After 20 years of trying to get a hold of Fidel Lopez Steve finds him on a Tuesday afternoon. In “The forgotten victims of Florence and Normandie” by Steve Lopez he states that 20 years ago Denny and Fidel were beaten viciously by the same man. Everything that embarked that afternoon of april,29,1992 was caught on camera. Lopez unfortunately was caught in the middle of the La riot. He was repeatedly kicked, one man hoisted a car stereo over his head.
When it comes to certain topics, multiple interpretations can be revealed, as an argument progresses. Sometimes it may be hard to tell which side is in the right. Subsequently, opinions continuously fly back and forth between individuals who can’t seem to stop disagreeing with each other. Moreover, internal conflicts occasionally arise as well, within each individual, due to new information that develops from their personal trials. Finding a piece of literature where the reader can relate to is a great fortune.
Although he was a victim he didn't ask for help but people were still giving their support by doing fundraisers for his family. Steve Lopez did a good job portraying the victim's family position after the attack. He reminds me of today's society of people being brutally beat for supporting black lives. This is happening because we're letting white take that power to do that . I believe that we should learn from how humble Fidel has been .
After having questioned Benito captain Amasa Delano starts noting strange things in how Benito is acting and tries to change the subject. Even in the beginning Delano found something strange about Benito`s ship, the ship showed no flags and it was steered erratically. Any good captain should know how to steer his ship and run it well. Those are little clues that lead would leady way to Delano believing that Cereno might be an imposter and suspicious captain. Delano notice Cereno going off with Balbo and them whispering things to each other behind Delano`s back.
He explains that he will fight unjust laws, even if it means spending a night in jail. He is willing to take the penalty for breaking a law, but is unwilling to let unjust laws degrade and take over African American’s
He played to his strengths by encompassing many aspects of La Guardia’s time growing up, especially his personality. Jeffers’ captures La Guardia’s personality earlier in the book by utilizing quotes from other people to describe him. For example, writer Fannie Hurst remembered La Guardia’s “magnificent unrest coupled with a desire to be a leader on his own terms” (pg. 38). Jeffers’ also made sure to include La Guardia’s formative influences as a youth; in this way, it would be clear why the tenacious little man acted the way he did. Jeffers engages in little “biographies” of people like Bucky O’Neill and Theodore Roosevelt and described their efforts that led to a young Fiorello to look on in awe.
Ever heard of somebody who was claimed as a murder for three hundred people? If not, then you are going to hear about it now and be well aware of who he is . Pedro Alonso Lopez, also known as Monster of the Andes, was a colombian serial killer who was sentenced for killing eighty girls, but he claimed he murded and rapped about three hundred. Pedro Lopez was known for raping girls around his country then moved to Peru and Ecuador and all around. Pedros dad died when Benilda; his mother, was three months pregnant with her son at the time of his father's death.
Before the revolution, there was a Mexican leader called Benito Juarez he increased educational opportunities and economic equality. Then there was a dictator who was Porfirio Diaz, the choices he made caused the people in Mexico to rebel against him. Therefore, the revolution had started by the tremendous disagreement over the ruling of Porfirio Diaz, which he decided that the rich people should be treated like royalty and the poor should be treated poorly. Who lead the revolution you may ask? The leaders were Emiliano Zapata, Pancho villa, and Francisco L. Madero, the people of Mexico including women joined the fight.
In the reading, “(Re)constructing Latinidad: The challenge of Latina/o studies.” it explains the challenge that is, defining what it is to be a Latino in America. In the reading, it gives reasons as to why there is a challenge, examples include how diverse the Latino community is in America and how others in America perceive the Latino community. After reading the article, I saw two main ideas that Aparicio had and they were; redefining what it means to be Latino in America and to show that there are issues in the Latino community that need to be addressed. Then I will provide my reaction based on the ideas I got out of the reading.
INTRODUCTION I choose my friend, Marcello Vargas because he was born in Argentina, and struggled with gaining legal status for over 10 years. I have seen Marcello struggle over the years with missing opportunities due to not having a social security number. The Vargas family made the dangerous decision to leave their home during a political unrest in 2001 when Marcello was on 3 years old. I met with Marcello in Reading, Pennsylvania over my fall break, our interview took roughly one hour to complete. Marcello is currently a student at a charter High School located in downtown Reading, PA and he is hoping to graduate in the spring and go onto university.
This situation, however, made Castro aware of both sides of the rift. One side had people learning and knowledge that Castro desperately craves and the other side had the beloved Latino culture that belonged to her. She heard the voice and saw the problems of both sides but did not see the way to bring them together due to their
It is through these lines that Martí shows his appreciation for Cuba’s beauty, while acknowledging its struggle and hinting at a hopeful future. It is later in the poem, in the last stanza, where Martí uses his typical blend of defiance, empathy for the oppressed, and
Herman Melville’s story Benito Cereno creates controversial arguments and moral questions. First published in 1855, the story tells of an American captain, Amasa Delano, attempting to assist an apparently broken-down ship called the San Dominick. Initially, the ship’s leader, the namesake of the story, appears as this weak leader that cannot control the conflict among the slaves and sailors. As Delano further discovers the ship and doubts Cereno’s motives, the readers are almost brought to believe that Cereno tricked Delano into a piracy stunt. However, the story takes quite a twist when Delano attempts to return to his own ship and Cereno launches himself overboard while his “loyal slave” Babo foes after him.
Louis and Josef could not get into Cuba as the Cuban government declined them. In the text, Captain Shrouder had said that he had just gone to see President Bru so that they could disembark but instead of accepting them, he said that they must leave the harbor by tomorrow. In addition, this relates to the main argument as it shows how Captain Shrouder actually went to negotiate with the president but he rejected them, proving how Josef was not allowed into Cuba. The protagonist, the refugees, are opposing the Cuban government, the antagonist, making the government the society and the refugees the characters. Furthermore, the text also stated that Officer Pedron said that Evelyn and Renata could leave because they had the “right” papers, papers being visas.
Benito Cereno, a novella by Herman Melville first published in 1855, is the story of a revolt on a Spanish slave ship off the coast of Chile in 1799. The focalizer, Captain Amasa Delano of an American whaling ship, notices the San Dominick in trouble and decides to go aboard, believing its Spanish crew was in charge up until the very end when he realizes his experience was all a charade organized by the rebelling slaves. Melville may have written this story to connect the rebellion on the ship with the current slave rebellions across the United States, given the novella was written only about six years before the American Civil War started. The novella commented on slavery during a time when there was great political turmoil over the issue
