About Me Essay

The transition to adulthood is tough and usually changes who people are permanently. In Bless Me, Ultima, Rudolfo Anaya shows how Antonio Marez is forced to grow up due to the violence surrounding the little town he lives in and the two sided conflict in his life. Antonio’s mother wants him to be a priest while his father wants him to live the life of a wild vaquero. He is not able to find his own way to cope with all of the surrounding madness due to his family pulling him in every direction.…

Pride is an important theme in Much Ado About Nothing. The characters in this play often have their pride wounded, each in different ways. Benedick and Beatrice are moved to fall in love with each other when they are accused of being too prideful. Claudio’s pride is wounded when he almost marries a woman that he believes to be disloyal. Hero and Leonato’s pride is extremely damaged when Hero is publicly shamed by Claudio. The pride in these characters either brings together relationships or…

What happens when a young boy questions his family’s religion and the beliefs he was raised with? Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya is a coming of age story about a young boy named Antonio. He has always been surrounded by the strong Catholic religion of his mother, but when he is confronted by contradictory ideas and thoughts of pagan gods, like the golden carp, he begins to question his viewpoint of the world. Antonio’s conflict of religion, shown through his thoughts of comparing the golden…

On Saturday September 7th, 1996, at 11:15 p.m. Pacific standard time, American hip hop artist Tupac Shakur was fatally wounded at the age of 25 years old due to a drive-by shooting during a stop at a red light in Las Vegas. He was struck by four .40 caliber rounds; two in the chest, one in the arm and one in the thigh. (Staff, 1996) He died six days later from a respiratory failure which led to cardiac arrest after the removal of his right lung in the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada…

Gossip in Much Ado about Nothing and in the Real World “They say the lady is fair. ‘Tis a truth, I can bear them witness. And virtuous—’tis so, I cannot reprove it. And wise, but for loving me. By my troth, it is no addition to her wit—nor no great argument of her folly, for I will be horribly in love with her.” Act 3 scene 2.Throughout the play everyone is either gossiping or overhearing someone else gossip. Gossip occurs frequently in the play. Most of the gossiping that occurs in the play is…

of his most well known is a romance named “Much Ado About Nothing”. “Much Ado About Nothing” is about a town called Messina having the pleasure of the royal army coming by on their way back from war. As they are there, however, love blossoms between two couples, Hero and Claudio, and Beatrice and Benedick. Meanwhile, mischievous plans are created by the illegitimate Don John, who is a foil to his brother, Don Pedro. In the play “Much Ado About Nothing” by William Shakespeare, Don John and Don…

Bless Me, Ultima: Cultural Conflict Culture plays a major role in everyone's life. In Antonio’s life, his parents are very strong believers of their own cultures and family history, essentially preventing Antonio from developing and becoming mature and causing great complications throughout his life. Cultural conflict develops Antonio into a mentally stronger person, he becomes a great person as he gains knowledge and becomes wiser. As disagreements develop within the family, Antonio’s life…

Much Ado About Nothing, written by William Shakespeare, takes place in Messina, Italy in the 16th century. The story ends with a romantic ending, but characters go through shame and honor throughout the story. In Much Ado About Nothing, two couples are put through some very difficult situations, showing us that they have their similarities, but they also have a lot of differences. Benedick and Beatrice are independent. Both want to live lives as single to avoid getting hurt or wounded by the…

Foil characters help bring out the best traits within two characters. The novel Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare is a novel revolving around the act of deception. Where Claudio, a young soldier, falls in love with Hero, the daughter of Leonato. They are to be married, but are deceived, therefore interrupting the marriage. Meanwhile Benedick, a soldier and man that swears against love, falls in love with Beatrice, the niece of Leonato, who also swears against love. They fall…

Fast food seems to be one of the main issues when talking about diabetes and heart disease caused by obesity. Looking at yet another documentary that in my opinion should be shown to every school in the country is called “Super-size me”. This documentary was filmed and played by a man named Morgan Spurlock. His adventure began by his curiosity about two girls who tried to sue McDonalds for their health issues and obesity. The two girls of course lost their case against this fast food restaurant.…