Mestiza: a woman of racially mixed ancestry, especially of mixed European & Native American ancestry
Diaspora: the scattering of the Jews to countries outside of Palestine after the Babylonial captivity.
Jibara: A rural inhabitant of Puerto Rico
Shtetl: a Jewish village or small-town community in eastern Europe
Forbears: an ancestor
Mija: shortened from "mi hija", which means "my daughter". It can also be used as slang when people are refering to their friends.
Caribeña: a Caribbean island
Boricua: proud Puerto Ricans proudly represent themselves as this
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
Chicano Civil Rights Movement
What was the Socio Economic status of Latinos in
-- They had a negative ethnic stereotype against them.
What is the meaning of "La Raza ?"
-- "La Raza" means "The People" in English. This term is used to represent the people who share the Aztec heritage.
Who were The Young Lords ?
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Saturday, February 23, 2008
Comprehenshion Check Questions To Equiano's Slave Narrative
Comprehension Check Questions:
For what crimes were slaves punished? And what was the punishment?
-- The slaves are punished because they were hungry & they stole the fish from the white men. Their punishment was that they got beaten for stealing the fish.
Interpret: Why does Equiano blame the illness aboard the ship on the “improvident avarice” of the traders?
-- Equiano blames the illness because there was a limited amount of space within the slaves. The slaves literally were on top of each other on the shop. The traders didn't care that any of the slaves died cause they had so much slaves aboard the ship. They knew no matter how many died, they would always have more.
Support from the text: How can you tell that Equiano has a great zest for life despite his assertion that he wanted to die?
-- He had a great zest for life because he wanted to know the result after the boat ride.
Infer: What does this passage reveal about the author?
-- This passage reveals that the author is educated, because of the vocabulary that he uses. He was most likely self taught.
Draw conclusion: Explain what a variety of languages indicates about the slave trade.
-- A variety of languages indicates that in the slave trade, the slaves were taken from different parts of Africa, or even different parts of the world.
-- Different cultures could have different point of views on certain things, which can cause controversy. For example, one culture might accept something while the other does not. It can cause many problems in a society.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Wiki-cabulary
pestilential: annoyingly troublesome
avarice: insatiable greed for riches
inhabitant: one that inhabits in a place, especially as a permanent resident
apprehension: anticipation of adversity or misfortune ; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil
clamor: a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people
avarice: insatiable greed for riches
inhabitant: one that inhabits in a place, especially as a permanent resident
apprehension: anticipation of adversity or misfortune ; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil
clamor: a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Equiano's Narrative [Relations To Narrative]
"America"
By: James Monroe Whitefeild
- racism; the whites, in their opinon, were more superior than the slaves
- they had no choice but to follow the orders of the whites
- they were forbidden their own natural rights
"Bury Me in a Free Land"
By: Frances Harper
-people would rather be dead than be slaves
- families were torn apart; mothers were taken from daughters etc.
- slaves were beaten badly if they disobeyed the white people
By: James Monroe Whitefeild
- racism; the whites, in their opinon, were more superior than the slaves
- they had no choice but to follow the orders of the whites
- they were forbidden their own natural rights
"Bury Me in a Free Land"
By: Frances Harper
-people would rather be dead than be slaves
- families were torn apart; mothers were taken from daughters etc.
- slaves were beaten badly if they disobeyed the white people
Wiki Elements
Genre: the type of literature it is
-- Equiano's story is a slave narrative/autobiography.
Imagery: the formation of mental images
-- An example of imagery would be "The closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate, added to the number in the ship, which was so crowded that each had scarcely room to turn himself, almost suffocated us." From reading this, you can actually picture in your head how the slaves were setup on the ship.
Symbolism: the practice of representing things by symbols
-- An example of symbolism is the ship because the ship represents the amount of pain and suffering that the slaves went through.
Characters: people that are starred in literature
-- The characters of the slave narrative was Equiano, the other slaves and the white men/slave traders.
Internal Conflict: a struggle which takes place the the mind of the protagonist or any other character
-- An internal conflict that Equiano faced was that if he should die instead of suffering on the ship.
External Conflict: a struggle between the protagonist and other characters against nature or some outside force
-- An external conflict was that he was suffering because of the white men/slave traders. They were not providing the slaves & himself with good care.
Setting: time & place where the literature is being held at
-- This was taken place on a ship during the time of the slave trade.
Point of Veiw: the perspective of how the literature is told
-- The slave narrative is written in first person because Equiano is telling the story. He uses "I".
