Alejo Carpentier's "The Kingdom Of This World"
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3 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses magic realism and racial intolerance with regard to Carpentier's book. No additional sources cited.
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Alexander Von Humboldt/ 'Personal Narrative' of So. America
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A 5 page analysis of Alexander Von Humboldt's personal accounts of South America in the early eighteenth century. A gifted naturalist, his accounts are interesting and informative of nineteenth century bias, as well as So. American reality. No additional sources cited.
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Alfredo Vea, Jr : The Silver Cloud Café (1996)
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(3 pp) " Zeferino drove down Folsom Street wondering why he had never noticed Raphael's Silver Cloud Cafe and Bar. He had driven down Folsom Street, down Seventeenth, and even down Shotwell on hundreds of occasions, investigating scores of cases. He conjured up a mental picture of the area as he waited at a stoplight--the Rite Spot restaurant was there, a transmission repair shop, and an empty field surrounded by Cyclone fencing. How could he miss seeing something that Teodoro had insisted would be irresistible?" And so begins Vea's Silver Cloud Café, a place that once you stop and visit, you too will find to be irresistible
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Alvarez/Time of the Butterflies
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A 6 page essay/research paper that, first of all, explains the real-life historical connection of this novel to the deaths of three sisters who were brutally murdered by the Trujillo regime in the Dominican Republic. Then, the writer discusses the structure of the novel and how Alvarez creates characterization by letting each sister narrate the story in turn. A specific passage from the novel is then analyzed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Amalia and Facundo: Romanticism and Realism
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An 8-oage paper comparing and contrasting Facundo by D.F. Sarmiento and Amalia by Jose Marmol. Describes the books' romanticism and realism. Lists 2 sources.
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An Analysis of Characters from Maryse Condé’s “I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem,” Film Adaptation of Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown”
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A 9 page paper which analyzes the characters of Tituba and Reverend Samuel Parris in “I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem,” John Proctor and Abigail Williams in “The Crucible” film, and Goodman Brown and Satan. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Ana Castillo's, "Loverboys":
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This 5 page paper provides a critical analysis of "Loverboy", the short story by Ana Castillo. This paper addresses plot, character, setting, point of view, theme, etc. Furthermore, a brief biography of Castillo is provided as is analysis of a critique of "Loverboys" that appeared in Tucson Weekly. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Analysis Miguel de Cervantes’ Heroic Characterization of Don Quixote
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A 20 page paper which examines how the author masterfully employed humor to create a unique heroic characterization. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Analysis of a Journey of Don Fausto Tejada
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This 3 page paper provides a glimpse of this colorful character as he embarks on one of his journeys in Arias's The Road to Tamazunchale. Specific details are provided. No additional sources cited.
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Analysis of the Character of “Don Quixote”
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This is a 5 page paper analyzing the character of Don Quixote including his relationship with Sancho Panza. When Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra wrote “The Adventures of Don Quixote” in 1604 and 1616, he did not have much compassion for his central character’s “impossible dreams”. Despite this however, Cervantes wrote the character of Don Quixote as a combination of a man who was compassionate, chivalrous, independent, pure, true in his friendships and trustworthy while at the same time as being a dreamer, obsessive, imaginative, unrealistic and insane. In his relationships with those around him, especially with his companion Sancho Panza, the reader can tell that Quixote has always been respected and well liked because of the care and respect his friends have for him in their attempt to prevent him from harming himself. Sancho allows for Quixote to live with his dreams originally based on promises made to him by Quixote but eventually in Sancho enjoying in the adventures himself. Overall, the character of Quixote is admired and well liked by the readers who not only enjoy reading of his adventures but realize that he is a man of ideals and high morals during a time when not many men were described as such. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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And the Shadows Took Him by Daniel Chacon
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A 5 page paper which examines how the character of Joey acts, even when not technically acting in Daniel Chacon’s novel And the Shadows Took Him. No additional sources cited.
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ANNIE JOHN: LITERARY ANALYSIS
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This 5 page paper discusses Jamiaca Kincaid's political themes through the story of Columbus in Chains, in chapter five of the book, Annie John. Examples given, literary analysis offered. Bibliography lists 1 sources.
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