Short Story Of Costancia

Costa Ricans are not materially wealthy; they are, however, rich in happiness. Costa Ricans greet friends robustly with hugs, hand slaps, and jokes. They are willing to help complete strangers, even to their own detriment. They value family, friends, happiness, and the nature of their land. Costa Ricans truly take time to stop and smell the roses.

Connie’s vain personality in the beginning, reveals that young girls deserve attention, because she represents a girl who desires attention when not given any. For example, Connie is a fifteen year old girl who constantly checks her face. Her mother, “who hadn’t much reason any longer to look at her own face,” is quick to criticize her about this, saying things like, “‘Stop gawking at yourself. Who are you? You think you’re so pretty?’” (Oates 118). These quotes reveals her mother’s personality and how she treats Connie. Her mother berates her, telling her to stop fawning over her own looks. In addition, Connie’s mother envies Connie’s youthful beauty, as stated, “her looks were gone and that was why she was always after Connie.” (Oates 118). The fact that her mother scolds her constantly, and envies her, shows how Connie’s mother treats her rather negatively. Her father is the same, as he appears indifferent towards his family and “didn’t bother talking much to them” (Oates 119). Connie’s parents are not dependable adult

Each house-- painted a very vibrant, dazzling color, purple, orange, yellow, green, and pink. I had never seen houses like that in the United States the usual house colors are gray, white, tan, blue, very dull colors. The sight of these vivid houses was just a small glimpse of this beautiful country. As I nervously traveled without my family for the first time the lush terrain of Costa Rica dotted with colorful houses welcomed me.

Human habitation can be traced back more than 10,000 years but it appears Costa Rica was sparsely populated and a relative backwater in the pre-Columbian era. There is little sign of major communities and none of the impressive stone architecture that characterized the more advanced civilizations of Mesoamerica to the north and the Andes to the south. When Columbus arrived near Lim¢¢n on September 18, 1502 on his third and last voyage to the Americas, there were probably no more than 20,000 indigenous inhabitants They lived in several autonomous tribes, all with distinct cultures and customs. Costa Rica 's only major archaeological site is at Guayabo, 30 miles east of San Jos‚‚, where an ancient city, dating back to 1000 B.C. and though to

At the beginning of the story, Connie displays so much self-confidence and independence that she appears shallow. Connie “knew she was pretty” and thought that “that was everything;” she is only concerned with having the best appearance (323). In other words, Connie does not possess any true values, and she does not view anything else as containing much of any real importance. Not only does she portray shallow characteristics but she also frequently disobeys her parents, showing how her will of taking on a more lenient personality affects her

Oscar Casares made Mr. Perez a believable by describing her features “she measured five feet two inches and weighed 164 pounds,” (Casares line14) he also gives us a vivid detailed on how people watched her every time to bowl. In his short story Mr. Perez is the main character who is from a little town called Brownsville’s located in the board of Texas and Mexico. He opens the story with her at the bowling alley where everyone stops to watch her paly, Casares say “the ball’s cherry red and gold swirls made it look as if it were catching fire when released down the lane… People stopped to watch when she was up” (Casares line 2-4) in which the reader fells as if they can see her roll her ball.

In the short story, "Eleven," by Sandra Cisnernos, Cisneros describes the birthday of Rachel, an eleven year-old who was humiliated on her birthday. Her teacher, Mrs. Price, claimed that an old sweater belonged to her, when in reality, it was Sylvia Saldivar's who ironically claimed it belonged to Rachel. Rachel was left crying and depressed the rest of the day, when she was commanded to wear it. Cisneros best characterizes Rachel through her well use of her diction,imagery, and repetition.

Fernandez was one of the best pitchers to play the game of baseball. The central idea is how long of a road it was for him to get into the MLB. Not only did Fernandez gain his freedom, but also overcame huge obstacles. A very bad injury took him a whole season to recover, but Fernandez still ended out on

On September 6, 2015 a man tried to carve his name into a wall at the Alamo. The man was caught and taken to jail. He was faced with many charges.

Connie's race and social economic class greatly affects how she is treated in the society and in the mental institute. She is especially treated with incredible brutality because she is a Chicana with no money. When Connie is brought to the hospital, the nurses looks at her with "disgust (Piercy 12)" and "boredom(12)," as they completely ignore every word she says and treat her "like a dog (13)." They complain about how filthy Connie looks, judge her based on her appearance, and conclude that she has been "sleeping in the street, in doorways (13)" and never washes herself. If Connie was a rich white woman, would they have treated her the same way? It is clear that Connie is looked down upon as a Latina.

“From the outset of the narrative, members of Connie's family recognize their powerlessness and thus their difference from her. Her mother and sister are not attractive, so they do not really count; and her father, who spends most of his time at work, is weak.” (Urbanski 1). Connie did not look anything similar to her family, she is much prettier and has a better personality. Connie did not want to be like the rest of her family, she wanted to be better and prettier than her sister and even her mother. Her family was still in the early sixties trend, while Connie despised the way they acted and dressed. Even Connie’s taste in music pulled her further from her family. Her mother despises the way the admires herself, yet her father is not talked about much. “Connie’s father doesn’t care where she has been, and her mother, who the story implies was much like Connie when she was younger, takes only perfunctory interest in where she’s going”(Coulthard 507). Although she is always fighting with her family, she never meant for her actions to affects them in the way they did. She even clinged to them for security in her most traumatic times.

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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.

Fernando hurried after his brother and sister. He didn’t want to go. He knew they would never forgive him if he didn’t. He felt in the pockets of his shorts to see what he could find, he found a piece of string, three coins, and his catapult. He pulled out his catapult now. He felt better he hurried on after his brother and sister.