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the size of my room as a child. As we walked toward this house I felt someone grab my hand. As I looked to my side, I smiled when I saw a young girl walking with me. She was wearing a light pink shirt and dark pink Capris with peach sandals. “Bonswa! Como ou ye?” I said to her as she looked up at me with a shocked look on her face. “Mwen Bien!” her smile was as ginormous as mine when I got a bike for Christmas when I was little. We started kicking rocks and whistling. Children from the houses…

came to the US too old to go to school, or join the armed forces.”(Original Dreamers) Therefore, Original Dreamers are the ones who made the sacrifices, the ones who gave up their dreams, and the ones who now have to struggle “In low paying jobs, como la construccion, los hoteles, rich people’s homes, and restaurants” (Original Dreamers) Another notable difference between Dreamers and Original Dreamers is that as a reader, one is put into the shoes of the Original Dreamers in order to…

A Critical Review of Malleus Maleficarum The Malleus Maleficarum is a famous medieval treaty of on the life and activities of witches. The book was written in 1486 by Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger with the first publication done in English. Allegedly, Kramer was the chief author of the work, and Sprenger was the co-author because he had a higher reputation. The work has been regarded to have been written after the writing of a bull by Pope Innocent VIII, which gave people permission to kill…

The incorporation of culture in novels serves as a powerful tool for authors to craft compelling narratives that resonate with readers on a profound level. Phillip Carol Morgan’s Anompolichi: The Wordmaster and John Phillip Santos’s Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation utilize different aspects of Native American and Mexican American culture, respectively, as integral drivers of their stories. Morgan and Santos actively feature their culture via description of the setting, language…

Historians agree that a generation “gap” was created in the 1950s between parents and teenagers, but not everyone agrees as to what caused American families to dismantle from its traditional cores and values. Some historians theorize that the introduction of Rock ‘n’ Roll is what caused the youth of that generation to separate from its’ parents and other adults. As J. Ronald Oakley proves in his essay, “God’s Country: America in the Fifties”, teenagers were not changing their values and morals,…

Music is an important part any country’s culture. It exemplifies the mood and feelings of the people of that time and is a representation of their experiences. As time flows on that music changes along with it, bringing new ideas and new songs to the stage. The music of the past slowly fades away as people forget it and stop paying homage to it. Conjunto Philadelphia is a band that wants to preserve the music of Pre-Revolutionary Cuba and make sure it isn’t forgotten. They want to share their…

Italy Italy, also known as The Heart of the Mediterranean, is located in the center of the Mediterranean. Home of many illustrious tourist attractions such as The Colosseum , The Venice Canals, or Lake Como. Italy has it all with beautiful cities and so much things to do. One day you can go from eating pizza in Naples then the other you could be climbing Florence’s Duomo. Italy is an amazing country with alluring scenery and a rich history to go along with it. Physical Geography Like I stated…

Did you know that Costa Rica has some of the most bizarre food that really looks good? I found out about the food because of the awesome research that I did. I found out about demographics, Geography, Climate, health issues and visiting Costa Rica. The capital of Costa Rica is San Jose. The currency is Costa Rican colon is what the use in Costa Rica. The Population there is4.872 million people. The president of Costa Rica is Luis Guillermo Solis. There official language is Spanish. Costa Rica…

fluent in spanish. Yet, I was terribly wrong. They are actually quite unalike especially when it comes to the grammar. As I continued to try to learn portuguese I was doing a lot better than I originally thought, I picked up on the basics such as “ como você está ? ” which is “ How are you? ” in english and “ Olá meu nome é Oxzana! “ which means “ Hello my name is Oxzana!”. As I attempted to pick up more challenging phrases I felt more confident and asked a fellow coworker who is a native…

Experience I have been a student of Spanish since I was in the 7th grade. It was my twin sister who ignited the spark for me. She had just attended Spanish class before me, and turned to me while we were standing at our lockers, asking triumphantly, “Como se llama Usted”? I was immediately captivated, and insisted that she tell me what she had said, but she wouldn’t, and turned to walk away with a smug smile on her face. Ever since that day I have had an endless curiosity for, and interest in…