Essays Tagged: "Alvarez"

Women and Sexism.

en it defined in several works of literature read throughout LIT 225. Sources used: Woman's Work by Alvarez, J.... A Work of Artifice by Piercy, M.... and Hamlet by Shakespeare, W.What is sexism? Acco ... rstand the problem fully through experiences in my own life. As in the poem "Woman's Work" by Julia Alvarez, women should be home cleaning their house and receiving all gratification by the way their ...

(4 pages) 226 3 4.1 Jul/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

The following is my Analysis of Julia Alvarez's use of imagery in In the Time of the Butterflies.

In the Time of the ButterfliesJulia Alvarez uses her vivid imagery to blend with the stark reality that Trujillo's regime imposed on the ... 1930's to the 1960's. Ghastly, realistic images accentuate the gloomy moments throughout the novel. Alvarez humanizes the landscape and opens doors into the souls of the Mirabal sisters. Unforgiving r ... y slowly creeps into the reader's mind through dark descriptions of Trujillo's merciless rule.Julia Alvarez uses descriptions to transform situations and events into conceivably real and dangerous sit ...

(2 pages) 76 0 0.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Minerva's Motive for Joining the Revolution from the book In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez

s, Minerva constantly fights with her father. She says, "I has the one always standing up to him." (alvarez 12) She is talking about her father. Everything is a constant argument with her, and she nev ... until she achieves her goals. When she is a loyal citizen in her innocence, she "defended Trujillo"(alvarez 18) even before Sinita had finished her stories. Her loyalty begins to ever so slightly wave ...

(2 pages) 70 0 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Chronicle of a Death Foretold

erpretations as to the book's overall purpose. Here I will discuss two such interpretations: Isabel Alvarez-Borland's analysis sees the novella as asking why a senseless murder was allowed to occur; C ... ceivable, offering valuable insights into the text and developing meaningful interpretations.Isabel Alvarez-Borland's "From Mystery to Parody: (Re)Readings of Garcia Marquez's Cronica de una muerte an ...

(5 pages) 59 0 3.4 Aug/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > Central & Southamerican History

"La Cucaracha": An In-Depth Analysis using Lasswell's Three Functions of Media

underscores stigmas frequently related with Latino-Americans. Correlation is accurately depicted by Alvarez through playing on stereotypes commonly associated with Latino-Americans. Transmission is po ...

(3 pages) 2400 0 3.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Intercultural Conversation: Connecting Culturally

e expand my knowledge and experience intercultural communication first hand. His name was Guillermo Alvarez and he was from Mexico, more specifically, he told me he came from the big city of Guadalaja ... he was old enough to make his own decisions he decided to not make religion a part of his life. Mr. Alvarez, while I was conducting the interview seemed very humble, and was here in the university not ...

(6 pages) 120 0 4.6 Jun/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies

Metaphisical Poetry-sources Of Conceits

Abraham Cowley described his own times in these words: "A warlike, various and tragical age" (Alvarez,139). Especially England was an area of great tensions, where new ideas developed and unpred ... oncept derived from the Bible; he believes that death and sleep are "locked into each other" (Alvarez, 25).The concepts of colonialism and discoveries, the systematic functions of identifying an ...

(6 pages) 12 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Central america

. Violence can be used to eliminate political competition as seen in El. Salvador "In November 1980 Alvarez and five top associates were killed by government forces, an act hat eliminated an entire ca ...

(4 pages) 21 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Mother To Son

Raquel Alvarez May 14, 2002 P 3rd Women By: Alice Walker Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been n ...

(1 pages) 21 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

In the Time of the Butterflies compare and contrast essay

and can bring out the best and the worst of an individual amongst difficult and challenging times. Alvarez's organization and development of the historical fiction helps us better understand the Mira ... nd the Mirabel family's involvement in the revolution. In her novel In the Time of the Butterflies, Alvarez explores Maria Teresa and Minerva's family environment along with the influence among the si ...

(3 pages) 0 0 0.0 Oct/2012

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

I Want to Be

I Want to Be Miss America, by Julia Alvarez, addresses the problem of trying to fit in. In the story Alvarez struggles to be an American ... to be an American. Her Hispanic culture becomes a problem with being part of the American society. Alvarez and her sisters try to make themselves fit it into the American society, instead of celebrat ... I searched for clues on how to look as if we belonged here"(56). From the first sentence, it shows Alvarez is trying to change her appearance and the way she acts, in order for her to fit in. I do no ...

(2 pages) 2 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers