My Love To Guatemala Analysis

The story begins in Guatemala; it shows the happy family life which Rosa and Enrique have. Their family friends are visiting and they are talking about the life in United States. Rosa’s godmother says she has been reading Good

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.

Lupita Manana is a book about two siblings, Salvador and Lupita. Salvador and his sister Lupita cross the border in hope of supporting their family back where they live. The short story, My Favorite Chaperone is about a Russian family migrating to the United States. These writings show that Lupita from Lupita Manana and Maya from My Favorite Chaperone are very different characters. As a result of their immigrant backgrounds, they both tend to react to conflicts similarly based off of their values, preferences, and beliefs. Lupita and Maya both go through various internal conflicts that were caused by external conflicts.

Gloria Anzaldúa writes of a Utopic frame of mind, the borderlands created in and lived in by the new mestiza. She describes the preexisting natures of the Anglos, Mexicanos, and Chicanos as seen around the southwest U.S. / Mexican border, indicative of the nations at large. She also probes the borders of language, sexuality, psychology and spirituality. Anzaldúa presents this information in various identifiable ways including the autobiography, historical/informative essay, and poetry. What is unique to Anzaldúa is her ability to weave a ‘perfect’ kind of compromised state of mind that melds together the preexisting cultures while simultaneously formulating a fusion of genres that stretches previously

With there being so much different, I definitely will put visiting Guatemala on my bucket list, and hopefully I will get you to do the same. Guatemala’s name comes from the Maya- Toltec language meaning “land of the trees”. Guatemalans are known for their amazingly fresh and tasty food. Food in Guatemala is an important

Her Wild American Self by Evelina Galang is a collection of short stories that reflects on not only what it means to be A Filipina-American but a woman in society. Being both of those things subsequently leads to everyday struggles that involve interpersonal conflicts, societal pressures, and familial obligations. Women often sacrifice so much of their feelings and consequently themselves when trying to deal with such a harsh reality. This reality which relies heavily on society also forces women to become subservient in many aspects of their lives and does not allow them to speak out and defend themselves in times of need. Myself, like so many of the women in Galang’s stories, have gone through feelings of shame and guilt while trying to

I studied many things about Guatemala such as, the culture, religion, food, population, geography, imports, exports, and most popular of all sports. The sports of Guatemala is something I found very interesting.

In a summary written by Out in SA, author John Green analyzes and explains why Sex as Political Condition is a book that will make you “read some passages aloud to your friends to make them laugh, and others to piss them off. Any book that can do both is worthwhile as they come.” This border novel is narrated by its protagonist, Honore, a former drug trafficker and a maracas enthusiast, who is afraid of dying in front of a TV like a pendejo. His fear of dying in front of a TV is so strong that it leads him to help out his friend Juan Sanchez Trusky (a.k.a. Trotsky), a war veteran, to try and “dispel his past and help a Guatemalan people’s revolt” or, in other words, help him “get off his ass and work for the greater good”. Comparatively, as

Guatemala Genocide is very interesting so that one of the reason why i had chosen this genocide. It very interesting because they had another type of genocide and a lot of people usually don't talk about the Guatemala Genocide. This genocide is one of the genocide that had so many people killed. It about 60 percent of the population. Another reason why I had chosen the Guatemala Genocide because I had never ever heard about or ever learned about the Guatemala genocide so I thought I should learn about Guatemala. Learning about this Genocide made me realize alot of genocide such like african american and jewish weren't the only one being abuse. Genocide happened almost everywhere in the world and people will never know where else it couldn't of happened. My topic about the Guatemalan just cover everything about the genocide such as the army , how people were treated , how they felt and world response. Just doing research base on the question , there were ruf time to even read the articles. How they describe how the beat newborns and 3 years to death in front of their parent or its vice versa. Guatemala citizens lost everything during 1981-1983 genocide.

Beauty is an enthralling trait, so enthralling that it may incite a desire to possess in the hearts it captures. But beauty, in illuminating irony of its wiles, is not to be obtained. In the piece of literature, The Iguana, written by Isak Dinesen, is entailed a story concerning a personal, thoughtful, and epiphanic experience of the narrator in regards to beauty. The author develops the theme of revelation via the use of the literary devices of characterization and figurative language.

     Guatemala’s culture is a unique product of Native American ways and a strong Spanish colonial heritage. About half of Guatemala’s population is mestizo (known in Guatemala as ladino), people of mixed European and indigenous ancestry. Ladino culture is dominant in urban areas, and is heavily influenced by European and North American trends. Unlike many Latin American countries, Guatemala still has a large indigenous population, the Maya, which has retained a distinct identity. Deeply rooted in the rural highlands of Guatemala, many indigenous people speak a Mayan language, follow traditional religious and village customs, and continue a rich tradition in textiles and other crafts. The two cultures

Throughout the mission of the girls both parties have had their share of suffering. Like the parents and love ones of the girls and like many that have cross the border to leave behind their loves ones and are left to suffer behind. We get a point of view seen by the lives of many people who have lived in the struggles along the border. This is a border that has made life more difficult for people living on both sides of it. The border has brought some of the worst people like coyotes and bottom feeders (168). But there are also those who make the best out of their current situation like Don Porfirio and his wife Araceli, who lost everything they had in their home state and move to Tijuana in search to better their situation. The couple picks up Nayeli and her crew and offers them a place to stay and some help. At their stay with the couple they pick up an element that is important for their mission. The old couple has given the crew the inspiration to keep on going and not to give up (131). Nayeli recalls the setting of the time when she was a soccer player and how her father would set off the police sirens whenever she scored a goal and the father and daughter moments they shared together (47). The love for one’s family can push a person to go through great depth of sacrifices in order to accomplish one’s goals. Like Nayeli who wants to go to the United States but not just to be a hero to her community but she seeks to recuperate the love of her father. Along her trip to

The narrative written by Judith Ortiz Cofer discusses some of the many experiences she has encountered throughout her life dealing with stereotypes and common misconceptions of Latin American women. To further engage her audience in the story, she provides detailed past experiences that have stood out to her the most. In order for the readers to fully understand those past encounters, some of which are cultural and common among Latinos, Cofer explains them in careful detail. For example, Cofer explains the concept of piropos which are poems composed on the spot by men to women as a form of admiration. This helps her introduce the audience to her own experiences with piropos and how she has dealt with them throughout her life. One of the

Guatemala, was stuck between marrying an older man that she clearly didn’t love, and finding

Throughout my years of living, I have lived in various houses but my grandmother’s house in the Dominican Republic is the one most significant to me. Indeed, this house wasn’t the most lavish nor the most spacious one in the neighborhood but it occupies a special place in my heart, because this is the house where I grew up at. I left my grandmother house fourteen years ago and some details are out of my grasp. The memory of my grandmother Beatriz’s house now serves as a symbol of my childhood. When the only things that I was worried about was having fun with my friends by also being free of responsibilities.