Pico Duarte

Richard Shang Mrs. McQuay English 11 May 15 2017 Marginalization in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Time and time again people see how marginalization of a group can create psychological and emotional problems such as anxiety, fear, and depression. In The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz explores these specific issues through the brief life of Oscar de Leon and his family. The repeated marginalization of Oscar and his his family causes him to express self-doubt and depression, eventually becoming and more isolated, displaying how the effects of marginalization can affect one person. Oscar from the start, even in the Dominican Republic, was marginalized. Dominican men have a reputation of being masculine, being able to charm women left and right, something Oscar was not. These masculine pressures are constantly reminded to Oscar through the form of loneliness. The narrator describes it as “He walked into school everyday like the fat lonely nerdy kid he was, and all he could think about was the day of his manumission, when he would at last be set free from his unending horror.(15)” By high school, Oscar was already beginning to feel isolation and the realisation of who he was. His own sister would berate him, warning Oscar that if he kept on following his geeky passions and sedentary behavior he would never find any lover. His few geeky “friends” were ashamed of being seen with him. He would often run to fantasy worlds to escape the harsh reality which was…

“Chucha shakes me awake. Sunlight is streaming in through the jalousie windows. Before I can ask her what’s the matter, gangster men in their dark glasses storm into the room, thrusting their guns here and there in the corners of the closet and under my bed, in search of something they can not find. Chucha and I clutch each other and watch the men pulling open drawers, throwing my clothes into the floor. Soon another bunch of men come into the room, pushing Mami in her nightgown before them.…

“I think that when I write, I write out of who I am and the questions I need to figure out” (How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents 169). Everyone has a way to escape reality, some draw, some listen to music, some take a nap, while others merely read and write, such as Julia Alvarez. The self proclaimed Dominican- American explains so in the Bloomsbury Review as her early life has consisted of many hardships that her writing addresses at one point or another throughout her poetry and novels.…

What’s difference between being alone and feeling lonely? Some say loneliness is the unhappiness that is often felt when they do not have friends or no one to turn to; some say loneliness is an emotion, but being alone can be a choice. Being to many places usually out of everyone’s travel plan, Pico Iyer finds that we often feel lonely when we are in a crowd, but not part of the it. In his work, “Lonely Places,” Pico Iyer depicts a unique outlook of several “lonely places” where are…

Catarina Fonseca, Carlos Pereira da Silva, Helena Calado, Fabiana Moniz, Chiara Bragagnolo, Artur Gil, Mike Phillips, Margarida Pereira and Miguel Moreira in their study Coastal and Marine Protected Areas as Key Elements for Tourism in Small Islands (2014) examined MPA impacts in Pico Island tourism. Fonseca et al. (2014) argue that “[t]ourism can play an important role in small islands’ economies … through job creation, tax revenues, and increased value of local products”. Fonseca et al.…

Although I had lived in America for almost half my life, I didn’t know anything back then because I was too young. I was too young to notice the things that were going on around me; I just focused on having fun, leveling up my game characters, and training my Pokemon. However, moving here when I was a freshman in high school I could easily tell the differences and notice the changes much like Pico Iyer’s observations in his essay, “Where Worlds Collide”. Everything was so different. Every single…

therefore we don’t have to wait in the long line. Café Ole, like many of the restaurants that are in the Riverwalk, gave us the option of seating either inside the restaurant or on the outside and enjoy the view. Obviously this was a no brainer, and we opted for dining outdoors. As I had previously said, each restaurant has their own theme, and the Café Ole followed the same protocol. Since my family comes from a Mexican background, it is evident that we were going to choose a Mexican…

Isidro’s Tamales & Taqueria A year ago Ray Ramsey left a google review stating “This place is great! Don't let the location fool you, EVERYBODY goes here for tasty Mexican food… It's a hole-in-the-wall place, and very reminiscent of real Mexico. Give them a chance. The food is outstanding!” He raked the restaurant a 5 out of 5. In the Kankakee area there is not many 5 star restaurant and those restaurant who meet the mark aren’t usually affordable, but Isidro’s Tamales & Taqueria is one of the…

Summer is a wonderful time of year. The weather is warm and the days are long. Everything seems to slow down and be less hectic. Since everyone seems to have more time to socialize, it is the perfect time of year to entertain. So, while you still have some time before the crispness of autumn comes, plan an end-of-the-season party and serve some of these delicious gourmet appetizers that just scream summer. Salsa Fresca Everyone loves salsa. But, for the summer, it is so much better to use…

Human beings having an absolute free will to choose their moral and spiritual path were taught by Pico della Mirandola. I do not agree with what Pico della Mirandola had taught because human beings do not have absolute free will to choose their moral and spiritual path. Pico della Mirandola once said “therefore, every human being has absolute freedom to choose whatever place in the “great chain of being” he or she may choose.” By saying “great chain of being” Pico della Mirandola is using that…