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La Casa Matusita is an urban legend that is known to all people in lima-Peru. This haunted yellow house holds various types of mysteries. Many people prefer to avoid this house, especially during the night for pretty good reasons too. There is not only one, but two versions to how this urban legend goes. One tells of a man who found his wife in bed with another man. After killing both his wife and her lover with a knife, he killed his children and then turned the blade on himself. The other…

I believe that the message of “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” was to not fear the unknown. The two main points that support this in the story, are how the town’s people treat the angel lesser than human and the symbolism of the chicken coop. The chicken coop symbolizes a cage that society puts people who are different in because when we don’t understand something, we fear it. At the end of the story, in paragraphs ten and eleven, the angel’s “job” is done and the son of Pelayo somewhat…

Dancing with the Devil in the City of God by Juliana Barbossa is a deeply written biography of the chaos and trauma that occurred in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Juliana is a Brazilian-native but traveled frequently to Iraq, Malta, Libya, Spain, France, and the United States. She returned to her home city, Rio de Janeiro after over two entire decades. She is an award winning author who received her bachelor's degrees in Spanish Literature and Journalism from The University of Texas and master's…

you’re supposed to take awe in, but more like an aberration. This behavior is not really uncommon among humanity when you think of the historical events that were caused by social discrimination. For example, The Holocaust, Civil War, Crusades, etc. Marquez highlights one of the not so terrific parts of being human and how it’s very common and still present today. 2. (SMI) As you begin reading, the author gives off a very depressing, gloomy mood from the setting. It starts by using…

Magic is the belief in supernaturalism, the belief that there is something beyond the ordinary. Magic is often portrayed as power and knowledge, and thus awarded to those who are worthy. In “The Cliff” by Charles Baxter, magic is portrayed as tradition. In the short story, a young boy and an old man, not distinguishable by name, drive to an unidentified spot along the coastline of California where the old man would teach the boy magic. More specifically, how to fly. Flying would give the boy a…

During the interactive oral I feel my understanding of the cultural and contextual elements of the work helped me develop a better understanding of why the murder of Santiago Nasar occurred. The discussion talked over: why the brothers murdering Santiago was socially acceptable in this rural area, as well as how certain characteristics or actions were normals of their society. An example being machismo being a huge aspect of Colombia’s culture. Jina Malone and I connected together how the…

Over a span of 100 years, the Buendía family recycled and reused the names of the original family members, José Arcadio, Aureliano, Amaranta, and Úrsula, and send the following generations of the family to drown under waves and waves of predetermined doom. The lives of the new name-bearers carry strains of the originals, as if their names are made up of the talents, characteristics, abilities, tragedies, and traits of their predecessors that manifest themselves in their new host. The characters…

A short story named The Padre’s Neighbor was written by Manuela Williams Crosno. During 1870’s in Los Hermanos, Stephen Bowen is lost in the blizzard. While he is looking for the passage, he falls down and lay there exhausted. When he is on the ground, a person comes and takes him to Father Jacobo. Father Jacobo takes care of Stephen to get better. One day, a small boy with broken arm comes to see the padre and Stephen announces that he is a doctor. He helps the villagers to cure a disease that…

M. Leilani Burke LA 238 OL1: World Literature October 11, 2014 Instructor: Kelly Holt Close Reading Analysis Paper Luis Arturo Ramos, author of “Underwater”, masterfully uses a combination of similes and metaphors to present a perfect example of magical realism. This short story pulls the reader into an event that dances a thin line between realism and fantasy. This analysis will take a look at the definition of magical realism and it’s use in “Underwater” by looking at its functional…

La Patrona is a Spanish-Language telenovela produced by Telemundo, and is a remake of the 1984 Venezuelan telenovela La duena, which was inspired by the novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. It was created by Valentina Parraga, written by Eduardo Macias, and directed by Víctor Herrera McNaught. From January 8, 2013 to July 9, 2013, Telemundo aired La Patrona weeknights at 9pm/8c for a total of 127 episodes, replacing Corazón Valiente. It was nominated for and won many awards during…