Janice Sapigao

In the story “Antojos’” by Julia Alvarez, the main character, a wealthy Dominican woman named Yolanda, travels to the Dominican Republic in order to search for her cultural and personal identity. Her difficulty interacting and relating to her old family members before she immigrated to America reflects the emotional hardship of immigration.

The minister then questions her but after his unsuccessful attempt, Mother’s actions become a scandal throughout the town because “any deviation from the ordinary course of life in this quiet town was enough to stop all progress in it” (C670). This does not bother Mother and she successfully continues with her plans. By overcoming this alienation both characters achieve feminine empowerment.

The Silicon Valley area became a major manufacturing power after World War II. The Cold War furthered this development, as industries involved in defense, aerospace, steel, oil, automobiles, and so on prospered (Hossfeld 405-406). The high-technology industry began in the laboratories of corporations such as Bell Laboratories, American Telephone and Telegraph, Fairchild Camera and Instrument, and General Electric during this Cold War era (Bacon, “Organizing”). Employment in California, especially Silicon Valley, grew rapidly between 1950 and 1980 due to technical innovation that characterized the postwar prosperity. Furthermore, federal spending expanded California’s economy, placing it in the

Mr. Braaksma worked a string of 12-hour days, and at the end was taken back by how small his paycheck was. While this was frustration for Mr. Braaksma, the most stressful part was understanding that line of employment could disappear overnight. (Braaksma, 2005)

Seeing that the spiritualist hasn’t really helped and still unable to be intimate with his wife Casto calls for a meeting of the family to help him decide what to do next. During the meeting Zoraida’s mother blames Casto for not feeding her daughter. Casto replies that he doesn’t have time to feed her because he has to go to work to sustain his family. Casto believes he is the head of the family and the bread-winner and believes that his wife should stay home, cook food and take care of the kids. Casto’s mother, Dona Elvira, thinks that her healthy son is too good for his frail wife.

In 1961 the family moved to Mountain View, California. This zone, only south of Palo Alto, California, was turning into an inside for gadgets. Gadgets frame the fundamental components of gadgets, for example, radios, TVs, stereos, and PCs. Around then individuals began to allude to the territory as "Silicon Valley." This is on the grounds that a substance called silicon is utilized as a part of the assembling of electronic

The author gives us an insight into how his "time is spent stamping, cutting, welding, moving or assembling parts" when he is working in the factories. (Braaksma, 2005). He then goes on to explain how he must wake up early and work long hours for a paycheck that seems not to be near enough what was worked for. Braaksma also touches on how some factory jobs may not be a secure place to work because of downsizing or relocating to another country. The fear of not knowing when a factory working might lose his or her job is terrifying.

Julia Maenpaa is a Finnish student that has come to the united states to learn at North Eugene High School and to get the experience of living in the states. Julia came from Hyvinkaa in Finland which is 50 Kilometres away from the capital. Things that Julia would do to entertainment at home in Finland is she would mostly play sports with her family such as Soccer and Baseball with her family. Julia’s parents would also do what Julia was doing by playing sports with her but her parents do not of course hang out with her 24/7 they also have jobs and do everything that parents here do. Julia goes to the mall and hangs out with her friends while she is in the US. She also has traveled a lot and has gone to multiple other states such as New York,

James D. Houston showed the pains and suffering of every Japaneses American who were sent into the work camps of the United States. But he doesn’t do this alone he uses the help of his co-writer Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston. Together they write an accurate depiction of the life of a Japanese girl who at the age of 8 was put into one of these Japanese works camps. After being sent to this camp, her family is destroyed leaving a lasting impact on her life. The emotion of this book as well as the information brought into this book all ties back to Jeanne’s goal as wanting to show ethnic diversity in the United States.

For instance, shortly after Barb blames Janice for their mother’s death, Janice breaks her “prim and proper” (74) attitude and punches Barb in the face as she spills her feelings about their mother: “I grew up wanting to hate this woman, thinking my whole life was her fault… I was all prepared to dislike and pity some old Indian woman that lost me because of alcohol. Instead I find this wonderful, sweet, caring woman… I started to care, Barb, but I didn’t want to care” (101). Furthermore, at the end of the play, Janice finally accepts the fact that Anne is her mother that loved her which can be seen through Janice’s final words in the play to her mother’s grave: “Co-waabmen, Mom, from you daughter, Grace”

Work hard, show up every day and to give your best ,” this is how Brenda Wilson lived her life. Brenda Wilson is a loving person with a great sense of humor. Growing up on a farm taught her how to work hard and care for others. She said her proudest achievement was raising two fantastic children.

Next, women on the border are in search of a better life. The women work in a sweatshop and make clothing for stores ("Template"). For example, Nike. However, women work 12 to 15 hours and one time a fire broke out because, women were forced to work overtime and they locked the exit doors ("Template"). The building then, caught fire and 146 women lost

The poem, “Singapore”, by Mary Oliver advocates for respect for all types work. It is set in a restroom at an international airport in Singapore. The poem has two characters, who are the poet and a female toilet cleaner. The poem starts with the poet visiting a restroom at the international airport. The poet finds a native woman kneeling and cleaning the toilet that has human excreta. The poet is disgusted by this scenario. On the other hand, the toilet cleaner is embarrassed that the poet has found her doing this “undignified” work. The poet uses this scene to pass a message that all types work deserve respect. She uses imagery in her lines to express this message, which is discussed below.

Cisco’s CEO believed that Silicon Valley firms had a tendency to decentralize too rapidly while not

In it, Nemerov expressed his utter despair for his life as well as the grievances that he faced whenever he uses the vacuum cleaner. Nemerov viewed his life “as cheap as dirt” (13) without his wife by his side. This line fully expresses his sorrow and misery as an old widower. At the last two lines, he concluded the poem by elaborating that the “hungry, angry heart” (14) still “hangs on and howls”, “biting at air” (15). As the vacuum cleaner is personified as the poet’s wife, whenever the vacuum cleaner is used, in which a howling sound will be heard and the machine sucks in air, the poet will remember his wife. Therefore, he will grief and feelings of despair will flood over him. This is what the poet leaves us to ponder and feel