Personal Narrative: My Trip To Cuba

From April 15 to October 31 in 1980, over 125,000 Cuban migrants arrived in the United States. Family members from America ferried relatives and institutionalized Cubans from the Cuban port of Mariel, in what was soon coined the Mariel Boatlift. Mirta Ojito, one of these ‘Marielitos’, as they soon were termed, grew up to write “Finding Mañana: A Memoir of a Cuban Exodus”. In this text, the author provides a historic account of events leading up to the Mariel Boatlift, narratives from important figures surrounding the event, and a personal narrative describing the struggle of her family to gain freedom from the socialist dictatorship of Fidel Castro. Throughout the story of the years preceding the boatlift and the influence that living in Cuba held on her life, Ojito describes the positive and negative elements of the both the political climate and personal life on the communist island which led to her eventual emigration to the United States.

Meth is a drug that can cause its victims to become irrational; this drug can cause a person to hallucinate and obtain hypertension . The Montana Meth Project has created an advertisement in which a young man is picking at his arm and believes that there are bugs on him. The ad gives of a sense of depression and suffering because of its dark and dirty surroundings. It informs its audience to not do Meth, and by creating such a dreadful visual it scares the audience away with not lone the message, but with the picture itself.

Antique cars line up along the streets of Havana, while horse buggies prance on the cobbled roads with large posters depicting images of the country’s revolutionary leader, Che Guevara posted on the walls besides them. Entering the small towns,Whitman students and teachers were welcomed by Cuban dancers and offered by the locals to join in their activities.

It is inescapable, surrounding every aspect of life, casting its shadow upon society. Out of every accomplishment the human race has made, we have never been able to see through the boundaries that we build between ourselves. We have never been able to conquer the social restraints that are of our own doing. They exist without exception, bordering any difference between any people. Inequality is the oldest challenge that society has faced, and it is the hardest to defeat. While it has changed and transformed itself, inequality has existed throughout all of human history, including now, and the 1930s, the time in which Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird is set. Inequality in the 1930s and now share many similarities, but are also very different. The constraints of class and social inequality of the 1930s are accurately portrayed in Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, and show parallels between then and now.

Since traveling to Nicaragua, I find myself perplexed by the Nietzchean idea that language is the enemy of experience. It is difficult to explain in words an experience that is both awe-inspiring and awful, edifying and heartbreaking, beautiful and atrocious. If my time on the Bucknell Brigade was either entirely great or completely horrible, it would be easier to write about. But since the memory inhabits a confusing and ambiguous space between two intense opposites, my voice had withdrawn into silence.

Moving to a new country is very difficult for every person, even more, if it does not have anything in common with your origin country. Crossing borders, taking airplanes, and risking your life can become part of the immigration process. In this essay, I am going to explain the history of how I get out of Cuba. Also, I will be explaining how I reached this country. It was hard, but not impossible, and it was paid off already.

In June of 2016, I got a summer job working for Jeffco Open Space.I wasn’t excited but I wanted to go on a trip to the Dominican Republic. I needed to save roughly $3,000. I was gonna be working on trails all day in the summer heat and I required to have at least one 32 ounce water bottle. I went online and purchased my first Nalgene bottle off of Amazon, I think it was around $15 with shipping and handling. It came in the mail and it was about three weeks before my job started and I loved it! It’s pink with a silver-grey lip. At first, I didn’t decorate it with stickers but in July I went to Pride Festival and got my first sticker. Its circle, it has this rainbow background, and in block print it says PRIDE. Then I eventually added my

My whole family and I were devastated by the sudden death of my uncle Ryan. He had been sick with what we had thought was the flu, but later realized that it was pneumonia. I believe that we learned so much from this experience and were able to come closer as a family. As a result of my uncle’s death, my whole family decided to take a get-a-way trip to the Dominican Republic during his birthday and Christmas. While I was there I learned a very important lesson; I am blessed to live in the United States.

My dad took me and my brother to key west over the summer. He wanted to take us in the trailer he bought, but it was cheap and often broke down, so instead we went on a plane from Des Moines to chicago, and then to Miami. When we got to key west, it was excruciatingly hot. We got off and had to wait for our bags at the bagage claim. My dad had to find a bus to take us to the car rental shop, so me and my brother waited with our bags at the front of the airport.

The day I reached Punta Cana I was very excited. When I got off the plane I could feel the heat and the sun all over my body. After entering the airport, you could hear typical Dominican music everywhere. There was a bus waiting to take me to the hotel; the place where all the fun was about to begin. Siting on the bus, I looked out the windows to see the landscape, listened to music and talked with my boyfriend. Looking out the window I saw an immense yellow and red guitar; that is when I noticed I was entering the Hard Rock Casino & Hotel, the place where I was going to stay. That day I unpacked my bags, took a bath and slept all night because I was very tired. The other six days of my stay in

It was five in the morning, and the day was opening up for a good time in Oxford, that would also bring a trip to Florida, the birds were tweeting, the sky was blue, and the animals were all awake and ready for the day! I get dressed and ready, and go downstairs for breakfast. When I reach the kitchen, I look in the cupboards for something to eat. Then when i found what I wanted, i ate it. I was extremely happy and I felt that everything was going perfectly.

Has your makeshift, third world bus ever broken down and left you stranded in ninety five degree heat with no air conditioning or water? For the last several years, Cuba had been closed for U.S. tourists and Americans were only allowed limited travel. Cuba is considered a communist political system with Castro as their president. In March of 2017, I was able to experience this interesting destination with my family and friends from church. As we were driving to our house in Trinidad, the scenery from the ride was very rural and farm like. Trinidad is a very unique city in Cuba and is most known for their classic cars from the 1950’s, which are still being used there today. It was shocking to see these vintage cars riding up and down the streets

"I can't go on the service trip to Dominican Republic," I reluctantly explained to my teacher. "I don't receive health insurance," I confessed to my doctor. "I don't have federal financial aid, so I can't finish college," I tried to explain to my friends why I was leaving Oakwood University. On my college applications, I chose the best fit to describe my citizenship status from the limited drop down list, "I don't currently hold a valid U.S. visa." As an undocumented student, my life's themes have been "I can't" and "I don't.” I experienced a eureka moment when I read Invictus: “My head is bloody, but unbowed…/It matters not how strait the gate, /How charged with punishments the scroll, /…I am the captain of my soul.” I aimed to change my

In a newspaper article published by Reuters Media, written by Matt Spetalnick, Daniel Trotta and Jeff Mason, president Obamas historical visit to Cuba is widely talked about. Obama is now known as the president who boldly went where no one has before, his historic visit now makes him the first president in “88 years” to visit Cuba. While this visit is historical, he was there on business, talking with the leaders and people of Cuba. Lastly Obama has broken the “US policy of trying to Isolate Cuba.” The President has broken a long standing Policy, opening up new doors for interactions with Cuba.

We discussed the topic of biology as destiny during our second lecture. We concluded the lecture by saying that gender does contain sexuality. However, looking at lecture material, class readings, and workshop I have realized that there is more to this issue. First, society predicts and or assumes that men like playing rough and women are in love with pretty pictures, such as flowers.