Abstract This paper discusses the history and development of Santa Cruz, California from 1769 to 1960. The paper identifies key historical events and looks at how the demographics of the region changed during that time period.
Abstract This essay deals with two passages from Carlos Fuentes? novel, The Death of Artemio Cruz. This is a passage commentary on both. The passages were a recollection of a sexual event, from Artemio Cruz's past, dated December 4, 1913. The passages dealt with perception, Cruz's personal yearn for total control. The aspect of male dominance was also present in this passage.
From the Paper "The actual case of this passage was much more grotesque. It was a soldier raping a town's woman, and afterwards, she would get hanged. This was a beautiful lie that Artemio Cruz had created. It was his male egoistic fantasy: a woman who did as he wished, to sleep with if and when he wanted and to be followed, and to be cooked for. Cruz and Fuentes, with their description of the past event, were able to create a romantic moment out of a rape scene. This was akin to the details that Cruz had remembered so thoroughly, as he blended unpleasant images that had pleasant meanings and vice versa."
Abstract This paper offers a brief biographical account of the life of Mexican nun, feminist, teacher, writer, and philosopher, Sor Juana Indes de la Cruz. Her early education, her time spent in the convent, her writings, and feminist philosophy are all touched upon in this paper. The paper also briefly highlights the causes she defended and the reason for her downfall in Mexican society.
From the Paper "Sor Juana Indes de la Cruz was variously known as a Mexican nun, feminist, teacher, prodigy, writer, philosopher, and an intellectual (Oregon no date). She lived in the Baroque era. Multiple accounts state that she was baptized December 2, 1648 and registered on the church rolls as a "daughter of the Church" due to her illegitimate birth (Dartmouth 2003)(Oregon no date). At 3, she learned how to read by persuading her sister's teacher to let her to attend the local primary school (Alonzo 1997). (She said her mother sent her.) (Alonzo 1997). Even at such an early age, she had a insatiable desire for knowledge and education."
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Abstract This paper discusses the history, life and works of the poet Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. It discusses her defiance of Catholic Order and her learning, including her large library of books and musical and scientific instruments. The paper then discusses her expression of her feminism and her argument, in her best known work, that women need to be educated. The paper discusses the symbolism of some of her poetry.
Table of Contents:
Juana's Defiance of Catholic Order and Her Learning
Her Feminism
From the Paper "Much of Sor Juana Ines' poetry centers on the old chestnut of the Golden Age, which is the role of art in breaching the boundaries between illusion and reality and between dream and waking (Kantaris 1992). In her famous Poem 152, "Verde Embeleso de la Vida Humana," she describes life as a waking dream of twists and turns, and in Poem 102, "Decimas que Acompanaron un Retrato Enviado a Una Persona," she brings out the feelings of the "original" woman who sent her. In it, Sor Juana Ines questions the primary of the original over the copy, of reality over art, of the empty presence of the body over the entire world of art, imagination and the intellect. Her clever use of pronouns clouds the gender of the sender and of the recipient (Kantaris)."
Abstract This essay discusses Cruz's "Poems, Protest, and a Dream : Selected Writings". The paper focuses on Cruz's argument against the sexism and patriarchy within the Church. As a nun who lived in seventeenth century Mexico, she distinguished herself as a writer and intellectual. Because of this, the Church tried to silence her, since she was outside of her "gender role" in her intellectual pursuits. Thus, one of the strongest pieces in this book is her defense of the status of women, and their right to also pursue intellectual activities.
This paper examines Carlos Fuentes's "The Death of Artemio Cruz", showing how the protagonist Artemio's character personifies the betrayal of the ideals of the Mexican Revolution.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 4 sources, 1990, $ 71.95
From the Paper "The purpose of this research is to examine Carlos Fuentes's "The Death of Artemio Cruz", with a view toward showing how Artemio's character personifies the ultimate betrayal of the ideals of the Mexican Revolution. The plan of the research will be to set forth the context in which Artemio's character develops, and then to show how Fuentes uses him as an analogue for the success of the goals of the revolution on one hand, and for the failure of the ideals of the revolution on the other.
