James And Sergio: A Short Story

It was getting later and later, and they were still in there “ What was that ” Diego asked Vanessa, but as he got no response he turned around, and Vanessa was nowhere to be spotted. “ Where is she!” asked Cesar “ I don’t know,” responded Diego, so they turned back heading the way they had came from looking for Vanessa, but she was nowhere to be found. As they kept walking, they could hear a dripping sound and every time they walked more and more it would get louder and louder. So they followed the noise, and as they did, they got terrified, and they started to tremble. So they stopped and sat in some old scourge dirty chairs that were thrown on the ground so they can calm down from the haunt that was happening, as they were sitting down they can smell an earthy, metallic smell all over. “ Cesar what is that behind you it looks strange,” questioned Diego and as Cesar turned to see what it was, it was a gory cadaver, so they ran out till where they had come in from forgetting about Vanessa and trying to ignore what they had seen. Cesar and Diego just continued to run for their life until they got to Diego house

The film The Two Escobar’s, directed by Jeff and Michael Zimbalist, is a documentary about “narco-soccer”, which was a time period in Columbia when it was prevalent for drug kingpins to use soccer clubs to launder their money. One of the most infamous kingpins was Pablo Escobar. Pablo was typically known as a murderer in Columbia, but did have one passion in life, and that was soccer. The other Escobar, Andres, who had no blood relation to Pablo, was the star defensive player for Columbia’s soccer team. One thing these two had in common, besides their last name, was that the people in Columbia disliked them because of difficult circumstances they were put in.

Prior to being assigned the reading of the memoir “Always Running”, by Luis Rodriguez, I had never given much thought on juveniles involved in gang life. Rodriguez achieved success as an award-winning poet; sure the streets would no longer haunt him - until his own son joined a gang. Rodriguez fought for his child by telling his own story in the vivid memoir, “Always Running.” “Always Running” is the compilation of events Luis experienced during his youth in San Gabriel. The theme of the book is to always strive for the best things in life and to always take a stand for what you believe. Lured by the seemingly invincible gang culture of East L.A., he witnessed countless shootings and beatings, as well as senseless acts of street crime against his friends and family members. As a Latino in a poor neighborhood, Luis struggled through criticism, stereotypes, and mistreatment. With the help of his mentor, Chente, Luis saw a way out through education and the power of word to successfully break free from years of violence and desperation.

In Always Running, Luis J. Rodriguez recalls his time growing up in Los Angeles during the 60s and 70s. Rodriguez writes of the hardships that his family had first encountered while trying to assimilate into American society and how he would often, while growing up, be criminalized by his teachers, law enforcement, other people, his peers, his community, and eventually people who cared most for him. Rodriguez recalls the times where he and some friends came together and created a family, a brotherhood of sort, in order to fulfill his need of belonging, but as other people in the community had also formed groups to consolidate power, thus marked the beginning of rivalry and the introduction of gangs. Rodriguez’s gang life had been filled with tragedies and filled with great times, but ultimately he tried to leave the life of crime and commit to an education. Rodriguez tried stepping away from the gang lifestyle by going to school and writing poetry, but ended up back in the life of crime after a serious altercation with the police. When Rodriguez went back to his gang lifestyle, he found the same gang that treated him as a brother, had shunned him away after Rodriguez had offered a solution to wither away the gang violence.

Rodriguez begins to become more involved in his classroom by his new grip on the English language. He shares fewer and fewer words with his mother and father. His tone now transforms into guilt. As Rodriguez's public language becomes more fluent, he forgets how to speak Spanish. "I would have been happier about my public success had I not recalled, sometimes, what it had been like earlier, when my family conveyed its intimacy through a set of conveniently private sound.? He begins to break out of the cocoon as a slow or disadvantaged child and blooms into a regular kid in his white society that only uses English. He feels a great sense of betrayal of his Mexican past. His connection that held him so close to his family is destabilized.

Los olvidados is based around the unfortunate events of streetboys whom gradually commit lawlessness and breach the law under the influence on Jaibo, their leader. The given excerpt of the script takes place in the beginning of the film, set in the Mexican slums. It is understood that Jaibo has escaped from reform school, spots the boys in the street and reveals his encounters of ‘the inside’ to them. Many themes are picked up upon throughout this scene, the most fundamental being: Child poverty, crime, machismo and more.

