La bohème

I worked as a coordinator for student professional development in an office called Center for Academic Service Learning and Research at Azusa Pacific University as a graduate assistant last year. I was in charge of assisting and mentoring eight student workers, planning for office events, and participating in end of semester evaluations. Service Learning creates opportunities for students to practice what they have learned in class and put into practice at the local communities where everyone…

Edson Arantes do Nascimento, otherwise known as Pelé, is a retired professional Brazilian soccer player.He is known for his style of play and known as the greatest soccer player of all time. From winning three FIFA world cups to scoring 1281 goals in 1363 matches, his style of play had changed the game during his time. Pelé started playing at a very young age, starting at the age of 15, from 1956-1977. He wanted to change the game. With the World Cup of 1950 approaching, Brazil was the host…

On the surface, one might not think that the great Italian opera La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi and the acclaimed indie group Dinosaur Jr. have much in common. One concert, for instance, took place in an intimate performing arts center to an attentive and quietly reverent audience while the other in a loud, rough-and-tumble rock venue to a lively and informal audience. Indeed, there may appear to be no similarities between the effortlessly skilled classical stylings of the UNT College of Music…

Diego Armando Maradona (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdjeɣo maɾaˈðona], born 30 October 1960) is a retired Argentine professional footballer. He has served as a manager and coach at other clubs as well as the national team of Argentina. Many in the sport, including football writers, former players, current players and football fans, regard Maradona as the greatest football player of all time.[6][7][8][9] He was joint FIFA Player of the 20th Century with Pelé.[10][11] An advanced playmaker who…

During World War II men were expected to bring in all the finances to ensure that all family living expenses were taking care of. If the family was not wealthy they were looked down upon as less fortunate. John Steinbeck develops the character of Kino in The Pearl through the themes of good vs. evil, knowledge and ignorance and individual vs. society. However, Kino an Indian pearl diver who is less fortunate cannot afford a doctor for his son Coyotito who was stung by a scorpion. Families who…

Whilst reading John Steinbeck’s novel “The Pearl”, many readers may overlook the role of women, particularly the role of Juana, Kino’s wife. The focus of this story is portrayed as a family desperate to save their child from a wave of death that will soon follow. However, reading about the way Juana is occasionally treated during Steinbeck’s story may replenish your memory to a time many years ago when women lacked rights and the freedom to live their life. Kino’s wife Juana plays a crucial role…

The Black Pearl “Doing the right thing is not the problem. Knowing what the right thing is, that’s the challenge.” -Lyndon B. Johnson. Ramon Salazar is a 16-year-old boy who works for his father’s pearl business. When one of his father’s best pearl divers, Gaspar Ruiz, starts boasting about his many achievements, Ramon is determined to find a pearl greater than any Gaspar had ever found. Everyone agrees Ramon did go diving, while some think it would be a great chance for him to prove himself,…

Kloss asserts that Diego Velázquez was “one of the greatest painters in a European century”. Perhaps the most famous painting by Velazquez is his Maids of Honor, Las Meninas, painted about 1656. It has the distinction of being probably the first painting in which a living King and a painter at work are seen together in a studio” (L36, 20:11). The subject is multifaceted; the painting is entitled Maids of Honor, referring to the princess’ maids who are attending to her, but are not the focus…

A lot of people agree with the saying that “ Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.”- Erich Fromm. The novella The Pearl by John Steinbeck shows the reader a glimpse of the dreadful world of a greedy soul. John Steinbeck conveys this message by showing the reader the life of somebody who has been conquered by the sharp thorns of insatiableness. Throughout the story, we follow a character named Kino, who…

Why Do We Change For Something We Like: Kino V.S. Greg Have you ever acted in a way different from the original way you act because of an event or a situation that has taken place? At the novel, The Pearl, written by John Steinbeck and the fictional short story, “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers, this is exactly what occurs. The Pearl is about a guy named Kino finds a pal to help his son cure a scorpion sting, but changes his characteristics in a not so good way… However a…