Edward Rivera's "Family Installments" – Treating Puerto Ricans Racially Instead Of Culturally
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9 pages in length. Family Installments is often seen as humorous and lighthearted in the way in which its author, Edward Rivera, approaches his otherwise painful subject matter. There is however, another side of his work that exerts itself just as defiantly: dealing with racial and cultural conflict between human beings. No additional sources cited.
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Edwidge Danticat/"Breath, Eyes, Memory"
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A 5 page summation and analysis of Edwidge Danticat's coming of age novel Breath, Eyes, Memory, which chronicles the life of a young Haitian girl who comes to New York to live with her mother at the age of 12. The novel encompasses how Sophie, and others, deal with the abuses of a patriarchal past. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Emilia Pardo Bazan
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This 11 page paper provides an overview of the short stories of Emilia Pardo Bazan, with a focus on her use of her feminist ideology through her depiction of the role of women. This paper considers the writing style of her short stories and provides a view of the integration of style and thematic elements as they relate to her view of feminism. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Esquivel & Achebe/A Comparison
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A 5 page essay that argues that Laura Esquivel (Like Water for Chocolate, 1994) and Chinua Achebe (Things Fall Apart, 1994) both create characters who are incredibly strong-willed and also invested within their cultures in such a way that it narrows their focus toward other considerations. In other words, Esquivel's Mama Elena and Achebe's Okonkwo suffer their eventual fates due to their obsessive adherence to cultural paradigms, which they follow to the exclusion of all else. This rigid stance causes both characters to be primarily motivated by fear. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khemeaok.rtf

Esquivel's "Like Water for Chocolate"
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A five page paper looking at this contemporary novel by Laura Esquivel in terms of its thematic use of domesticity as a function of women's power. The paper asserts that the novel is actually about empowerment, and a frying pan can be just as good a tool for expressing one's creativity as a pen. Bibliography lists four sources.
Filename: KBesquiv.wps

Estela Portillo Trambley: Values
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6 pages in length. Estela Portillo Trambley stood for the rights of an entire gender; her contributions to the perpetual fight against patriarchal control earned her a place firmly entrenched within the conquests of Chicano feminism. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: TLCTramb.rtf

Examples of Renaissance Concepts in Miguel de Cervantes’ “Don Quixote”
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A 5 page paper which examines how the Renaissance manifests itself throughout the text in terms of humanism, politics, and abstract expressionism. No additional sources are used.
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Fate in The Alchemist
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An analysis of the concept of Fate as used by Coelho in The Alchemist, and the way in which predestination and free will are treated in the course of the narrative. Bibliography lists one source.
Filename: JLalchem.rtf

Federico Garcia Lorca/Play Trilogy
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A 3 page research paper/essay that discusses the Federico Garcia Lorca’s play trilogy. The editors of the New England Review add a biographical note to their publication of Federico Garcia Lorca’s poem “Siguiriya’s Way,” which identifies Lorca as one of the greatest poets and dramatists of modern Spain (Lorca, 2005, p. 96). This poem mixes sensuality with the ever-present threat of violence, which is as theme that is prominent in Lorca’s work. Three of Lorca’s best-known plays are his trilogy: “Blood Wedding,” “Yerma,” and “The House of Bernarda Alba.” Examination of these plays demonstrates how Lorca uses the elements of melodrama to represent the presence of overwhelming sexual desire within the context of the negotiated power. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khlorca.rtf

Federico Garcia Lorca: Trilogy
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6 pages in length. The sexual instinct that represents the creativity in Federico Garcia Lorca's trilogy of three plays depicting Spain's cultural identity clearly establishes the manner by which the playwright aspires to portray the intensity of his characters' existence. Interwoven amidst this underlying sexual instinct is the relationship of Spain's socioeconomic concerns at that time and how Lorca reinforces this subject with the use of theatrical and artistic methods. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TLCLorca.rtf

Feminist Analysis of Sandra Cisneros’ “The House on Mango Street”
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A 5 page paper which examines how the book portrays feminine stereotypes and the male oppression the characters’ face. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TGmango.rtf

Fitting in: Okada and Rodriguez
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A 5 page paper which examines a quote from “No-No Boy” by John Okada and “Hunger of Memory” by Robert Rodriguez as they relate to fitting in. This concept addresses anger and resentment towards family as well as identity issues possessed by the primary character in the stories. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAokada.rtf