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His careful language exemplifies a quasi-diplomatic approach in controlling his followers. Brunk also emphasizes that “many other jefes […] resented what Zapatista headquarters had become: the centralizing product of Zapata’s interaction with urban intellectual parties” (350). This internal struggle stemming different actor’s perspective on what was happening to Zapatismo provides a more nuanced look at a pivotal group in the Mexican Revolution.

When enrique work at campus the police give the half of the money that his on. Nazario write, “ 10 percent cut of his earning as a smuggle.”(119) This quote shows when Enrique need help the mexico police help him. The police officers was give his money to help him at the campus. Additionally, Lourdes leave the children to find the job.Nazario write“ They don’t have money or resist are regularly tossed of moving trains.”(85)This quote show they are no money at there and they need leave the family. Because Lourdes need to find money so she leave the children and family. Through Lourdes Challenges the human right is difficult for neighborhood, Nazario reveals that in the United States the police and the people didn’t help us,they just want send

The ethnic restaurant I chose to visit was El Banditos on Market St. in Iowa City. It is a charming little Mexican restaurant that is filled with all sorts of different characteristics that make it ethnic. I chose to explore this restaurant because of how unknown and underrated it was. I personally have never noticed or heard of it before. It is across the street from Blue Bird Diner which many people have been to and not many of them would be able to identify that this restaurant is just across the way. The small atmosphere and authentic feel of the restaurant was evident before one enters the establishment. It also had a very promising menu online that made me want to visit. El Banditos can be classified as an ethnic restaurant because

Immigrating to America is a process in which many people all across the world entrust as their one way ticket to a better life. Whether they do so legally or illegally, coming to the United States ensures better opportunities, economically, politically, and so on, to people who would have otherwise been worse off in their countries of origin. Even so, the common understanding of being “better off” can be considered a misconstrued concept when it comes to living in the states. Many families that choose to immigrate to the U.S. fail to realize the cultural hardships that newcomers tend to face once on American soil. Anything from racial discrimination or bias at work, in neighborhoods, at school, etc., can all be challenges that people encounter when making a move to the U.S. Such challenges are described by Richard Rodriquez in his autobiography Hunger of Memory. In this passage, he explains how cultural differences between Mexican and American ways of life have shaped him into the person that he is today. He also chooses to highlights the problems that he faces growing up in a predominately white neighborhood, while attending a predominantly white institution. Much of his writing consists of the cultural differences and pressures he feels to assimilate to Western culture and how this process, in turn, changes him into the person that some may find to be unethical, but nonetheless, someone he is proud of.

Marc Rosenbush’s film, Zen Noir (2004), is at first glance a film thoroughly ensconced in the themes of Zen Buddhism. Set in a dark and brooding film noir atmosphere, the film depicts the story of a deeply troubled detective, at the end of his rope, who finds himself at a Zen monastery in order to solve a murder. But once there, he realizes that things are not quite what they seem to be. As the film unfolds, we find that the world Rosenbush has created for us is wildly symbolic, and it becomes clear that the monastery is a symbol of the detective’s psyche and that he was not investigating a murder, but his own fear of death and loss. If this introspective, psychological element of the film is recognized, the Buddhist themes of the film become conflated with allegories of navigating the Western psyche. It is the contention of this paper that when the psychological themes of this film are investigated, we will find that the alleged Buddhist theme of enlightenment in the film must compete with a symbolic depiction of Jungian individuation.

The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela is arguably the most important novel of the Mexican Revolution because of how it profoundly captures the atmosphere and intricacies of the occasion. Although the immediate subject of the novel is Demetrio Macias - a peasant supporter of the Mexican Revolution -, one of its extensive themes is the ambivalence surrounding the revolution in reality as seen from a broader perspective. Although often poetically revered as a ‘beautiful’ revolution, scenes throughout the novel paint the lack of overall benevolence even among the protagonist revolutionaries during the tumultuous days of the revolution. This paper will analyze certain brash characteristics of the venerated revolution as represented by Azuela’s

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The students of the Centre are conformists. They are typical example of Spanish citizens to live under Franco’s Rule during the 1950’s. They accept what they are thought by Don Pablo and Doña Pablo and do not question it. In contrast to the students Ignacio is an independent character who does not conform to the society of the Centre. He challenges what the students have been thought. ‘Ciegos! Ciegos y no invidentes, imbéciles.’ Ignacio keeps on emphasising how there is a division in life between ‘los invidentes’ and ‘los videntes’ and tries to spread his darkness to the people of the centre. ‘La Guerra que me consume os consumirá.’

