Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me Ultima

Racial prejudice has been a tremendous part of United States history, and it has caused a vast amount of controversy for hundreds of years. There have been many ways people have attempted to counter racism; one example is the Civil War, a more well-known event related to racism. There are, however, less violent ways of fighting this, such as literature. Many authors have addressed racism either subtly or directly in their novels; a few examples are Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. To Kill a Mockingbird is a much more recent novel concerning prejudice in the South particularly.

In Thomas King 's autobiographical novel, The Truth About Stories takes a narrative approach in telling the story of the Native American, as well as Thomas King 's. The stories within the book root from the obstacles that the Thomas King had to face during his years in high school and his post-university life. These stories are told in a matter that uses rhetorical devices such as personal anecdotes & comparisons. "You 'll Never Believe What Happened" Is Always a Great Way to Start is about the importance, potential, and dangers of stories, specifically those of creation stories and how they can shape a culture, with the aim to share King 's urgency for social change with his readers King 's informal tone, lighthearted jokes, and effort to make his writing follow the style of native oral tradition as closely as possible, all help the reader understand the type of narrative he believes would be most beneficial for the foundation of a society. His unique style allows for the use of personal anecdotes and requires that he breaks the proverbial fourth wall to communicate with the reader directly, to create the conversational feel of the oral tradition.

Both the Heritage of World Civilization and An Imperial World book assists the learner understand the lineage of significant events along with the leadership and major conflicts that occurred. The Underdogs is a novel by Mariana Azuela that complements the story pointed out by the aforementioned literatures. I learned a lot from the reading material and the Tegrity sessions, but the Underdogs novel, gave me an inside view on what it was to be a part of the Mexican revolution. This first person story brings to light on the characters and viewpoints of the people during that time. I can really appreciate my personal upbringings when compared to the rough lifestyle of Mexicans during that timeline.

There are countless examples of Mexican-American masculinity in this novel, like when it mentions that Gabriel’s two eldest sons are fighting in WWII. Bless Me, Ultima also presented the process of acculturation for Mexican-Americans, especially in the education system. Vikki Ruiz specifically mentions this process, stating “Students also became familiar with U.S. history and holidays” (Ruiz, p.266). this is portrayed when Antonio talks about one learning English only after going to school. Acculturation was an intrinsic aspect of the creation of Mexican

ABSTRACT Hubert Selby Jr’s Last Exit to Brooklyn represents a perspective in America that is often overlooked due to the rising success of the 1950’s after World War II. This novel covers controversial topics like from rape, violence, drugs, crime and homosexuality. Due to the manner in which the novel is presented, there is much debate on whether the genre of Selby’s literary work is naturalism, moral satire, or both. The goal of this paper is to correctly identify what genre the novel falls in by analyzing and investigating the components of each genre and how they differ, the context and background of the novel itself, the characters and their decisions, and outside resources in order to understand the true purpose of Selby’s work. KEY TERMS Naturalism Moral Satire Genre Crime Poverty Violence Drugs Fiction Last Exit to Brooklyn Hubert Selby MANUSCRIPT BODY Hubert Selby Jr. published his first novel, Last Exit to Brooklyn, in 1964.

Native Roots There are many stories of people who have faced challenge and hardship in their lives; however, the story “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona” offers a different element. The main characters, Victor and Thomas Builds-the-Fire, are Native American men who live on an Indian Reservation. While Victor and Thomas come from similar backgrounds, there are both similarities and differences between these two characters that contribute to the story. The author, Sherman Alexie, tells this the story in a third person narration. Alexie is also a Native American who describes his own writing as “very personal and autobiographical” (Nygren, “A World of Story” 298).