Artemio is an emblem of the successful revolutionary who has co-opted the goals of the revolution to achieve economic gain and a more generalized personal power. To put it another way, one set of oligarchs (disguised as petty bourgeois) has supplanted the other, and by the time the new oligarchy has been established, one can hardly tell the new regime from the old one, ... "
A comparison essay that contrasts "Youth Gangs and Moral Panics in Santa Cruz" by Tim Lucas and "Living on the Street: Social Organization and Gender Relations in Australian Street Kids" by Hilary Winchester and Lauren Costello.
Abstract Discussing how gang activity is on the rise throughout the United States, along with the poverty that is the root cause. Comparing two articles that deal with this issue - Tim Lucas' article focuses on the general panic across America concerning the presence and spread of gangs. It explores the barriers built between the white majority and the impoverished Hispanic minority in Santa Cruz's Beach Flats area, and discusses how these barriers have affected the rise of gangs. The second article details a study in which Australian street kids were observed and interviewed. This study focused on gender relations between street kids as well as social organization and moral conduct. These two articles are compared on several grounds, this first being an assessment of the main points of each, second is an evaluation of their contributions to the literature on this subject. Next, the differing approaches to research are contrasted, as well as the results of this research. Finally, the strengths and weaknesses of each article are compared.
From the Paper "The issue of urban poverty, homelessness and gangs is a very serious one, and will only continue to gain importance as more and more of the world develops. These two articles both deal with this issue but in very different ways. Lucas tries to develop a model that can be universally applied to urban gangs, and does this through the example of the Beach Flats area of Santa Cruz. It's main conclusions are that although youth crime is increasing, there is an over inflated fear of this increase, and that it is the boundaries formed in the midst of this moral panic that the problem of youth gangs is exacerbated. Winchester and Costello's article is at the opposite end of the spectrum, in that it focuses solely on a single group of homeless children, in an attempt to understand their nature more thoroughly, but with no attempt made to provide deeper insight into the problem of homelessness as a whole."
Abstract This paper discusses "Gorky Park", Martin Cruz Smith's novel set in Moscow. It describes the characters created by Smith and shows how the author uses them to present us with an insight into Russian society. The paper uses Gary Hausladen's 1995 article, "Murder in Moscow", from the Geographical Review, as a reference.
From the Paper "Everyone, other than Renko and his American counterpart, Kirwell, a New York detective who has come to Moscow to avenge the death of his brother, are suspect villains, from the Major Pribluda of the KGB, on whom Renko attempts to pin the assassinations from Gorky Park, to Osborne and the FBI. The novel is filled with disreputable politicians and bureaucratic red tape and pettiness among the officials. Smith gives a convincing portrayal of Russian life during the Soviet rule of the Cold War years."
An analysis of how the issues of law and justice are presented in works by Martin Cruz Smith, William Shakespeare, Karl Marx, and the film, "Casablanca".
Abstract The 1980's crime novel, "Gorky Park", by Cruz Smith, Shakespeare's "problem" play, ?Measure for Measure,? Marx and Engels's political manifesto, "The Communist Manifesto", and the World War II Warner Brothers motion picture, "Casablanca", all ask, at their respective narrative and philosophical hearts, the fundamental human question: What is justice? The paper shows that all grapple with the issue of how best to create a truly just society rather than one that is only superficially just. They ask, for example, whether just men and women or a just system of laws produce fair and equitable societies. Also, whether a fair code of laws or good people attempting to do what is right within any particular moral context is more important. The paper shows that, despite having been produced during different times and for different purposes, these four works form a textual unit that may be analyzed as argument by the critically inquisitive reader. Taken as a whole, this package of textual materials argues that the formulaic construction of law and government are meaningless, and the acts of good human beings alone can construct a truly just society.
From the Paper "Marx and Engels called upon the reader, the member of the working proletariat, to respond to the text out of the outrage of his or her unjust experiences within the capitalist systems. The system must be changed, these authors counsel the reader. However, even these supreme advocates of systemic rather than personal and psychological change, must call forth within the reader a sense of sustained emotional outrage within his or her breast, without which no change would be possible. ?All that we want to do away with is the miserable character of this appropriation, under which the laborer lives merely to increase capital, and is allowed to live only in so far as the interest of the ruling class requires it.? (Chapter 2)"
Abstract Martin Cruz Smith's "Red Square" presents a vivid look into Russian society after the breakdown of the Soviet Union. This paper examines how the novel relates to sociology, over and beyond the detective story that is the main element of the book.
