Analysis Of The Book ' New York City '

In his book, Here is New York, E.B. White says about New York, "The city is like poetry: it compresses all life, all races and breeds, into a small island and adds music and the accompaniment of internal engines." This elegant statement is an illustration of White's belief that New York Is one of the cultural centers of the world. But for what reasons is this true? For what reasons are big cities such tremendous Centers of culture and creativity?

Throughout the book, it is evident that predominantly only the observations and perspectives of Anglo-American males were presented rather than the ones belonging to native Latinos men which, arguably, can be problematic as the audience is only exposed to what Americans have to say on Mexican- American culture adaptation. This exclusion of the native voice can especially be seen at the section regarding targeting women as the crucial point in infiltrating the Mexican home with Americanized ideals. According to Sanchez, during 1915, there was a clear mindset that thought the “housekeeper creates the atmosphere” in the family and should “the female adopt American values, the rest of her family would follow” (Sanchez 99). Home teachers were told to teach women songs in English about the duty of women such as “…like to wash, to sew, to cook”. Yet, after six years, women stilled lacked behind men in English skills which, were seen as the a crucial part of Americanization. Unsurprisingly, the lack of success in the Americanization of women was perceived to be the “patriarchal nature of the Mexican Family”(Sanchez 101). Disappointingly, Sanchez did not include the Mexican female voice into this section, which could have provided more insights on how the women themselves felt about the Americanization programs and how they perceived the roles they played within their family, as he felt that professors such as Emory Bogardus (Sanchez 101) from University of Southern California has a more right to talk about Mexicano family structure than the Mexicans

The author of this essay is a university student. In this particular essay, the author explains Mexican culture from a medical point of view. The topics that are covered in this essay are all related to health and medicine. The introduction of Mexico is discussed in detail followed by how Mexican’s understand death and birth. The author also mentions about how this particular group defines health and sickness. It is also discussed about what this cultural group does to maintain wellness. The author also throws light upon the causes that the Mexican’s think are responsible for illness. Another thing that is described in this essay is about how the healers of this society heal the people belonging to this society. Lastly, the author has explained about how an occupational therapist should deliver care to an individual belonging to Mexican culture.

The health care system in the U.S. is used less than its full capacity by Hispanic women, especially after recent migration to the U.S. Among recent immigrants, protective factors such as traditions, health values and behaviors are shown to guard and strengthen health. Safeguards to health deteriorate sharply as they acculturate to U.S. society ((Sanchez-Birkhead, 2010).

Karen Abbott, a New York Times Bestselling author of “Sin in the Second City” and “American Rose”, Abbott reveal in her book “Lair, Temptress, Solider, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War” was published by Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins in 2014 contends that four major powerful women had endangered their lives to become a soldier spy during the Civil War. Karen Abbott analyzes based on a true story of how women 's roles are portrayed to accommodate political work, used primary sources including dairies, letters, newspaper. The author describes the individual women in varied personality in a way of lair, temptress, a solider and a spy who all shared the same challenges that involves in risk-taking decision in America history.

Currently, nearly one in eight U.S. residents is an immigrant (Baum & Flores, 2011). By 2050, about one in five U.S. residents will be foreign-born (Teranishi, Suárez-Orozco, & Suárez-Orozco, 2011). Ensuring this growing population obtains a proper education is to assure their further contribution to the society, specifically, the first-generation immigrant women is one of the essential groups that could contribute to the economic sustainability and growth for the nation. The most direct way to help the first-generation immigrant women is to help them obtain educational attainment and skills regarding overcome multiple barriers, such as English deficiency, lack of financial aid for education, and household burden. The study of the clients who

In this case study I will explore certain possible dynamics related to culture and ethnicity that have been reported in relation to the psychology of Mexican Americans as well as other immigrant communities. Cristal is a 16-year-old Mexican American female. Cristal seems to be experiencing some distress in her life, which seems to stem from cultural conflict rather than inherent psychopathology. Cristal is struggling with the question of whether she should stay home and care for her mother and family or if she should go away to college. She

The paper reviews the practice and policy related issues of the article “Away from Home: Paradoxes of Parenting for Mexican Immigrants”. This paper will also describe what I learned by reading this article and how it will be helpful for me as a social worker. The first practice related issue that many Mexican immigrants face is lack of education. This lack of education often times prevents them from acquiring well –paying jobs which then effects their daily lifestyles.

