Ponche: A Short Story

When unable to find lodging, they were forced to stay in a stable, this is where Jesus was than born. Las Posadas is a community celebration celebrated throughout Mexico. Every night during

The corrido is a song in a narrative form, or a ballad. The songs were brought around by Mexican-Americans of the southwest. As Spaniards travelled, they carried these musical traditions with them to help make the transition easier. Many of the Mexican corridos became a musical tradition. These ballads became tradition especially around the Río Grande del Norte.

Pricto also attempted to show the lavishness of this gambling festival in an attempt to show the disconnect between Santa Anna and the average Mexican. In order to demonstrate this Pricto described the accommodations that were put in place for the “opulent gamblers”. He describes crystalline fountains, plentiful liquor, extravagant flower gardens and magnificent meals. With these descriptions Pricto paints Santa Anna as a man completely disconnected from the desires and needs of the people of Mexico. He portrays Santa Anna’s court as an extravagant, immoral drain on the people of Mexico that could not be trusted to rule the

As the name of the story suggests, the story revolves around Dunk and Egg. Dunk is the nickname of Sir Duncan the Tall, while Egg is the nickname of Prince Aegon Targaryen. The story starts off with Dunk burying Sir Arlan of Pennytree, whom he has squired for years. After being knighted shortly before Sir Arlan died on his deathbed, Dunk decides to try playing for the tournament in Ashford. On the way to Ashford, he stumbles upon an inn, where he saw an opportunity to sit down and have a hot meal, which he hasn’t had in days.

Montresor woke up at his usual time, about 6 in the morning, on a cold winter day with the ground frozen white. Knowing what day it was, Montresor said to himself, “Has it really been a year since I committed my act of terror upon Fortunato.” He couldn’t help feel the slightest bit guilty for what he had done. To clear his mind Montresor decided to ask his neighbor to go for a walk.

“Using Aristotle as his guide, Las Casas examined the Indian from the physical and the moral standpoint, which marks his essay as perhaps the first exercise in comparative cultural anthropology.” He compared the political, social, and religious arrangements of European cultures with those of Native American tribes and determined that although they were different, they were not inferior. “He paid proper due to the quality of Aztec, Inca and Mayan art and observed their ability to assimilate European ideas and practices that they found

In The Myth of Seneca Falls, Lisa Tetrault challenges an enduring myth that was produced by a social movement in the United States. While including detailed facts of the women’s suffrage movement, she also analyzes the truths and myths of the Seneca Falls convention. This is so important because this is possibly one of the longest lasting mythologies in U.s history. Her primary goal is to undo the story and along with the memories to determine how and why these events came to be the myth of Seneca Falls. While Lisa Tetrault analyzes the myth of Seneca Falls she allows the reader to learn about the event as well.

“My brother, you know, Juan Pablo was telling me that they need some troops for the siege at Arandas to capture back the church.” Explained Saul. “Yeah, I know I've heard. As long as we don't get attacked, we are to live a mellow life. A life to women and tequila.”

Las Casas came to this mind set after listening to a sermon from another man and sitting down to read the Bible he changed his mind and wanted to stop the cruel treatment of the Indians and over all set them free. Bartolomé De Las Casas writes about the cruel treatment that the Indian and the fight to show Indians are not sub-human,

Due to the area’s close ties with Mexico, the border region enjoys an influx of both American and Mexican pop music as well as traditional hits from both countries. An excellent example of this mixing of cultures is the Tejano group Intocable. Garsd points out Intocable is an interesting musical group “inspired by Mexican music, country hits and rock bands like Def Leppard” (Garsd). In terms of cuisine, the same can be said about the border region’s taste on food. Due to the area’s geographic location, the border region enjoys an excellent display of authentic food from both countries as burgers and tacos are truly enjoyed.

In Tim O’Brien’s story “Notes,” he discusses his fellow soldier “Norman Bowker […] [who hung] himself in the locker room of the YMCA” (149). Bowker symbolizes the pain that many veterans experienced, and how they sadly found their only escape through suicide. Yet, veterans potentially could have survived and even thrived if they had access to resources such as therapy, psychiatrists, and psychologists. When organizations supporting the idea that veterans should have opportunity to obtain these assets proposed this concept to The House Committee members, “members repeatedly balked at the notion that Vietnam Veterans required special counseling programs to help readjust” (Scott 38).

Many people consider the famous Mole Poblano (from Puebla), which contains ingredients such as turkey and chocolate to represent the pinnacle of the Mexican cooking tradition. “While Mole Poblano is considered to be the national dish, it is by no means the only mole.” “Mole can be anything from dark and thick to soup-like and bright green, with red, yellow and black moles each claiming aficionados in different regions.” Oaxaca is celebrated for its seven classic moles. “You would find a healthy mix of various chiles, onions, tomatoes or tomatillos; spices like cinnamon, cloves, and/or allspice; herbs such as epazote, hoja santa, and avocado leaves; seeds like pumpkin or sesame; plus garlic, vanilla, the occasional plantain or raisin.”

Sometimes the relationship between two generations is very complicated. “My Father Is a Simple Man” by Luis Omar Salinas and “A secret Lost in the Water” by Roch Carrier explore these universal themes, the greatness of love together with the unavoidability of conflicts between two generations through the depiction of the speakers’ personal experience with their fathers. In “My Father Is a Simple Man”, the speaker expresses his love for his father deeply by highly complimenting that his father has sincere “kindness and patience” (Salinas 23) to take the speaker on “lifelong journey” (Salinas 9-10). In the end of the poem, the speaker firmly believes that he should “have learned” (Salinas 36) something from his father which states a manifestly

As the son of a Comanche chief and a white captive by the name of Cynthia Ann Parker, Quanah Parker rose from the status of a Comanche warrior to their tribal leader. Although not much is known about Parker’s personal life and early years, he plays a vital role in William T. Hagan’s book “Quanah Parker, Comanche Chief”. In this book, Hagan identifies the Comanche Chief through his upbringing to his death, describing his transactions with local Indian agents, presidents, high officials in Washington and the cattlemen of the western United States territory. The author presents the Indian chief as a “cultural broker” between the cultures of the white southerners and his tribal members, presenting a blend of beliefs that are heralded as progressive and traditional as he maintained the control and organization of his tribe. During a period of transition for the Comanche people,

The Story of My Life by Helen Keller and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain are two very different books. The most obvious distinction is that one of the stories is about the life of a girl who lived in this world and the other novel is about the adventures of a fictional character from America. The Story of My Life is an autobiography of Helen Keller, from the days of her birth to the days of her graduation at Radcliffe College. Set in the late 1800’s and the early 1900’s, she writes about her feelings and the experiences of living life as a blind and deaf child. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is like what the title suggest, it is about Huckleberry Finn and his life after he runs away from his abusive father.