Carla's identity has been shaped greatly by her experiences has had in living in the United States of America, which is much different than her life back in the Dominican Republic. One of her biggest struggles in her new country is trying to assimilate and learn english. She only knows a few phrases, and these limit what she is able to do, and who she is able to interact with. At school she learns that it is hard to pay attention to the teachers and understand a lot of the material since American nuns speak english and to her it sounds like everything they say is smashed together. She does not know how to get around very well, limiting the places she can go. Being a new immigrant to the country she is made fun of by a group of boys in her school. They call her names that she doesnt know the meaning of, and basically harass her physically as well. She is almost raped by a creepy child molester as well, who for whatever reason decided to tie string around his junk, and try to invite small children into his car. She was probably scarred for life from this horrible experience.
I think the most positive thing that has occurred in the story so far, was something that happened to all the characters. Originally living in the cities, the Garcia's lived a difficult life near racist neighbors who frequently called them 'spics'. Their life was pretty difficult, and assimilation was very trying for all of them. After a year of living in the United States of America, they found themselves living in a suburb among other families, and in much better standing than they had been before. The girls had to learn their way to school, which was tricky and ended up with Carla having a very close call with a creepy pedophile. But other than that, the girls finally had a yard to play in. Laura Garcia was especially happy about this, though the girls were growing older, and probably wouldn't play in the yard much anyway. Nevertheless, this can still be noted as a positive thing to happen to the family.
I think the reason people were so excited that Jeremy Lin was doing so well in basketball was partly due to the fact that he is Asian. It is not every day that you see an Asia basketball player attracting as many viewers as Jeremy Lin has. Why is this? It's probably because, as I mentioned before, not many Asian males play basketball at the professional level and make such an impact in the world of sports. Not to be racist, but most professional basketball players are African American, and now that a different race, an Asian, has become so popular, it has stirred up a larger rise than with most players. It is also due to the fact that he usually sat on the bench for his team, and never got much play time in or opportunites to be recognized. It is definitely an interesting concept to pay attention to, and I hope this proves that race does not dominate sports.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Blog Post #4
Article 1
This article is clearly more on the biased side of the spectrum. There is an absence of cold hard facts and statistics, but a whole lot of opinionated statements. The writing was very confusing to read and comprehend, negatively affecting my view of the article. What interests me in this article is the author's creative writing style, that not only makes it a very tricky piece to read, but gives it a different style than that of a regular blog post. I don't exactly know what to agree or disagree with, for I am not sure as to what the point is that they are trying to make. The article starts out talking about some group called MIA and then mentions Madonna, and jumps to talking about Vernon. This person obviously has way too much time on their hands, and is watching so much TV and is spending so much time on the internet I question whether or not they see the light of day very often. I would not recommend this article to anyone, for it makes little sense after the first read, and probably requires one to sit down and take it apart piece by piece to figure out what the heck the author is trying to say.
Article 2
This article I found very interesting. The author seemed to take a negative viewpoint of Valentine's day as a waste of money on a lot of silly things to shower upon your lover. She uses statistics to show how much money America spends on Valentine's day alone, and then goes on to describe the decline of marriage in America due to the failing economy. She claims that marriage has become something only the wealthy can achieve. When I scrolled down, I noticed a comment titles "Utter Crap," and read it. This three paragraph comment made more sense to me than the entire article written by the blog author. This comment ripped apart the blog, by noting points such as the fact that the 17.6 billion are being spent on Valentine's day gifts, and the blog author is complaining about this, when the comment brings up the point that we could be buying guns instead. So why is this lady complaining? He also notes that Valentine's day does not have to be an expensive affair, and that he and his spouse had a great time and he spent only $15.
