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Joanna Kepa Like Water for Chocolate By: Laura Esquirel Notes/Summary Introduction The book “Like Water for Chocolate” tells a story about a young mexican woman named Tita De La Garza. This story takes place in Mexico in the twentieth century. Around this time in Tita’s family there was a tradition saying that the youngest daughter must take care of her mother until she dies. Unfortunately Tita was the youngest in her family so she had to take care of her mother. Tita thought this tradition

"The Bothersome Beauty of Pigeons" In the essay, "The Bothersome Beauty of Pigeons," Bruce Ballenger initially compares the street vendors in one of Florence's piazzas to the urban pigeons we are so familiar with. He elogently describes the vendors as marvelous spectacles who add culture and life to urban areas. While they are considered a neusance to a lot of people, they also hold a certain beauty. They are much like the pigeons, and there seems to be a war against both the illegal street

In the articles “The Great Bird Poop Disaster" and "How to Solve the Problem of Bird Poop" both by Anna Starecheski. It talks about how there is a huge problem with birds coating our cities and streets is gooey, slippery piles of white and black poop, but is there a solution of some of the maney problems caused by this epidemic. In the article “The Great Bird Poop Disaster” it talks about how there are a lot of problems that are caused by bird poop, one is that it has acid in it so it is corrosive

I woke up to a radiant ray of sunshine gleaming in my eyes that was peeking through the sand colored curtains. I wiped my groggy eyes and dragged myself into the bathroom and started the shower. Capering in to the shower, the cold water splashed against my face. It felt like sharp icicles being thrown at me, I think to myself, well at least you are awake now. I begin my shower now that the water has increased in temperature. As I wash my body with my pink loofah and my peppermint lavender soap I

In the consuming darkness her body began to float upwards. Her mouth was open, letting in small discreet amounts of air, trying to buy as much time as she could before she ran out. Her fragile body was suspended in an awkward posture with her torso jutted forward and her limbs moving like a clockwork doll. Amongst the relentless whipping of the undulating waves she could hear her sister’s scream. She felt herself rise upwards as she continued to flail. She had to survive. She had to somehow reach

Persecution of Hispanics Exposed in David Hernandez’s Pigeons The word “outsider” is typically used when describing someone or something that just does not fit in. An outsider is different and distinct, but not always valued or appreciated for its diversities. Quite the opposite of being appreciated, the outsider is usually castrated from whatever society it might have appeared in, and looked down upon for its differences. Sadly, outsiders are frequent in humanity. Whether the purpose

De-extinction: a scientific breakthrough and a process in which humans can use genetic engineering to bring back a species that was once extinct. Despite how intriguing it is that humans can accomplish this, the act of using de-extinction to bring back different species can be detrimental to the environments that they are introduced into. Humans can control how they create and modify a species that they bring back from extinction, an example being which species they use to replicate another species

In the research of an african ostrich there are many well known facts, and facts that could not have been known by just looking at the animal. Many people think that the ostrich is just an awkward looking bird, but really it is one of the most unique. It has traits that are unlike any other birds, and it also has very saddening consequences of these very rare characteristics. The ostrich is not as popular as it used to be; nowadays its popularity is based on the ostrich as a whole, and not just on

Downtown without birds is like a tree without roots you wonder what is holding it up if anything is holding it up I couldn’t imagine downtown without birds you expect to see them especially pidgeons they are the bravest birds especially in downtown there not scared of anything they wait till the last moment to fly away if they do even decide to do that while your driving and they are in the middle of the street they are so bold they will come up to you and just stare at you like you are out of place

The Mysterious Dodo Picture yourself running through the woods as quickly as your legs can move you, with a heap of emotions running through your brain. You feel betrayed, offended, helpless, terrified. You had never been an aggressive animal. You were friendly, you didn’t eat animals, and it’s not like you had the abilities to overpower anything if you did eat them. This may aid your imagination of what the dodo bird went through while being hunted down by the Portuguese. The dodo bird may seem