Valencia

grew up it was her mother's dream and what her mother told her before she died was “Gabby go be a star ballerina and make me proud”. Next, gaby packed all of her belongings and left the orphanage forever she was going to broadway to meet Simone Valencia a super famous ballerina and to Admire Gaby's mother.Gabby was heading to the airport station but the guards didn't let her because they don't allow children on the airplane only if they were high class.Gabby explained that it was very…

Boom! Goes many shots that killed Haitians within a blink of an eye. The Farming of Bones tells the story of Amabelle who was a servant to the family of Señora Valencia. Her life was infringed by the horrific events dictated by Dictator Trujillo in order to massacre many Haitians. Haitians were forced over the border into Haiti. Many people went peacefully over the border, but thousands of people died because of the Parsley Massacre. The book is effective with the descriptions of the Parsley…

Juan Luis Vives wrote ‘De Institutione Feminae Christianae’ in 1524 to impart his, arguably modern, views on the education of Christian women onto his audience. Born in Valencia in 1492, Vives was a Spaniard and as member of a Jewish family he was well educated. He attended the University of Valencia before moving to Paris where he gave private lectures and began writing Treatise of his own. This particular source was written for Catherine of Aragon, and was the first of its kind to address…

my heart in a way that no one else could. I adore Billy 's incredible personality, I strongly dislike the German soldiers that imprisoned all of your characters and the people who wanted to murder Billy. I feel empathetic for Billy 's first wife, Valencia since Billy met Montana and dies in a plane crash. However, Mr. Vonnegut, you have truly and utterly wrecked me. Your graphics hit me harder than The Fault In Our Stars and Me Before You did, so I have decided I must fall down a flight of…

One of the great things of being a human is the ability to make your own decisions. Throughout the novel Slaughterhouse-Five we as the reader are able to take a glimpse of what life would be like without the ability to make any decisions. Billy Pilgrim, the main character, begins life not being able to make any decisions. His father made all of his decisions and never allowed Billy to be himself. This is just the start of Billy’s path. He is then drafted into the Army and has once again been…

academic goal of studying Orthodontics at the University of Florida's Dental College and graduating, and my career goal of actually becoming and Orthodontist. Valencia could help me achieve some of these goals by allowing me to complete some prerequisite classes towards my Associate's degree which is the first steps in my education. Valencia can also help me with my career goal by becoming connected with other dentists through internships. I am very determined to utilize all the resources…

On the surface, Slaughter-house Five, by Kurt Vonnegut presents the idea that humans have no free will. Vonnegut uses the lack of free will as a metaphor for the helplessness that people feel faced with situations beyond their control. However, the novel can be reexamined to show the opposite; not only do we have free will, but the choices we make are supremely important. Unexplainable tragedies such as war, disease, and famine appear to be inevitable, engendering an overwhelming sense of…

During this semester, I have been forced to take a deep look at what motivates me and influence my decisions in life. It causes me to do a sincere introspection to see find out my purpose. Having a purpose is so essential as it is what defines our reason for living and pushes us to do what we were in-a-sense destined to do. Our natural talents and skills, were meant for something bigger than just for ourselves. Discovering my purpose has only intensified my drive. Also, it helps me to feel…

During the summer all the trees are full of big juice yellow mangos, is quite amazing how they surrounded the city of Valencia; many people just seat on the road eating the mangos that fell from the trees. This is just an example of the little beautiful things that happen in this magical city every day, growing up here was like having new adventures all the time but occasionally life doesn't go as planned. When I was 5 years old my parents already had divorced, which was a confusing time for my…

The horrors and afflictions of war are personal and impossible to show through a single person. War is very… damaging both mentally and physically. Your enemy changes based on what side you are on. The horrors and afflictions of war are personal and impossible to show through a single person. Kurt Vonnegut uses the psychological lens in Slaughterhouse Five as a tool to show the horrors of multiple soldiers pain in the war and is converted into Billy to create a deeper and easier understanding of…