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    If you like cooking, food, sex and humor then you will most definitely enjoy The Epicure’s Lament by Kate Christianson and Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses by Isabel Allende. I enjoyed both books for the most part. More so Epicure’s Lament than Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses. Here’s my breakdown of both books and how they differ and how they are similar. To start off both authors are women. Although after reading both novels, both authors don’t seem very similar to me. Christianson comes off

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    victims of dictator Augusto Pinochet. The march turned violent when members of the military special forces started arresting marchers, and the marchers fought back. On September 11th, 1973 a violent military overthrow of socialist President Salvador Allende happened in Chile. Leading the coup was the army general turned brutal dictator Augusto Pinochet and the Chilean military security forces. The military coup was financially by the United States government, whom also armed the military security forces

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    that is present between these two classes is unbelievable throughout the book that even parts of the wealthy class begin to realize the damage that their right wing government has caused to the lower division of Chile. Even Esteban Trueba’s immediate family senses the problems that the poor face. “[Clara] now took Blanca with her on her visits to the poor, weighed down with gifts and comfort. ‘This is to assuage our conscience, darling,’ she would explain to Blanca. ‘But it doesn 't help the poor. They

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    cover,” because it ended up being not as bad as I expected. In fact I liked the book, because of how Isabel Allende put so much creativity and thought into writing this novel It all started with Rosa del Valle, she was the woman Esteban Trueba was in love with and he worked as hard as he could to steal her heart. He worked all day in a coal mine and saved every penny he had so Rosa’s family would approve of his title. But, when Rosa dies suddenly after being poisoned, Esteban was

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    JOSEFA ORTÍZ DE DOMÍNGUEZ Who is Josefa Ortíz de Domínguez and what is she responsible of? Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez was a Mexican patriot who was also a heroine for Mexico’s War of Independence. Doña Josefa made history when she had the courage and bravery to risk he life by alerting rebels and rebel leaders about the discovery the King’s men made about the conspiracy of an uprising against the King to claim independence. She was responsible for some of Mexico’s success in the war Doña Josefa was

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    taxes to keep up the high economy and the cycle continued to ensure a cash flow for the government and a strong following for pinochet but he didn't stop there. Many people in Chile did not like the previous leader’s structure for the government, (Allende) he ran the country on communist ideals and the people did not like that mainly because of high taxes but also because it made for a general hard time to own and maintain a private business. (Chile Cult Leader Died in Prison). Not only having the

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    Isabel Allende was born on August 2, 1942 in Lima, Peru. Her father, Tomás Allende, was first cousin of Salvador Allende, President of Chile from 1970 to 1973. She is a Chilean-American writer whose works contain mostly magic realism, which incorporates fantastic or mythical elements into otherwise realistic fiction. Allende has been called "the world 's most widely read Spanish-language author". She uses experiences from her Chilean childhood and the political situation in Chile to write her most

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    Understanding Kissinger’s Actions Toward Chile Can an individual influence foreign policy? Based upon the eight years that Henry Kissinger was the Secretary of State it is clear that an individual can (Starr 466). It has become apparent through recently released classified documents that Kissinger played a large role in allowing the brutal Pinochet dictatorship over Chile to take place and allowed massive human rights violations to continually occur during the Pinochet regime. What is continually

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    Dona Burgel, wife of don Rupert whom owns the restaurant, works in the kitchen; she makes an “aphrodisiac stew” (Allende, 173). An aphrodisiac is generally used for arousing sexual desire. This is important to take into account when viewing this story. This stew helps to lighten ones mood; the people present at The Little Heidelberg are in good spirits and sensuality

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    The date September 11th is not only a date of terror for the United States, but for the country Chile it also marks the anniversary of a new error of fear. On September 11th, 1973 General Augusto Pinochet overthrew President Salvador Allende, a democratically elected socialist. For seventeen years after this Pinochet dictated over Chile and caused for the murder of over three thousand Chileans, the disappearance of over a thousand, and the torture and jailing of tens of thousands more

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