Plot-sequence of events: a chain of events that have relation to each other that make up a story
-- The plot of Equiano's autobiography is that he gets abducted from his home by white men/slave traders and put on a ship. There are so many slaves on the ship that they suffer from being so clustered together. On the ship, they were headed to the island of Barbados, where the slaves were forced to do work for the white men.
-- Equiano's story is a slave narrative/autobiography.
Imagery: the formation of mental images
-- An example of imagery would be "The closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate, added to the number in the ship, which was so crowded that each had scarcely room to turn himself, almost suffocated us." From reading this, you can actually picture in your head how the slaves were setup on the ship.
Symbolism: the practice of representing things by symbols
-- An example of symbolism is the ship because the ship represents the amount of pain and suffering that the slaves went through.
Characters: people that are starred in literature
-- The characters of the slave narrative was Equiano, the other slaves and the white men/slave traders.
Internal Conflict: a struggle which takes place the the mind of the protagonist or any other character
-- An internal conflict that Equiano faced was that if he should die instead of suffering on the ship.
External Conflict: a struggle between the protagonist and other characters against nature or some outside force
-- An external conflict was that he was suffering because of the white men/slave traders. They were not providing the slaves & himself with good care.
Setting: time & place where the literature is being held at
-- This was taken place on a ship during the time of the slave trade.
Point of Veiw: the perspective of how the literature is told
-- The slave narrative is written in first person because Equiano is telling the story. He uses "I".
Plot-sequence of events: a chain of events that have relation to each other that make up a story
-- The plot of Equiano's autobiography is that he gets abducted from his home by white men/slave traders and put on a ship. There are so many slaves on the ship that they suffer from being so clustered together. On the ship, they were headed to the island of Barbados, where the slaves were forced to do work for the white men.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Emily Dickinson & D.H. Lawrance
"I am nobody. Who are you ?"
-- Emily Dickinson
In these almost 17 years of my life, I have come to realize that life isn't always a bunch of roses. Nothing really comes easy. In order to get something that you really want, it takes hard work & self confidence. To others, I am a sister, a daughter, a granddaughter, a niece a best friend & a cousin. I am usually a lover, not a fighter. I tend to get along with people very easily. I am a very social person & tend to make friends very quickly. Also, I'm a extremely sensitive person. I sometimes take things personally, even though I know people are joking. I personally think that emotional pain really doesn't hurt as much as physical pain.
I am a person that doesn't really care what other people have to say. If people say something about me, their opinion doesn't matter to me at all. People that talk about me, I have realized are the ones that admire me the most because my name is "always in their mouth". I hold my head up high & as long as I know what's not true, then there's really nothing to worry about.
I have also come to realize that there are a certain set of people who really matter in life. I have had many letdowns in my life, but I have came to realize that there are people in my life that really matter, who never mattered & who always will. The ones that always will matter are my true shining stars.
I am a girl living in a big world & slowly preparing for what's out there for me. All I really need is hard work & confidence to survive out there, because in this thing called "life", nothing comes easy at all.
"I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough, without ever feeling sorry for itself."
-- D.H. Lawrance
Basically what this quote is saying is that wild animals, such as birds can't feel sorry for themselves. Whatever happens to them, is what they have to deal with. In order to survive, animals go through a lot more than humans do. For animals, it's survival of the fittest.
-- Emily Dickinson
In these almost 17 years of my life, I have come to realize that life isn't always a bunch of roses. Nothing really comes easy. In order to get something that you really want, it takes hard work & self confidence. To others, I am a sister, a daughter, a granddaughter, a niece a best friend & a cousin. I am usually a lover, not a fighter. I tend to get along with people very easily. I am a very social person & tend to make friends very quickly. Also, I'm a extremely sensitive person. I sometimes take things personally, even though I know people are joking. I personally think that emotional pain really doesn't hurt as much as physical pain.
I am a person that doesn't really care what other people have to say. If people say something about me, their opinion doesn't matter to me at all. People that talk about me, I have realized are the ones that admire me the most because my name is "always in their mouth". I hold my head up high & as long as I know what's not true, then there's really nothing to worry about.
I have also come to realize that there are a certain set of people who really matter in life. I have had many letdowns in my life, but I have came to realize that there are people in my life that really matter, who never mattered & who always will. The ones that always will matter are my true shining stars.
I am a girl living in a big world & slowly preparing for what's out there for me. All I really need is hard work & confidence to survive out there, because in this thing called "life", nothing comes easy at all.
"I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough, without ever feeling sorry for itself."
-- D.H. Lawrance
Basically what this quote is saying is that wild animals, such as birds can't feel sorry for themselves. Whatever happens to them, is what they have to deal with. In order to survive, animals go through a lot more than humans do. For animals, it's survival of the fittest.
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