Ofelia Zepeda offers an intimate account of the Sonora people, which relies on the narrative of a family interaction. She also emphasizes the vicarious learning occurred within the home. Meanwhile, Wendy Rose presents an open-ended quest to revive the progressively losing Hopi 's history, stressing the need to proselytize or propagate Native American 's history outside the boundary of the family. Therefore, both poems diverge in the imagery used to validate their messages.

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Mariano Azuela’s The Underdogs, is about a brotherhood of the Mexican people taking a journey with only one thing on their mind; revenge against Huerta and the Federales. In this story, we as the reader are confronted with characters, such as Demetrio Macias, who is destined to lead his people into the depths of retaining an incorrupt lifestyle and hopes to find peace from the effect of war. Although Demetrio is seen as one of the main characters in the novel, we are also briefly engaged in the other revolutionary forces under Pancho Villa, Carranza, Obregon, and by peasants under Zapata. These appositional forces gain strength against the Huerta government as well. The Underdogs almost symbolizes a Robin Hood story, in which, Demetrio and

Rivera wrote a short exposition; but we observe the drastic impacts of the new world on the characters. Watching the characters deal with the juxtaposition of before and after chaos ensuing is very engrossing. Some resist the change and others deny it. In response, the characters must find their way through this world and can only survive by revising their mindset. However, the story is surreal and disoriented because it lacks definition of time and space. Elapsing time is only understood with the present of a new character within the scenes. Also, the staging of this production amplifies this feeling of confusion. Metal walls—one with a sliding door, a gated

With the increase of Mexican immigrants present around Topanga Canyon, the residents of the suburban gated community, Arroyo Blanco, begin to feel as though their suburban space and spatial identities are being threatened. In an effort to combat that threat, the residents of Arroyo Blanco redefine their space and build a wall around their community. Through Arroyo Blanco's residents' Delaney and Kyra Mossbacher's experiences with Cándido Rincón, José Navidad, and the coyotes surrounding the Arroyo Blanco community of Topanga Canyon, Boyle conveys the futility of erecting walls as a way to preserve suburban space and suburban spatial identities in a post-suburban environment like Los Angeles.

Far in the distance, the faint chewing sound of people taking their first bites into their carne asada tacos, the loud, sharp clinks of tequila glasses, and the hoarse bangs of a piñata being beaten all come hand in hand, representing a Mexican celebration in La-La Land or also known as the city of Los Angeles. The city has been nicknamed “La-La Land” due to its recognition of being a place full of fun and out of touch with reality. For the past several decades, the city of Los Angeles has increasingly become a Latino city as they hosted countless festivals to celebrate the Mexican cultural holidays such as Cinco de Mayo, El Dia de Los Muertos and etc. In the book, The Labyrinth of Solitude, Octavio Paz discusses the generalization of Mexicans and emphasizes the idea of them preferring to be placed in solitude due to their fear of intimacy. The book even discusses the roles of a Mexican fiesta and cultural aspects of the Latino culture. By having Mexican holidays celebrated in Los Angeles, the city has become more invested into the Latino culture with the adoption of its cultural belief of death and celebrations techniques, which include excessively drinking, usage of guitars, letting off fireworks and celebratory gunshots.

In To Roosevelt, Ruben Dario foreshadows the relationship between the United States and Latin America. The poem starts off by calling Roosevelt a hunter, then describes the ideas of primitive versus modern, and simple versus complicated. Then he ends the stanza with a comparison of allusions to George Washington. Ruben Dario then introduces Nimrod, creator of the disastrous Tower of Babel, which completes the idea of the primitive modern versus. The United States are called invaders and they are known as a country that is “powerful and strong.” Culture is seen as a mixture of strength and greed.