Boca Chica Essays

In Gary Soto’s short story ‘Growing Up,” the main character, Maria, says, “‘I know, I know. You’ve said that a hundred times,’ she snapped.” Maria is acting ungrateful because she doesn’t want to go on vacation with her family and she is arguing with her father about it instead of being grateful for what she has. Being grateful is feeling or showing an appreciation of kindness and being thankful. In the story Maria argues with her father about not wanting to go on vacation with her family and

Imagine, being an eleven year old girl and having to do so many certain things to be able to provide for your family, like pretending to be a boy and not giving up on your family. That’s what young Parvana faces in the book,The Breadwinner. Perseverance is defined as being determined to do something and never giving up.Throughout The Breadwinner,by Deborah Ellis, the main character Parvana demonstrates several examples of perseverance in her everyday struggles in her life. One example of Parvana’s

The Devil behind the Mirror by Steven Gregory is a book based on more than a year of ethnographic research in the tourist towns of Andrés and Boca Chica. In this book, Gregory shows "how distinct economic, cultural, and social processes that have been associated with 'globalization' and neoliberal economic reforms have restructured the lives and livelihoods of people in the Dominican Republic" (p. 4). While studying and observing the lives of working poor people in these areas, he states how globalization

Fort Belknap This military fort is in Newcastle 130 miles west of Dallas/Fort Worth. During the territorial annexation of Texas this fort protected settlers against the local Comanche and Kiowa Indian tribes who were raiding the land. There is a mini museum about the fort with original buildings, cannons, and guns. Now, it 's a historical landmark and state park with a cemetery and graves for the people who died. Also, the Texas Ranger used this fort to fight their battles. Fort Concho This fort

prized possessions” (Gregory, p. 177). This discussion of the formation of communities becomes relevant to globalization in the sense that these communities are ignored because tourism has become the main priority and glory of the Dominican Republic. Boca Chica is the area these residents come from which is highly ignored because it is a tourist destination, therefore, any of the resources that go towards development is for the tourist industry and not for its people. Although some people may benefit from

Real Estate Business Growth in Central America A travel, investment as well as other opportunities in real estate is growing and more people are being part of this business. Different countries such as Costa Rica, Honduras as well as Bolivia hold a majority of real estate centers where there is rapid growth in a short span of time. Investors have been seeing an opportunity to purchase property or another real estate, deemed necessary. Those who live in other countries apart from Latin America, can

Living Conditions A. Food and Diet Typical Meals What Dominican people tend to eat depends Highly on which area they live, whether in the interior mountains or near the sea. Since most of Dominican dishes evolve in pork, pigs are heavily farmed in most areas of the islands. They have a tradition of stemming from the lesser availability of refrigeration, Dominican restaurants tend to cook or stewed meat dishes very well. Dominican dishes are known to be filling