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Every author has a unique literary style, no matter what the author is writing about; there is no authors’ writing that is the same as another. There could be similarities, but it is never exactly the same. In each of the novels, The Trial, The Fixer, and The Ministry of Special Cases, there is a different style that is used to illustrate the protagonists’ struggle. All three of these novels illustrate Jewish imprisonment through different ways. Franz Kafka writes in a way that pushes the…

Lindy Hop and The Argentine Tango Dance and music play an important role in the cultural traditions of various societies. I chose to focus on two social dances from different cultures that are still celebrated today. For my familiar dance, I selected Lindy Hop which originated in the United States. This dance form is often shown in movies, and the free flowing movements caught my attention. Through my preliminary research, I discovered the Argentine Tango which interested me due to its…

Gilda, film by Charles Vidor follows the romantic tragedy of two strangers turned lovers Johnny (Glenn Ford) and Gilda (Rita Hayworth). Johnny is a gambler from Buenos Aires that is caught cheating in the game and casino owner Ballin (George Macready) decides to hire him to watch his wife instead of prosecuting him. The plot develops and Johnny and the promiscuous Gilda begin a relationship and husband Ballin finds out and fakes his death. The story then follows Johnny and Gilda in the wake of…

On a recent trip back to my homeland of Argentina, where my family resides, I experienced first-hand social injustice. Witnessing the luxury that the “villeros” were taking advantage of at the expense of innocent tax payers inspired me to write my exploratory essay on. The only accounts of injustice I know of are what my family relays to me; therefore I needed more substantial and factual evidence. This led me to an article titled “Working to Ease Later Poverty”, by Drew Fagan. In which he…

Candide: Class and Wealth In his novel Candide, Voltaire uses satire to show the folly of wealth and class status. One of the major themes of the novel is how those with wealth and higher social class corrupt and gain power over others. The classes, the poor and the wealthy, are often in conflict with each other, and wealth is often fleeting—gone as fast as it was obtained. Candide, the naïve protagonist of the story, encounters many examples of injustice throughout his journey of love and…

Hemophiliacs. In 1937, Patek and Taylor, two doctors at Harvard, found out they could correct the clotting problem by adding a substance which came from the plasma in blood. This was called hemophilic globulin. In 1944, pavlosky, a doctor from Buenos Aires, Argentina did a lab test which showed that blood from one hemophilic could correct the clotting problem in a second hemophilic. In 1952 there was a recognition of hemophilia A and hemophilia B as two distinct disease. As time goes by in the…

Latin America has one of the most geographical variations of any location in the world. You can travel across Latin America and be close to the Pacific Ocean, a top of the Andes Mountain ranges, or be in the middle of the Atacama Desert. These variations of geography have a major impact on one of the most densely populated regions in the world. “Geography has strong and pervasive effects on economic and social development.” Most of the population in Latin America lives near the coast. Over 490…

Jorge Luis Borges was seen as a surrealist writer. He wrote through the perspective of dreams for most of his writings by trying to change reality into another meaning. He is a surrealist writer that had many experiences in life that affected his work and also used fictional ways of writing to tell stories that were actually true. Imagination, visions, and dreams were all used to shape his writing (“Literary Notes”). His short story “The Circular Ruins” is one of the best examples, because the…

Late May of 1946, all over the world people attempted to restart their lives. Millions had become displaced due to damage or causalities, the Holocaust, being drafted and many others. Tuviah Friedman for example, like many others was looking for a fresh start. With no family or home left for him in Poland due to Nazi cruelty he along with many others hoped to leave. His home in particular in Radom, Poland was overtaken by a new family after the Jews were cleared from the area. He joined the…

Che Guevara Hidden within the forests of Bolivia, laid outlaw Ernesto “Che” Guevara. As he laid, asthma tearing his lungs and burning, only but a basket of eggs, and not salvation in sight, the outlaw had been captured by the Bolivian Army. Che was considered a rebel, an elusive man, showing the most amount of defiance in the face of rebellion. Che Guevara. A hero, they say. A criminal, they say. Who is Che Guevara? Che Guevara, born originally as Ernesto Guevara, was born into a middle class…