Spanish–American War

certainly very different to what is was like at the beginning of her trip when she was backpacking around New Zealand. Then, it was exciting and she was constantly meeting new people, learning English but also speaking Spanish a lot still as she would constantly meet other Spanish speaking travelers. There were new life experiences, exploration, adventures and freedom that comes with being somewhere new so far away from home. At the moment it is a “common” life. She goes to work every day and…

Adventure of Don Chipote or, When Parrots Breast-Feed by Daniel Venegas, it was of utmost importance to note Nicolás Kanellos put great effort into the circulation of said novel in Spanish and English. Kanellos, in his findings, contends that Spanish-language immigrant novels more accurately present the wickedness of American society such as the oppression of immigrant workers. Presumptuously, Kanellos could have felt so passionately about circulating this particular novel due to the fact that…

When the Spanish came into Peru, Spanish speakers mistreated bilingual Peruvians (Quechua and Spanish). They are treated like children and also as second rate citizens which means that they are not allowed to enter some locations. An example would be the Larco mall in Peru. Another type of discrimination…

The poem “Bilingual/Bilingue”, by Rhina. P. Espaillat describes how a young girl is struggling with her combined cultures and two separate languages. The girl was born in a Mexican family who speak Spanish, but she is bilingual(bilingue) and speaks both Spanish and English. The girl must must struggle with the fact father fears that, because she is bilingual, that she will lose the part that connects them together, that being their shared language. The poem utilizes language, imagery, as well…

Whenever I am with my family or relatives, we usually communicate in Spanglish – (considered non-standard English); this is a way for my parents to practice their English Language, for me to keep part of my culture by speaking Spanish and an effective way to communicate with my family or close friends. At some point, I wanted my parents to speak English only, and thought for a moment they were limited or would be ignored in our society, however, I now understand that my parents…

The last one I found that I need to improve everything when it comes to writing in general. I have two problems; First is every time I am going to write something I always think about the subject in Spanish and that is a big problem because in Spanish is different from English. Everything is backward and the verbs and transitions are very different. That makes it more difficult for me because I have to go back and try to make sense on what I am writing. The second problem that I have is, that…

Women across Latin America have been mistreated as a result of gender roles. Gender roles are created to organize a social hierarchy or norms between men and women. Women are often placed in a non authoritative position under men and are discriminated against as a result of these norms. In certain countries gender roles have created a serious problem between men and women. Gender roles in Latin America have undermined female education, and this has affected their involvement in labor and…

established throughout our history and home of a plethora of communities that have origins from around the world. Within these different pockets of communities are a wide range of different languages that differ from the Standard English tongue that many Americans are accustomed to. Even throughout the English verbiage, there are different styles and accents to the language that represents the United States. It can easily be said that English is the dominant language of our country but can it be…

“private language” to depict the difference his heritage, culture, and spanish language, have with the American lifestyle, and english language. “Private language” to Rodriguez signifies the private spanish language his family and himself shared at home. Outside their home he considered it to be public, because everybody shared the same common language that is english. His family however stood out because of their ability to speak spanish, but it was mainly used inside their household where it…

The soliloquy of act 2 scene 2 is focused on inner struggles with revenge. Earlier in this scene, Hamlet asks the actors to recite the story of Priam. While viewing this play hamlet realized the flaw in all that he has been doing, or hasn’t been doing, to act revenge on Claudius. Claudius killed Hamlet's father and stole the crown and hamlet is the only one who knows so he hatches a plan. He has made a few attempts of Claudius' life but failed. He is beating himself up at this point. As the play…