...environmental surroundings. The House on Mango Street, written by Sandra Cisneros, is an example of how a society has the ability to directly impact young lives, in turn creating necessary "rites of passage." Through her environment, Esperanza, one of the many girls living on Mango Street, learns how to survive in a world full the unknown. Some may believe that the setting for this novel has no bearing on young Esperanza; however, Esperanza's character and transition into adulthood are dramatically defined by her own surroundings and neighborhood. Sandra Cisernos's The House on Mango Street portrays the story of a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago. She has a vision of what her dream home should look like. She dreams of a house with a large beautiful backyard, real staircase, more than one bathroom, and just a house that she is overall proud to live in. Her house on Mango Street is the complete opposite to her dreams. It was a small red house, with just one washroom, no private backyard or green lawns. Esperanza is clear that her house on Mango Street is not what she wants. More importantly through the process of finding herself she is able to put together a meaning of what it is like to feel "at home." Esperanza believes that to feel "at home" a person is comfortable, relaxed and at ease in their home. By the end of the book she does not find the home of her dreams in reality, but she is confident that she will find it eventually. Esperanza expresses that in order to feel...
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...a Hispanic and Latino neighborhood located in Chicago, Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street centers around the main character Esperanza. Esperanza explains her life growing up through vignettes that she writes. She shows her struggles such as not having the perfect house, or no one pronouncing her name correctly. She shows her strengths too such as making new friends and learning in school. All of these have shaped her identity but, through stories Esperanza has created her identity as a writer. To begin with, one of the ways that writing stories has shaped Esperanza's identity is being able to express herself. " I make a story for my life, for each step my brown shoe takes... I like to tell stories. I am going to tell you a story about a girl who didn't want to belong"(109). When Esperanza writes you can see that she can be herself without feeling insecure. She describes the person she wants to become and who her parents want her to become too. She can identify who she is by her writing style and how she portrays herself throughout her stories. In all, Esperanza has the ability to freely express herself through her stories....
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...The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros is full of excellent literary techniques, a prime example of this is the chapter My Name. The first example of this is Cisneros use of juxtaposition. While discussing her great-grandmother’s attitude and their similarities, which include their Chinese zodiac sign, Esperanza compares Chinese and Mexican culture, “the Chinese, like the Mexicans, don't like their women strong.” The author does this to make the passage more interesting and easier for the reader to understand. This is highly effective because it shows the negative attitude towards women that Esperanza relates to. The second instance of the use of literary techniques is the use of symbolism. Esperanza’s great-grandmother was stuck in an unhappy marriage and “She looked out the window her whole life, the way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow.” This use of symbolism makes the work much more interesting than if she had just that her...
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...Throughout the novel, Esperanza Rising, Esperanza goes through many radical life changes that shape her into the phenomenal person she was always meant to be. A few of the struggles she had to go through include when she went through the melancholy of losing her father, lose everything she had in El Rancho de la Rosa's to move to California attempting to escape the grips of her iniquitous uncle that was trying to tie the knot with her amazing mother, is truly stimulating. Esperanza grew so much in this story. The first few chapters explain Esperanza’s perfect past and how she was the stereotypical rich princess of every girls...
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...Tone is an important factor in the novel, The House on Mango Street. Tone, which is also called mood, is an emotional type of feel during a particular scene. The reader can determine the tone by judging what the characters say and do, but also by the physical setting itself. By using the literary device tone, the author can help us review the situation and decide what the outcome is going to be either a good one or a bad one. By seeing/being able to tell Esperanza’s own mood, which is highly influenced, it tells the reader which type of tone is being used and is uneven to reflect Esperanza’s uneven moods. When Esperanza is cheerful, for example as in the chapter "Our Good Day," the mood is jolly, stress-free, and peaceful. You can determine...
