Banana

'How would your family/feel if they had to tell/The generation that you/got killed by a flying/Banana.' (pg. 1254). You would typically perceive death in a serious tone, but Cruz is able to make this more humorous than serious. The sheer ridiculousness of being killed by a banana is enough for the reader to overlook the idea of death entirely. Along with the idea of humor, there is also the idea of shame. Cruz makes it clear that it…

Some of the most important natural resources for the island of Jamaica are sugar, bananas, coffee, and cocoa. Jamaica is one of the world’s largest producers of bauxite. Those resources are only 4 of many other natural resources. Some other natural resources such as , crude oil, clay, and limestone help benefit their country. Those resources help benefit their country by making cement, creating large or small industries. Also they help create new jobs for people. The trees in Jamaica’s many…

Then two hands popped out and grabbed Dave. “Waa!” Dave yelled. Bam, bam! Bob shot two lasers at it! Plonk! “A banana!” Dave yelled. “Why would a banana be in here?” Dave asked. “I don’t know,” Bob whispered. “Wait a minute,” Bob whispered, “I know this place.” Chapter Two: The Truth “Really?” Dave shouted. “Shh, not so loud,” Bob whispered. “This is The Maze of Death! It has bananas…

When the banana company is first taken to court regarding the mistreatment of their workers, they are able to avoid their worker’s basic rights by proving that “the workers did not exist”, and the “demands lacked all validity for the simple reason that the banana company did not have, never had had, and never would have any workers” (Márquez 307). While this erasure of the workers seems…

In my previous essay, I explored Brenda Shaughnessy’s “I Have A Time Machine,” a poem that described her experience traveling into the future with her time machine. Through a window in the machine, Shaughnessy could witness her past. I endeavored to explain what was special about the time machine since it can only move forward one second at a time into the future. I latched onto the machine’s window into the past and considered the viewpoint that it provided for her. As a result, my entire essay…

Latifundia: Latifundia were very large tracts of land that were usually owned by a single person, such as a caudillo, or a family. The concentration of land in the hands of the caudillos and the subsequent political power of the caudillos (who often ruled Latin American regions) led to a large inequality in the distribution of wealth and power in Latin America, contributing to a hierarchy and shaping the political system of Latin America. Guano: Guano was fertilizer made from bird feces in Peru…

symbolic of Seymour himself, who (like many young men) was lured into the “banana hole” of war and figuratively consumed so many years of the war’s horrors that he is now unable to come out of the hole and reintegrate himself into the world of non-combatants” (“A Perfect Day for Bananafish”). Its proposed that, like the Bananafish, Seymour has glutted himself for the horrors of the war and can no longer get himself out of the “banana hole” he is stuck in. Seymour describes a Bananafish as a…

describes his experience to new CBC, enabling those young children to make sense of their experience, and be proud of themselves (Wayson Choy, 1999). Wayson Choy (1999) explained “Banana” is a term to describe Chinese people born in North America, because “Banana” means yellow on the outside, while inside is white. It means that “Banana” acts and behaves like white people, and the look of CBC children is yellow people. In contrast, in Canadian, some Canadian children of Chinese origin still are…

solution was added to both diced and shredded potato. This procedure was applied to following remaining agents; an apple and banana. Results were drafted, as the experiment implied the use of vinegar and ammonia. These two solutions were also poured into separate beakers and measured at 1 mL each, further, where applied to the opposing parties of both the diced and shredded potato, banana and apple. Only, those of a visible chemical reaction were removed from a room temperature of 22 °C into an…

The colors yellow and blue represent the division between innocence, represented by yellow, and the loss of innocence, represented by blue. Throughout the story, we can see several cases of where the color blue shows a loss of innocence. “He [Seymour] took off the robe...and his trunks were royal blue,” (11) This indicates that Seymour experienced an event in the war that traumatized him, an event that will cause Seymour to lose his innocence. “She [Sybil] was wearing a canary-yellow two-piece…