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hadn’t escaped, that all his suffering had been for naught, kindled his temper and his deep fear that aspiration was an illusion and the Street a labyrinth without exit, a mess of connecting alleys and avenues always leading back into itself” (87). First, “street” has already been described as the “antidote” of men who work hard to become successful. “Street” goes against the origins of many men (“pathology”) who worked hard to overcome. The use of “suffering” reiterates one’s sacrifice and…

Wolf of Wall Street This is not your average paper of “let me explain this out of box movie, with the dreamy Leonardo Dicaprio as the leading man”. No this is a paper of how a world of luxury and living the high life is really not so great when you are at the top. This is not just a movie showcasing his high, but it would not be an Oscar winning movie without showing his fall. Leonardo Dicaprio’s portrayal of Jordan Belfort was truly impeccable. Being that this is a true story, you start to…

are not the owners of their bodies, that black women would be faced with devastating opposition from the police and the court, and that the support of black men meant silencing their narratives. Danielle L. McGuire, author of “At the Dark End of the Street”, exposes coercive, interracial sex during the Civil Rights Era. Presently, everyday another woman came shared their experience of being sexually assaulted against one of many white, male celebrities. As I follow the stories of those women and…

One may not truly understand Berkeley until they delve deep into its history. Berkeley has faced extreme segregation as Martin Luther King Jr. Way Street, previously known as Grove Street until 1984, divided the city. Most of the minority groups lived on the worse off end and the majority, which consisted of primarily white residents, continued to enjoy the better services and schools of the city (Chavez & Frankenberg 2009). The zoning forced minority groups and Blacks to live alongside the…

emotions and questions. Sexuality can be an extremely confusing and frightening time for many young girls. Esperanza experiences a variety of new emotions and experiences new things because of her growing sexuality. In the book The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, Esperanza is a young girl facing many new challenges in her life including her developing sexuality. Symbolism is used in the text. Sandra Cisneros’s use of symbolism in the different shoes symbolizes Esperanza’s…

basis. Some really simple choices like getting out of bed or eating breakfast are things that people do now without thinking. But there are also big choices a person makes in their life that can either be really good or horrible. In the story “The Street of the Cannon”, Josephina Niggli illustrates that one bad choice can affect the rest of a person's life by using the elements characterization and conflict. Niggli portrays how one choice can affect the rest of the stranger's life by…

me to explore the city more with my remaining time. I began to briskly walk down Geary Street. The street was bustling. Other impulsive shoppers strutted down the far-reaching street, each…

Street Gangs: The Great Migration Gangs have increasingly become a serious problem over the past few decades. A report from the FBI’s 2011 National Gang threat assessment states that there are 1.4 million active gang members comprising of more than 33,000 gangs in the United States (MacBradaign, 2013). Many believe that the first street gangs started with the formation of the Crips and the Bloods between 1971-1972, but the first active street gangs in western civilization were reported by Pike…

Cisneros, Sandra. The House on Mango Street. New York: Vintage, 1984. Print. As I read The House on Mango Street, I discovered a few symbols. Such as the “Shoe” which could symbolize becoming a woman or embarrassment. Another symbol was the “Tree” which symbolized Esperanza; the book said that the trees didn’t belong in the neighborhood and that is how Esperanza felt. I also found some themes in the story. There was family, Esperanza didn’t feel close to her family, which might have…

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros was about the dream house of a young girl of Spanish descent, and the several times her family moved to a place which didn’t suit their needs. The Lawsuit by Naguib Mahfouz was about the troubles faced by a boy and his family when his fifty five year old dad decided to marry a pretty, young girl and brought her along to live in the same house. The House on Mango Street dealt with small house problems of a big family that moved often due to less space…