Saturday at the Canal Analysis

Gary Soto, born on April 12th, 1952 is a proud Mexican-American that grew up in a very low class neighborhood in Fresno, California with both of his parents (Gillespie,

In this week’s chapter The Atlantic World which introduces the history from prehistory through 1566, there were two themes that stand out for me which are: The Big “C”s, Conquest, Commerce, Colonization, & Conversion and Race. The history resembles on the European expansion and the discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus was the first person to discover the American continent. The New World was another name given to America. The American territory differed in social, economically and politically. America was divided by three societies: Aztecs, Mayan and Incan which belonged to urban societies. Colonization was a breakthrough for both continents. They adaptation was about to begin, there were new things that one continent had

Gary Soto is an author of many novels, short stories, and poetry. He was born and raised in the U.S. by his Mexican American family. In his writings, he creates characters and settings influenced or surrounded by cultures and ideas similar to those he grew up and lived with. He includes common characteristics of the Mexican American people that he became familiar with growing up.

He uses records from organizations such as: American G.I. Forum, National Council of la Raza, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), and League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). He also uses newspaper articles and several government documents such as Census data. This gave a broad insight into an even broader topic. Another strength the reader can attribute to this book is that it is easy to follow since the book in ordered chronologically. It makes the context easier to understand because you can really see how the relationship developed and changed over

When Gary was five his father died as the result of a factory accident, and his mother was left to raise her three children with the help of her parents. Soto describes his family as an "illiterate" family. They did not have books and were not encouraged to read. In fact, Gary did not start writing poetry until he was in college. He also is an author of

Gary Soto was born on the 12th of April, in 1952. He grew up in Fresno, California right across the street from a pickle factory. Unfortunately for Soto, “his parents were Mexican-American laborers, and his father was killed in an industrial accident when Soto was five” (Biography in Context). This tragedy, in combination with the fact that his parents were immigrants, greatly affected his childhood and made it more difficult than it should have been. Soto struggled in school and had difficulty applying himself to his studies.

Francisco writes this book and describes his adventures while living illegally in the U.S. He teaches kids around the world that racial barriers aren’t a bad thing but is a good

The Erie Canal was an important building project that led to economic growth in the United States. When it was built, it was a feat of engineering that was twice as long as any European canal (OI). First, it connected the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes (Doc. 1A), which created a boom in the economy. It also made New York City the nation’s largest and busiest port. In the words of New York State Canal Corporation, “Prior to the construction of the canal, New York City was the nation’s fifth largest seaport…” It caused other countries to want to ship items across the sea over to America. It didn’t just affect New York City. Believe it or not, it was relatively cheap to ship items from New York City to Buffalo. If you used the road to ship

Gonzalez, Juan. Roll Down Your Windows: Stories of a Forgotten America. London: Verso, 1995. Print.

The Erie Canal was set in the state of New York which would be built to connect Albany and Buffalo. The concept of the Erie Canal began fifty years before actually starting construction in 1817. However, completion of the Erie Canal did not end until 1825 which resulted in a water route 364-miles long that connected the Hudson River in Albany and the Great lakes in Buffalo. Industrialization was sped up by the Erie Canal decades after it was completed because it improved transportation, trade, commerce and settlement in the United States.

Gary Soto’s tone is filled with resentment for the evil deed he has accomplished. Realizing his actions and seeking forgiveness, this shows how innocent and spirit-minded he tended to be as a 6-year-old boy. It’s essential for people to sort their evil doings and aim to make up for them. This will make you feel better and not be loaded with torment and torture of disastrous ponderings.

Susan Hill creates dislike for the woman in black in the chapter “Across the Causeway”. Our protagonist Arthur Kipps is alone and isolated in Eel Marsh House grounds. Susan Hill uses contrast of the nice weather, earlier in the chapter “Today, all was bright and clear” (p.66) to using pathetic fallacy after he was left “alone in this wild and remote spot.” (p.71) She gives nature, human traits and feelings in page 72 to create a sense of foreboding, to foreshadow, the impending dilemma of the woman in black; For the “sun was already beginning to slip down in a great, wintry, golden-red ball which shot arrows of fire” she suggests it elapsed quickly and sneakily, cheerless

The authors of this week’s reading project’s a theme or commonality that has affected their subfield from the turn of the century until now. They all mention Frederick Jackson Turner’s reading of his famous paper, “The Significance of the Frontier in American History,” where he “argued that frontier settlement, and not institutional and spiritual inheritance from the Old World, accounted for the origins and peculiar development of American democracy.” This was the first time interpretations of social and cultural were utilized in the studies of particular subfields that started the Progressive era that lasted until the start of World War II. During this period studies were from the “bottom-up” versus the old “top-to-bottom” approach; going from the great men and great events, to the study of the ordinary people and incorporating previously neglected groups like women and black. Following the war the counter-Progressive or consensus

The Geography of Panama and the Panama Canal The Panama Canal is one of the greatest works of engineering and modern achievements of mankind. An all-water passage through the continental divide of the Panama region had been suggested since early Spanish colonial times of the 16th century. Today a canal that was cut through the Isthmus of Panama is a reality. It's presence has greatly affected Panama in many ways, politically, economically, and socially.

In the 1800s Nicaragua experienced a wave of immigration, primarily from Europe. In particular, families from Germany, Italy, Spain, France and Belgium moved to Nicaragua generally to set up businesses with money they brought from Europe. They established many agricultural businesses such as coffee and sugar cane plantations, and also newspapers, hotels and banks. In the late 1800s, the United States government negotiated with President Jose Santos Zelaya to lease land so it could build a canal through Nicaragua. Luis Felipe Corea, the Nicaraguan minister in Washington, wrote to United States Secretary of State John Hay expressing support of such a canal by the Zelaya government. The Sánchez-Merry Treaty with Nicaragua was signed in case the