From the Paper "There is another clue that this book is more than a simple mystery novel - it is a sociological study of people, place, and time. When the book is through, the reader has a much better understanding of Russia today and Russian society. They also have a good idea of where Russia came from and how the Soviet Union finally collapsed. Things are in turmoil in Russia after the breakup, but they were in even more turmoil before. In the Russia of today, the Russian Mafia still blows up cars, artwork is still stolen and recovered, and the people still have to struggle with poverty, hunger, and sometimes third world conditions. However, they now have the ability to help themselves, something they did not have before."
Abstract "The actual case of this passage was much more grotesque. It was a soldier raping a town's woman, and afterwards, she would get hanged. This was a beautiful lie that Artemio Cruz had created. It was his male egoistic fantasy: a woman who did as he wished, to sleep with if and when he wanted and to be followed, and to be cooked for. Cruz and Fuentes, with their description of the past event, were able to create a romantic moment out of a rape scene. This was akin to the details that Cruz had remembered so thoroughly, as he blended unpleasant images that had pleasant meanings and vice versa."
From the Paper "Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812. This book is a fiction novel set in the 19th century and is said to be one of Charles Dickens? best; and undoubtedly his most popular. Charles Dickens is an extremely well known and an accomplished writer both in his day and in ours. Some of his best and infamous novels include Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Tale Of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol, Hard Times, and Nicholas Nickleby. Oliver Twist was begun in 1837, and continued in monthly parts until April 1839. To the readers of his books the characters are the most intriguing parts of his novels. By keeping his details very close to reality he forms colourful characters and a thoughtful use of setting. His books are mostly fantasy and are full of imagination."
This paper analyzes both conquests in detail, finding what both generals had in common -- that they took the advantage of the internal conflicts between the natives of the respective lands and used it to make their allies.
1,605 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 0 sources, 2002, $ 52.95
Abstract An analysis of the leadership of Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro in the 16th century. It describes in detail the conquests, focusing on various regions such as Dona Marina, countryman Geronimo de Aguilar and the Spanish governor of Cuba, Diego Velaquez.
From the Paper "The Spanish conquest of Mexico started from the year 1519, when the Spanish conqueror Corte's started his battle to conquest the land and to take away the wealth for the Spanish empire. Hernan (also Hernando or Fernando) Cortes was from a family of minor nobility. He gained respect in later years by participating in the conquest of Cuba with Diego Velazquez, the future governor. The army of Hern?n Cortes consisted of around 500 Spanish soldiers and sailors, 16 horses and fourteen cannons to terrorize the Mexicans. They were given a war welcome by the native "Totanic" Indians."
Abstract The research paper analyzes the contents, theme and identifies the purpose and the history behind a good few plays by the African-American playwright Derek Walcott and six more plays by other playwrights including Luis F., Gonzalez Cruz, Ann Waggoner Aken, Teresa Cajiao Salas and Margarita Vargas. The paper also brings out the similarities between the plays selected for discussion and the modern world drama.
Abstract Used, abused, and confused by the grinding, unforgiving machinery of celebrity, the aging TV child actor, from Ricky Nelson to Brandon Cruz, from Patty Duke to Dana Plato, has always been more susceptible to the "crash-and-burn" than your average, not-so-cute-and-cuddly-anymore youngster. But what about Gary Coleman? What is he supposed to do? Disappear? And there it is: The Gary Coleman Paradox, the Former Child Star Dilemma. When their time is up, when their shows are canceled, we want them to go away. But they can't. Reruns assure otherwise; our TV-burned memories assure otherwise. We don't need to see another second of another "Diff'rent Strokes" to know that Gary Coleman is pint-size Arnold Jackson Drummond from Harlem. Now and forever. He can't go away. They can't go away. And, for that, we make them pay. If it was impossible for the TV kids of the 1950s and '60s to know the traps that lay ahead, it was impossible for the TV kids who followed them not to know.
