Raúl Juliá

The Truth of Thanksgiving While children are growing up in America, they are told several tales of America’s establishment and history. However, these stories are generally not told as they actually happened. An instance of this is the story of the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is explained as this elaborate ceremony where the Pilgrims and Indians gathered in harmony at this large harvest in celebration of their coming together. According to the primary document of William

To me, one of the most important aspects of theatre is to be a mirror to society or to a person’s individual psychology. A play should be painting a picture of a pre-existing reality, not just making up a new one for entertainment purposes. The best plays are just this, either a complex picture of society as it is or a character study that the audience is meant to take into their own lives. Threepenny Opera does follow this guideline, though it is most decidedly not a character study. The characters

The Threepenny opera has been around for eighty-eight years and still grabbing the attention of musicians and listeners in general. “Pirate Jenny” is a haunting number that sends chills down your spine, but is this due to the lyrics or the way in which it is sung and produced. This opera is based on a prostitute that has to make difficult decisions; it could be a losing game for her in the end. There are many renditions of this song from other artists such as “Nina Simone” “Steelye Span” and “Ute

that I will resolve all problems without shedding a drop of blood.” (342) Up until this point in time, Castro was surrounded by blood shed. There was plenty of blood shed during the revolution and after Castro was in control of Cuba, his brother, Raul Castro, and Che Guevara “oversaw the rounding up and executions of roughly 160 Batista officers” (Sweig 39). It is hard for me to comprehend how Castro could feel that these

Marxism is a term used to describe, the political and economical theories of Karl Marx; which was later developed, into the foundation for, communism. Karl Marx was a world renowned philosopher, who once said “capitalism destroyed man”. His criticism of the practice of capitalism has been praised for centuries and is still alive today, prominently in Cuba. The idea of Marxism brought out social change throughout the world and has caused a lot of turbulence worldwide. The views of Capitalism and Marxism

Crisis ended with an agreement. The agreement was that Cuba will destroy the base if the United States doesn’t invade their country. Cuba lost about 1.126 Trillion dollars all because of trade restrictions. This embargo has affected Cuba dramatically. Raul Castro, the brother of Fiedel Castro, wrote a speech in 1996. His speech included the economic was failing. The

Paulo Coelho is a famous author that has written many popular works in these past few decades. He is most notably known for The Alchemist, which was written in 1988. The Alchemist was “one of the greatest best-sellers of all times” (Kaaki). During his lifetime, Coelho went through many obstacles; the most notable event was getting an electrical shock when he was in a mental institution and getting placed into prison. He was able to move past all of these difficulties and became a well-known author

Historical media, most specifically film, has existed since history began. The recounting of prior events to a new audience to portray the feelings and the emotions of the time typically is transferred through conversation, but modern technology allows for the mass-production of not only the recounting of historical events on large screens, but also the possible re-creation of those events. When something is re-created, the new product simply, by definition, could not put into perspective the overall

Cuba is a country located in the Northern Caribbean. It is south of the United States and the Bahamas. Cuba is very diverse and is considered to be multiethnic. The population is approximately 11.2 million people. A few of Cuba’s natural resources are beans, coffee, sugar, tobacco, fish and fruit. The history of Cuba is very interesting due to the one party system and the wars and actions under the leadership of Fidel Castro. The United States imposed an embargo on Cuba in October 1960. This

The leader I will be writing about is Fidel Alejandro Castro. He was born August 13th 1926 and studied law at the university of Havana. He served as the prime minister of the republic of Cuba and then later became the president around 1976. In between this time he also served as a Cuban politician and revolutionary. Even before his years of presidency Fidel still proved to be a worthy leader participating in rebellions against governments in the Dominican Republic and Colombia. Fidel Castro