Dominican Republic: A Short Story

Within the unique culture of the Dominican Republic, the complex heritage of Arawak, Spanish, African, and French lore, is unique to the Dominican Republic compared to other Caribbean islands. Moreover, the country maintains close ties with the United States. Currently, the people of the Dominican Republic are striving to build a democracy against the unscrupulous and authoritarian politically privileged leadership. A large element that shapes Dominican national identity is its Spanish heritage. Currently in this country, light skin color, which is marked to reflect European ancestry, is valued, while dark skin tones indicate West African slave ancestry. The Roman Catholic cathedrals still are in existence and the majority of the population

The Dominican Republic is a country located on the island of Hispaniola with Haiti situated on its western end. It is a part of the West Indies Island group. Fertile valleys and forests cover the Dominican Republic. The capital and largest city is Santo Domingo. In Spanish, the country is known as La Republica Dominicana (Sagas 303). The population of the Dominican Republic is 10,464,000 (Nations of the World).

In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, she reveals that society enforces strong racial boundaries, and when one is only associated with another of a different race they are labelled as strange and regarded as an outsider. In the story, young Scout Finch learns life lessons from her father Atticus, a lawyer in their small town, Maycomb. Throughout the novel many people disapprove of Atticus for his job since he defends black people and for the way he raises his children to accept everyone no matter their skin color. Scout is often taunted and picked on for her dad’s profession at school and even by relatives; at Christmas time, their cousin, Francis, humiliates Scout for having “a [negro]-lover” as a dad and describes how it “[mortifies]

For my learners profile I have decided to pick Gabriela Reyes. She is a very sweet 7-year-old girl that came from Dominican Republic. She has been in the United States about 2 year. She migrated with her mother to the South Bronx and her father still lives in Dominican Republic. Gabriela is able to listen and speak in Spanish well. However, she is unable to read or write in Spanish. Her mother mentioned placing her in school in Dominican Republic before moving to the United States. Gabriela attends the public school 35, which is in district 9. District 9 is known as the poorest and very diverse neighborhood in the South Bronx. ENL classrooms since her arrival and her proficiency level at this moment are emerging. This year I had Gabriela in

The Dominican Republic or also known as La Republica Dominicana is a small island that is 18,816 square miles, located off the coast of Florida. The Dominicans of this land share their island with the Haitians. The island has a subtropical climate, mountains, rolling hills, and fertile river valleys. The economy is mainly dominated by sugar, which still earns much of the country's foreign exchange despite establishment of varied light industries and the development of nickel, mining and tourism. Coffee, cocoa, tobacco, and bananas are also a major export crop. But, despite their seemingly stable economy, and lush landscaping, a vast majority of the estimated 8,603,200 people that live there wish to migrate to the

When it comes to religion in the Dominican Republic, things were complicated. Religion changed with its political leaders. It all started with Christopher Columbus. In one of four voyages that Christopher Columbus sailed he found Santo Domingo. Christopher Columbus brought about Catholicism to the Native Taino people. When Columbus came, the population of Taino people went from around 1 million to 500 because of enslavement, European disease, warfare, and suicide. Due to this, sub-Saharan Africans were imported to be part of a slave labor force who were Spanish-speaking Christian Africans. In 1844 Santo Domingo gained its independence from Haiti. Then, from 1861 to 1865 Spain came back and reoccupied

The Geography of Dominican Republic Explored and claimed by Columbus on his first voyage in 1492, the island of Hispaniola became a spring board for Spanish conquest of the Caribbean and the American mainland. In 1697, Spain recognized French dominion over the western third of the island, which in 1804 became Haiti. The remainder of the island, by then known as Santo Domingo, sought to gain its own independence in 1821, but it was conquered and ruled by the Haitians for 22 years. It finally attained independence as the Dominican Republic in 1844. In 1861 the Dominicans voluntarily returned to the Spanish Empire, but two years later they launched a war that restored independence in 1865.

PINK is the best musician of her generation and is popular for more than just her music. Music has taken PINK through a long journey over the years, and it has shaped her to be the outstanding musician that she is today. As a child, teenager, and young adult, music got her through the struggles she was facing, and she has chosen to share the same music that got her through the hard times, with others who may be experiencing similar struggles to what her music represents. PINK also has a genuine passion and is not just all about the fame and fortune, but for the inspiration and hope it gives to others through something she is truly passionate about. As a child, PINK overcame a significant amount of dramatic stages, and by the time she became

The Dominican Republic is a Caribbean country also known as “Republica Dominicana” and two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola. Its shares the other one-third of its country with Haiti. Christopher Columbus discovered the island in 1492, and claimed it was a Spanish crown. (CIA.GOV). The Dominican Republic sits in the Caribbean Sea and is south of the Atlantic Ocean. It lies between the island of Puerto Rico and Cuba, and is mostly populated by people of European and African origin. The Dominican Republic claimed their independence from Haiti on February 27, 1844, and their government runs as a democracy till this day. 85.4% of their financial stability comes from services and tourism attractions, and about 14.6% of the Dominican Republic’s

There are four Mirabal sisters, Patria, Dede, Minerva, and Maria Teresa. They did something remarkable for all women who lived in the Dominican Republic. The girls started a revolution that they were doing things to stop Trujillo. Patria, Minerva,and Maria Teresa Died in the process. Six months after their deaths Trujillo was assassinated. Everything they did for women started then. Minerva was the sister that saw how Trujillo really was first. She felt like she was trapped, “ sometimes watching the rabbits in their pen, she’d I’m no different from you,poor thing.” She went to a Religious boarding school. Minerva met her first actual friend there. Sinita told Minerva things Trujillo did to her family. She didn’t really start believe El

It was a hot, searing day as the sun beat down on my skin. The lush green palm trees provided me shade as I sat and observed my surroundings. Children, barefoot and dirty, wearing tattered and stained clothes were running around laughing and playing. Their joyous giggles put a smile on my face and warmed my heart as I watched them.

In 1995, the Dominican Republican Government ordered an executive decree that mandated modernization of the health care system to better serve the population, with an emphasis that focused on the most disadvantaged groups. The National Health Commission was created to assess and implement various reform initiatives (Health, 2007). Dominican Republic Demographics The Dominican Republic is located in the Caribbean and is the Eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, the capital is Santo Domingo. The Dominican Republic is a democratic nation with elections every four years.

I truly believe enrolling in this Rustic Pathways program will equip me with leadership and community service skills I can take with me anywhere. I will invest in my community by sharing my experiences that I had in the Dominican Republic and bringing my new skills by putting them out into any community helping program, as well as my everyday life. It will give me a new outlook on the way I live and how others do around me, and allow me to truly appreciate what I have. This kind of experience is not one I would be able to forget, and I would use the skills my entire life. By working hard in the Dominican Republic, I will be more motivated to work hard in my own community not just to benefit myself, but others around me who are less fortunate.

This paper is about the time I went to the Dominican Republic and Nassau, Bahamas with my family and the wonderful lessons I learned or thought about even more. I learned a lot when I was in those two places because there were a lot of examples of the lessons I learned. Both places are very large and there are multiple people who show the lessons in their everyday life.

The Dominican Republic was founded in the year of 1496 by Diego Columbus, the younger brother to Christopher Columbus. This area became the main base of Spanish activity until the conquest of Mexico. In 1664 the Spanish lost a battle to the French and had to give up the western half of the island known today as Haiti. The island was liberated from Spanish rule by a man named Toussaint L'Ouverture in the 1790s. Toussaint is followed by many people in the rule of Haiti. The most effective of his followers is Boyer. During Boyer's presidency the two halves of the island were forcibly reunited (historyworld).