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    In the essay “A Message to Garcia” an American soldier was chosen to deliver a message to General Garcia the leader of rebel forces during the Spanish American war. The soldier does eventually deliver the Presidents message without knowing what the message contained. This solder eventually and not without obstacles and doubting times did so without question. This soldier completed his task without asking how or why and without delay. In addition, this soldier was able to accomplish this with every

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    Juan Pujol Garcia was born in Barcelona in 1912. When the Spanish Civil War broke out on July 17, 1936 Juan Pujol Garcia fought on both of the Republican and the Nationalist sides. Juan Pujol Garcia claimed he did not fire a single bullet throughout the whole war. After the Spanish Civil War had ended on April 1, 1939, Juan Paul Garcia decided that he hated totalitarianism. He especially hated Nazism (MI5.gov.uk). He attempted to offer his services the MI5 three times to spy on the Germans for the

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    In “A Message to Garcia,” Hubbard wrote, “How the 'fellow by the name of Rowan ' took the letter, sealed it over his heart, in four days landed by night off the coast of Cuba from an open boat, disappeared into the jungle, and in three weeks came out on the other side of the Island, having traversed a hostile country on foot and delivered his letter to Garcia—are things I have no special desire now to tell in detail.” Then, Hubbard explained, here was a rare man who had the ingredients for success

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    to get across their messages in their literary work. For example, Gabriel Garcia Marquez in "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" uses different techniques to prove his message in this story. Marquez gets across his myth and reality ideas about inspiration and the meaning behind a change, by the use of symbolism, character development, and imagery. In "The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World", one of Gabriel Garcia Marquez techniques was symbolism to develop his message that inspires other

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    Garcia Marquez constructs the Vicario brothers using an elegant combination of direct and indirect characterization to portray them as the typical tough and aggressive ‘alpha males’. The diction of the direct descriptions is well chosen, peculiar expressions such as ‘backwoods look’ (p. 54) and ‘barrack-room’ (p.60) succeed in depicting the brothers as rough and perhaps slightly ordinary men. Garcia Marquez relies heavily on indirect characterization, describing the brothers’ attitude and behaviour

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    mother(Miriam Garcia) of his children lived there as well. I asked Navarro if we could speak to them to ensure that they were all in good health. At this point, Garcia came to the door and Navarro told me he would not open the door at that they were all "ok". Garcia then opened the screen door and when she did I noticed Navarro had two fresh diagonal scratches on his neck as well as two small cuts on his neck.

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    ‘Chronicle of a Death Foretold’ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez narrates the story of a murder carried out by the Vicario brothers defending the honour of their deflowered sister. The story is set in a South American colonial town in the 1950s, a society that excessively valuated traditional masculine characteristics and had rigid gender expectations. Garcia Marquez creates the Vicario brothers based on the accepted traditional model for males at the time, using a vibrant blend of descriptions of physical

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    Mr. Ramos, was placed on community supervision for seven (7) years straight on November 5, 2014, for the offense of Assault Family/Household Mem W/PREV Convictions. Mr. Ramos was modified to the West Texas Behavioral Health Residential Treatment Center /Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Program (RSAT) on August 6, 2015, for a re-arrest of Public intoxication. Mr. Ramos was to be discharged from the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment program on February 8, 2016. However, Mr. Ramos was found

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    ‘Chronicle of a Death Foretold’ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez narrates the story of a murder carried out by the Vicario brothers defending the honour of their deflowered sister. The story is set in a South American colonial town in the 1950s, a society that excessively valuated traditionally masculine characteristics and had rigid gender expectations. Garcia Marquez creates the Vicario brothers based on the traditional model of behaviour for males at the time, using a vibrant blend of descriptions of

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    Williams-Garcia is a powerful, emotional, and humorous book about the experiences of three young girls in Oakland, California, in 1968. The book is about Delphine, a young eleven year old girl who is quick, witty, and responsible (Williams-Garcia, 2010). Delphine, along with her two younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern, are sent away to spend the summer with their mother Cecile (Williams-Garcia, 2010). The three sisters are hesitant to live with a mother who abandoned them (Williams-Garcia, 2010).

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