La Marseillaise

The Pearl written by John Steinbeck follows the journey of a poor family that gets lucky. In this impactful tale about how Kino’s, the father’s, perfect life turned into a roller coaster constantly going down. When Kino finds the Pearl of the world, greed and avarice built up in him and others in the town, causing Kino’s personality to take many different forms. From a man to animal to machine Kino is continuously changing as the family goes on their difficult journey throughout the tale. Kino begins

“He who is greedy is always in want.” this quote by Horace shows that greed leads to despicable behaviors. These behaviors will make a person push others away until finally he or she has no one left. In John Steinbeck’s novella, The Pearl, Kino is about to lose sight of what is important by pushing others away. Kino finds a great pearl that, hopefully, should bring happiness to his family, but instead the pearl brings the destruction of all he loves. Steinbeck shows the theme that materialism and

pearl, and refuses to believe anything but his wealth and family in unison, which progressively sabotages them. Finally, Kino’s instinct to always protect his family conclusively led to a disastrous end. The whole reason behind the family fleeing from La Paz was because Kino had killed a man. During the flee trip, Kino discovers there are trackers trying to find him and his family. “‘If I get first to the one with the rifle,’ Kino said, ‘I must get to him first, then I will be all right.’” (83) In

Similar to how Grande writes about las posadas in her selection, it is a festivity she celebrates during Christmas time with her fellow people. The reenactments of Mary and Joseph's journey is part of the yearly tradition, which takes place in Grande's country. The food described in Grande's

immediately became one of the strongest in Spain and in 1905 the club won Copa del Rey (the “Royal Cup”) for the first time. Moreover, the “Royal Club” was able to achieve this trophy 19 times. In 1928, the Club of Madrid was one of the organizers of the La Liga, and three years later

Kelcey Wallace Ms. Doyle English 5 17 May 2017 Have you ever heard the legend about La Llorona known as “The Weeping Women”?Do you hear that? Do you hear that crying noise? People say that if you hear her cry expect death! La Llorona is real, even though people say she is she is an urban legend. There has been sightings of her in many places. La Llorona real name was Maria. Maria was a very beautiful mexican women with long thick black shiny hair and also very tall and skinny. She wore a white gown

Michael Clarke is a legend. He is a successful Australian cricketer who made his One Day International debut in 2003 as a 21 year old and then followed on to make his Test debut in 2004 when he was aged 23. He started off on a high and impressed all the big authorities of the game on his debut, scoring 151 and consequently helping Australia to victory. He has also captained the side for about 4 years and 5 months now and has been very successful with leading his team throughout the good and difficult

Just as the German National Team serves as the golden standard in futbol, Patagonia Inc. sits comfortably atop the outdoor clothing industry. Patagonia Inc. values simplicity and utility. They acknowledge that their business activity creates pollution as a by-product, and they work tirelessly to cut back on those harms. Chouinard and his team have stayed true to their core values for over three decades, and it's this focus on making the best products possible that has brought them so much success

Sergio is a Spanish man in his late 30s, and he had black hair. His dream was to go to El Clasico which was a soccer match against FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, but he didn’t have enough money because some thieves robbed his house during nightfall. Since he was very slow at running he could only play golf. He tried playing golf, and he did extremely well. He signed up for a golf league in Granada, Spain. The very first match he got a score of -2 and was ranked number 2. There were seven matches left

ship La Amistad, a happening that many people must still have in