Para Ser Feliz Analysis

In her novel La Linea, Ann Jaramillo tells the story of fifteen-year-old Miguel, who leaves his home in Mexico to illegally cross the US-Mexican border. He leaves for California, where his parents and two of his sisters have lived for the past seven years. His parents left first, in order to make money for their children to cross la linea later. Miguel and his younger sister Elena thus live with their grandmother on a rancho in the small Mexican village San Jacinto. On his fifteenth birthday, Miguel receives the letter he has waited for his entire life. A letter from his father tells him to go see Don Clemente, a rich and successful immigrant smuggler. Don Clemente provides Miguel with

“Joyas Voladoras” is a poetic essay written by Brian Doyle. This essay is about the heart, big and small. The hummingbirds have the smallest heart while the blue whale has the biggest. Doyle is trying to tell us readers a message. The message he is telling us is that our (mammals, birds, reptiles, etc) hearts are strong and amazing, but fragile. We have to be careful what we do.

And then she turned to me. I felt special that she had saved me for last. I smiled at her, and she did the same to me. We had grown inseparable over the past few years especially, but now it was time to say goodbye. I knew at that point that nothing at all would change, that we would still be sisters, still be best friends, still be inseparable. Who cares if we’re 5 ½ hours away? This was us.

The quote that I chose was “Being defeated is often only a temporary condition giving up is what makes it permanent. I selected this quote because I feel it immensely relates to me /my life. It always seems as though my life is fixated onto the temporary condition. Although I never really go to the giving up stage, I am always awfully close. If you give up from doing what you have been doing, it will take a lot time to work back up the courage to get up and do it again. With this in mind, never give up never surrender If you are just defeated from not being able to do what you’ve been trying so hard to get just get back up and keep pushing till you get

Gloria Anzaldua is among the many feminist theorists that has moved into the realm of addressing post-modern identities. In Gloria Anzaldua’s articulation of the new mestiza consciousness, she makes the argument of identities as multiple, hybrid, and more specifically created as a result of the Borderlands. However, according to Anzaldua, and despite the difficulties engendered by her very existence, the mestiza is also a figure of enormous potential, as her multiplicity allows a new kind of consciousness to emerge. This mestiza consciousness moves beyond the binary relationships and dichotomies that characterize traditional modes of thought, and seeks to build bridges between all minority communities to achieve social and political change.

Brian Doyle is not only an author, but also a father, whose writing is inspired by his son's heart deformity. He pursues knowledge of this topic and uses it in his book The Wet Engine. In this book, “Joyas Voladoras” tells about the heart and what it portrays in life. In “Joyas Voladoras”, Brian Doyle explores that the heart is a powerhouse and depending on how people live, determines their vitality.

To continue to develop my multicultural competencies through awareness and knowledge. I chose to finish reading the book Mi Voz, Mi Vida: Latino College Students Tell Their Life Stories (2007). The stories I identified with this time actually went with my individual plan of change, mentoring. The mentors in each of these three-individual’s lives were their mothers. I could relate to this because my mother was my best friend who I trusted and love to guide me too. The multicultural skill developed here was: capability to empathize and genuinely connect with individuals who are culturally different from myself. I connected with these individual in several ways from the background we each grew up in. Such as our families struggling with drug addiction,

In the article “In Spanish, It’s Un Equipo,” Nadine Heintz discusses how two different companies, Xplane and Approve, created suitable organizations overseas.

I chose, “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string,” from Self-Reliance for my aphorism poster for two reasons truthfully. One that I could explain it easier that most of the others I had wanted to do. And two, that (from what I take this to mean) I really liked what it was saying. I feel like what this is saying is something more people should do. To trust themselves to know what to do, what is right, and what you know about yourself. The fact it had thy in it also helped.

This investigation analyzes the impact that Porfirio Diaz’s administration had on public interest and particularly that of the primary education system. Through Diaz’s foreign expeditions and through his involvement in governmental action, the depiction and characteristics of the primary education system were reformed. The question that derives from this development is:

In this article, García-Canclini develops some of the topics characteristics of his work: the role of the State, the popular (lo popular), the nation, the elites, and so forth, in cultural policies in Latin America. Particularly, he inquires into the cultural landscape under pressure by the neoliberal turnover of the ‘80s. Specifically, García-Canclini highlights five ideas about the national-popular (lo naciona-popular) in which these cultural policies are embedded: (1) Biological-telluric; (2); statist; (3) Commercial; (4); Military; and (5) historical and popular. What does mean lo nacional-popular in Latin America and to what extend it is related to cultural practices and cultural policies are the questions at the core of the proposal.

“Nothing is as good as it seems beforehand” by George Eliot reminds me of one of my favorite saying. “Walk a mile in my shoes” means you have to live another person’s life in order to understand where they are coming from. See life from their point of view. This saying means a lot to me because I feel if I can live my life by this quote I can become a better person. By not judging others before I get to know those like I once did.

I’m glad you told me about it most wouldn’t even have bothered and just would have dropped off the face of the earth without any explanation. I’ve had this happen to me many times before and it really hurts that I wasn’t important enough for the truth or to be even good enough to be a girlfriend always the friend never the girlfriend. I’m glad it worked out where we are still friends and still talking with each other that doesn’t happen very often and I’m glad that we are still connecting. I guess I thought I had a chance with you I thought that maybe you felt more than just friendship with me at times. Maybe it was just all in my head maybe I was reading into things too much but the little things you said to me made me think that maybe you wanted to start a relationship with me one day. But I was wrong to think that I’m sorry if I made you feel like you messed me up or hurt me and that you have to be so distant with me. You didn’t do anything wrong to me or hurt me you made me a stronger person and gave me an experience I should be thanking you for that. You shouldn’t have to feel like you have to be distant with me we are friends and friends shouldn’t be like that.

“Do not be afraid”. That is my favorite motto to live by because every day, everyone faces some sort of fear. This short phrase reminds me to stay brave and focus on the good in my life and all around me. In my life, my greatest love is my family and friends. These 2 things keep me happy in life and they are all I need to get through anything in my life and help me follow my motto. These 2 things are also the things I treasure most in my life. In my friends, I value their ability to make me laugh, no matter the circumstances. There is not a day in my life where my friends don’t make me laugh. My greatest extravagance in my life is going on cruises in the cars that my dad brings home from his job. He works at a car lot in MN, and every day

Growing up I heard the dicho, “ donde hay gana hay manana,” millions of times from my grandma and mom. Every time my grandma and mom were in the middle of gossiping, the dicho would pop-up, especially when the subject of their conversation was about a lazy person or a hardworking one.The saying has much wisdom as it explains that where there is desire there is ability. When people have negative thoughts over achieving their goals they have been known to either give up or fail to achieve them, but in reality all that one needs while trying to achieve their goals is desire. If a person really wants something they will try their hardest since in the end it is them who can determine how thirsty they are for their goals.