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...detachment from our environment. This interpretation of fear is portrayed all throughout The House on Mango Street by Sandra C and demonstrated through the innumerable symbols and settings which Esperanza faces throughout her journey such as the trees and houses. Through those settings and symbols, Sandra shows us that when we begin to let our fears of being misconceived for our flaws and phobias take over, we begin seeing...
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...“Ang Ningning at Ang Liwanag” isinulat ni: Dimas-Ilaw (Emilio Jacinto) Ang ningning ay nakasisiLaw sa paningin. Ang Liwanag ay kinakaiLangan ng mata, upang mapagwari ang buong katunayan ng mga bagay-bagay. Ang bubog kung tinatamaan ng nag-aapoy na sikat ng araw ay nagniningning; ngunit sumusugat sa kamay ng nagaganyak na dumampot. Ang ningning ay madaya. Ating hanapin ang Liwanag, tayo'y huwag mabighani sa ningning. Sa katunayan ng masamang kaugaLian: Nagdaraan ang isang karwaheng maningning na hinihiLa ng kabayong matuLin. Tayo'y nagpupugay at ang isasaLoob ay mahaL na tao ang nakalulan. Datapwa'y marahiL naman ay isang magnanakaw; marahiL sa iLaLim ng kanyang ipinatatanghaL na kamahaLan at mga hiyas na tinatagLay ay natatago ang isang pusong sukaban. Nagdaraan ang isang maraLita na nagkakanghirap sa pinapasan. Tayo'y mapapangiti at isasaLoob: Saan kaya ninakaw? Datapwa'y maLiwanag nating nakikita sa pawis ng kanyang noo at sa hapo ng kanyang katawan sa siya'y nabubuhay sa sipag at kapagaLang tunay. Ay! Sa ating pang-uga-ugaLi ay Lubhang nangapit ang pagsamba sa ningning at pagtakwiL sa Liwanag. Ito na nga ang dahiLang isa pa na kung kaya ang tao at ang mga bayan ay namumuhay sa hinagpis at daLita. Ito na nga ang dahiLan na kung kaya ang mga Loob na inaakay ng kapaLaLuan at ng kasakiman ay nagpupumiLit na Lumitaw na maningning, LaLung-LaLo na nga ang mga hari at mga Pinuno na pinagkatiwaLaan ng sa ikagiginhawa ng kaniLang mga kampon, at waLang ibang...
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...Some say that the relationship a mother has with her daughter is the strongest bond in the world. However, this strong relationship can either be empowering or detrimental to the daughter’s life. In Laura Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate, we see how a mother’s overbearing and dominating ideas about how her daughter should live creates tension and hostility between the two. Contrasting this, the women in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Herland, regard motherhood so highly that they would never jeopardize their relationship with their daughters. Both of these novels also demonstrate how a mother-daughter bond can exist between two people who are not biologically mother and daughter. In Herland, childbirth and mothering is the highest calling. One woman of Herland explains, "Here we have Human Motherhood--in full working use." When Herland women bear children, it is the result of "a great tender limitless uplifting force" and "a period of utter exaltation [when] the whole being is uplifted and filled with concentrated desire." Birth, to them becomes a central experience that forms the core of their religious belief. Therefore, motherhood in Herland was not a chore or something forced upon women by the norms of society, but a way of living. The women of Herland believed that every child should have the ability to live in an equal and positive nurturing and learning environment. Their decisions were not based on what must be done to make sure all the children are raised appropriately...
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...go in life and who I was. I did not think mission trips would be a path I would have chosen. However, I realized I loved missions on my first trip to Peru. I went to a girls’ home, where I did work projects for the girls, which included painting their laundry room and redoing their playground. What I loved most of all was spending time with the girls and playing games with them. This exposure filled my heart and became my passion. Through this, I understand that missions are the path that God is moving me towards. He showed me that you do not need the same language to interact with everyone. It takes body language and acceptance. On my second mission trip, I went to an orphanage for special needs children called The Gabriel House. At the Gabriel House, I made a connection with a young boy named Edwardo. I believe that I made that connection with Edwardo because my dad takes care of special needs students, so I have been around them for as long as I can remember. We would play games together, but what I mostly enjoyed was when I held him in my arms. On this mission trip, I realized that special needs people are just like us. They are God’s special people, and we need to care for them and love them....
