Underdog

Ding, dong. DING, DONG, the extremely irritating doorbell rang. Waiting was hard. I just wanted to burst through those doors and finally meet Michelle’s new baby hedgehog, who she had been telling me about for weeks. I was impatiently hopping from one foot to another when I heard footsteps coming closer. “Caitlin!” she exclaimed as soon as she opened the door. “Come on, come on, Quilliam’s upstairs!” I could hardly contain my excitement as I pushed past her and ran up the wooden stairs to her brother’s room. I stopped so suddenly I almost got whiplash and there he was. He was about the size of a tennis ball, and curled up protectively. His spikes were spotted with white and brown specks that quivered every time someone would attempt to pet him. Michelle placed him into his little upside down plastic igloo and handed him to me. I watched in silence as he slowly started to unfurl, and his spikes lowered. The fur on his stomach was ivory and a drastic texture difference from his back. His little black wet nose was moving around, sniffing at his surroundings. I could very clearly hear him breathe and then become spastic and sneeze whenever someone tried to touch him. His eyes were round and a warm black. He had a defiant sort of how-dare-you-wake-me-up-you-human, but also an oh-my-god-I’m-so-scared-I-think-I-just-peed look on his little face, and it was adorable. His tiny feet and hands were a baby pink and slightly webbed-looking. Quilliam started to crawl around in his igloo,…

The ability to overcome tough obstacles in an individual's life is known as human resilience. The book “Boys in the boat”, written by Daniel James Brown, is about a young man named Joe Rantz, who is on the rowing team for the University of Washington. He had to overcome many challenges regarding his past, but it didn’t stop him from gaining a spot on the United States Olympic crew team. He helped lead his team to victory, despite the hardships of living alone as a teenager. The second story…

From Sleep Unbound by Andrée Chedid depicts a young girl who feels imprisoned by religion and her family. This young girl’s name is Samya. At 15 she is sent off to marry a 45-year old man. The novel begins with the murder of her husband and we are shown through flashbacks her life and how she got to this breaking point. We experience through descriptive imagery that she is extremely unhappy with her life where she lives with her husband and her sister-in-law. Sleep is used as a re-occurring…

“Do not get cornered. Do not let your guard down. Do not let them out of your sight if found. This will be easy if we are smart about it.” Jénte’s husky, authoritive voice rings out. “Ryder and I will take the North sector. Amena and Rahiel will take the South sector. Elmen and Norey will take the East sector. Will you be okay to take the West sector on your own, Aldy?” Aldy grins, “You know I can.” “Is this arrangement okay with everyone?” Jénte smiles to us. I begin to protest, but stop myself…

The True Colors of the Revolution The Underdogs is a fascinating story of the Mexican Revolution and its effects on some of the people. It was a perfect blend of fiction in the form of characters and personalities, and history in the form of events and occurrences. Mariano Azuela, a medic during the Revolution definitely infused his personal experiences into the story to make it full and real. Azuela did not clean up the revolution for the reader and make it look completely heroic. He displayed…

Introduction The Underdogs has long being debated about whether it have reflected the Mexican Revolution accurately. This essay try to prove that The Underdogs wrote about part of the Revolution through analyzing its limitations in terms of time, space, protagonists and so on. And truly The Underdogs is a great epic work about Mexican Revolution. Summary about the novel The Underdogs was a novel had its background set in the Mexican Revolution. It mainly described a group of Indians who want…

Underdog- The colonists were the underdogs. We had a weak army and navy. Our colony was hastily organized, as well as our army. We had almost no supplies. The British army was very strong and well-trained. They had many supplies and ammunition. They were exceptionally organized.. They had a smarter army and they knew exactlly what to do. On the other hand, our colonist army was very small and we could not stand up to the Redcoats. But, Washington came up with a strategy. The plan was sneak up…

While The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican Revolution written by Mariano Azuela depicts the character Demetrio Macias, an Indian man, who joins forces in the revolutionary army of Francisco “Pancho” Villa and rises up the ranks from a local leader to a general. Taking place during the time of the Mexican Revolution (1910 - 1920) the conflict began as an attempt by a middle-class movement to overthrow the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz (1876 – 1911) with the goal of establishing meaningful,…

“The Underdogs” follows the rise and fall of Demetrio Macias and his group of rebels during the Mexican Revolution of the early nineteen hundreds. The novel charts Demetrio's rise from farmer to general of the northern rebel army, and his following decline and the fall of his army. The Mexican Revolution started as a series of local/personal fights, then turns into a national movement. Cervantes’ changes from the beginning of the novel to the end. “The Underdogs” is considered both a Latin…

every game. This leads to a classic dilemma: your team isn’t playing, but you still want to watch the game, and supporting no one is boring, so, who do you support? Who is worthy of your emotional investment for the next two hours? Often, it’s barely a dilemma. You inevitably support the underdog, hoping against hope they will pull off an upset, praying that by offering your support you’ll witness a miracle. It’s almost inherent. When Japan defeated the Springboks during the World Cup’s opening…