Dominican Order

With the proliferation of cross cultural contact, it is imperative to be well acclimated with the geopolitical climate of a nation. Additionally, one must also be more generally habituated in regards to the current circumstances within that nation/Geo-political region. One such geopolitical climate that merits consideration is the Hispaniola region, more specifically the nation of Haiti. With both a rich social and geographical topography, Haiti presents an individual with an interesting case…

professionals to world, it’s now easier than ever to analyze that relationship even further in order to hopefully fix the problems we may have or have had growing up. To use what we’ve learned this and apply them proactively in a way that we can answer some of the personal questions we’ve always had, but couldn’t really dictate them eloquently — like birth order. As a middle child of three from the Dominican Republic growing up in Brooklyn, I’ve always felt like an outsider…

SPEAK UP ! Whaner Amparo is a nineteen year old Dominican born and was brought to the country by his father at thirteen years old. He lived in providence for a while but differences with his father caused him to run away to his grandmother 's house all the way in New York City. Now he resides with his girlfriend and their one year old son and works nights to provide for his family. As you may see Whaner is a son, boyfriend, father, and a provider as well but for me he 's just my big brother. We…

In 1930, Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina gained control of the Dominican Republic through questionable means, becoming head of police and then president, his regime was well recognized for its oppressive tactics and effective means of keeping the population controlled, by the time he was deposed and assassinated in 1961, he had been responsible for the deaths of as many as 50,000 Dominicans (U.S DoS), meaning that 1 in 66 was executed. As his time as president continued, more opposition grew,…

Patria, and Mate to join a underground organization of revolutionists where they assisted in smuggling and hiding illegal guns in their household, and helped in plot fighting against the government. Although, Trujillo convinced the people of the Dominican Republic that Lio’s ideas were a form of communism, which created him into an enemy of the state and caused him to flee. Following the Mirabal sisters and their father invite to a ball hosted by Trujillo, their names became known to the…

a ball and a stick. Considering over 20 percent of the Dominican Republic’s is in extreme poverty they can 't necessarily do other activities. One quarter of the Dominican Republic’s population of 10.4 million (2.6 million) but compared to the United States where 0.04 percent of 319 million are playing (14 million). Although there is a huge difference in the number of people playing baseball the percentage of people playing in the Dominican Republic is ridiculous. Knowing players and where…

In Julia Alvarez’s In the Time of the Butterflies four sisters join an underground resistance group against the cruel dictator of the Dominican Republic, Rafael Trujillo. The plight faced by all Dominicans at the time was a disgrace to human rights. Many lived in poverty due to the dictatorship that controlled the country. Those who spoke out against the totalitarian regime disappeared and were usually never seen again. It was very brave for anyone to stand up to the government for what was…

In Barbara Neely’s and Julia Alvarez’s short story narratives of Spilled Salt and Reading to Mr. Torres, they are comparatively filled with similar themes that connect the stories in very reflective and uncanny ways. Both of these stories contain the theme of forgiveness, a theme that’s apparent in both main characters in how they deal with it. These narratives are also heavily immersed in themes of trying to deal with the past in different ways. They both deal with atrocious crimes committed by…

In the Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz introduces terms and beliefs that come from Dominican culture before delving into these experiences of Oscar, Lola, Belli, Yunior, and others. One of the more essential terms introduced by Diaz is this idea of fukú. Simply, fukú is this bad luck that exists not only for one individual, but it is bad luck that is passed down through generations. Diaz initially introduces this term in-text through our narrator, Yunior, as “a curse or doom of some…

Passing and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao place an emphasis on physical features. Although both novels take place in different times and settings, both novels are creating and representing women as exotic sexualized objects because of their gender and race. Larsen and Diaz’s emphasis on the blackness of female characters demonstrates the timelessness of the importance of skin color. Irene’s thoughts when she sees Clare: “Did that woman, could that woman, somehow know that here before…