Spanish Empire

Despite the years of speech therapy and the frustration that comes with the fact I still cannot order a #4 Combo at Taco Bell (I can't say '4,' seriously, I have to say "The Mexican Pizza Combo" every single time! Anyways, I digress)-I would not change my Apraxia. I would not want to get rid of it. I would hate to lose my accent. I would hate to have missed the journey I went on. I would have missed the late nights of homework between speech therapy and school. I would have missed out on…

Ramos tends to write from a place that is both inside and outside mainstream America, he holds well-defined positions on the strengths and weaknesses of U.S. culture and politics today. Ramos continues to reach a wide domestic and international audience as a broadcaster, and as an author. He made the decision to be an author in order to get his voice across. Based on this analysis, Jorge Ramos is both a creation of and a contributor to the pervasive presence of the mass media in contemporary…

particularly in my spanish writing and speaking skills. Being part of a spanish speaking family allowed me to believe I was already great in spanish, however, to my surprise AP Spanish Language taught me I had much more to learn. Through the class, I was able to enhance my spanish speaking skills, that allowed me to be able to talk to my peers in spanish, which was something kinda new to me since most of the time I spoke to them in English. I became quite fluent and confident about speaking…

These independence movements had a focus specifically on local issues which created issues in future years. “The revolts had started not as a revolution but as a protest in the mold of colonial uprisings- aimed not at independence or the overturning of the colonial regime, but at righting local wrongs, replacing abusive local officials, and reducing taxes and other unpopular governmental demands” (page 174). However, this is not what ended up happening and grievances overall were not addressed…

Sor Juana was a Mexican nun, scholar and poet. She advocated for women’s education in the 1600s. Women during this time did not have as many opportunities as men did not only in education but also in equal work pay, politics and overall rights. Many men did not believe women had virtue, therefore, they denied them the right to be educated, vote and be separated from men. Sor Juana wanted to make a difference in the world for women, so she became self educated with the support of the Viceroy…

I was born in Virginia, but I have moved back and forth across cultures, having grandparents living in three different countries and having spent six years of my life in Puerto Rico. As I reflect on the question, I realize that these places certainly provided subtle traits that contributed to who I am, such as the urge to never start eating without saying “buen provecho” to the table, as all Puerto Ricans do; my quiet “Andean” demeanor; and, as a good “Washingtonian,” my liking for debate, as I…

Hidalgo is a great movie that tells the legend of Frank Hopkins who was an actual man in history. The film came out in 2004 and revived the genre of the classic Westerns that were once produced. Also this film has a great theme with a classic storyline displaying the adventures Frank and his horse Hidalgo have together. Frank is a typical cowboy that only cares for himself, however throughout his conventional western journey following the usual hero quest he is transformed and embraces his…

and contrast between English and Spanish and how cultural imperialism is a contributing…

I agree with what Domingo Martinez stated in his memoir Boy Kings of Texas, "Texas Mexicans and Californian Mexicans are very different from each other –the same genetic code but completely different in accent and habit" (Martinez 93). However, while reading his memoir I found that although Texas Mexicans and Californian Mexicans are different, no one culture is superior or less “scary”. Taking into consideration the fact that he was a male growing up in the 1980's on the boarder of Texas and…

The country of Costa Rica is relatively located in Central America, between Panama and Nicaragua, and located at the absolute location of 9.95° N, 84° W. It is bordered by Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south. Roughly half the size of Iceland and smaller than the state of West Virginia, Costa Rica has 19,560 square miles of land. Costa Rica lies in the formal region of Central America and Costa Rica itself. An example of one of the country’s functional regions would be the range of the…