hughes, the theme of guilt is shared; however, the protagonists experience differing conflicts and reactions to guilt at young ages. In Soto’s piece it is known that there is a six year old boy who was hungry so he stole an apple pie.…
They wanted what was best for their children, and that way, according to them, was to get the latest editions of everything. Fundamentally, one can learn from these short stories a very valuable lesson that people can use in their everyday lives. According to these stories, the reader can understand that blindly accepting something that can cause everything to go…
In the poem “ Imagine the Angels of Bread” , the author shows the inequality and injustices in the world. Reflecting on what is happening now and in the past. Those who don’t have much is given everything and those who have inflicted pain will have pain themselves. The world Espanda made is in which everything bad is equaled out from the good. The role reversal are really sets the tone.…
On Every Thanksgiving, My mom makes a wonderful sweet potato pie. This tradition was passed from my mom's uncle and it was passed on to him from his grandmother. The sweet potato pie we make unfortunately it doesn't look as good as it tastes and smells. The pie is not your traditional pie, it is a southern style sweet potato Casserole. It is made with a medium sized white glass bowl.…
Sixto’s Revenge There comes a time in every boys’ life when his back is against a wall and challenging decisions must be made. In that instance is when that boy crosses the threshold into adulthood. For Sixto that day came much sooner and in a far different way than he ever could have anticipated. From the second that he learned of his sisters rape he knew he had to avenge her injustice. Sixto knew he had to restore his sisters honor, prove that he was man enough to defend his family, and that his sister’s rapist must pay with his life.…
The story “Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket” by Jack Finney is about a man named Tom Benecke. The story starts off with Tom contemplating whether to work or whether to be with his family. Tom is a workaholic, so he eventually decides to work rather than go with his wife. The story “Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket” shows readers that a life or death situation could lead to a great outcome or not depending how someone may interpret the situation.…