Luis Cruz

Carlos Fuentes ‘s story “Chac Mool” is a supernatural story where the importance of standing up for yourself, which is a mayor theme in the story. From the first sentence of the short story we are introduced to our main character, Filliberto. We immediately learn that he has mysteriously died by drowning in Acapulco. His friend is taking his coffin back to Mexico City in a bus, to the house where Filiberto used to live. On the way to the city his friend find Filibertos briefcase and whitch…

Here”: Disaster Areas…” This article was written and published in the New York Times in 1989, which is a while from the actual event. This article clearly describes 7 counties that affected by the quake, such as Alameda, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Benito, and Monterey. Beside the article is the little graph that demonstrates these 7 areas and the routes, highways, as well as what specifically happened at that time. What makes this article special is that the writer…

Last year, on a sunny Saturday morning in JUne my family and I went on an amazing vacation, in Santa Cruz, California. It all started one day when my mom announced to the whole family that we were gonna go on a fun vacation for 2 days. That's when my brother and I decided that a trip to Santa Cruz was the best option. SO we begged and begged and begged until our mom and dad finally gave in and agreed to take us there. So after packing our bags, booking a house to stay in, grabbing all of our…

Jorge Luis Borges was seen as a surrealist writer. He wrote through the perspective of dreams for most of his writings by trying to change reality into another meaning. He is a surrealist writer that had many experiences in life that affected his work and also used fictional ways of writing to tell stories that were actually true. Imagination, visions, and dreams were all used to shape his writing (“Literary Notes”). His short story “The Circular Ruins” is one of the best examples, because the…

these stories the main characters all go through different types of challenges. The main character in Ray Carver 's "Cathedral" has the challenge of isolation and social awkwardness. The character Robert has the large challenge of being blind. In Jorge Luis Borges ' story, the main character has the challenges of insomnia and loneliness. And finally, the main character in J.G. Rosa 's "The Third Bank of the River" has the challenge of taking his father’s place in the boat on the river. Also, the…

understand why they did what they did. I’ve still got many years to understand why my father is the way he was and is. My dad was born in McAllen, Texas, but lived most of his childhood in Cerritos, San Luis Potosi, what was then a pueblo, but now a city on the outskirts of San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi. He would jump from place to place for the first six years of his life, finally settling down at the age of six to live with his mother’s parents and his three younger siblings. For the…

After strict moral standards established many years ago appeared to have failed, and science had proven that it could not prove the origin of the universe, a new philosophical and artistic expression moved in to fill the void of the Modernist Movement. The Postmodern Movement was born out of a lack of faith in society and the established way of life as a whole, and embraced the philosophy of meaninglessness and a rejection of the transcendental meta-narrative. This move has been fully expressed…

About “the Barrier”: 1. Which is built by 7 great monsters in magic. 2.Theoriclly, most of humans cannot go inside or outside. 3. However, humans or monsters who contains the souls of human and monster can get out. 4. The barrier can be cracked. =How to crake “the Barrier” and get back my home? = 1. You need to kill these 7 monsters who once used magic to build this barrier, or 2. If you would rather to persuade all 7 monsters to ruin their own achievements. =Who is the monsters in group that…

In the short story, The Gospel According to Mark, author Jorge Louis Borges puts his own individual twist on a story, or shall I say stories, that are as old as time - the Great Flood and the Crucifixion of Jesus. In this work, Borges uses biblical allusions, character types, and sex to retell an age-old tale. From the onset of the story, it is clear that Borges is intent on depicting the main character and protagonist, Espinosa, as a holy figure. He describes Espinosa as having “unlimited…

On May 19,3 2015 a man named Jose was ending a major chapter in his life that consisted of getting up early,2 studying,2 and test taking. Jose was finally graduating from medical school. After that chapter ended he started a new one and that was to put his degree to work so,1 he got a job at a major hospital in San Antonio as a cardiothoracic surgeon. By doing so Jose had a stable form of income and was living comfortable. A few years later Jose was able to buy himself a house and support a…