Hector Lavoe

crime. On January 9, 2014 a homicide investigation started when a body was discovered and an area off of road 1210 in Park County, Wyo. But this was not just a regular homicide. This homicide was different that any homicide that any of the law enforcement have ever dealt with in Park County Wyoming. (Cody/Powell)

Celia Cruz was one of the most famous Cuban salsa singers. She was nicknamed the Queen of Salsa, with more than thirty-six albums, recorded with some other leading singers in Latin music. Celia worked as a singer for more than forty years, and during that time, she became well known for her vigorous work, great personality, and her emotional way of singing. During her performances, she was well known for being able to improvise lyrics. She was an artist with over six decades of success making her an inspiration to the Latin community as well as the rest of the world.

“Her voice reminded me of what heroin feels like...it makes you feel...distant and sure...it makes you feel in control” (pg.27) Sonny’s statement of heroin use can be compared to his admiration of music, and that is because music gave him the same feeling as using heroin. It allowed for him to “feel distant” and “feel in control”.

In the speech,”Everything you know about addiction is wrong,” spoken by Johann Hari, attempts to inform the audience about how society takes drug addiction the wrong way and is completely normal for a human to use drugs as a last resort in life. The presentation starts off when he explains to the audience the many different drug addicts he has met in his life a few years ago while traveling a long 30,000 mile journey. He then goes onto stating from his research that everything humanity has been taught about drugs is completely backwards. A experiment was done in the 50’s to show the relationship between drugs and social life. The reason people start drugs is not because they want to, but it is caused by not being able to bear a present in your life. Moreover, there is cruel punishments of drug abuse in America and how Portugal has tried to change it in their country. Luckily people can get over any kind of addiction when they have a friend or blood relative that they can call on if they have a crisis. Finally, people should be more supportive and open in their heart when it comes to others that have a addiction. The author uses logos and pathos to emotionally connect and comfort the people that have thought about drugs in their life and people that dislike drugs and addicts, but using ethos he tries to make a change in the natural drug habitat.

When first reading “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin, it may initially seem that the relationship between musicians and drugs is synonymous. Public opinion suggests that musicians and drugs go hand and hand. The possibility lies that Sonny’s passion for jazz music is the underlying reason for his drug use, or even the world of jazz music itself brought drugs into Sonny’s life. The last statement is what the narrator believes to be true. However, by delving deeper and examining the theme of music in the story, it is nothing but beneficial for Sonny and the other figures involved. Sonny’s drug use and his music are completely free of one another. Sonny views his jazz playing as a ray of light to lead him away from the dim and dismal future

The song "La Chicharonera" was sung by Narciso Martinez in 1936. The song was a big hit and that's how Martinez's career started with instant success. Martinez was considered the father of the Conjunto music as he spread his cultural and tradition through his music. Moreover, he was best known for "El Hurricane del Valle" as he was really good with swift playing. He had the capability of recording 20 different tunes in one single day. HIs music was so good that it became famous not only in Mexico, but also on the other side of the borderland called Taxes. Some of the example of his classic song tunes include "La Chicaronera," "La Prrita," "La Polvadera," and "Los Coyotes" (Harris Craig). All of the tunes were solo performance of Martinez but,

Fernando Valenzuela was born in Etchohuaquila, Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico on November 1 of 1960. At the

Celia Cruz born Ursula Hilaria Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso, a female Cuban singer born October 21, 1925 in Havana Cuba was one of the most influential figures in Latin music. She started her musical career in her native country in the late 1940’s early 1950’s performing for various Cuban radio shows and traveling with the orchestra accompanying the dancing group “Las Mulatas del Fuego.” Her big break came in 1950 when she joined “La Sonora Matancera” the most famous orchestra in Cuba at the time. Celia traveled all over Latin America in the 1950’s with “La Sonora” gaining great success in countries like Venezuela and Mexico. She recorded various albums with the orchestra and gained great popularity during that time with songs like “Caramelo”, “Burundanga”, and

Jimmy Santiago Baca lived a life surrounded by misfortunes and inescapable pathways of loss. He was the youngest of three. Addiction was introduced to him as a young child through his father who

In the short story “Sonny’s Blues” Sonny the little brother of the narrator is a troubled blues musician with a nasty heroin addiction that lands him in jail. In the 50’s and 60’s drug abuse was a consistent problem among jazz musicians (Verity). Although Sonny ended up in jail his outlet was blues, he gave himself up to his music but that did not come at price with his family.

Although Sonny’s addiction to drugs and love for music seemed similar because he used both to escape reality, they were inevitably more different. The empowerment Sonny got from drugs was nothing but an illusion, unlike the strength he gained from music.

A Bachelor’s degree prepares you for many things. We live in a very complicated and competitive world in which an education is essential. Education separates us from the many other intelligent human beings that are exactly like us. The difference between us and them is how we handle ourselves and the decisions we make about our morals, our future and how we make our dreams combine with our future and make it become our reality. Psychology has interested me ever since I was a child. I remember having my own opinions but always wondering how and why my peers thought differently, so what made us have all these different opinions? I soon discovered psychology was exactly that, trying to construct and understand what other people thought and why,

The Life of Lazarillo De Tormes was written in 1554. This novel was an inspiring and great representation of a segment in the 16th century Spanish society. Even though the Author is unknown, it was translated by W.S. Merwin and introduced by Juan Goytisolo. The Life of Lazarillo De Tormes is centered on a young boy who has to adept in the world daily struggles for existence and goes through many experiences along the way ,becoming a servant for many different masters. He also discovers the world’s injustices, and adapts to what he has to go through in his journey to survive. Throughout the novel The Life of Lazarillo De Tormes shows how the fictional literature plays a huge part in social criticism, the Spanish economy has a big effect, and how the squire and other characters reflect upon the novel.

“The art of reasoning is nothing more than a language well arranged” The end of Lavoisier’s opening quote by the Abbé de Condillac demonstrates the fundamental assumption of Lavoisier in creating his Elements of Chemistry. He is trying to create a nomenclature system for chemistry that will provide a framework for future chemists and keep chemistry firmly tied to nature, unlike previous chemists and natural philosophers who have assumed rather than discovered how nature functions. In creating this nomenclature, Lavoisier does various experiments and tries to keep assumptions out, basing every word on a fact that can be shown which, while possibly being the best way for a nomenclature system to be made, has a possible downfall of lack of flexibility

The relationship that Hector and Andromache is directly reflects the relationships a majority of men and women share in Ancient Greece. Homer and Andromache are definitely portrayed as two individuals that share a deep love for one another, but this does not mean that they truly do not understand each other. Their love is strong, but ultimately it is their values which makes them conflict with one another. Examining their marriage, it seems that their conflicts do not divide them, but inspecting the story further, it shows us that these conflicts are the root of many of their problems. This conflict causes discord throughout the relationship and it allows the reader to comprehend that Hector and Andromache do not truly understand one another.