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other’s destruction.”17 Las Casas hoped to assimilate the natives into the ‘self’ as to “reject all nonrelative…

report and appeal for aid where he continues to express how limited he is in resources and how fruitful the enemy is in resources and still expecting more. They are trying to keep good spirits at the camp but it is getting difficult. In Jose Enrique De La Pena, “The Fall of the Alamo,” March 6, 1836 it was stated that many thought that Travis would surrender when supplies ran low but he did not.…

When the story of “Diana and Actaeon” is mentioned, one’s mind most commonly recalls the episode in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, in which Actaeon accidentally stumbles upon the goddess Diana naked in the woods during a hunting trip, and she metamorphoses him into a deer; therefore, his hunting dogs devour him (Ovid 55). “Diana and Actaeon” is a very well known episode from the Metamorphoses; it is where Ovid first delves into a discussion of whether the gods are just in their punishments towards…

The film opens up at the point where Santa Anna has gained victory in defeating the American/Texan Army at the Alamo. Sam Houston is then shown being told what occurred at the Alamo. From this point we see the film transitions into a flashback a year before the battle to introduces us to the important people of the battle and show us how it lead to it. We are shown that Sam Houston is at a party where he is talking to people about Texas and how they should immigrate to it. At the party Houston…

In 1808, Spain is taken over by Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon disposed of the existing monarchy and installed his brother, Joseph, as head of state. The resulting war against France and Britain lasted nearly to the Mexican Revolution as Napoleon’s government falls into disarray and the revolutionaries began to gain momentum. Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla was a middle aged priest living in the parish of Dolores. Hidalgo was a Crillo by birth, and had a pro-Indian sentiment. He organized his…

have never been written at all, on the basis of the author’s sex. Her experience with same-sex relationships, her feminist ideals, and her will for learning contribute to Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz’s defiant nature, which shines through her writings. To start, the experience and support that Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz had with…

Drug cartels play a huge role because they threaten people in power by threatening to kill the individual or their family or to further their agenda. Likewise, “La mordida” does not only apply to police officers, but it applies to politicians, army officials, and individuals in power. Much of these bribes are from drug cartels. In Stephen Morris scholarly article, “Corruption, Drug Trafficking, and Violence…

Amy Sol was born in South Korea in 1981. Her father worked for the U.S. Air Force, so her family frequently travelled between her mother’s homeland of South Korea and Las Vegas, Nevada throughout her childhood. Mr. and Ms. Sol state that Amy drew before she began to write. She now lives on the outer edge of Las Vegas. Her pop surrealist art exhibits animals, strange plants, girls, and mythical creatures. Her soft-toned paintings depict asian inspired themes. Sol states that living in the desert…

of other Earth has a disease that turns people into scabs if they don’t bathe in the waters of Eylon in the forest of Middle, Southern, Eastern, Western, and Northern. Johnis and Silvia are transported by the books of history to the outskirts of Las Vegas which was in the year 2030. So they think that Darsel and Karas had just got there before them, so Johnis tells Silvia to spread out and look for them. As Johins and Silvia use their heads to find a way to use the gold that Thomas the hunter…

Loving the Unlovable It is possible to love the unlovable. Recently in a Dollar General store, a young man stole a box of feminine products. The woman who waited in the van for him came into the store to check on him, probably because she thought he was taking too long. They both left the parking lot with stolen merchandise. If it is one thing many people have in common, is that they cannot stand a thief. Perhaps both of said individuals were down on their luck and were too ashamed to ask for…