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...Pedro said that marrying Rosaura would bring him closer to Tita, but in the book and the movie he was obviously was not taking in consideration Titas feelings about this decision. In the movie Pedro said, “My loving you more than anybody doesn't matter to you. Neither do all the sacrifices I've made for you.” Tita replied with, “For me? Like what?” Then Pedro carried on to say ”Marrying your sister just to be near you meant nothing?” After this Tita said “I wish you had just kidnapped me.” This is a perfect example about how Pedro only focused on himself and how he “sacrificed” for Tita when in reality he only hurt her more. Pedro also is inconsiderate when he decided to have relations with both sisters. Pedro is inconsiderate because he not only broke Titas heart by having babies with Rosaura, but he also broke Rosaura's for having relations with Tita when they are...
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...Bienvenido Santos: The Day The Dancers Came AS soon as Fil woke up, he noticed a whiteness outside, quite unusual for the November mornings they had been having. That fall, Chicago was sandman's town, sleepy valley, drowsy gray, slumberous mistiness from sunup till noon when the clouds drifted away in cauliflower clusters and suddenly it was evening. The lights shone on the avenues like soiled lamps centuries old and the skyscrapers became monsters with a thousand sore eyes. Now there was a brightness in the air land Fil knew what it was and he shouted, "Snow! It's snowing!" Tony, who slept in the adjoining room, was awakened. "What's that?" he asked. "It's snowing," Fil said, smiling to himself as if he had ordered this and was satisfied with the prompt delivery. "Oh, they'll love this, they'll love this." "Who'll love that?" Tony asked, his voice raised in annoyance. "The dancers, of course," Fil answered. "They're arriving today. Maybe they've already arrived. They'll walk in the snow and love it. Their first snow, I'm sure." "How do you know it wasn't snowing in New York while they were there?" Tony asked. "Snow in New York in early November?" Fil said. "Are you crazy?" "Who's crazy?" Tony replied. "Ever since you heard of those dancers from the Philippines, you've been acting nuts. Loco. As if they're coming here just for you. Tony chuckled. Hearing him, Fil blushed, realizing that he had, indeed, been acting too eager, but Tony had said it. It felt that way--as...
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...TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction – Part 1 Retirement Analysis – Part 2 Retirement Property Investment Analysis – Part 3 Recommendations - Part 4 Appendix – MLS Brochures Introduction Team B of Investment Asset Managers Inc, has been tasked with a major project of preparing a recommendation of alternative residential retirement properties for a couple. The team intends of offering an option that will fulfill all of the couple’s needs, wants and within their yearly budget. Since the couple wishes to remain anonymous, Team B will work directly with their representative lawyer, Kenneth Strang. The team has determined that the work requested should take approximately 2 weeks and will includes four members at a full time rate of $30 per hour. Total cost for the project will be $9600. Team B’s members include Geoffrey Ramsay, Brett Sheppard, Wayne Johnson, and Michael Smith. Retirement Analysis 403 (b) Retirement payment options: Plan Option One: Investment: $277,770 Joint Lifetime Income With a 20-Year guarantee period (Also Known as Joint and Survivor With 20-Year Period Certain) and 100% continuing benefit to Survivor Monthly Payment for Owner: $1,291 Monthly Payment for Surviving Owner: $1,291 Minimum Payout: $309,840 What it means to you: This annuity provides income to you and another person (e.g., a spouse) for as long as either of you is alive. When one of you passes away, the survivor continues to receive income at 100% of the original amount. If you and...
