Our Lady of Guadalupe

Symbolism Bless Me, Ultima by Anaya explains the life of a young Mexican-American boy named Antonio Marez. Who lives in New Mexico during the mid-1940. The novel opens up with Ultima, a curandera or a healer who comes to live with Antonia and his family for the last years of her life. As the story progresses, we see the difficulties that Antonio has to go through and how he matures. This novel contains elements of the types of different stories such as drama, fantasy,and nonfiction. This novel…

Michelangelo’s first famous piece of art was his sculpture of Mary and Jesus, otherwise known as Piet¬¬à. It was made in 1500 CE, and during this time it was very rare to see multi-figured sculptures. Made from one single piece of marble and standing at 5’8/12” (1.74 m) this piece of art is truly a masterpiece. This piece made Michelangelo famous for many reasons, at the young age of 25 he was already set out to be one of the greatest artists not only of his time but of all time, because of his…

States citizens. Unless these individuals were able to provide paper work showing proof of their nationality, there were not readmitted into the United States. Religion Religion in the Mexican culture is very important. Reports claim that Our Lady of Guadalupe (also known as Virgin Mary) appeared as an apparition to Juan Diego on December 9, 1531 and again on December 12, 1531. Juan went to the Bishop telling him of his encounter and told him she had requested a shrine built in her honor on…

Images of the “Virgin of Guadalupe” seem to be everywhere. As a symbol of “freedom for the oppressed native populations” according to Jeanette Favrot Peterson author of The Virgin of Guadalupe: Symbol of Conquest or Liberation?, the Virgin of Guadalupe seems to be a reoccurring piece of art starting at the middle of the sixteenth century. A very unique piece in its own the “Virgin of Guadalupe” by Miguel Gonzalez in 1698, is part of Spanish colonial art but also consists of different techniques…

Guadalupe County Report Guadalupe County is the county that is the subject of my report. Texas gained independence from Mexico in 1836 then Texas was annexed by the United States in 1845. The Republic of Texas organized Guadalupe County as a judicial county in 1842, but discontinued it later that year when the Texas Supreme Court declared judicial counties to be unconstitutional. In March 1846 after the annexation, the legislature established Guadalupe County from parts of other counties.…

Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to Juan Diego in the form of singing birds and flowers (117). Guadalupe came to Juan to declare her love for all the earth and her “desire to become the mother of all nations, making all peoples her children” (118). When Guadalupe says this, she does not just make a covenant with Juan Diego, but she makes it with all the people on the earth and calling…

I was a miracle baby that's how i got my name, Iveth Guadalupe. I was born in Mexico as a premature baby at 6 months. During my birth there were complications that my dad had to make a decision that would impact our lives. Before my mom went into the operating room she had to sign a consent form and so did my dad even though he didn't agree to it, he still had to in order for my mom to go in. The doctors had went to my dad and told him only one of us could be saved and my dad didn't want to make…

Gold Rush: The California Gold Rush was the biggest mass relocation in American history since it realized 300,000 individuals to California. It began on January 24, 1848, when James W. Marshall discovered gold on his real estate parcel at Sutter's Mill in Coloma. The news of gold rapidly spread around. Individuals from Oregon, Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii) and Latin America were the first to hear the breaking news, so they were the first to touch base so as to test their fortunes in California…

The Virgen of Guadalupe In the Catholic religion the Virgen of Guadalupe is an iconic symbol that is worshiped. Her image appeared miraculously on a tilma. More than 500 years has passed and her image remains intact. She sits in the basilica in Mexico City. Her image is covered by a bullet proof glass. It has survived an explosion with the intent to destroy it. She is the known as the mother of God. She is worshiped primarily in the Latin America however image has gradually spread throughout…

Day by day, our life continues to change as a result of a gap between my parents and myself. As my mother, Guadalupe and my dad Rene continue to live their lives as if these changes did not affect them, they will not understand the struggles of my teenage lifestyle. For me, my life is completely different compare to my parents when it comes communication with the outside world. Besides the fact that our way of communicating is different, my sense of fashion and expression is beyond what a…