Jayson Tacoma has sworn off love and relationships ever since an unfortunate incident with his best friend leaves him emotionally scarred. That was until fate causes him to cross paths with the mysterious Mya Delgado, who appears in the small town of Bailey Springs seemingly out of the blue. Soon, he finds himself struggling with his overwhelming attraction to yet another dark-haired beauty and the two get caught in a game of cat and mouse that neither of them can control. Will getting involved with this woman, who harbors so many secrets, turn out to be another devastating mistake for him? Or will Mya Delgado finally be Jayson's redemption?
August 2013, My uncle Juther Alfredo Perez was brutally murdered. He was 28 years old. He had two kids, a girlfriend and always cared for his family and friends. He was 6’8 with a lot of mouth. He started a gang in The Bronx, the Young Gunnas or Yg’z. Yes, his gang sold drugs and yes, his gang killed people. Around 2012, he started rapping and making music videos and attracted plenty of attention.
Although the books Yaqui Delgado Wants To Kick Your Ass and Warriors Don’t Cry are very different, the main characters are going through similar experiences. In the book Yaqui Delgado Wants To Kick Your Ass, The main character Piddy is being threatened and harassed to be beaten up by another girl named Yaqui. Because of this, Piddy starts failing and ditching school, because of the threats Yaqui and her group of bullies have been saying to Piddy. Piddy gets beaten up by Yaqui, and gets called to the principal's office, because there has been an anonymous bullying report submitted about Piddy’s harassment. In the end, Piddy’s school sends Piddy to a new school, away from the bullies. In the book Warriors Don’t Cry, the main character Melba
Readers more fully understand the force of Zeena’s controlling personality by observing the effect her domineering tendencies have on both her husband, as well as his new love interest, Mattie. When Zeena takes in homeless Mattie to serve as an unpaid housemaid, Zeena’s harsh, tyrannical proclivities increase. Instead of Zeena’s efforts quelling the growing infatuation between Ethan and Mattie, Zeena’s heightening nastiness only make the lovely, obedient and good-natured Mattie more appealing to Ethan. The lovers now share a common bond and a common enemy, feeling trapped with a monster in their midst. During the first few months of Mattie’s stay, Ethan desires “to see Mattie, defy Zeena, and trembled with fear of the result…”(pg 52). Even after months of staying in the Frome household, Mattie still feels this effect. “since the previous night, a vague dread hung on the sky-line. It was formed by Zeena’s obstinate silence, of Mattie’s sudden look of warning…” (pg
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Back ground on Yadira Sanchez: Yadira came from a traditional Hispanic household, her parents have been married for 25 years. Her father was a mechanic for her uncle’s shop and her mom was a house wife, she took care of what needed to be done. Yadira was a sophomore at Lincoln High were you can say she was very popular, she was a cheerleader for the Hornets and got very good grades. She was dating a guy named Angel Sandoval who has been her boyfriend for 2 years, they were the cute couple the relationship every girl wanted. Life was good for Yadira she worked, went to school, spent time with her family and had a loving boyfriend. All of a sudden no one expected her perfect world to come crashing down, he fathers dirty little secret came out he had for the past ten years cheated on his wife and had a second family. Yadira found out she had a half brother and sister. The news devastated her mom, her parents after 25 years of marriage had gotten a divorce. Her dad was asked to leave the house, Yadira’s mom had to work in order to make the rent, provide food pay the bills, Yadira had to work more hardly spent any time with Angel that is when Angel left her for Yesika. Yadira couldn’t
On February 24, 1767, José Matías Delgado y León was born from his parents Pedro Delgato and Ana Maria de León. He had two brothers, Miguel and Juan. He was interested in the Roman Catholic Church early in life, and attained priesthood in Guatemala in 1797 after attending a seminary. He also received a degree in theology and civil and canonical rights. Delgado was then appointed vicar of San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador, and stayed there for over a decade.
Carlos has very strong Dominican values; he’s very stern with his four girls. As it states in the book he was known to tell his daughters “I don’t want loose women in my family” pg. 28. They were not supposed to be interment with a man until they were married. He’s also a respected Doctor and revolutionist. Carlos had to adapt to his new life in America. In the Dominican He was a Doctor with a well-known reputation he had family all around him he was able to provide for his family anything they wanted and the five girls follow the Dominican values for women. Now that he’s living in New York he’s going to have to have to reestablish his self by making sure his credentials are in order to practice as
Dedé Mirabal was the sister who survived and persevered through constant grief and loss. She felt forced to fake a smile and pretend that her life was perfect. On page 65 it states, “I’m my own person. I’m tired of being the daughter of a legend,” (Alvarez.) Most of her life she was overlooked because of the death of her sisters, but she was a hero too. Despite the marvelous life’s that her sisters lived , she was forced to live most of her life without them. Dedé is a symbol of the one who was left behind. Her sisters’ left her to live in their legacy. She had a lot to live up to, but managed to rise above and make a name for herself.
