Ricardo Melendez Analysis

Jose Antonio Navarro was a very important man because he was involved in the Texas Revolution. He was born on February 27, 1795, and he was sent to Saltillo, Mexico as a young child, and injured his leg that didn 't heal properly which caused him to have a limp. The same year he injured his leg father died from a severe illness. He learned the merchant trade which was his father´s occupation, and has his own trade post, but specialized in Mexican Law. Which didn´t really make any sense. He met his future wife named Margarita de la Garza at his merchant stand, and immediately fell in love. Jose and Margarita has a daughter named Maria Casimira del Carmen in the spring of 1817. He was happy about there being a new trade port on the coast of Texas at La Bahia, because he thought he could open a new trade post to help raise money for his family, which did not work because the other merchants would not let him sell near them, because, they thought he would out-sell them, which he did.

While Barrientos was raised having no ties to her Latino culture, due to trying to “fit in” with the American society, Marquez is raised with a different view. Marquez is raised to always show respect to her culture by speaking her natural tongue to her parents even if they’re in public and people don’t approve. She is also taught the respect to switch from Spanish to English to show non Spanish speakers respect. Even though both Barrientos and Marquez are from the Hispanic decent they are both raised to view the Spanish language in different

His life was not really the typical laborer as a young boy. In fact he had a good life but his family lost it all when the great depression struck. After having to see his family lose all their land and goods they were forced to become labor workers. They were forced to leave to California where the bigger companies were picked. Him and his family quickly settled in California and even joined some of the unions and took part in several strikes. It wasn’t hard for them to find jobs as Mexicans were known to replace the Chinese because they were willing to work longer hours and be paid less. Chavez states, “We thought that always you had to suffer and be hungry…. That was our life” (Etulain 3). Chavez realized that the American dream was not offered to poor Mexicans and that life was not the same as it was before. After switching schools back and forth in the 8th grade he decided to become a full time labor worker to take away the suffering from his mother. At the age of 17 he enlisted in the Navy where he served for two years. He remembered how his life was at the fields and kept in his conscious the racism and the poor working conditions he had experienced and he felt he had to do something about it. When he was back from the navy he went back with his family and returned to Delano and worked with his family. There he met his future wife Helen Fabela a member of another working family. They later on married in

George Lopez once said “I had a very difficult childhood. I was surrounded by people who had parents, which made me feel different. Having a bit of a rougher existence early on, it made me appreciate the work ethic that my grandparents instilled in me.” Grit, courage and resolve; strength of character. George was born on April 23, 1961 in Mission Hills California. He was abandoned by his parents. He uses his childhood experiences for his stand-up comedy and he helps the community around him. Lopez uses perseverance, passion and effort to overcome a lot of obstacles in his life.

The early life of Roberto Clemente was very hard. Clemente learned to work hard at a very young age, he worked in sugar plantations and only got paid one dollar a day. Encyclopedia.com (1) This helped Clemente learn that hard work can pay off. There was a lot of problems when Clemente moved to America. When Clemente moved to America everyone didn’t respect him because he was Puerto Rican. He would get called awful racist names because of the way he talked and the color of his skin. Clemente overcame these hardships and strived to be the good ball player and the good guy he was.

It is with great pleasure that I recommend Matthew Mojica as the newest member of the prestigious National Junior Honor Society!

Atticus lives by a code: let your conscience be your guide. That’s why he takes on the case at the heart of the story, the defense of a black man falsely accused of raping a white woman. Scout tells Atticus that most people in the town think it’s wrong to defend the accused man. But Atticus explains that “they’re entitled to full respect for their opinions. But before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” If he didn’t take the case, Atticus tells Scout, “I could never ask you to mind me again.”