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...Pope Francis’ speech at Malacañang January 16, 2015 10:36am Below is the full text of Pope Francis' speech at Malacañang after his courtesy call on President Aquino on Friday, Jan. 16. Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you, Mr President, for your kind welcome and for your words of greeting in the name of the authorities and people of the Philippines, and the distinguished members of the Diplomatic Corps. I am most grateful for your invitation to visit the Philippines. My visit is above all pastoral. It comes as the Church in this country is preparing to celebrate the fifth centenary of the first proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ on these shores. The Christian message has had an immense influence on Filipino culture. It is my hope that this important anniversary will point to its continuing fruitfulness and it’s potential to inspire a society worthy of the goodness, dignity and aspirations of the Filipino people. In a particular way, this visit is meant to express my closeness to our brothers and sisters who endured the suffering, loss and devastation caused by Typhoon Yolanda. Together with many people throughout the world, I have admired the heroic strength, faith and resilience demonstrated by so many Filipinos in the face of this natural disaster, and so many others. Those virtues, rooted not least in the hope and solidarity instilled by Christian faith, gave rise to an outpouring of goodness and generosity, especially on the part of so...
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...Conditional Cash Transfer Program in the Philippines: Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Maryjoy Mella, Floren Camille Osido and Lemarie Suing INTRODUCTION Dr. Virola (2011), Secretary General of the National Statistical Coordination Board, said in his presentation of the 2009 Official Poverty Statistics that a Filipino needed PhP 974 in 2009 to meet his or her monthly food needs and PhP 1,403 to stay out of poverty. In 2009, a family of five needed PhP 4, 869 monthly income to meet food needs and PhP 7, 017 to stay out of poverty. Results of the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey also revealed that one in every five Filipino households, or an estimated 4.3 million families, experienced involuntary hunger in the third quarter of the year 2011 (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/84129/more-filipinos-going-hungry-survey-shows). The Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs serves as the government’s answers to the pressing issues regarding poverty. Calvo (2011) defines the CCT as programs that provide cash benefits to finance the basic needs and foster investment in human capital to extremely poor households. These benefits are conditioned on certain behaviors, usually related to investments in nutrition, health, and education. The emergence of CCT programs occurred during the late 1990s, with Mexico’s innovative Progresa (now Opurtunidades) program emerging as one of the earliest schemes in 1997. The evidences highlighting the effectiveness of Progresa motivated a rise in similar...
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...In The Matter Of: Kent County / Kent County Sheriff and Police Officers Association of Michigan Arbitration Hearing March 15, 2011 Original File Kent County arb hrg. 3-15-2011.prn Min-U-Script® with Word Index Arbitration Hearing March 15, 2011 Kent County / Kent County Sheriff and Police Officers Association of Michigan Page 1 Page 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS IN THE MATTER OF THE ARBITRATION BETWEEN Page KENT COUNTY and KENT COUNTY SHERIFF, MERC Case No. A-10-1-0068 POAM Gr. #10-462 (Grievant: Jason Evans/ Termination) Employer, Opening statement by Mr. Peterson WITNESSES: 7 EMPLOYER GREG PAROLINI Direct examination by Mr. Peterson Cross-examination by Ms. Champine and POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN, BRUCE PARTRIDGE Direct examination by Mr. Peterson Cross-examination by Ms. Champine Redirect examination by Mr. Peterson Recross-examination by Ms. Champine Union. _____________________________/ ARBITRATION HEARING APPEARANCES: 68 Opening statement by Ms. Champine Grand Rapids, Michigan - Tuesday, March 15, 2011 For the Union: 45 55 63 65 Employer rests BEFORE DAVID S. TANZMAN, ARBITRATOR For the Employer: 11 37 68 WITNESSES: UNION JASON EVANS PETER H. PETERSON (P41964) Miller Johnson 250 Monroe Avenue, N.W., Suite 800 Grand Rapids, Michigan 49501-0306 Telephone: (616) 831-1700 MARTHA M. CHAMPINE (P46909) Police Officers Association of Michigan ...
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