Tomas Rivera portrayed the suffering, strength, and beauty of the migrant farm workers by telling their stories about their lives and the struggles they went through and the blessings they received. There were three things that stood out to me the most and they were: the conditions which the migrant farm workers had to work through, the way they were being treated by people, and how they always had hope. These three things show how strong these people were and how much they had worked for everything they have. These migrant farm workers had worked in lots of different areas. They have also worked in very bad conditions which was mostly in the heat.…
Cesar Chavez uses personification by giving his nonviolent protest human ability. Using that personification Chavez tries to persuade the country into using nonviolent protest and steer away from a more violent form. Cesar Chavez also uses rhetorical writing to explain the importance of nonviolent protest. Chavez's use of personification in the excerpt “With which our struggles have grown and matured”. This piece lets us know that everyday their struggle gets worse.…
Cesar Chavez, in his essay pertaining to the Floridian farm worker’s movement for more just treatment, argues for the importance of nonviolent resistance as a civil, moral, and powerful method of promoting social change. Chavez supports his argument by illustrating the inevitable consequences of violence opposed to nonviolence and rationally explaining the effectiveness of nonviolence as a catalyst for change. The author’s purpose is to illustrate the overwhelming advantages of nonviolent resistance, as opposed to violent and destructive resistance, in order to persuade people of all wealth classes that the most civil and beneficial way to address problems in which reformation is needed, specifically the farm workers’ cause, is aggressively…
Julio Hernández Cordón’s films Marimbas Del Infierno and Polvo reflect the neoliberal period in Guatemala by illustrating how the profound digressions from the period of nationalism affected everyday life. During the nationalist era of the early to mid 20th, Guatemala gained a strong sense of national identity All things traditional and national became popular. The onset of the neoliberal period, however, would drastically change many of these consistencies. The effects of these changes are clearly illustrated in Marimbas Del Infienro and Polvo. Individuals were burdened with profound ambiguities as they lost a sense of belonging and function in society.…
It is very rare to see a journalist use as many cited reasons and detailed explanation to validate his points. In conclusion, Art Carden’s argument is overall convincing by providing strongly logical evidence to support his clear thesis. Furthermore, the war on drugs is a valuable and interesting topic that seems hardly to have enough recognition. Therefore the articles presented about it should be written rhetorically to perfection to encourage readers to notice and pay…
Massacre in Tlatelolco 1968 is known to be the year that social conflict broke out internationally. People around the world were tired of their government neglecting their civil rights, repression, and war (Protests 1968, n.p.). Mexico wasn't the exception when on October 2, 1968, Mexican military and armed men shot and killed several students that were in a peaceful rally at the "Plaza de las Tres Culturas" in Mexico City (Berggren, n.p.). This tragedy involves the point of view of the eyewitnesses and the government, which turn to be incoherent. It all started on July 22, 1968, when two school rivals UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico) and IPN (National Polytechnical Institute) had a dispute during a touch-football game that…
In the movie, Men with Guns, a concise representation of Native American communities in Latin America during the Cold War is portrayed in an educational manner that coincides with articles written previously in relation to the indigenous struggle. As the result of the refusal of many indigenous people to assimilate into ladino culture, a divide developed separating the indigenous from the non-indigenous. Subversive groups formed leaving the passive and hesitant people, too afraid to take a stand against the government, behind. The idea of mestizaje forced the guerilla to mobilize, with the assistance of the Catholic church, and tackle the division between class and ethnicity. These three themes are illustrated not only in the movie, but in…
Mexico and Drug Violence Imagine having rights you take for granted taken away. Think about not being able to live comfortable in your own neighborhood or even having the your right to stay alive. There are growing Mexican cartels invading manys’ lives in and surrounding the Mexico area. The cartels, as of 2006, are murdering while distributing drugs among many other countries and the issue has been growing.…
Last week we watched the film The Other Side of Immigration, which explored the U.S./Mexico immigration problem through the perspective of those living in Mexican towns. The film details the reasons for why half of the population in Mexican towns have left to the United States. Furthermore, the film presents how the immigration of family members affects Mexican families and communities left behind. Within Gloria Anzaldua’s Borderlands/La Frontera, Anzaldua describes the interior problems within Mexico that contribute to the exodus of many Mexicanos. However, her descriptions were published in 1987, whereas the film was distributed in 2010.…
In the mid 1960s, farm workers experienced many hardships and labor without enough resources to live comfortably. Cesar Chavez argues how farm workers should be treated like humans and that we should fight for their rights in his speech, The Union & The Strike. Fighting for the workers’ rights requires forming a union which will show how power can come in numbers. Using moralistic and ambitious diction, an audacious and zealous tone, logos, pathos and syntax, Chavez was able to share his ideas with the public and persuade them to help farm workers receive the rights they deserve. Chavez uses moralistic and ambitious diction in order to convey his message out to the audience.…
The drug cartels have engaged in wrongful acts intended to instill fear, promote corruption, and subvert democratic governance by undercutting confidence in government. Over the past centuries, Mexico has come into the power of other countries like the Spanish and the French rule until they were thrown out in 1867 (Knowles, 2008, p.74). That power would eventually pass to a political party called the PRI that stabilize Mexico during the last decades, but it would then go downhill from there because it started to become an autocratic oligarchy. This basically means that a small group of people have the absolute control over the country. Therefore, Mexico’s affluent people would use the institutions of government to their advantage to merge power and wealth into their own hands.…
“Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar made so much money, he spent over $2,500 every month just on rubber bands to bundle up his cash.” During the 20th century Escobar was one of the richest men because of drug related activities. Drug trafficking has always been an issue in Colombia, but in the 20th century it started to impact the country by increasing violence and recreational narcotic drug use. During the 20th century Colombia had a rise in drug activity.…
The immigration laws that have been enacted in the United States reflect the politics and migrant flows of the times, with early immigration laws focusing on the migration of people from Europe and Asia, and more recent regulations targeting Mexican immigrants. The gradual shift in focus towards Latin American immigration in the U.S. is most closely attributed to growing concerns of national security, because most Americans view migrants crossing the border as violent drug smugglers. Steven Soderbergh’s 2001 film, Traffic, contributes to the notion that the border is extremely dangerous, however, almost all of the violence that takes place in the film happens on American soil. Due to the numerous immigration policies and regulations that have been executed in the U.S., the amount of violence near the borderlands has decreased, creating the possibility that Hollywood’s violent, war-torn representation of the American borderlands is an…
Eric is the American trying to use drugs to get rid of personal issues that he faces, the Columbian boy name Miguel is running away from drug cartels for being involve with money exchange and is eventually leading to him dying. However, this issue has damage communities, from finding solutions to the violence. Javdani persuasive people that the United States could increase treatment and education to show the consequence choices of drugs. Unfortunately, many families in other countries like Columbia are forcing to build plantations of drugs in their homes, if not they are put in risk of being killed. Therefore, the American government should disperse ideas to other foreign countries instead, of awful materials that changes people’s lives…
Like the war on terrorism, the fight to control these illicit markets pits governments against agile, stateless, and resourceful networks empowered by globalization”. Naím explains how drugs and the sale of drugs can not only affect the people but also the whole society and government. It’s hard to but borders on people that does not have any kind of boundaries. In the Cocaine Cowboys, it started off with two Latina men being shot dead in a liquor store due to cartel activities and everyone knew it was the cocaine boys. Drugs and crime goes hand in hand as explained by John Roberts in the documentary.…