For my independent book assignment I read An Uninterrupted View of the Sky by Melanie Crowder. This book takes place takes place in Cochabamba, Bolivia of 1999 where Francisco and his family originally lived. Due to unfair circumstances, the family was forced to moved into San Sebastián Prison where they spent their days until Francisco, Pilar, and Soledad eventually slip off to move to Altiplano where Francisco's grandparents live. The characters of this book portray many character traits throughout this book.
La Misma Luna (Under the Same Moon) is a movie of Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. Rosario, illegally immigrated to the United States to live in Los Angeles, California. Rosario has been in America for four years, and has only been able to talk to Carlitos on the phone since she moved. Carlitos encounters two American immigrants, Martha and David, while working for a woman whose name is Carman. After his grandmother dies, Carlitos decides to go with the two Americans across the border.
The mix of Spanish and English words throughout the
For example, under her subtitle “Overcoming the tradition of silence”, she quotes “ahogadas, escupimos……nos sepulta.” (Anzaldua, 498). It would be logical to conclude that she expects her audience to have some basic understanding about Spanish. Even though, it is not necessary for her viewer to understand Spanish in order to appreciate her work, this multi-language use is an important information to spot her intended audience. In another word, she was not writing to Spanish, Latin American audiences exclusively, but they are her core audiences.
Total Eclipses are incredible events that bring awe to anyone who witnesses them. A passage written by Annie Dillard illustrates this phenomenon by sharing her experience with a total eclipse. She shows her true awe in these experiences through utter shock, fear, and confusion in a wonderful, descriptive manner. Annie Dillard emits a true feeling of awe beginning in the second paragraph when she states, “I missed my own century, the people I knew, and the real light of day.” This displays her sincere awe by showing her confusion and fear as she is present in this strange moment.
Dorianne Laux’s interlocking images and recycled themes in section three Dorianne Laux’s Facts about the Moon is a confessional read driven by original everyday images or topics that act as igniters to a specific memory or theme she is implying. The poetry is consistent with being smart in terms of having lasting images that extend form poem to poem. A fierce voice that tackles soft topics as well as a soft voice that tackles fierce topics. Her contrast of formal language corresponding with poems that delve deep into lyricism that creates a fairytale like aesthetic. And gorgeous/humorous layered imagery from a whole poem that is a hyperbole to a single specific detail that acts as a narrative guide which engages the reader into the most natural
Picture Book Visual Analysis: Goodnight Moon The Picture book Goodnight Moon written by Margret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd displays many artistic and textual elements brought to life by the creation of this book. An effective fictional picture book displaying a rabbit and the routines that he goes through before falling asleep at night. A relatable story for many children, who also have various routines and rituals they preform before going to bed each night. Although this is an imaginary story about a rabbit, children can relate to it because of the human like qualities given to the main character.
In Solaris Seething (Solaris Saga book 1), written by Janet McNulty, Rynah and a troop of unlikely heroes selected from across time and space, must save the galaxy from the greedy Klanor. A legend of long ago tells of six crystals which together create a weapon capable of great power—power, that in the wrong hands, could lead to the destruction of life as it exists today. While familiar with the legends, Rynah had always believed them to be little more than children’s bedtime stories—that is, until a crystal is stolen from her workplace, and the stability of her home planet is consequently destroyed. With new understanding Rynah knows what she must do-- what, it seems, she was destined to do-- she must find the crystals and keep them safe
At villages they manage- to find some food and a place to rest. Saidu talks about that he’s just waiting for death to come. They arrived to a village where they were welcomed to feast. One night, Musa tells a folktale about Bra Spider. He misses his mother and father, two brother, and his grandmother.
Throughout the last couple of weeks, I finished Sarah Dessen’s Keeping the Moon. I read from page 211 until 228, which is the end of the book. I also began the Sarah Dessen’s Just Listen and I am currently on 313. The novel Keeping the Moon concluded with Colie finally getting to see the picture that Norman painted of her for his series.
In the novel, it describes Ying-Ying’s trip to see the Moon Lady. The scene described how Ying-Ying was at a festival with her family. There were lanterns and boats going across the water during evening time. She was dressed in well-made clothing, playing near the butcher. When the family was about to eat their festival feast, she had got into a mess.
Yo quier0 ver «Anatomía de Grey». I want to see “Grey’s Anatomy”. While periods and commas are usually placed inside quotation marks in English, they are placed outside of quotations in Spanish. Other punctuation marks, though less commonly used in Spanish, have similar uses as they do in English: colon (dos puntos), hypen (guión), semicolon (punto y coma), ellipsis (puntos suspensivos), and parenthesis (paréntesis). Capitalization Spanish has far fewer uses for capital letters than the English language.
The horror genre has existed for a centuries, and its purpose is to ignite fear. Which also brings up the question, can fear be enjoyable? In actual fact, it can. It somehow brings out the adrenaline rush within the audience. Quite identical to the experiences that people have when they go on a roller coaster ride.
The Basque Country culture is one of the most unique and identifying cultures in the world. Their culture is based highly on the identity, specifically ethnicity and race. “The Basques are, indeed, one of the oldest, if not the oldest, European people. They have probably lived in their home place longer than any other ethnic group on the continent”[3]. One of the most obvious aspects of their unique culture is their language.
The notion of bilingualism is frequently connected to the idea of code-switching since a person should have ability to speak using two or more than one variety. Researchers have made countless studies describing bilingualism as they create awareness in different ways. To begin with is Bloomfield (1933) who defined bilingualism as having the “native- like control of two languages”. However, Haugen (1953) pinpointed that bilingualism is the ability of a speaker to communicate and understand an additional variety. This is to mean that the concept of bilingualism exist only when an individual of a certain variety has the capability to communicate effectively in an additional variety.
