Isabel Allende Research Paper

Selena Quintanilla was born on April 16, 1971, the youngest sibling of 3, the others being Suzette and AB Quintanilla. Her parents are Abraham Quintanilla and Marcella Samora. Her father used to be a singer for a trio named the “Dinos”, but they faced discrimination and racism because they were mexican. Selena first started singing at 6 years old, when her father discovered that she had perfect pitch and was very talented. Abraham then started teaching his children to become a band, with Suzette playing the drums, AB playing the guitar, and Selena singing.

Walimai, by Isabel Allende, is a narration of a tribal man. The story begins as he starts to voice his opinions against “the white ones”, which he describes as men who “show a lack of respect” (1). He believes all of the living creatures shall be respected, and failing to do so may “lead to grave danger” (1). This teaching must be passed on to generations to come. Unfortunately, the white ones go against the beliefs of the elders, and uproots their tribe. For many occurrences, they are forced to “leave everything and run away like mice” (1). They take over the land, forcing them to move the entire tribe to a far away venue where “the women had to walk hours to find clean water” (3). Because of exhaustion, the Walimai was caught by the soldiers and forced him to work as a rubber collector.

Julia Alvarez is an acclaimed American-Dominican poet and author. She has written many successful books and poems, many of which reflect directly on her life and personal experiences. Because of Alvarez’s American-Dominican background, her poems display diverse, cultural themes. These include what it is like to be American and Dominican and the struggles of moving from the Dominican Republic to the United States. Alvarez has received praise for her ability to write a wide variety of styles, including poems, children's books, young adult novels, and essays. Her success, however, has come from her poetry collections, like Homecoming. These collections show her life in the Dominican Republic and her transition to the United States.

Jenny Dolores Rivera Saavedra was born on July 2, 1969, in Los Angeles, CA. She is the daughter of Pedro Rivera and Rosa Saavedra. Jenni's parents noticed that they were expecting a baby when they were crossing the border illegally. They were looking for a better life in the U.S.

In the beginning I was disillusioned and disheartened. I am a proud and patriotic American and I could not reconcile my love of country and admiration for the Founding Fathers with the fact that so many of 
them owned people who had been kidnapped from their homes in Africa, or were descended from people who had been kidnapped.

Selena Quintanilla was the daughter of Marcela and Abraham Quintanilla, Jr. She was born April 16, 1971, in Lake Jackson, Texas. Selena was the youngest out of three children. Her older siblings were Abraham III, and Suzette. Selena’s father discovered her talent one day while he sat in the living room playing the guitar and she came over and began to sing. Her voice was pure and perfect. “I could see it from day one”, her father said. Selena’s father quit his job in the plant he worked for and opened a restaurant where Selena performed every weekend with her brother and sister calling themselves “Selena y Los Dinos”. The restaurant went down after the Texas oil bust, putting Texas in a recession. Selena and her family then started touring all over Texas and the US performing at weddings and honky tonks.

Selena Quintanilla was born on April 16, 1971 in Lake Jackson, Texas. Her parents were Abraham Quintanilla and Marcella Ofelia Samora. She has one older brother, Abraham Quintanilla III and one older sister, Suzette Quintanilla.Selena Quintanilla Perez was a Latin recording artist born April 16,1971 in Lake Jackson, Texas and died March 31,1995 in Corpus Christi, Texas. With dying at the of 24 Selena didn't get to pursue her career very far. Yolanda Saldivar was the president and founder of her fan club but later then turned into a criminal. Selena was shot by Yolanda. You may ask yourself why would she have shot her. There is a story behind everything that happens. Yolanda was embezzling money and soon was going to get fired, before she

Selena Quintanilla was such an amazing person inside and out more known as the queen of tejano music. She won the hearts of many people young and old in the little time she was here on earth. Blessing many people with her contagious smile, and positive upbeat attitude. Selena has always had where to pull from when it came to being musically talented. Her father Abraham Quintanilla played in a band called Los Dinos which means the boys in Spanish. He had to give his life up as an artist because he got married and had his first kid. Therefore he had to find a better support system for his family. So when he saw that Selena had talent he focused all his goals and dreams on her. Therefore selena had to make a lot of sacrifices and not live a normal childhood.

Giselle Adriana Martinez Perez , passed away peacefully at home on March 18th, 2102. In Providence, Rhode Island at the age of 100 years.

Selena Quintanilla also called Queen of Tejano music was an American singer, songwriter, spokesperson, actress, and fashion designer. She wore was also called Mexican Madonna for her sexy outfits and dance moves.

Selena Quintanilla is a role model to many women within the Latinx community because she helped paved the way for women to be able to sing Tejano music and was able to continue warming the hearts of more individuals when she began producing music in Spanish. Selena grew up speaking English and later learned how to speak Spanish when she began her music career. Her father encouraged her to learn how to speak Spanish so that her music could be heard by those of the Latino community, and her hard work and dedication paid off.

One person is murdered every 60 seconds, and Selena Quintanilla was one. Selena Quintanilla was the first woman to be a Tejano artist who was really famous. I believe a hero is someone that is inspiring and honest. In my eyes Selena Quintanilla was a hero, the reason is she's honest, kind, and inspiring.

? . . . it made no difference if they studied medicine or had the right to vote, because they would not have the strength to do it, but she herself [Nivea] was not brave enough to be among the first to give up the fashion.? (6, Ch 1) The women in this society are dependant on the dominant male figure to handle political and economical duties. This point of view is intended to mimic the older generation of women ad present a foundation for the growth of an enlightened generation. Allende uses this excerpt to present a foundation of structure to the novel by beginning with the extremes of opinion, which are followed in the novel through different generations. Alba for example,

Griselda Blanco was born on February 15, 1943 in Cartagena, Colombia. As a little girl her mother Ana Lucia Restrepo raised her in a city called Medellin in which is located in Colombia. At age 11 Griselda, allegedly kidnapped, tried to ransom, and eventually shot a child from an upscale flatland neighborhood near her own slum neighborhood. At age 14 she was reported to have run away from home and she stated that her mother was physically abusive. Since she run away from home at an early age she resorted to prostitution. Around the age of 20 she meet Carlos Trujillo and had three sons Dixon, Uber, and Osvaldo. Later on she remarried and had a fourth son with Alberto Bravo who then decided to move to the United States. Around the 1970s and

Federico Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba and Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits