Luis Cruz

taking away alms from the poor who actually couldn’t get jobs due to illness causing a distaste of them by the Europeans. Even though many Europeans saw only the idlers as the problems, many others had negative attitudes to all poor people. Juan Luis Vives who was a Spanish humanist wrote in, On Assistance to the Poor, that when a family becomes poor that the men begin to steal, the women become prostitutes, and their children grow up and become accustomed to this lifestyle while those with money

Jorge Luis Borge the author of the essay “The garden of forking paths” was born August 1899 and died in June 1986. He was an Argentine poet and short story writer. He was born in Buenos Aires in Argentina. His works shows a reflection of hallucinatory in all literature. His works have contributed to philosophical literature and to both fantasy and magical realism. During his lifetime he wrote so many books amongst which are

According to an anonymous source, one should, “look for something positive in each day, even if some days you have to look a little harder. Let the challenges make you strong.” This idea is clearly reflected in Uglies, “The Third and Final Continent,” and “If.” Evidently, the authors utilized similar and contrasting literary devices to develop this theme in each unique selection. Characterization, or the writer’s development of a character, is manipulated in Uglies and “The Third and Final Continent”

Modernism, a constantly debated term, is a philosophical movement that emerged during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, following World War I. Painters, writers, and musicians did not however perceive it just as a period in time, rather as a “commitment to experimentation in techniques, freedom in ideas, originality in perceptions, and self-examination in emotions” (Baughman, Bondi, Layman…etc,1) Writers, for example, like James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and Ernest Hemingway broke away from the

Jorge Luis Borges once stated, “There is no need to build a labyrinth when the entire universe is one.” In other words, universe is full of obscurity which is easy to get lost in. That’s why I agree with him. We were born on a world that is not of our own making which we want to survive in- which shows that life is a labyrinth of survival itself- without knowing what we are surviving from or what we are surviving for. Living, dying, loving, suffering, losing… Which one, which darkness are we trying

In Ficcionnes, a novel written as a collection of short stories, the author, Jorge Luis Borges has a unique way of writing in which he incorporates elements of mystery, imagination, and a certain depth of thinking. In order to fully grasp and dissect the prompt, the essay will focus on his specific motives that is a common theme throughout several works of his that are fantasy, dreams, and imagination. Two stories in which these elements were the overarching theme and focus were, “The South” and

several consequences, one being having to live with Esperanza’s uncle, despicable Tio Luis. At the same time, when they went to California, they did not have to leave everything behind, it was a choice they made. After all, as Esperanza herself said in the book, “Do not ever be afraid to start over.” (p. 253) Esperanza and her mother made the choice to leave Mexico and go to California to work and escape Tio Luis, which I believe to be a good decision. Before going, Esperanza was spoiled, rich, and

Pan’s Labyrinth was an amazing movie with examples of many fantastical elements included. This movie takes place in Spain, after the Spanish Civil War in 1944. One of the Spanish captains is oppressing everyone around his village and there is rebels who are attempting to take that power away from him. Ofelia’s mother, Carmen is impregnated by this captain and they are forced to move into his mill. Here at this mill, Ofelia is faced with many events that most people would consider to be fake and coming

Karma has been a major part of human history, especially in Hinduism. Writer Stephen Crane, a student of Vedanta tradition, interprets the concept of karma in his story “The Blue Hotel”. Crane shows how one incident can backfire in one’s life, basically proving how karma played a role in the Swede’s death. Crane shows how the Swede believed in the myth of the West by reading novels of the West and not by his personal own experience which made him alert and fearful. Some readers of “The Blue Hotel”

Jorge Luis Borges a librarian from Buenos Aires, Argentina. that is slowly going blind. Jorge Luis Borges writes to explain his views on blindness and how he sees this world. Though his primary audience are people all around the world in order to give ignorant people knowledge on blindness, he is also speaking to people all around the world, and he also speaks to the blind. The purpose of the passage is to speak about his blindness and how as a blind man he can still be successful. Jorge Luis Borges