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    How would you react to hearing that your neighbor was being evicted because they could not afford to pay their rent? Or when someone robs your store and tells you that they did it to feed their family? Would you immediately feel pity for someone who is obviously less fortunate than you are or would you think “oh well, that’s not my problem?” Unfortunately, we live in a world where, when someone else’s experiences or lifestyle does not affect us directly, then we do not know how they feel nor do…

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    The supreme court justices Samuel Alito answered to this case that Mr. Salina didn't have the right to remain silent. Mr. Salina was free to leave, which didn't insert his Miranda rights and he had therefore no right to remain silent. Justices Samuel Alito stated that Mr. Salina´s should have affirmatively invoked his rights, because without Mr. Salina´s having a lawyer or being told the Miranda rights he should have been more affirmative about his invoking. (http://www.slate.com/articles/news_a…

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    In the case of Miranda vs. Arizona, Mr. Miranda was not aware of his rights, therefore he was acquitted of the charges they were going to give him. However, in Salina vs. Texas (2013) his rights were essentially violated because not only was he not told of his rights, but because he was silent the prosecution wanted to use that as evidence against him. Being silent should not be used to determine someone’s guilt…

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    The investigation led them to Genovevo Salinas who agreed to accompany the officers to the police station for questioning. Salinas was not under arrest or read his Miranda rights during this time. Salinas answered all questions except one on the shotgun shells at the crime scene matching his gun. Salinas became quiet. Eventually, a ballistics analyst matched Salinas’ gun with the shells from the scene. However, Salinas went on the run and was not recaptured for another 15 years…

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    areas of Salinas and Spreckels California. Under the concept of phenomenology, the purpose of the study is to observe and look at the experiences and challenges that many Latino field workers face when dedicating their time and effort in maintaining the production of strawberries and lettuce. For many years, the Salinas agricultural fields have been raised by motivated and hardworking individuals who have dedicated their time and effort growing and taking care of the crops. The area of Salinas…

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    People would say,"You're going to get killed in Salinas" and for a moment I fell for it, so of course freaking out was my first instinct. Now that I've been in Salinas for three years going to four I'm getting used to living here. This community motivates me so much, more motivation than the one given in San Jose. While we lived in San Jose my brother and I had no idea of where we wanted to go to college or if we even wanted to go to college. Living in Salinas has made me realize that college is…

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    paper means a lot to me, maybe I can get a scholarship or a grant or something to help me out with school this year. A real life even that has happen time is, when my parents got a divorce my dad stayed in Scott and me, my mom and my sisters moved to Salina. Growing up in two different places was a little different and a little rough I wouldn't wish it on anyone. Having divorced parents that live three hours away from each other suck and when you only get to see one of them every so often…

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    2. Steinbeck is Genuinely the Product of His Social Milieu: A writer is an offshoot of the surroundings he is born in or brought up in. The social milieu, he lives in is a part and parcel of his creativity. It is very suitably said that the writers are not born rather they are shaped by the milieu they live in. It furnishes them with the raw material for their writings. Steinbeck’s works deal with a number of issues that he practically encounters in his social panorama. Out of all these issues,…

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    2010). More groundwater pumping leads to localized over-drafting which in turn causes saltwater intrusion into any of its six water basins: Parajo Valley, Prunedale, Salinas Valley, Marina Fort Ord, Carmel, or El Toro (Public Services, 2010). Arguably the most important basin is the Salinas Valley because it is home to the Salinas River which not only supplies water for the surrounding agricultural fields, but also can also easily overflow and kill the crops if not properly maintained…

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    mentioned before, the Salinas Valley is depicted as a "closed pot" and that remains crucial in opening the personality of Elisa. It can be stated that at the time when Steinbeck wrote his story, women still were oppressed, although received certain rights and benefits, thus, this setting and background played a key role in Elisa's desire to feel strong and independent. Actually, the author through physical isolation of Elisa by setting his story in an isolated ranch in the Salinas Valley,…

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