Article 3
I agree totally with Eli Wiesel that performing proxy baptisms on the dead is a very wrong thing to do. First of all, these people are dead, and cannot speak for themselves, so what right do the Mormons have to just assume they would have preferred to have been baptized by someone of a religion other than their own, when they are dead? Holocaust victims included, nobody should be subject to proxy baptism, since it is an intrusion of one religion into another. Romney should definitely be taking responsibility for the foolish actions of his Church, and try to make peace with those afflicted. If someone died Jewish, why on earth would they want to be baptized Mormon? Where does the Mormon church see justification in their actions? I personally do not want the country to be lead by someone who represents a church that practices such questionable acts. Religions should not impede in each other's beliefs, and by performing proxy baptisms they are committing an act of intrusion.
This article is clearly more on the biased side of the spectrum. There is an absence of cold hard facts and statistics, but a whole lot of opinionated statements. The writing was very confusing to read and comprehend, negatively affecting my view of the article. What interests me in this article is the author's creative writing style, that not only makes it a very tricky piece to read, but gives it a different style than that of a regular blog post. I don't exactly know what to agree or disagree with, for I am not sure as to what the point is that they are trying to make. The article starts out talking about some group called MIA and then mentions Madonna, and jumps to talking about Vernon. This person obviously has way too much time on their hands, and is watching so much TV and is spending so much time on the internet I question whether or not they see the light of day very often. I would not recommend this article to anyone, for it makes little sense after the first read, and probably requires one to sit down and take it apart piece by piece to figure out what the heck the author is trying to say.
Article 2
This article I found very interesting. The author seemed to take a negative viewpoint of Valentine's day as a waste of money on a lot of silly things to shower upon your lover. She uses statistics to show how much money America spends on Valentine's day alone, and then goes on to describe the decline of marriage in America due to the failing economy. She claims that marriage has become something only the wealthy can achieve. When I scrolled down, I noticed a comment titles "Utter Crap," and read it. This three paragraph comment made more sense to me than the entire article written by the blog author. This comment ripped apart the blog, by noting points such as the fact that the 17.6 billion are being spent on Valentine's day gifts, and the blog author is complaining about this, when the comment brings up the point that we could be buying guns instead. So why is this lady complaining? He also notes that Valentine's day does not have to be an expensive affair, and that he and his spouse had a great time and he spent only $15.
Article 3
I agree totally with Eli Wiesel that performing proxy baptisms on the dead is a very wrong thing to do. First of all, these people are dead, and cannot speak for themselves, so what right do the Mormons have to just assume they would have preferred to have been baptized by someone of a religion other than their own, when they are dead? Holocaust victims included, nobody should be subject to proxy baptism, since it is an intrusion of one religion into another. Romney should definitely be taking responsibility for the foolish actions of his Church, and try to make peace with those afflicted. If someone died Jewish, why on earth would they want to be baptized Mormon? Where does the Mormon church see justification in their actions? I personally do not want the country to be lead by someone who represents a church that practices such questionable acts. Religions should not impede in each other's beliefs, and by performing proxy baptisms they are committing an act of intrusion.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Post #3
I believe that men and women nowadays do not have very different roles in society. Years ago there was a distinct separation between the sexes. Women were kitchen-bound, while men were more responsible for doing work and making money. Mother's would be responsible for raising and taking car of the children while the father's provide money and protection. Now these seperations have gone because men and women both can hold equal jobs and can earn income. Men and women both serve in the military, and there is a more diverse array of lifelong opportunities available to each sex. Men percieve women as naggy, emotional, and dramatic for the most part, while women percieve men as reckless, insensitive, and incoherent. This is basically true on both accounts. Being a man or woman nowadays doesn't really hold any special meanings besides what your gender is. As I said before the seperation between sexes is minimal now to the point that it is down only to looks. Men stereotypes include things such as being violent when participating in various activities, while women are prominently seen as the "sandwhich makers" of the day. In younger generations the same stereotypes go for men as being violent, and the same goes for women.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Blog Post #2 hehehehahaha
1. I don't know what kind of world this would be if people practiced actual witchcraft, but I believe that if someone actually could use real magic they would be much more famous than Einstein. All that character did was create some theories and make some smart discoveries, but to be able to transport a freaking rabbit through space and time and into your hand through a hat is just nutty beyond belief.
