Short Story: Juana

First of all, we could see the author is very eager to express his opinions toward what he had experienced, and describe what he felt emotionally. These detailed arguments enable the story to be justified as the representative of historical narrative story. From the beginning, when the author was sailing and facing the worst situation ever (failed to escape, nothing to eat, nothing to wear), the author showed the strong attachment between him and their religion – Christianity. “Nothing but God’s great mercy kept us from going down… ”(3). According to this statement, the author thanks God that he has survived from the harsh waves which could have destroyed their barge. Even though he lost everything what he had before, he still had the belief that God would do work for him. At this point, one can predict that de Vaca’s personal opinion is based on his religion, which identifies this story as the 15th century Native American stories. I was also able to find author’s personal feeling during the hardship when he failed from returning (when is the climax of the story which greater audiences’ curiosity. What would happen if they finally failed to go back?). He once again looked for God when he was naked, not able to eat enough, and was about to die. “The Lord willed

In hopes to save their sick child, parents Juana and Kino rushed into town to see the doctor. All the neighbors heard Coyotito scream in pain which lead them to rush out of their brush houses to see what was wrong. After learning that the baby was stung them all accompanied the family into town. Kino’s brother, Juan Tomas, gave his account of the

In this poetic memoir, Engle shares her memories of her childhood in meticulous detail. She is a person who comes from two different cultures -- Cuba and California. In the quote below, Engle describes how she falls in love with the Cuba farm and how much the farm means to her. Writing in the “Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Win”, Engle said: “ I fall in love with the farm where my abuelita and her ancient mother were born. My dazzled eyes absorb the lush beauty of a land so wild and green that the rippling river on my great-uncle’s farm shimmers like a hummingbird, all the dangerous crocodiles and gentle manatees deeply hidden beneath quiet waters. Surely there must be mermaids here, and talking animals, the pale, humpbacked Zebu cows and graceful horse that roam peaceful hillsides, moving as mysteriously as floating clouds in the stormy tropical sky.” (Engle, 9) This quote shows Engle falls in love with the Cuba farm because she extols beautiful farm landscape, quiet countryside, and untrammeled animals. At first, Engle describes the green river, crocodiles, manatees, Zebu cows and horse with five different adjectives -- “rippling”, “dangerous”, “gentle”, “humpbacked” and “graceful”. Five different adjectives show the characteristics of these five things and show the first reason to fall in love with the farm -- Engle loves this beautiful and harmonious Cuba farm. The benefit of using adjectives is that the readers can easier to imagine a vivid picture of the beautiful riverside scenery. The second reason to fall in love with the farm is Engle loves mysteriously things on the farm.

Kino was attacked by mean trying to steal the pearl. He killed one of them in self-defense but Juana tells him that does not matter. He will still face consequences from the townspeople once the body is found in the morning.

The ocean was so calm and stretched as far as the eye could see. It changed color with the light and the depth, from green to blue to dark blue. At twilight, you can't tell the ocean from the sky. The sky was so blue and not a cloud could be seen for miles. It made me feel at peace and so harmonious. There was the scent of saltwater in the air, a scent like no other. There around we could see sharks swimming calmly in the waters of the Caribbean Sea. They were so beautiful even though they are predators of the sea. On the boat everyone was very quiet, in fear, with the only hope of getting to our destination safely. The boat was overcrowded and no one could move or they would have risked tipping it over and sinking. There were 150 people in a small boat, mostly family with children. Time went by and after a few hours of sailing we heard the magic words when the captain yelled, “Everybody relax we are out of Cuban territory, you are free! We are now on international waters”. That’s when everybody started crying and cheering with excitement. Time once again began to pass by slowly, and I remember at one point the sky started painting in an array of pink, orange and yellow, and before long the pale glow of the moon was beginning to show. Soon enough the sky started to turn black and all the stars starting to shine up in the

"Joder," she said in Spanish, her voice cracking in the process. She pushed her hair back out of stress. Sam was fast to be by her side. He brought her into his arms into a warm embrace. She put her arms around him, crying into his

She took a quick look around the last turn before the main street that led to the school. She noticed several boys and girls in the alleyways on both sides of the narrow street. It looked as if every class at her school, several young ladies and even her teacher waited for her in ambush. She ducked back before they could see her, hiked up her dress, and ran as fast as her little legs could carry her in the opposite direction of the angry mob. She didn’t stop until she had found the forest path that she needed and breathed a sigh of relief when she heard no one in pursuit. The forest surroundings felt different for some reason and it frightened her. It had a forbidding feel to it this dawn like she had never felt in the past.

