Buenos Aires

It is a beautiful pueblo with roads made of stone and dirt and houses made of bricks. Flowers and trees adorn the houses and schools. Concepción de Buenos Aires is not that big but it can be called a town. We got to my house. At the front is a tall black metallic gate and inside of the gate there is a garden with different types of elegant cacti, vivid flowers and pots of lovely shade plants. The door…

“Someone said to me 'To you football is a matter of life or death! ' and I said 'Listen, it 's more important than that '. (Bill Shankly) Soccer is a sport that crosses boundaries and is played all around the world. It brings people together to enjoy the intensity of 90 minutes filled by passion and uncertainty of who will ultimate winner. Most of the people who watch soccer do it in a passive way as a source of mild entertainment, but there’s a growing minority of fans who have taking the…

characterizes itself on dialogue, and in the lives of his characters, where the glamorous and idealized world of films serves as a counterpoint to their own disappointments. In his career, Puig wrote various novels: Heartbreak Tango (1969); The Buenos Aires Affair (1973); The Kiss of the Spider Woman (1976); Pubis Angelical(1979); Eternal Curse on the Reader of These Pages (1980); Blood of Requited Love(1982). On this day, 1989 March 2, we decided to meet Manuel Puig and ask several questions…

“The history of man is the history of crimes, and history can repeat. So information is a defense. Through this we can build, we must build, a defense against repetition” (Wiesenthal). Simon Wiesenthal has shown moral courage throughout his life, whether it comes from growing up or what he has become. He is a Jewish Austrian survivor of the holocaust and deciated is time to gathering information and tracking down fugitive Nazi war criminals such as Adolf Eichmann. By seeking justice and not…

In a free market economy containing unequal distribution of resources, power, and authority, social classes are an inevitable outcome. Consequently, stereotypes of both the proletariat and bourgeoisie classes have emerged and this stratification has shaped societal structure. Many ridicule aristocracy for its traditions and absurdity, but neglect the beauty that lies within. The novel The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton celebrates the eloquence and elaborate structure of the high society in…

Gun Control: An Annotated Bibliography Doeden, Matt. Gun Control: Preventing Violence or Crushing Constitutional Rights? Twenty- First Century Books, 2012. Matt Doeden discusses the division amongst Americans when it comes to the laws on gun control in the United States. The author provides interviews from government officials, historians, activists, and American citizens on both sides of the issue. As gun control has been a worldwide issue for hundreds of years, the author discusses the…

We have become complacent with our learning today in our society. We decide that just teaching was enough for our kids. Our education is systematic we believe that every child learns the same, but it 's not true. Furthermore, kids are left out and feel they can’t benefit from the education. Today most kids graduated from high school or college without gaining any real skills in today 's world. Most of the jobs that my parents had available aren’t here anymore for the next generation. Vik Muniz…

Fantástico Viaje a Argentina Argentina is a fantastic vacation spot to visit because of all the unique features/places to visit and many monuments to explore. To start off, one of Argentina’s unique feature/place to visit is Iguazu Falls which is located on the Iguazu River, on the border of Brazil and Argentina. In the area of the falls includes walkways to take strolls near it and boat rides to get as close as possible to the falls. This main waterfall was mentioned as one of the New Seven…

accordion”. After somewhat years, the Tango altered its definition in to a “trio” incorporating various instruments such as the “bandoneón, violin, piano and bass”. Around “1880s”, the dance was found around the brothels, outside of the city of Buenos Aires. (https://accessdance.com/news/2155/ ). The term “Tango” was first named to describe the dance type because it meant “Closed place” or “reserved ground”. The definitions accurately identified the atmosphere in which the dance was performed,…

Pope Francis Congressional Speech. This speech was given by Pope Francis to the United States Congress on September 24, 2015 in Washington D.C. Pope Francis is the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church and spoke about current topics relevant throughout the world to the United States Congress. He focused on the religious extremism, the refugee crisis, immigration, diplomacy, and the trading and sale of various weaponry. Pope Francis was able to do so through the use of anaphora, metaphors, and…