5. If some nutty bull with a crescent wrench were attacking my soul mate every three years I would put into motion a devious plan to catch and burn this assailant. I would have my woman sit on a chair in the middle of an open clearing in the forbidden forest (jk just a regular forest) and I would be chilling in some tree with a crossbow. When that freak tries to chop at my woman's neck I'll just snipe him with my crossbow with my skills I learned from Robin Hood.
7. I would most definitely put the capture of the Sasquatch above all other stories. I would be very interested in finding out what it feels like to take an arrow in the thigh, and then be put in captivity with a bunch of nutty giraffes having neck fights. The Sasquatch is the closest to human out of all mythical creatures on this planet, and therefore would be the most interesting to study in captivity.
12. I would not be paying some wizard/witch/conjurer/agentofthedarkarts any amount of money, I would be calling the autorities to have him put in prison for giving people false hope and increased sexuality. This crazy wizard character should be locked up. Just think for a moment what would happen if he made you extremely sexy and people were constantly jumping in your bed while you were trying to get a good nights sleep? It would eventually get very annoying.
16. First of all there is no such thing as the CFL. Canadians do that nutty sport called curling where they sweep the ice and help a rock or something slide along (nutty). If I was obviously happy then it may be for some other reason than because I am watching TV, but to keep this blog post school appropriate I will not be writing any further.
19. I will tell my friend that I was under the belief that I was waling through Narnia while talking to a flying walrus, and had come across a portion of roadway that was covered with the bodies of slain wizards. I was reaching up to grab hold of the walrus's slippery fin so he could fly me across the slaughter ground, and got about halfway before I lost grip and fell into the body pile. I waded my way through the corpses and was almost out but when I made it to the end I tripped over a corpse that happened to be my friends, and the sudden jolt woke him and myself up from our dream that we were both in Narnia.
20. I would want to see the documentary of bootlegged videos of my life since I would want to know what kind of nutty freak would be videotaping me in my private times. This Sandusky-like character probably has some sort of obsession with watching young males disrobe or conduct other daily activities along with stalking me in public videotaping my activities.
5. If some nutty bull with a crescent wrench were attacking my soul mate every three years I would put into motion a devious plan to catch and burn this assailant. I would have my woman sit on a chair in the middle of an open clearing in the forbidden forest (jk just a regular forest) and I would be chilling in some tree with a crossbow. When that freak tries to chop at my woman's neck I'll just snipe him with my crossbow with my skills I learned from Robin Hood.
7. I would most definitely put the capture of the Sasquatch above all other stories. I would be very interested in finding out what it feels like to take an arrow in the thigh, and then be put in captivity with a bunch of nutty giraffes having neck fights. The Sasquatch is the closest to human out of all mythical creatures on this planet, and therefore would be the most interesting to study in captivity.
12. I would not be paying some wizard/witch/conjurer/agentofthedarkarts any amount of money, I would be calling the autorities to have him put in prison for giving people false hope and increased sexuality. This crazy wizard character should be locked up. Just think for a moment what would happen if he made you extremely sexy and people were constantly jumping in your bed while you were trying to get a good nights sleep? It would eventually get very annoying.
16. First of all there is no such thing as the CFL. Canadians do that nutty sport called curling where they sweep the ice and help a rock or something slide along (nutty). If I was obviously happy then it may be for some other reason than because I am watching TV, but to keep this blog post school appropriate I will not be writing any further.
19. I will tell my friend that I was under the belief that I was waling through Narnia while talking to a flying walrus, and had come across a portion of roadway that was covered with the bodies of slain wizards. I was reaching up to grab hold of the walrus's slippery fin so he could fly me across the slaughter ground, and got about halfway before I lost grip and fell into the body pile. I waded my way through the corpses and was almost out but when I made it to the end I tripped over a corpse that happened to be my friends, and the sudden jolt woke him and myself up from our dream that we were both in Narnia.
20. I would want to see the documentary of bootlegged videos of my life since I would want to know what kind of nutty freak would be videotaping me in my private times. This Sandusky-like character probably has some sort of obsession with watching young males disrobe or conduct other daily activities along with stalking me in public videotaping my activities.
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