On April 15th, 2013, while attending the Brisbane Writers Festival, American author and journalist, Lionel Shriver, delivered a speech discussing the effects cultural appropriation is having on author’s ability to write fiction. The speech needed to be carefully delivered considering the sensitivity of the topic. Shriver began by telling a story of how tequila and sombreros at a party became hurtful towards Mexican culture, even if the intention was not at all mockery, so, “...what does this have to do with writing fiction?” (Shriver). Well, fiction stories are those that describe imaginary events and people.Nevertheless, even though the stories are made up, there is much controversy whether or not the authors of these stories are allowed

How is Animal Imagery used in Chronicle of a Death Foretold? Chronicle of a Death Foretold is a novel based on true events that had occurred in 1951 in Colombia. As the title indicates, the author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez creates a timeline of how one citizen, Santiago Nazar was murdered. Unlike the norms of a detective themed novel, the audience is aware from the start of the victim, the killers and the reasons. However Marquez, with translation by Gregory Rabassa, focuses on exploring the behavior of the community around him.

War has- regrettably- been the answer to many conflicts in human history, ranging from the Sumerian’s conquests to the invasion of Iraq by the US and its allies. During its long history, war has been questioned and contemplated, especially through culture: music, poetry, literature, etc. Two prominent pieces of anti-war literature include Catch-22 by Joseph Heller and For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway. Both novels express contemporary fears and questions on war: its impact, its conduct, and its purpose; as well as frustrations and dangers of a modernizing society, industry, and bureaucracy, however the former has a comedic tone, while the latter is serious. Tone is a very powerful and moving tool for both Heller and Hemingway in their novels.

Native Americans; Then and Now In the Sherman Alexie’s novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, a young boy named Junior faces many struggles in life as a result of his Native American background. Before America was actually known as America, it was inhabited by the Native Americans. However, the Spaniards came to America and took control of their land. By understanding the information given in this novel, we can link it to the history of Native Americans and how modern day Native Americans’ lives are an outcome of previous colonization. By doing this, we can learn how Native American schooling is affected, alcoholism is common, and sports mascots have become offensive.

The book was all about Buck going to owner to owner trying to survive the harsh environment. Therefor Charlie would be in the movie to help john and not in the book. Also the book had what Buck was doing and what happened to him and what he

Throughout his journey with Jim, the conscience guides Huck to care more about the consequences of the events happens around him which implies further development and consolidation of his moral beliefs. For instance, when Huck and Jim decide to “borrow” some food from the corn fields, Huck struggles to determine whether it is morally right to do it. On one hand, he justifies his actions by stating that, " Pap always said it warn 't no harm to borrow things, if you was meaning to pay them back, sometime” (56). In this case, he thinks Pap’s reasoning is actually logical. On the other hand, he also remembers, “but the widow said it warn 't anything but a soft name for stealing, and no decent body would do it" (56).

The North wanted to open up job oppertunities to those who did not work for free in order to benefit both the economy of the country, but the governments ability to fund itself and the states. Slavery would hurt the economy, which would be a main reason why the Notherners would rather abolish it instead of allowing for it to ruin oppertunities for those who look for jobs. However, the Southerners would change their position and act as if they were the victim, claiming that “the North would then ‘ride over us rough shod’ in Congress, ‘proclaim freedom or something equivalent to it to our slaves and reduce us to the condition of Hayti… Our only safety is in equality of POWER.’”(57) They play as if they are the victims of inequality when it comes down to the division in politics and they would fight against the idea of slavery being removed. They fight for the equality in the House, because if they didn’t, they would lose everything they had fought

The individuals from the Virginia Colony and the Massachusetts Bay Colony came to the new country for both very similar reasons, the main reason being so that they could have freedom within their colonies and to be free from the church and practice their own religion. The puritans and the pilgrims from the Netherlands but they wanted their children to keep the English traditions. The fishing and hunting conditions were not good in this area. Some colonists traded American Indians corn for beaver fur. The economy was bad because the king raised taxes but when they started making the tobacco plantations helped the economy out.

Steven Sandstorm and Gary Eye, of Kansas City, Missouri were sentenced multiple life sentences because of the “racially- motivated murder of William L. McCay.” The cases of Gary Eye and Steven Sandstorm are one of the many examples of what some of the charges could lead up to. Charges for hate crimes includes fines, probation, associated penalties, or incarceration. If the crime is violent the suspect could end up having multiple charges,