Gran Colombia

Born June 16, 1829 near Gila river in modern day New Mexico, Geronimo was born. His birth name was Goyahkla which means “one who yawns”. He was born to Taklishim whom was the son of chief Mahko of the Be-don-ko-he apache tribe, and his mother was Juana, another full blood Apache. Geronimo never saw his grandfather and was told storys about his impressive peaceful lifestyle and strong physique. He was also told stories of spanish atrocities against natives and how they forced the Apaches to their…

Jaime Escalante was born December 31, 1930 in La Paz, Bolivia, to Zenobio and Sara Escalante. He was the second child born in his family of eight. When Escalante was fourteen his mother sent him to San Calixto High School. Later on in his teenage year’s Escalante’s father died so his family wasn’t able to afford for him to go to San Calixto anymore. At that time, Escalante hoped that he would be able to go to engineering school but because his family couldn’t afford to go to school, he couldn’t…

Over a span of 100 years, the Buendía family recycled and reused the names of the original family members, José Arcadio, Aureliano, Amaranta, and Úrsula, and send the following generations of the family to drown under waves and waves of predetermined doom. The lives of the new name-bearers carry strains of the originals, as if their names are made up of the talents, characteristics, abilities, tragedies, and traits of their predecessors that manifest themselves in their new host. The characters…

Our memory shape our opinions and how we are going to remember certain moments of our lives. It creates our history. Walt Kowalski, the main character of Gran Torino, is an old veteran who carry his horrible experiences from the Korean War in his memory and it shape his life in Detroit, in his neighborhood with Asian minorities. During the movie, we can watch scenes where Walt talks about the war, but he never actually says what exactly he did. The only information we get, are at the end of the…

Cheryl Evans Carol Hayes Interpersonal Communications June 12,2017 Cultural Diversity in Gran Torino The 2008 movie “Gran Torino” is filled with a tremendous amount of cultural diversity, which is met the expected amount of resistance, stereotypes, and an abundance of prejudice. The movies main character is Walt Kowalski. His world is changing around him after the death of his wife, the overtaking of his community, and the distant and almost non existing relationship he has with his grown…

Sami White Mr. Everett World Literature 19 October 2014 Gran Torino Hero’s Journey Analysis “You know Thao and Sue are never going to find peace in this world as long as that gangs around” (Eastwood). In the movie Gran Torino, directed by Clint Eastwood, Walt Kowalski, a Korean War veteran dislikes his neighbors who are Hmong, an ethnic group from Southeast Asia, because they moved into his neighborhood which used to be a primarily white community. Walt slowly accepts and becomes close to…

Latin American countries, especially those who shared economic and political interests. Today, Peru 's relationships with its neighbors are generally cooperative, increasingly so with those countries which are part of the Pacific Alliance (Mexico, Colombia and Chile in addition to Peru). Support for greater regional integration in Latin America is an important priority for President Humala. Peru has publicly supported Argentina 's position over the dispute with the United Kingdom on the Falkland…

The deportation of African’s to Colombia and their struggle to survive was a catalyst for communities to flourish and with it the social and cultural customs of it’s people. These were intermixed with the indigenous customs and social norms which subsequently evolved, providing new customs within the culture. The use of music to convey political messages is not new to our societies. Music provides inspiration and helps to strengthen the fight of the protesters. Colombia has seen it’s fair amount…

When Cesar Gaviria was elected in 1990, he made it his personal mission to take down Escobar. Colonel Hugo Martinez of the La Policia Nacional de Colombia (PNC) was leading the fight to take him down. On the same day that Galan was murdered, the PNC colonel Waldemar Franklin. Once when Pablo’s wife and kids were driving down the road, they went through a road block. They were taken into custody for…

Furthermore, coming here has made me realize that Colombians are very conservative in comparison with Americans. People talk more openly about topics like sex, homosexuality and drugs, and there are a remarkably bigger number of people with tattoos and piercings. Considering this, the Colombian society is way more judgmental and even more with things that are out of the ordinary. Getting a tattoo would give me the disapproval of all my family and a lot of glares on the streets. Where I grew up,…