The article titled, "I'm Here, but I'm There": The Meanings of Latina Transnational Motherhood by Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo and Ernestine Avila, discusses how Transnational Motherhood is reconstructing the ideology of what it mean to be a mother. Due to financial necessity mothers from Central America and Mexico are moving to the United States for jobs. They are not trying to reside in the United States permanently. Their ultimate goal is to make enough until for their children and families to be stable financially before heading back home. I find this research interesting because these women have set aside the emotional aspect of mothering that relies on physical affection and care and focused being the primary financial provider their

Jonathan Earl Franzen is a current American novelist and essayist. He was born on August 17, 1959. His well popular novels include "The Corrections", "Freedom" and "Purity" not only drew him widespread critical acclaim but also earned him National Book Award, which titled Franzen a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist.

Upon returned to the United States Oswald moves around quite frequently, eventually ending up in New Orleans. This is where the most mysterious and perplexing chapter of his life took place. In 1963, Oswald is employed at the Reily Coffee Company, where he is fired from only months later. He also starts a one-man chapter of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee and began pro-Castro propaganda in New Orleans. Oddly enough, the return address on Oswald’s pro-Castro leaflets was 544 Camp Street, New Orleans. This happened to be the same building where Guy Banister, a former FBI agent, was working to overthrow Castro. A close comrade to Banister was the familiar David Ferrie. Both Banister and Ferrie did investigative work for Carlos Marcello, the mafia chieftain in New Orleans and the prime target of the Kennedys’ war on organized crime. Was Oswald playing a kind of double game in New Orleans? His actions raise important questions about his true attitude toward Cuba and whose side he was really on. In September of 1963, Oswald was seen on a bus heading from Houston to Mexico City, where he tries to defect once more. He plans to fight for Castro and return to Russia. He attempts to obtain a visa to Cuba, and he was told that he could only enter Cuba under a temporary visa, and only in transit to the Soviet Union. Oswald is later informed by KBG officers that it would take several months to obtain a Soviet visa and that without one he would not be able to go to Cuba.

The ethnographic work, Becoming Legal: Immigration Law and Mixed-Status Families by Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz seeks to reveal the ways in which the immigrant system in the United States ultimately tears families apart as an underhanded sacrifice for the advancement of the American economy. Even though the United States Immigrant System is designed with the goal of family reunification in mind, it only applies to select individuals and can attest to how America’s inequalities impact immigrant law and policies (Gomberg-Muñoz:2016:viii). Seeing as how this country was founded by a variety of immigrants, it is only fitting that they continue to be a driving force in all aspects of American society. Latin American immigrants deserve a little more recognition

In Representation of Mexican American Migrant the author writes, “both Rivera and Viramontes do not shy away from presenting the multiple forms of oppression experienced by migrant families, such as:… lack of access to medical and social services” (Rangl). The authors have both concluded that the family in La Tierra did not have access to medical services. As mentioned earlier in this article, In La Tierra the father gets sick and never gets to go to the hospital. The father stayed outside the house relying on his wife who was not a physician for the medical help he needed. The father could not get proper professional medical help because they lack access to medical help as mentioned in Rangel and Beck’s

However, in the absence of collective outcry and tangible solutions, it would be more accurate to say that we, as a society, have become numb to the pain. President Obama sounds more like Prophet Amos than a statesman when he bemoans our religious platitude that fails to act: "Our thoughts and prayers are not enough. It 's not enough. It does not capture the heartache and grief and anger that we should feel, and it does nothing to prevent this carnage from being inflicted someplace else in America -- next week, or a couple months from now."

When given an irresistible opportunity, temptation will cause one to jump at the chance. This statement applies when taking power into consideration. Many will find themselves overwhelmed by the possibilities it has to offer, resulting in the only outcome of abuse. A similar situation occurs in Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities. Throughout the novel the two social classes, the nobility and the peasants, find themselves in possession of power.