Buenos Aires

To Cultivate some of my understandings about South America, I will explain some major cities in Argentina and Bolivia, some historical background, their religious beliefs/ native language. Some major cities that are located in Argentina are Bueno Aires, Cordoba and Mendoza. Then for Bolivia there is La Paz; the capital, Sucre which is their official capital of Bolivia, then there’s Santa Cruz, Cochabamba and Potosi. A brief historical background about Bolivia is that the Incas conquered Bolivia…

Andrew Lloyd Webber is a man who made the musical Evita to keep her legacy alive long after her death. Although he does this, he knows that Evita and her husband Juan Peron were people of questionable pasts. I agree with Webber that both of them should be relished for what they did in helping Argentina, but their pasts are nothing to be proud of. People should take caution to putting these two as ideal model figures. Maria Eva Duarte, otherwise known as Evita, and Juan Peron were two of the most…

Does a story have to follow the stereotypically normal idea of only one or two main characters? Manuel Puig did not think so when he was writing Heartbreak Tango. Heartbreak Tango follows the lives of a group of friends where three main themes come up. These three themes affect every decision the main characters make throughout the story. Both men and women have the same short term goal, sex, however women do tend to focus on getting married. The first instance of this is when Nene “finally…

After failed attempts by Francisco Miranda and Admiral Home Popham to cut off the Spanish Crown’s control of Coro and Buenos Aires, Napoleon began his invasions. (42) Chasteen importantly notes that the revolution attempts by Francisco De Miranda and Home Popham were unsuccessful because they lacked popular support, which is ironic considering the revolutions that would soon…

nature’s fragile ecosystem. Klinkenborg’s background in naturalistic writing is that of nonfiction. Utilization of facts such as, “… squid fisherman luring their prey with metal halide lamps- can be seen from space, burning brighter, in fact, than Buenos Aires or Rio De Janeiro.” Despite the lack of first person experience, Klinkerborg draws the reader’s attention with his ability to represent the issue on a universal scale. In contrast, Aldo Leopold wrote in a first person point of view. In…

The Land and the sea James Joyce one of Irelands greatest writers considered his characters as ways of the reader seeing the world from a different perspective. In The Proteus chapter in Ulysses and in Dubliners Joyce questions the land and the sea and represents Irish life in his work. The idea of the sea against the land as some sort of border can be seen through Joyce’s characters Evelyn in Dubliners and Stephen in Proteus.(Joyce, Ulysses) The paralysis of Irish life is contemplated in…

December 15, 2014 Accretion of Powdered Debris In the short story “Eveline,” published in 1914, the main character, Eveline, has a life altering decision to make. She must choose between staying and helping her family or leaving Dublin to go to Buenos Aires with Frank, her lover. While she weighs both options she is sits beside her window during the entirety of this short story. Her struggle to decide is symbolized by dust throughout the novel. Joyce does this in order to associate how Eveline’s…

Congress is a large, complex system within the United States federal government. It consists of two chapters: Senate and the House of Representatives. Both chapters contain a number of seats available for elected members. Members are elected through direct election. There are a total of 535 seats, 435 seats for members of the House, and 100 seats for senators. Members in the House serve an unlimited amount of two year terms. Members can stay a lifetime in congress, as long as they are reelected.…

However, more than the other characters in the novella, Martin is a believable, because he's smart, intelligent and definitely more likely to draw conclusions that we can identify. Candide befriended him as a travel companion in his journey from Buenos Aires to France because of his pessimism and misfortune. Martin's philosophical standpoint is the opposite of Candide’s and Pangloss's philosophical views. Martin is as a pessimist as Pangloss is extreme an optimist and he is some-times flawed.…

Los Vendidos The play written by Luis Valdez, Los Vendidos, an interpretation of how American people see Mexican Americans is played through a drama. A secretary from Governor Reagan, Miss Jimenez, comes to a shop in hopes of finding a Mexican to bring to a gathering to create diversity in the crowd. The “shop” owner, Honest Sancho, is a business man trying to sell these Mexican Americans. Miss Jimenez is looking for a Mexican who is perfect. While Sancho is trying to help find the perfect…