A heavy downpour falls in the muddy streets. Zoomed in close-ups of soldiers’ boots stepping in muddy puddles and water splashing. Tall and short silhouettes move in slow motion toward the camera. As they move in closer, we can clearly see soldiers. Among the soldiers, are four smaller children with their arms raised and hands crossed behind their necks. They are being pushed and shoved by the soldiers. The rain falls on their dirty faces, at a standstill, as if paralyzed by an obscure resignation of expressions. Their march continues in sluggish motion. We then hear the thoughts of one of the boys, Chava, on the soundtrack: “Tengo mucha sed ... Me duelen los pies ... Tengo piedras en los zapatos ... Seguro nos van a matar ... ¿Por qué nos quieren matar, si no hicimos nada.” (I am very thirsty ... My feet hurt ... I have rocks in my shoes ... I’m sure they are going to kill us ... Why do they want to kill us? We’ve done nothing.) (Tovar Canelo) The fates of the four boys’ dawn on the audience. The suspense is almost unbearable, wanting to be able to jump into the film and save these poor and frightened children. The screen then turns white and the story begins in flashback. We got a glimpse of the ending and now we are hooked and crave for the whole

In order to recreate scenes, Nazario spent six months retracing Enrique’s steps from Honduras to North Carolina. She experienced almost everything he did, from riding on tops of freight trains to hitchhiking with truckers. By making the same journey as Enrique,

Once upon a time, A kid that goes by the name of Demario went to school in chicago’s worst neighborhoods. Englewood area was not the best area to live in. Comparison to the Englewood in California. Demario was a humble teenager. He has a twin brother who goes by the name of Demacio. Demario was the oldest by one whole minute. They both attended Johnson college prep a local charter school ( high school ). The streets in englewood was every mans for themselves. They both lived by the motto “You live or die in chicago”.

This film shows us how easy it is to get caught up in gang life when living in the barrio, especially for women socially and emotionally. This film also shows us how gangs went from being all male to now having female gangs as well. This film shows us what exactly these home girls have to do to survive daily in Echo Park, and not just their survival, but the survival of their children as well. This film shows how these women are pushed to make ends meet, without any outside help, without the help of boyfriends, baby daddies and even their families. After Ernesto’s death, Sad girl and Mousie become each other’s support system, once they realize how to work together through their differences. The film shows gang life from a women’s point of view, and how these women not only prove their gang loyalty, but identity as well. In this film you see the women break gender roles and barriers, at first you have them playing the gender role of a female being dependent of a man, but towards the end you see them realize that gender roles and rules don’t have to be followed, which is when the female gang themselves begin to deal

November 5, 1844 James won the presidental election, he was known as “The Dark Horse” because of his oppenent that he won against, Henry Clay was a nominee of the Whig party. Of the electional votes Henry Clay got one-hundred and five votes as for, James he got one-hundred and seventhy votes. James campaign slogans were “fifthy four- forthy or fight.” Which meant the latatude of the british boundary of the Alaska and the Oregon Boundary. Another, slogan that James used was “Reannexation of Texas and Reoccopaton of Oregon.” When James became the president he made a campaign promise to be a one-term presidet and not seek reelection. James made promises and he kept them through his term. In 1845, James second year into presidency, he sent John

On the run from the Los Angeles Police Department, Chucho is shot and killed right in front of his youngest brother Jimmy. After watching his brother be shot and killed, Jimmy’s life takes a turn. Another twenty-year jumps happen into the 1970s, where the film shows the third generation deal with more situations. Jimmy has completed his time in jail and returns home. During the time after jail, a series of events leads Toni, Jimmy’s older sister, to convince him to marry a Salvadorian woman, Isabel, to save her from deportation. He is resistant to the idea of being married, but Isabel is persistent. Slowly Jimmy let’s Isabel into his heart where they both find that they truly understand one another. Isabel becomes pregnant and dies while giving birth to their son Carlitos. This leads Jimmy to make bad decisions and he ends up in jail once again leaving his parents to raise his son. Once out of jail again he returns home, sees his son and is motivated to change and become close with his son. After many desperate attempts of winning his son, it has paid off. Jimmy decides to change his life for him and his son, so they move to Texas. My Family ends with Jose and Maria looking back on their lives and all of the things that they had gone through together. (Thomas & Nava, 1995)

Gangs- In the school, “Wilson High School” there is a lot of gang activity. Most of the school was infected by multiple different types of gangs there. Mostly they were either Latinos or they were Korean/Chinese. The two gangs were battling and fighting back and forth. In the movie, the two gangs started fighting during a riot/fight. Throughout the movie the problems slowly started to decrease and by the end Eva and Sindy

“When 5PM rolls around, Carmen’s worried grandparents and mother begin searching for her. A team of forty police officers joins them,

During the day, we witness the chaos of the adult world, which contributes to the nightmares that emerge once the sun has gone down. When eventually these worlds collide, the film explodes with shocking violence, sexual frustration, hatred, and irrational greed that rises to the surface. If this misery was not bad enough, they were lead to a shocking explosion not by the expected bomb, but by the cold-blooded Jacinto who ignites all the fuel tanks in the kitchen and flee. The explosion lead to the death of some of the children as well as adults and injures many of the remaining individuals. Despite all the violence and chaos that is taking place at the orphanage, the boys’ only choice is to stand together against their oppressor. ''He's bigger than us,'' one says. ''But there are more of us,'' Carlos replies, emphasizing the weakness of the individuals but the strength of the team as a