Jorge Ramos

Vikings lost but countless lives were lost. The Battle of Brunanburh is one of the bloodiest battles in Anglo-Saxon history and it is the topic of both the Anglo-Saxon epic translated by Burton Raffel, “The Battle of Brunanburh,” and the modern lyric by Jorge Luis Borges, “Brunanburh A.D., 937.” Both poems describe the bloody battle scene but despite being about the same event, the two poems have differences. Though both poems are describing the same historical event, they have differing points…

In 1973, democracy in Uruguay gave way to a twelve-yearlong military dictatorship. During this dictatorship, all citizens, directly and indirectly, experienced human rights abuses. Not only were civil liberties suspended, many citizens were kidnapped, arrested, and tortured on the supposition of being dissenters of the regime. Many Uruguayan citizens were “disappeared” by the military, and their whereabouts were unknown even after the return to democracy. The military was ubiquitous and…

Mark Wallace writes that the stories that Borges writes “are based on genuine dread of the endless time and space and a wise skepticism, but for the most part that dread happens on the level of ideas and not in the narrative itself as such… the dread comes from contemplating the philosophical puzzle the stories present.” Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius makes the reader contemplate mankind’s need to make connections and see order in a seemingly orderless world. The narrator states that “any symmetry,…

do anything for. In Jorge Borges's short story, “Funes the Memorious”, there is a character named Ireneo Funes who gains this ability after getting crippled from falling off a horse. Funes, after the incident, was able to specify everything in his world. He refused to generalize or group anything. Also, he became incapable to communicate well because of the specificity of his language. Lastly, he also became unable to let go of many details . In, Funes the Memorious, Jorge Borges shows…

My research centers on Jorge Luis Borges and constructs a web of influences on him and his literary oeuvre through examining his many interviews. Throughout his life, Borges consented to hundreds of interviews. Rather than undertaking exhaustive research, I gathered data from nine of Borges’ most widely available interviews, largely conducted in English and issued in prominent, English-language publications. Some interviewers transcribed the interview content in the moment or from tape…

Within Jorge Luis Borges’s short story collection “The Garden of Forking Paths” are the stories Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius and The Garden of Forking Paths. Within Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius, Borges introduces the question of metaphysical time and reality by recounting the events surrounding the mysterious land of Uqbar and its lore surrounding Tlon- the third orb. On the other hand, The Garden of Forking Paths questions the knowledge of the universe and linear time as current scientific…

Is Great Too Vague? You know that moment when you are doing so well and everything is going great? Then, you turn around and someone asks you, "What are you going to do next?" I'm kind of right there. I'm sure its been many of us, but I couldn't just fix my mouth to say "Hey, that sure is a good question, but I don't know. I just want to be great!" What does 'great' really mean? Does it mean that whatever I do next will fix the water conditions in Flint, Michigan? Does it mean that I will be…

Throughout the years, The United States of America has become an increasingly diverse civilization. It’s a melting pot full of different races, color, ethnicity, religion, and political view. In the upcoming elections for 2016, the Republican candidate Donald Trump has risen his disturbing point of view against illegal immigrants (Hispanics). His claims are opposing from the truth and are discouraging to the latino community. Trump plans on making America great again is going to be a big failure…

Immigration laws are tearing apart families due to inflexible and unfair immigration policies. I have personally second hand experienced the victimization of the illegal immigration policies. I have 2 uncles who have bin deported back to El Salvador due to these unfair laws,one who had a wife, three daughters and one new born baby, who is now growing up without his father. Immigrants are held against the 13 year wait for citizenship bill that requires illegal immigrants, obtain…

Spanish-language broadcaster in the US (Noticiero Univision), Jorge Ramos is a journalist but also the voice of Latino constituency. He argues that protests against deportations from the United States are swelling in number and intensity. “At the moment the rapid growth of Latinos in this country is fueled not by immigrants, but by the American-born children of immigrants,” said Ramos. In the article “Sophie and the great Expulsion” edited by Jorge Ramos talks about why Sophie dared to speak to…