Rio Grande

I. Precis • In the excerpt, “How to Tame a Wild Tongue”, Gloria Anzaldua conveys the message that language is an individual’s identity as she delves into the experiences of Chicano Mexicans including herself. She implements a number of personal experiences to provide a credible, rational, and emotional appeal. Background information is also included for credibility as well as quotes from other people to contribute to the passage. This along with the tropes and schemes anaphora, polysyndeton,…

after it won its independence in 1836. President Polk wanted California and New Mexico as well. He offered Mexico $30 million dollars. When Mexico refused, President Polk sent troops to occupy the border across the Rio Grande river, a disputed area of the Texas and Mexico border. Polk declared war when American troops met resistance from the Mexican cavalry. After two years of fighting, with a confused and weak military, Mexico lost the war. A third of its territory…

In the Name of Love The story of Enrique’s Journey depicts the everyday life of immigrants trying to make it out of their hellish surroundings and create a life for themselves that is not full of the terrors that they are used to. In Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario, Enrique deals with problems so immense, that they alter his life forever. The story starts off when Enrique is only a young child living in Honduras, a struggling country. By the time Enrique is 5 years old, his mother sets off to…

For example it told of the Rio Grande River, on the border of Mexico and United States, that carries so much pollution and disease it is hazardous and undrinkable. The documentary also make also makes the case that we can eventually run out of water. It is very moving and makes the…

One of the best classic western films ever made by a director who was so versatile that many people might confuse him with other great western directors like John Ford or Anthony Mann, but Howard Hawks had an eye for character driven stories, had an expert sense of visual style, and knew how to use actors better than most. Hawks was one of those classic Hollywood directors that could easily orchestrate the action and compelling aspects that make a great western, and Red River is one. The film…

The United States is known by many people as the land of opportunity and freedom. For the most part, this is true- we are privileged to have certain rights that other countries do not. For example: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and many others that give us the right to live freely and believe what we want instead of being told what to believe. However, there are also many problems with being such a sought after country. Some people are desperately seeking refuge here and…

Being raised in the United States, many Mexican Immigrants face cultural and social difficulties. Gloria Anzaldua exposes her feelings in her short story “How to Tame a Wild Tongue”. Growing up in the Rio Grande most of her work was influenced by the borderlands which refers to the border between Mexico and United States. “Borderlands,” she writes, “are physically present wherever two or more cultures edge each other, where people of different races occupy the same territory” (Anzaldua 205). The…

has a fresh start or their last option. Near the Mexican-American border “ life is dominated by the presence of American manufacturers”*, just “south of the United States border, where maquiladoras- plants be marketed in the United States”*. In Rio Grande, lies “a flat industrial city of perhaps 300,000 people”* . With all the booming business one may assume that life there must be amazing, but that is not the case. In the areas surrounding the Maquiladoras, “the shacks are made of scraps…

Critical Essay 1 Even though the majority of students in the Rio Grande Valley are Hispanic, there is still diversity in our community. We need to be aware of the different socioeconomic backgrounds that students come from and make sure that we provide as much as we can to all of our students so that no one is singled out and embarrassed about needing help. For example; I remember being provided the tri-fold poster for the science fair in elementary school, then suddenly one year we had to get…

Mountain theory. Most researchers believe the Apishapa to have its origins with the Plains people. Another cultural group Echo-Hawk talks about are the Southwestern people. Pawnee oral history speaks of ancestors who lived in the southwest, past the Rio Grande. Bert Peters, a Pawnee man, says that these ancestors lived in mud and stone buildings. This can be matched to Antelope Creek, Apishapa, and perhaps to Great Bend architecture. Echo-Hawk provides proof of the various ancestral groups…