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He has a heart and feelings. He is not cold and impersonal. When he looks at a situation he takes the person and/or event into account. It’s like not having a one size fits all mentality as in a lot of our laws and punishments today. (Novak, pg. 221)

fighting fire and heat and that with the especially serpent shaped dragon, he is in fact fighting an

"Deadly Unna" is the story of Garry Blacks realization of racism and discrimination in the port where he lives. When everyone else seems do nothing to prevent the discrimination Blacky a young boy steps up to the plate and has the guts to say no against racism towards the local Aborigines. Blacky is beginning to realize that the people he looks up to as role models might not be such good examples as most of them including his father his footy coach and even the pub custodian all accept racism as a normal way of life and Blacky begins to realize this and tries to make them aware.

Initiation into the Mexican Mafia requires a vote of 3 current members to bring in a new member. Initiations can take place in prison or on the street (Mexican Mafia, 2008). New members are addressed as "Carnal"(slang for "Brother"). The same number of votes are required to kill an existing member, however voting is not required for a "Carnal" to kill an associate (Mexican Mafia, 2008). Mexican Mafia members have to follow rules and some of these rules include: holding oneself accountable, refrain from being an informant, refrain from being homosexual, have respect for female members of the community, respect all other members, and personal conflicts with fellow members must be left alone (Mexican Mafia, 2008). In prison, inmates are required

In the story, “The Smallest Dragonboy”, written by Anne McCaffrey, Keevan, the main character, shows traits with his thoughts and feelings, speech, appearance, actions, and other people’s reactions. Some of the traits he often shows are persistent, determined, honest, and courage. His thoughts and feelings and show his honesty and patience. His speech shows his kindness and his intelligence. He shows how he can still be physically strong even when he is the youngest and the smallest. His actions prove him to be self-controlled. Other people’s reactions to him show how hardworking he is.

In contrast, chapter five explores the thoughts of the dragon. Where the shaper praises man and draws people in, the dragon is isolated and believes man to be absurd: “They only think they think. No total vision . . . no more identity than bridges” (64). The dragon also briefly addresses the topic of the Shaper stating that he is pure illusion. Where the Shaper sang of new worlds and realities built, the dragon speaks of the destruction of the world and the end of all things (including himself).

For example: he has real feelings just like humans, he had experience both sadness and joy throughout the story.

Murals are the quintessential public art embodying the spirit of the community in which they are created. They say this is who we are, this is what we think, this is where we come from, and this is what we want, reflecting most clearly any changes in the sociopolitical environment. Murals lay out a powerful visual image of the ideology of their creators or sponsors, be it the Church during the Renaissance, government funded projects, or individuals expressing opposition. In Mexico, after the Mexican Revolution of 1917, the government commissioned a vast number of mural projects to transmit its revisionist history of the country, and celebrate the empowerment of the underclass in their recent victory. Predominate themes were cultural

lives in a world of happiness and joy and he communicates these qualities to the

to test their fate, another quickly emerging option was to join the underground drug trafficking market. The changing climate in the drug trafficking world did not go without having any effect on the corridos, of course.

The Dragon knows everything, he views "the beginning, the present, and the end"(62) of time, and he believes there is to be no point in trying to change anything. Due to his abilities, his view of the world is cynical at best, causing him to develop a strong disdain for the humans which in turn compels him to remain distant from them. But just because he remains distant doesn't mean he does not observe them at all, does

In the 60’s throughout the 70’s, many people of different color were facing racism do to

California has one of the largest Hispanic populations in the country alongside some of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the US and poorest immigrant neighborhoods, but overall the demographic is very diverse socioeconomically as well as racially. The this environment has bred a very specific immigrant experience for Latino and Latinas and from it a very unique Latinx-American youth culture has emerged. Like most immigrant communities in America, there is a merging of the culture of origin with the typical aspects of American culture. For these Latinx-American youth in California nearly every aspect of their life is a fusion of two perspectives and informed by two cultures.

Recognized as one of the most fearless and violent cartels in all of Mexico, Los Zetas was brought forth by a need for personal security in the Gulf Cartel. This former hit man/security style operation, active since 1997, has since grown into its own ruthless and violent organization becoming the second most powerful cartel and easily the most feared in all of Mexico. Heavily trained and armed, members of Los Zetas are set apart from other cartels because of the level of brutality they are willing to administer to those who cross them, though they had initially hoped that by being more intimidating they would have to fight less. It is their command of the drug market, their lack of fear in using violent tactics, and the

In the book, the author tries to define the dragon and states that it was seen to look like a giant snake. He also explains how people saw dragons as sacred whereby it was seen as some type of guardian to the people and provided them with protection and natural needs like rain. The book also tells of people, who had negative beliefs against the dragons; these were mostly Christians who to some extent even fought with the dragons. The belief that dragons were strong and mighty was seen as true since people who defeated dragons, mostly armies, were remembered as very great men. The popular belief that dragons guard great treasures in their caves is seen in this novel whereby the author states that people in those days tried to enter dragon caves which were guarded by these dragons.