So far, I've survived more than half my day. Well, I guess if you called being stared at, whispered about and dead tired all day, survived. But honestly, I'm used to it by now. I don't really care, because I've just been trying not to think about the date with Sam I have tomorrow night, he texted me as I walked in school this morning. That's all. A text.

One of the girls, Catalina Ortega, escaped from a hole in a wall and ran to get help.

Felipe told sara to give up on mssing girls saras editor juana tells her she has done a great job with her colum and time to focus on the good stuff since linda dissapreaded sara has writen profile articles on one of hundreds of girls missing the colum has been a sense of comfort for sara the fulfillment of the promise to never stop looking for linda juana has allways been saras close freind and staunchest advocate and her touch gives her strength sara speaks as calmly as she can .

He hears a scream and he this time not carefully, steadily jogging but in a full sprint losing his balance on the way makes it to the cave he knows that there is a battle going on just beyond the darkness of the night. Not quite sure Kino runs in searching for the baby he once held in his arms, sight is nearly useless he has to depend on his sense of feeling to guide him to his wife and child he can hear the battle next to him he lunges grabbing what he thinks is Juana he pulls away from the other separating the two he pulls his fist back, stab a knife right through his abdomen a large roar escapes. Resembling a he grabs the man behind him and bites he takes the knife from the figure and impales the man with such force the impact caused the blade to go through the rib stabbing the man in the lung he goes

“I can’t help falling in love with you” (Weiss, 1961, Elvis Presley). These timeless Elvis Presley lyrics trigger warm and fuzzy feelings in the hearts of many hopeless romantics both young and old. These relatable and heartfelt words cast a spell on listeners, immediately drawing their attention. It is no surprise that when this song plays in the background of an Extra Gum commercial viewers’ eyes naturally find their way to the television screen. Once their eyes meet the screen they become immersed in watching the presented sentimental love story unfold. Despite only using a subtle incorporation of the advertised gum, Extra Gum creates a successful commercial through effortlessly eliciting viewers to fall in love with their gum as they fall in love with “The Story of Sarah and Juan” which can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLpDiIVX0Wo.

Juana, started to wake up to the sound of the crickets and owls. She jolted up then stopped, a burning pain in her chest and head stopped her from moving. She slowly got up and looked around, she didn't remember which way was home, or which way was, anywhere. She was lost in the dark, evil, woods.

As he reached the bottom of the cliff, he stripped off his clothes and waited for the moment of attack, this had to be done before moonrise. Kino drew his knife and slithered closer to the trackers. Two of the trackers were asleep, however, Kino lunged forward, killing the first tracker without hesitation, Kino was a machine, a rabid animal that could not be stopped. The other Two trackers were wide awake and circling Kino. He lashed out and killed the man with the rifle. The last tracker ran fleeing for his life, although the act was pouch. Kino rifle that had previously been on the ground was now in Kino’s hands. He swung the rifle around giving the man a devastating blow to the head. With that all the trackers were dead and the small family was safe for the moment. At that moment Kino’s bravado vanished., causing Kino to slump to the ground.

Kino and Juana headed towards the forest as the soundless night grew and they knew that some evil person would follow and eventually kill them. Coyotito was still sound asleep and Juana hung him around her hip as she walked with Kino. Suddenly, Kino came to a stop and warned Juana that he heard footsteps and he knew that someone was following them. They heard the click of the carbine and figured that they had to hide before the devil fired. They ran until they were sure that no one was there but they didn’t know that everyone wanted the pearl and they would do anything for it. That night, as Kino and Juana found a place to stay, they were followed by several strangers, some avarice people who belonged from La Paz and other indigent people who heard about the pearl. Juana who was now really tired wanted her family to be warm so she went outside the cave to gather wood. Before she left, Kino warned her to be judicious