Going into this interview project I was curious to learn more about the experiences that immigrants had to go through. My interviewee, Mario, is an 18 year old immigrant that migrated to America from Bolivia at the age of 10. I have known Mario since middle school and we’ve been friends since then. We have grown up around the same area too and now we both attend the University of Maryland. Being a 1.5 generation immigrant myself, I was interested to see if we shared similar experiences growing up in America especially since we’ve grown up around the same area. My interview with Mario has given me deeper understanding of the difficulties and challenges immigrants have to go through in their first few years in America. Through Mario’s experiences,

He was considered part of the group of being latino because he grew up around

He was born into a migrant farm working family and new first hands the struggle that that life provided. He help form the NFWA in order to combat these injustices. He believed in non-violent protest like those conducted my MLK or Gandhi. He led a boycott and strike of grapes between 1965 and 1970 in which ultimately led to the grape growers to give in to Chavez and the union. During this strike he led a march from Delano to Sacramento in which they walked 340 miles in 25 days. When he felt his followers might lose their way and result to violence he fasted for 25 days to show his determination and resolve. Today he is an Icon for many Mexican Americans and like many activist before him he helped pave a better tomorrow for his

When Herman Melville wrote “Benito Cereno”, he used the phrase “follow your leader” repeatedly throughout the story. This poses the question: who is the leader? It would seem, based on context during different situations, “the leader” changes continuously throughout the duration of the story and provides different meanings based on who the leader is interpreted to be. The whole plot never seems to truly have one significant leader, but a rather cloudy group of possible leaders.

He constructed the chicano movement. The Chicano movement was first brought up in New Mexico by Reies López Tijerina. Gonzalez was the one who picked it up the movement by defining being Chicano in his poem called “I am Joaquin.” He also constructed the first Chicano youth conference in 1969. Where many young Mexican American youth came together to talk about the common issues of oppression, discrimination, and injustice. He made it possible for my family to live a normal life. My parents came from Mexico around 1980. He made it possible for them to be accepted. The Chicano movement was lead by many amazing leaders but I like to mention Gonzalez because he had a great explanation on how it feels to be Chicano in the United States. Gonzalez explained in his poem how it feels to be Mexican and living in a world filled with just white faces. He opened a lot of eyes. He made many people who are from mexico to feel a lot comfortable about being Mexican in the United States. Making my parents one of them, they stand proud for many years. Encouraging others to be proud of their culture. Gonzalez allowed them and many others to have a

Miguel Hidalgo began the independence movement for Mexico in the 19th century. To the Mexican people, he is a symbol of freedom, equality, and hope. He was able to unite the poor people and spark the revolution against the Spanish and against the upper class. Miguel Hidalgo is a defender of human rights and is viewed as the great hero who fought for equality and justice, which would later influence other great leaders to fight for their people.

Envy can cause betrayal. In A Separate Peace by John Knowles, teenage feelings of envy, friendship, and betrayal bubble up at Devon, an all-boys boarding school in New England. Two boys, Gene and Finny are the opposite of each other: Gene is a studious, diligent student, while Finny is fun-loving and athletic. Knowles juxtaposes the pureness of Finny to portray the “savage” side of Gene (Knowles 145). The boys’ differences do not keep them apart, however, for they are roommates and Phineas considers Gene his “best pal” (48). In the real world, World War II is occurring while Finny secretly tries to enlist in the military, although with his broken leg he will not be able to participate. Gene feels an enormous amount of sorrow for jouncing the limb of a tree when Finny and him were on it, causing Finny to fall. Gene cannot face his sense of responsibility and get rid of his guilt. Gene is not a bad person, he has a conscience, and feels remorse, but he cannot face the part of himself deep down inside that

The Vargas family brought Jose to the US because the US had more opportunities. At first, their main goal for Jose was to get a regular job and one day make enough money to send to the Philippines. However, Lolo underestimated the potential Jose had. Jose was a bright student and at the age of 16, Jose had dreams of becoming a journalist. Jose studied hard and despite the fact he was unable to gain financial aid, he was still able to achieve his dream.