Lola Diaz's 'Beli Dearest'

Facing the segregationists and the horrors of the South, Melba Pattillo was a strong warrior on the battlefield of racism for all people of color across the world. Beginning with the integration into Central High School, the brave 9 children hit waves upon waves of mobs and white people giving their all to get rid of them. Melba has gone through hell and back facing attacks of anything from sticks of dynamite to acid being thrown in her eyes. Her dignity and courage gave her the strength to refuse to back down and make a remarkable story.

Can social classes affect the character of a person? In his story “Monstro,” Junot Diaz Describes how an infection took over many people in the Dominican Republic, more specifically the Haitians in poverty. He also gives us insight in the conflict the narrator is facing of liking a girl called Mysty who is of a different social status than he is, and of a wealthy guy called Alex and his desire to be a photographer at any risk. Diaz focuses on how an infection can affect people of different social status. He discusses how immune the wealthy are comparing to the poor to the infected, when compared to the blacks who are more at risk of the disease.

BULLET BACKGROUND PAPER ON MY PERSONAL HERO PURPOSE The purpose of this bullet background paper is to outline information about my personal hero, Gina Rodriguez, and explain why she is my personal hero. ABOUT •Rodriguez was born in Raised in Chicago, Illinois and went to college at New York University •She is Afro-Latina and part Jewish •She has starred in multiple hit movies and television shows and has won many awards for them •Gina is most well known for her role as Jane on the show, “Jane the Virgin” for which she won a Golden Globe award REASONS - There are three main reasons why she is my hero -- Gina embraces both her Latina and American culture equally and in the same way that I embrace my cultures

Tone/Mood: “ ... I would use her notebooks to reclaim the past and overcome terrors of my own…” (Page 1) The first page really sets a dreadful tone for the entire book. Isabel Allende uses words like “terrors”, “defenseless”, “mourning”, “powerless”, “indecent”, and “disgust”. I feel as though the ending of the book will as somber as the beginning of it.

I choose the scene of Marieme who change her attitude from sadness to a happy girl, from Girlhood movie, also the scene of Pastor Ned who change from a hangry person, to a person who forgive. I choose these two scene because they present a similarity, which is a change in emotional attitude. In Girlhood, from 19:25 to 19:51, while the four girls Fily (Marietou Toure), Marieme (Karidja Taure), Adiatou (Lindsay Karamoh) and Lady (Assa Sylla) live the store, Marieme changes her attitude without an obvious transition. In the first shot, a medium long with a straight line angle, she is working with Fily, Adiatou and Lady, her facial expression showed a sad motion.

The decisions that Mama Lola and her family make are altered by the teachings about the spirit Ogou because of their devotion to Hatian and Vudou traditions. Mama Lola grew up learning about Ogou and it is so ingrained in her life that she teaches it to her children to try and help influence their decision making for the better. But, since this family came to America social institutions that test their faith, Economic Class, Race and nationality make their decision making shaped by their devotion to Ogou. During this essay I am going to explain to you why their decision making by Ogou to help become more adapt to these institutions for the better. Mama Lola and her family deal with the problem of their economic status during their early days in New York City.

What makes Nora Rodriquez a hero? Nora Rodriquez is a heroine because she stood up for Central American immigrants with using he job as resource tool to make Central Americans to become Mexicans citizen when they cant get the oppurtunity , so those immigrants look up to her for support and help. In the article " Honduran Entrepreneur Helps Central Americans Gain Legal Status in Mexico" by Mayela Sanchez, its states that "Rodriquez benefits economically from the services she offers, she also provides help and guidence to Central Americans they do not get anywhere". This evidence means , that Nora Roqriquez is able to help immigrants in any wayshe can from her job. Thos shows that Nora Rodriquezputs her self in another place more risky because

Today I'm going to be talking about Melba. The reason why is because she is an important person of why integration ended. To start off she almost died because of a racist people as a young child because the doctor took away her medicine for her to stay alive. Then she wants to attend a all white school Central High. And she gets to because Little Rock is integrating

Gloomy as that Sunday was, there was no way in hell Aria Herrin would miss her practice. She should have listened to her family 's warning not to head out but alas, she did. So there she was, stuck in the rain outside her academy. She thought of calling somebody from home

“I figure, you know, if you treat people right, you can only hope that they treat you right. It’s as simple as it gets in this complicated world.” Julio Diaz has an interesting view on people and the world and so does Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones in the story “Thank You, Ma’am” by Langston Hughes. In the radio show, Morning Edition hosted by Michael Garofalo, he tells the story of a man named julio Diaz and how he treated his mugger with kindness. In “Thank You, Ma’am”