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Going back to the first part of this segment, when the narrator is describing how Zulema first told her about how she felt, and what happened after she was told that her mother left, she mentions that Zulema had started crying, and how she had listened through her own tears. “Suddenly she started to sob, holding the photo to her breast. Through my own tears, I heard her describe how she had waited for days on end for her mother’s return…” (Fernández and Franco 386/7) This sentence gives further indication as to how close the narrator was to her aunt as once Zulema started to cry, the narrator started to cry as well. It could also just be the narrator describing how the story had made her feel very sad, and caused her to cry, which could also indicate how she was so close to her aunt that she was able to understand how deeply troubled that experience had made her aunt, and how touched the narrator felt that she was sharing such an intimate memory with her. Another portion of the second segment of the story tells how alike the narrator felt she was to her aunt when, towards the end of the segment, Zulema’s daughter walks into the room where Zulema and the narrator were and states, “You two live in your special little world, with all your cuentos” (Fernández and Franco 391) that particular line is really telling as, although the narrator never really mentions anything about herself, never describes how she looks, nor even gives her name, the reader is given the thought that she…

The Four Agreements Reflection In the book The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz enlightens us about life. He gives us lessons that can help us in life. We can change our views on life by changing the way we think and act. Don Miguel Ruiz tells us that we are all limiting ourselves and need to open our minds to live an honest life. He tells us the way to do this is by following four agreements that can change your life forever. The first agreement is being impeccable with your word. When I…

The creative curriculum opens up many doors for little minds. Children learn from doing things themselves through play. Three objectives in this activity are demonstrating balancing skills, solves problems, and demonstrating fine motor skills. I will change up the classroom just a little by bringing out new building blocks and other objects to build with and assigning tasks in each center to try that have to do with building and using fine motor skills. In this plan all children will be able to…

In the play Macbeth, William Shakespeare uses the Aristotelian definition of a tragic hero as a guideline for the characters and their tragedies. Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero is someone of nobility who has a tragic, fatal flaw. He believed that there are three characteristics of a tragic hero: Hamartia, hubris, and peripeteia. Hamartia is a tragic flaw that causes the downfall of a hero; hubris is excessive pride and disrespect for the natural order of things; peripeteia is the…

According to the American Occupational Therapy Association, “Transitions or movements occur throughout an individual’s life” (“Transitions,” n.d.). “Each person navigates through different life stages, settings, and situations” (“Transitions,” n.d.). A transition that I recently experienced was the terminus of a major relationship. Transitions can have a positive or negative impact on an individual’s occupation (Tebo, 2015). As professionals, our occupations may be affected by the vicissitudes…

Mike Nichols 1967 film ‘The Graduate’ is a comedy that illustrates a three-act film structure and includes the major structural elements. The film depicts a recent college graduate (Dustin Hoffman), whose feeling of a lack of purpose results in his life becoming dominated by his relationship with Mrs. Robinson and eventually, her daughter Elaine. Act I establishes the key characters; Benjamin, his parents and their friends, including, Mrs. Robinson. It feels as though Benjamin is on a different…

Play Review The title of the play I saw is If/ Then. The music in it was composed by Tom Kitt, and the script and lyrics are by Brian Yorkey. It was produced by Proof Productions, Inc. The play opened with Elizabeth holding something, talking to herself about what would have happened if she had never met someone very important to her, whom she had obviously lost. While walking in a park many years before this moment, she made two decisions that would greatly affect the rest of her life: to…

Louisa May Alcott once said, “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” Persevere the Merriam Webster's Dictionary defines persevere as “to persist in a state, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement.” Common synonyms for persevere include “carry on” or “persist.” Related words include “dig in,” “hang on,” or “follow through.” The word persevere comes from the Latin word perseverus. Many people know of the word ‘persevere’. But not…

There are many moments in life that I look back upon and I don't realize their significance until later. When I hurt my shoulder last year pitching and was referred to physical therapy, I was not looking forward to waking up an extra hour earlier to go to a place that I had been to five years before. When I was nine years old I was diagnosed with a collapsed vertebra in my neck that turned out to be a rare form of cancer called Histiocytosis. I had to wear a cervical collar for a year and the…

Perseverance affects me and others in the following ways: it makes you a better person, shows integrity, and it helps you accomplish your goals, and shows determination. The first reason how it affects me and the person around me is because it makes you a better person. It makes you a better person because it makes people be able to trust you more. If you are known for giving up after you fail at something, then nobody would want you to do stuff for them. Here is an example. If your coach told…