Alejandra Torres is the name of the angel that blessed my life with many memories. She accomplished everything from moving to a different country to serving the country that had provided her with many opportunities as a U.S. Naval Sargent. She has traveled all over the world from Asia to Mexico to Europe living the life that I want to live doing something she loved. She was a Breast Cancer survivor. That never stopped her, nothing really stopped her on that note. When the cancer was cleared she asked to be deployed to a Hawaiian base where she lived for a good while and she met my uncle Carlos Torres and got married there too!
Credibility is something that takes a lot of time to gain, but can be lost in an instance. When someone or something is credible that means they are easily trusted or believed in because of what they have done in the past. For example Nike lost some credibility when new came out they were producing their products in sweatshops across the world. However since that they have worked on that problem and gained back their credibility, but it took some time. Credibility is a great quality to have, it means you are trustworthy and people respect you. Furthermore Alex Rodriguez is another example that shows why credibility is an important quality and how cheating affects it.
Although many in her predominately Catholic community looked down on her for being a single mother, she strove to abide by the values that eventually drove Freddy to enlist in the United States Marine Corps: a sense of hard work, devotion to duty, and love of country. Sergeant Alfredo “Freddy” Gonzalez was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Hue City- for his valiant defense of his men and his drive to achieve the objective. He was the only Marine in the Tet Offensive combat to receive such an honor.
Yadier Molina is and always will be one of the greatest catcher to ever play the game of baseball. With Yadi coming into the league at such a young age, he has had more of an opportunity to prove himself and the stats and awards he has won can really back it up. Not just is he one of the greatest to play the game at that position, he is one of the best “on the field managers” as they say as far as controlling the tempo of the game and how it is played. With all of the accomplishments Molina has had in his career, it proves why he is one of the best to ever play the game at the catching position.
In college Oscar lives with the narrator of the novel, Yunior. Yunior describes the obsession Oscar has over a Puerto Rican goth girl that was out of his league. Her name was Jenni Muñoz and she lived in the same building as him. Oscar thought he was in love with her after the first time they had ever talked. This is a prime example of how easily Oscar falls in love with girls out of his league. He can have one conversation with a girl and think they are meant to be together. Yunior watches Oscar and Jenni get close and hangout with each other until the day when he comes home to Oscar crying in his bed. Yunior tried to see what had happened, but Oscar got angry and wanted to be left alone. This heartbreak was one of the worst Yunior had seen Oscar have: “Figured it would be like always. A week of mooning and then back to the writing. The thing that carried him. But it wasn’t like always”(Díaz 186). Usually when Oscar was rejected by
The five central characters in The Counselor, presents us with a plethora of Machiavellian characters to examine. You must be a fine liar, in this story of greed, sex, and murder with shocking and irreversible consequences to all those involved so prepare for a change in fortunes. The infamous Mexican drug cartels can strike fear in the hearts of all those who cross them, but nothing could prepare them for Cameron Diaz as Malkina in the Counselor. She is a pathological liar, who is now living the high-life after escaping her sordid past as an exotic dancer. A cheetah print tattoo down her back and torso connects her two her pet cheetahs and adds a primal edge to her whole persona. unceasingly aware of what’s going on around her, which makes her powerful. It presents an almost predatory feature that she gathers Intel on people a cold selfishness and pure instrumentality to pursue her motives (e.g. sex, 20 million dollars) in duplicitous ways. Using her connections, status she can adopt a course of action using the several Machiavellian concepts to set her plan in action. She’s on the hunt like a cheetah stalking her prey.
Mariano Rivera is a previous solid working retired baseball player, he wants people to respect others no matter what. He also doesn't want anybody take anything for granted. For example, one of his statements is, “Don't worry about what the people say; be yourself say what you want to say with respect.” In this statement he is telling people to respect whoever, even if they are saying negative statements about you. Don't take their words harmful treat them like a normal person. Another, from him is, “I don't wait for people to give me respect I always give respect.” Rivera believes that he should give respect to the public no matter what happens. Lastly, for Mariano is, “I have nothing to ask for, thanks to god. Everything I have, god