Santo Domingo

In regards to the press, for example, he said: “It was also said that I would not be well received by Haïti because I had at one time advocated the annexation of Santo Domingo to the United States, a measure to which Haïti was strongly opposed. Every occasion was embraced by the New York press to show that my experience in Haïti confirmed their views and predictions.". He tells us that to him, the United States never…

industry today is Jose Marie Borja Viceral or also known as Vice Ganda. “In recent years, Vice Ganda has risen to be a phenomenon known nationwide; everyone of all ages at some point would have heard of the infamous "Petrang Kabayo" and "Benjamin Santos." her "sharp, witty" one-liners earned him a spot in Punchline and The Library, and eventually her name "Vice Ganda," which was taken from her last name Viceral (Montano, 1).” In her 17 years of working with ABS-CBN and Star Cinemas, he has…

explained in the novel, Yunior’s father often spent most of his time in the US, where he worked hard to save up money. While he was in America, Yunior’s father would leave his family behind in a very dirty and poor neighborhood which was known as Santo Domingo. Due to his absence from home, Yunior has very unclear childhood memories of his father. According to him as a young boy, his father was just a strange mane who took a busted-up taxi to their house and occasionally brought toys that were…

Liberator of Slaves. Ruler of Saint Domingue. Military Commander. Toussaint Louverture, the legendary leader of the Haitian Revolution was one of the most influential military commanders in the late 1700s to early 1800s. He fought against France for the freedom of Haitian slaves, and, through great cunning, guerilla warfare, and sheer military prowess, he succeeded in freeing the slaves of Haiti. The three reasons listed above were his main personal achievements, and what he will forever be…

focus on how immigrants from Dominican Republic travel to the United States to have a better opportunity for their family and most importantly achieving the American Dream. The time period of the story is during the 1980’s and it takes place in Santo Domingo. The protagonist Yunior who tells his a story about his family migrating to the United States and growing up with no father. Throughout the chapters we see flashpoints about the narrator childhood and adulthood. His father left him and his…

Nicolas de Largillière, a French artist known mainly for his portraits of the upper bourgeoisie, painted Portrait of a Woman in 1696 with oil on canvas. It can be found hanging in the European galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Due to a lack of evidence, the identity of the sitter has been widely debated. What can be gathered from records and documentation is that it appears to be either Madame Marie de Thorigny or Hélène de Thorigny; two women from the same wealthy family that…

Junot Diaz’s book This Is How You Lose Her provides an insightful look into the experiences of love and loss, mostly through the eyes of its narrator, Yunior. Within this collection are stories of Yunior’s infidelity and the relationships of those around him; this includes tales of his family’s struggles with their respective partnerships. There is a subtle but evident shift in Yunior’s attitude as these stories progress, turning him into a more rounded character. Though greatly flawed, Yunior’s…

Frederick Douglass was born on February 7, 1817, in Tuckahoe, and died on February 20, 1895, in Washington, DC. He had a vast experience of life. Because Douglass was a slave, who had just run a successful escape, the wife of his master had taught him to read and write. She was unaware of the fact that law prohibited literate slave. Less than ten years after the escape, he became the first black to hold office in the US government. Douglass was one of the most important leaders of human rights…

Each country, state, region and town are able to produce people with a certain identity. Those from California are laid back, those from New York are in a hurry and are unfriendly, and those from the Caribbean can be considered violent. From these examples, it is clear to see that every different area in the world consists of people with a certain identity. But if these people were to migrate to a different area, say Japan, would their identities be affected? In the novel, The Brief and Wondrous…

Tis better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all. While often spouted in the face of failed romance, this is exactly the type of advice than can kill the members of the Cabral family. Junot Diaz's nove, The Brief Wondrous life of Oscar Wao, follows the lives of the members of the Cabral family, dating from the youngest and titular character, Oscar, to his long-dead aristrocratic grandfather, Alebard. The story is set in the wake of the family's fall from grace in the Dominican…