Rizal Without the Overcoat

is a Hero because he gave a lot of money to charity and to have libraries and music halls built all

In Galarza’s autobiography there are many instances, especially toward the beginning of his writing, where he writes about the culture and

Francis Martinez  Literary Analysis “First Muse”        The story “First Muse” by Julia Alvarez tell us about her childhood in the Dominican  Republic and her life in the United States. Since she started reading the thousand and one  night book under her bed she saw herself reflected in the dark haired almond eyed girl on the  book cover. Alvarez compared herself with the bright ambitious girl stuck in a kingdom that  didn”t think female were very important. Scheherazade gave Julia the courage to explore the  power of storytelling. When Alvarez came to the United States it was very difficult for her  especially for a child who got teased on the playground because of her accent. Julia had a lot  of obstacle in her life but she overcome all

(11) Without really looking for extra help, help was falling from the sky towards Cortes; in this case he found out that he had killed a lot of men with one of his disease. In addition, can someone by considered a hero for something that he really did not plan?

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado was he a hero or a villain? I would say a villain. He set out to find a city of gold and riches. He soon found out that there wasn’t a city of gold. Instead he found something else. He found new villages and land, also new historical lands.

He is looked upon in a heroic way for fighting the justice system and showing courage, strength and ability to resist laws through making his own lifestyle, with separate beliefs, attitudes and values. He was a friend of the poor, kind to women and children, and an enemy of the rich. He was forced into crime by the harsh harassments of the authorities. He said to have died bravely against the more powerful forces of the law. He has grown to be an admired infamous figure for the way he stood up to authority and his larrikin ways.

he became sort of a national hero . In 1898 , when he came back , he was

Anazaldua opens the story with an anecdote where she had been to the dentist earlier in her life and her tongue was moving about in her mouth at the dentist tries to operate on her roots. The dentist comments on how fidgety Anzaldua's tongue is and how they will have to “tame” it in order to continue with the dental work. This little piece of background set up the title, theme and the main points of the novel. Shortly after the dentist anecdote, she opens another memory of when she was younger and playing at recess. Anazaldua had been caught speaking Spanish instead of English at the American school and received a punishment for not complying to the preferred language spoken at school. Then, Anazaldua recalls the conversation she and her mother had after the incident. The first bit of Spanish is released in dialogue and the audience is told by Anzaldua's

Mister Theodore Roosevelt participated in the Spanish-American War, which took place in Cuba. He managed the 1st regiment of the United States Volunteer Cavalry, popularly known as the Rough Riders. Furthermore, He succeeded in leading his regiment through battle and in capturing vantage points, effectively pronouncing him as a hero and a source of trust.

Even though it did not completely eradicate drugs it did address the drug trafficking problem in many different aspects. Both of these problems took courage and strength to overcome, which is reason enough for many people to consider him a hero.

It’s is impossible to deny, that throughout history, there have been many arguments claiming Columbus to be a hero. Document 6, an excerpt of John Barlow’s, The Vision Of Columbus, called him, “This extraordinary man, who… appears to have united his character in every trait, and to have possessed every talent…”, and Document 11, the last

Benedict Arnold was a notorious traitor. He was an American general during the Revolutionary War. He was a traitor because he attacked his own country and was disloyal. He defined who a traitor is. However, Louis Riel was not what Benedict Arnold was. When the Canadian government was trying to abate Metis rights, Louis Riel voluntarily coped with anguish to protect them. He was a hero because of all the pain that he tolerated for a noble cause of preserving Metis rights that benefited the greater good of Canada. Louis Riel exemplified what a “hero” is.

For those who profit from the resources and land acquired during the colonization and settlement of the new world, he was viewed as a hero.

7. According to one of the characters in Azar Nafisi’s contemporary memoir, Reading Lolita in

In his essay "The Indolence of the Filipino", Rizal cited at least ten (10) reasons why the Filipinos became indolent. Choose five (5) if of these reasons and discuss fully how Rizal linked it to the lives of the Filipinos of Spanish colonial society.