Eysturoy, Annie O., and José Antonio Gurpegui. “Chicano Literature: Introduction and Bibliography.” American Studies International, vol. 28, no. 1, 1990, pp. 48–82. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41280533.
I wasnt aware that writers could post Bibliographies with their own exerts about the writing and history
But Hitler had originally wanted to be an artist, and during his final days in the bunker, he puttered over an architectural model showing his plan for remaking the Austrian city of Linz.
Hitler also wanted to create a museum of the different art pieces in the Nazis possession. The museum was to be called the Fuhrermuseum.
The Plum Plum Pickers (1969) by Raymond Barrio
Here is an image of the cover of the book "The Plum Plum Pickers"
Instructions on how to read the novel. All of these previously mentioned elements go into teaching us how the novel wants to be read. Whether we read it that way or not is, naturally, our call. But every novel wants to be read in a certain way. Try this opening on for size.
How to read a novel is not something I expected to be discussed. I never thought that there can be a specific way to read a novel.
We need first pages–and so do novelists. Right from the top, a novel begins working its magic on readers. Perhaps more remarkably, readers also begin working their magic on the novel. The beginning of a novel is, variously, a social contract negotiation, an invitation to a dance, a list of rules of the game, and a fairly complex seduction
This is another strong line. As much as everyone tries not to judge a book by its cover it can be hard to invest time into reading multiple pages to just find out if you want to complete the book or not. The author does a very good job and explaining how the first page matters/
It can show us that we share these experiences with other human beings. In depicting the emotions and longings and acts that we might not choose to discuss with our families or our neighbors, art can diminish ourloneliness and solitude.
This stands out to me since many people do use art or books to relate to others and escape reality. Art can give a feeling of worth and self. From last week we read "Coming into Language" where the author highlighted the fact that poetry save him. It gave him purpose and let him express his emotions which have most likely been related to another human.
indoctrinated
Indoctrinated is to teach a person or group to accept a set of beliefs
jaunty
Jaunty is a expressing a lively, cheerful, and self-confident demeanor.
melancholy
Melancholy is a feeling of pensive sadness. Usually there is no obvious cause to what is casing the sadness
He was buried with the help of some unknown migrant in an unmarked grave out in the grape fields, but regally, in a quiet funeral fit for a dog king, a very long way from the Matamoros Bridge where he had started with the Mimis.
One thing I am not sure of is why did the author choose to end this story here. I understand the dogs significance.
But there was a place in my heart where I had died. My life had compressed itself into an unbearable dread of being. The strain had been too much. I had stepped over that line where a human being has lost more than he can bear, where the pain is too intense, and he knows he is changed forever.
This is a line that is scary. He is someone who has lost everything. He no longer has a sense of self or possibly purpose. He expresses this through his words very well. Whether someone is in jail, a convict, or a bad person its crazy to think that we can treat other humans this way. This really is a scary line.
And so sadly, eventually even they were humiliated, and the delusion of wealth that had kept the family's idea of itself buoyant was deflated and left buried in a Californian vineyard, because when they returned to Brownsvillethe Bonneville limping in on its second transmission--no one ever mentioned the Mimis again.
What a powerful way to message that this was the breaking point for the family. Even the girls which were treated better to make the family appear rich finally became 'normal' and their trips to California.
I would realize that all my envy was utterly unfounded. That we had been "migrant workers" for that period didn't occur to me, or to anyone else.
This was a strong line to me since he goes quickly from envy to disappointment. He only realizes that the whole reason they went to California was to support there family not because his sisters were being treated to a vacation without them.
Al Punto
AL Punto is a Sunday morning talk show that was in Spanish. When it came out it was the only one of its kind at first. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Punto
creosote
Creosotes is a dark brown oil made from coal to produce a tar and be used as a wood preservative. It contains multiple compounds not just coal oil.
dandy.
Dandy is a man that is devoted to style, neatness, and fashion in dress and appearance.
exhorting
Exhorting is to strongly suggest or persuade someone to do something
Hey, big guy! Give it to her! Erick had the ball in one hand and the note in the other. By the time he reached his mom and Roque, the note was already somewhere on the asphalt parking lot. Look, he said in a full voice. They all signed the ball.
This is a powerful ending since its when we see Erick speak. This event is one of the first times that we see emotion from Erick. He has seemed indifferent up until this point. However with everyone signing the ball he is excited and even disregards someone trying to hit on his mom.
Euchre decks
Euchre is based on Juckerspiel. It is a game that became popular throughout Europe In the 1800s. It became one of the most popular card games in the mid west.
And the small sound filled me. She wasn’t crying, wasn’t whimpering. She was humming. She was so tiny in my hands. As beautiful as she’d been in my dreams. My little ruby-hearted girl. She opened her eyes. As wise and black as yours. Her little hand tried to grasp my fingertip. I held her up to my cheek, humming the lullaby my mother had hummed to me. And the small sound became a large sound, a thunderous sound. Her body, tiny and powerful, rumbled with it. And my hands warmed and started to radiate a golden light. And even in the blanket she was swaddled in, I could see her ruby light flashing like a jewel through her skin. Her heart beating fast like a hummingbird’s.
This entire story was a bit confusing to me. I did not really understand the metaphors. What were the voices. Were the voices just a feeling of needing to be with mother nature and the stories from the areas of their past?
She looked back at me. “Do you hate me?”
This is a line that confuses me since it seemed like his mother never really cared for her son really. If she never cared for her son why would she care about his opinion?
No fuckin’ way you’re going to Juárez. Don’t you read the goddamned newspapers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femicides_in_Ciudad_Ju%C3%A1rez
Most of the murders in Juarez were women. The murderers often targeted women that were close to them. The government basically did nothing to prevent these murders.
I don’t remember what we talked about, but my father wasn’t in any hurry that night to get anywhere. He wanted to be with me that last night. A
This stands out to me as a strong long and really stuck with me. Its the first time we see him acknowledge that his father wanted to be by his side without doubt. It is a big moment for both of these individuals. This moment shared with them will forever be remembered by both of them and probably one of their fondest memories. His father was able to see his son grow up into someone he wanted.
Pontiac Sunbird
joto
Joto - an offensive word meaning to act effeminate