Luna

This report is based on contacts with Marlon Luna, Hale Na`au Pono, RCG Dana Newman, Ohana Conference on 2-1-17, and Team Meetings on 1-18-17 and 2-22-17. A conference with Devin’s teacher is scheduled for 2-28-17. Devin is in a safe home and in good health. Previously, he was experiencing difficulty controlling his bowel movements. This is now under control. Regarding mental health issues, Devin has been receiving individual therapy from Dr. Michael D’Andre and has made positive progress.…

Through the duration of the novel, Antonio is compelled to figure out his purpose. Both Antonio’s father and mother’s families want him to pursue different careers in his future. In Mexican culture, following traditions is a big deal for their family. Most families follow each others footsteps towards their future. An article states, “Since Antonio is culturally and mentally stuck between his parents’ beliefs, he constantly dreams about the right choice versus the wrong choice. This presents a…

In this day and age, there are many female authors out there that most everyone knows, such as J.K. Rowling, creator of the wildly known Harry Potter. However, in Isabel Allende’s time, perhaps up to this day, male authors were the ones who got the recognition. Nonetheless, Allende took the world by storm with one of her first novels, The House of the Spirits, which captured three mystical women's lives in a patriarchal Chile. From the day she was born, Isabel Allende was not quite ignorant to…

Why do humans always go along with social expectations? Social expectation is a standard behavior that is expected of individuals within the society. It affects people because people cannot truly be who they really are. Instead, they behave how society wants them to behave. A perfect example of social expectation is that society says it is acceptable for girls to wear boy’s clothes but it is not acceptable for boys to wear girl’s clothes. During Halloween, girls wear super heroes’ costumes and…

of space. Both these satellites came after NASA was established, and worked alongside with NASA. The Soviet Union furthermore was able to be the first to send a probe to land on the surface of the Moon. This probe that accomplished this was entitled Luna 2. To take the Space Race to a different level, the Soviet Union also accomplished to send Yuri Gagarin, a cosmonaut, into Earth’s orbit in a capsule-like spacecraft called the Vostok 1. “For the U.S. effort to send a man into space, dubbed…

Luna argues that the concept of vulnerability should be understood relatively and dynamically. She uses the metaphor of a layer to comprehend a vulnerability which “may be multiple and different, and that may be removed layer not a solid and unique vulnerability that exhausts the category; be different vulnerabilities, different layers operating” (Luna, 2009). The idea of layers of vulnerability gives flexibility of vulnerability…

The lake was frozen solid the tops of the trees disappearing into the ongoing distance; no one around for miles. You could see strands of stray snowflakes falling from the ground. At the tip of Hogwarts stands a young witch taking in the sights of the barren lake. *Stella’s POV* I breathed out my breath coming in a stream of cold air; I searched behind me to see if anyone had followed me down after a quick look over I knelt down to put the palm of my hand on the ice I knocked on it. “Still…

Moths are generally viewed negatively by the general public, most often associated with corruption, death, and deterioration. They are often viewed as pests, destroyers of clothing and crops. However, there is a family of moths that seems to defy the common perception of these creatures. In fact, these moths have been given the names “Emperor Moths” and “Royal Silkworms,” not only because they differ completely from most moths, but because they also are beneficial to humans. Indeed, because of…

Science fiction could be described as a realm of fantasy in which the possibilities of the future are explored and the past is rewritten but are there other reasons as well? Authors of this genre write science fiction novels for varying reasons, some might write science fiction for the enjoyment and pleasing of an audience with their imagination or others like Phillip K. Dick might do it to share and explain their philosophical ideas. "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" not only entertains its…

beliefs. His religious beliefs are challenged as he grows as well as his character when he faces situations where he has to protect his family’s honor and values along with striving to become a priest for his mother. There is a major conflict between the Luna and Marez bloodlines. At the end of the book, Antonio finally comes to peace with himself realizing that he is of both bloodlines and it is okay for him to identify as that despite the previous conflicts he had been through in regards to…