Gabriel

After exiting the plane, the first thing I noticed was the voices of the crowd. The words spoken at the Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport seemed to mix together, and I could no longer focus on individual conversations like I could at Toronto several hours earlier. This trip to the Colombian island of San Andrés marked the first time I was venturing to a country where English was not the official language. In the weeks leading up to the trip I had tried to prepare by memorizing common…

The use of fantastic elements in an acceptable and believable setting is reminiscent of other texts that have been categorized as magical realism. Investigating the use of magical realism within ethnic writings of non-Latin American origin, Roland Walter notes that "magic is an integral part of reality in that the natural and supernatural categories of reality are harmoniously intertwined" (2). This mingling of the natural world with the supernatural is a key component in The Hundred Secret…

By nature, every single person ever created was born with different views and ideas. There may be groups of people that agree on certain subjects and ideas, but not everyone is the same. From what someone automatically thinks of when they see a painting to how they interpret a work of poetry. The words, thoughts, and images that come to one's mind differ from the many other people in the world. ☆In the painting, Circe Pouring Poison Into a Vase and Awaiting the Arrival of Ulysses, Sir Edward…

The Ruined Maid and Jenny written by Thomas Hardy and D.G Rossetti respectfully, are about prostitution at their core. However, the reader notices that these two works describe the lifestyle of a prostitute totally differently. Therefore, the question arises which work depicts the most honest picture of the lifestyle. That being said, by using aspects such as gratification in one’s work and individual intimacy from, Christina Rossetti’s, The Goblin Market, the reader can come to the conclusion…

You know a man to be rather interesting when the first thing someone tells you about them is their incredibly peculiar disappearance. Ambrose Bierce disappeared somewhere into Mexico after December 26, 1913, the date found on what is presumed to be his last letter. Carlos Fuentes, famous contemporary writer of Mexico, swears that you can still hear stories of some old foreigner wandering the Mexican landscape. This, paired with Bierce’s own impressive works and history, inspired writers such as…

In “Tuesday Siesta” by Garcia Marquez, the author introduces a character and provides a flashback about the character. The flashback added more meaning to the story and a better understanding about the character’s (Carlos Centeno) personality. Additionally, the flashback helped developed a theme in the story. The flashback was a week before in the story and it was about the death of Carlos Centeno. At 3AM, a widow heard someone trying to force the front door open from the outside. She went and…

Averonica Roth once said” Maybe it’s a little depressing to think that my version of a perfect world is actually so messed up, but I think it mean that I don’t really understand what perfect is”. This quote is a belief description on how the main character Zavalita feels about Peru. Peru has Zavalita feeling some type of because of all the wild and crazy events that occur in the streets of Peru. This paper will discuss Mario Vargas Llosa novel “The Conversation in the Cathedral” on how similar…

The legend of El Dorado refers to a highly sought after gold city in the New World during the era of European exploration. Many conquistadors and voyagers traveled to the Americas seeking these vast riches to return to their land as kings. However, being that this land was mythical, no adventurer returned in such fashion. In the poem “El Dorado”, by Edgar Allan Poe and the book Candide by Voltaire both make reference this mythical land. With a character disconnected from reality, the…

The subtitle “A Tale for Children” is not a suitable subtitle for the short story, A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, since the story displays that things that are different are bad and should be treated negatively. When Pelayo sees the old man for the first time, he becomes “[f]rightened by that nightmare” (1). Pelayo’s reaction to the old man is prejudiced and close minded, instantly judging the old man by the way he looks and was dressed. Pelayo and Elisenda…

“Empire Liquor Mart” “Empire Liquor Mart (9127 S. Figueroa St.)” by Gabriel Kahane is a song about how black people have experienced oppression throughout history. The song tells the story of a young girl name Latasha, who was shot and killed in a liquor store in Los Angeles, while trying to purchase some orange juice. The owner accused Latasha of stealing the orange juice even though she had the money to pay for it. After being accused, Latasha and the clerk who was Korean got into…