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Preview of Main Points: First, I will discuss the story of La Virgen de Guadalupe and the importance in the Mexican culture. Then, I will discuss how I identify myself with this culture and one experience in which I explain why la Virgen de Guadalupe is important to me.

Lazarillo de Tormes is a famous work of Spanish literature published anonymously. The novel is written in the first person. Lazarillo de Tormes is known as a picaresque novel in that the novel is written about a character of the lower-class instead of a hero or upper-class character. The novel has several themes, but the theme that is constant throughout the novel is appearance versus reality. A rhetorical device is a use of language that is intended to have an effect on its audience. The author utilizes several rhetorical devices in the novel which add emphasis to the story. For the purposes of this paper, the following rhetorical devices are analyzed: satire, simile, hyperbole, double entendre and parody. The novel, which was banned by the Spanish Crown during the time of the Spanish inquisition, is the story of the birth and life Lazarillo as he serves various masters and his struggle for survival. His struggle is real. Many of the rhetorical devices serve to add humor to the novel as well.

     As a young child, Rodriguez finds comfort and safety in his noisy home full of Spanish sounds. Spanish, is his family's' intimate language that comforts Rodriguez by surrounding him in a web built by the family love and security which is conveyed using

Una de las principales fuentes de riesgo que presenta Pecom ante este escenario, es sin duda el

Within the works of “Fiesta, 1980” it takes us in the lives of a Latin American family. We are described a traditional style Latino family were there is a dominate father figure, a submissive mother, and obedient children more or less. There are two boys the eldest Rafa and the youngest Yunior and their younger sister Madai. During the transgression of the story it is conveyed through the eyes of Yunior. And like any typical family it has its own story to tell.

One of the amazing factors involving Maria Martinez's work has been the incredible length of time that she has spent in producing her pottery. Her life has been spent learning,

1830: President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act authorizing the move of of several tribes to Western lands. 1830: The Choctaws sign a treaty exchanging 8 million acres of land east of the Mississippi for land in Oklahoma. 1832: Democrat Andrew Jackson is re-elected president over his opponents, gathering 216 electoral votes to National Republican candidate Henry Clay's 49. 1834: Anti-Catholic protestors burn the Ursuline convent in Somerville, Massachusetts. 1836: Massachusetts Supreme Court rules that any slave brought within its borders by a master is free.

Antonio was born from a family who were so attached to their culture and prideful of it; the cultures from his mother’s side and his father’s side were opposite and this created tension on the young boy’s life. He was born in New Mexico to a Mexican-American family during the end of the second world war. His father’s side the “Marez” want for him to become a vaquero a man from el llano; from his mother’s side the “Luna”, they want for him to become a priest. His family has been fighting over what Antonio will become; Antonio struggles with this cultural clash. Antonio does not know what to do, he does not want to disappoint his father's family or his mother’s, he feels a lot of pressure on him.

For this reason, this essay will focus on telling about the great feats that Vicente Guerrero did during the war and after it.

Rodriguez is ashamed. He is ashamed with the fact his espanol is no longer his main language. The author presents, “I grew up a victim to a

Estrella’s development is portrayed through Viramontes’ selection of detail, specifically choosing tools and Perfecto Flores. The first representation of Viramontes’ selection of detail is Estrella’s opinion of the tools. In the beginning of the excerpt, Estrella describes the tools as “confusing and foreign” symbolizing her struggle with literacy and understanding her culture. In the end, Estrella realizes the “power of [the tool’s] function” representing her knowledge of the alphabet and its importance in reading. The second representation of Viramontes’ selection of detail is Estrella’s opinion of Perfecto Flores. In the beginning, Estrella is confused about Perfecto, asking “so what is this about?” This symbolizes her confusion with the alphabet and her teachers’ view of dirtiness. In the end, Perfecto’s purpose becomes clear through his “job well done.” Perfecto’s clarity represents Estrella’s knowledge of the

In The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, the author presents the reader with recurring mysterious images and characters. In visual art, repetition of colors, shapes and textures is used to create unity, emphasis and rhythm. Because Diaz is painting his story with words he is using the literary device of repetition for the same reasons, for emphasis, to create a rhythm and to tie the account together. The narrative of Oscar and the Cabral and De Leon families and friends moves back and forth in time and the repetition of images with slight variations is a powerful way of maintaining and connecting the story line or theme in what may seem like a jumble of events. The “man with no face” and “paginas en blanco” , ‘blank pages’ or missing words are just a few of the recurring symbols used to connect past, present and further and to emphasize the predictable yet random feelings and consequences of 'Fuku'. By looking more closely at how and why these symbols were used, the major theme represented in the story of Oscar’s wonderful life, becomes apparent.

This book gives readers a view of how a young boy that has experience much death during his early childhood and how he handles it. Antonio is the protagonist in the book in which since his birth his destiny is bought upon by his parents to be a priest for the farmers or be a free like the vaqueros of the llanos. Antonio gives us an understanding of curaderismo with what is being taught by Ultima that gives me a view to a world that he was unaware of it. With Maria Luna shows readers the importance in having faith in religion as also know that there is not just one but there are several gods. Also, we are taught about what how our earth provides for us with several food essentials. With the Luna family readers get learn on how famers would use the moon to know when exactly to plant crops. Ultima shows the readers another way of how natural provide without having to plant while respecting the

The story “Mrs. Perez”, by Oscar Casares, gives the reader a real taste of the main character’s life, Mrs. Perez, through flashbacks, the use of the Spanish language, and the dynamic of her family life. The author’s use of literary devices such as, the use of Spanish and flashbacks, creates a real believable character. Casares gives the reader a real slice of life in this story. Realism is a major key to writing excellent excerpts. It gives the reader the ability to relate and sympathize with the story and characters.

　　The key period of the evolution of modern electronic computer is in between the late 1930s and the early 1950s. Not all of them were invented by the mathematician or physician. Among those machines were pioneering computers put together by english academics notably Manchester/Ferrenti Mark 1, built at Manchester University by Frederic Williams and Thomas Kilburn. And the EDSAC, Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator built by Maurice Wilkes at Cambridge University.