Essays on Santiago

When I Was Puerto Rican is a memoir written by Esmeralda Santiago. She writes of her childhood life in Puerto Rico and how she lived in primordial conditions. Santiago paints a vivid picture of her early life which creates unforgettable memories of her childhood. The author talks about her life from her rural home in Puerto Rico to Brooklyn, and to her graduation in Harvard University. The memoir details the struggles and freedoms of a young woman in a foreign land with a foreign culture. In her memoir, Santiago reveals the history of her life and her family in the Puerto Rican Island. ...

"Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated"(Hemingway 10). The Speaker is the narrator. The narrator tries to physically describe Santiago. He illustrates that Santiago is aged, but his eyes illustrates the determination of working at the sea. The quote provides a general physical feature of Santiago. Santiago is the key figure in the text. His eyes resembled the sea because that was his workplace. The environment illustrated in the narrative is the sea environment. "Now is the time to think of only one ...

Introduction

Our daily existence is an uphill fight to acquire that which we need. Failure to do so means a threatened existence and imminent death. However, the situation may not be as grim as that because of the organized nature of the contemporary society, especially for someone with a livelihood. The novel by Ernest Hemmingway tells tale of a man who has to find to feed. It narrates of a man who has to fight opposing forces in order to hold on to his dear life, lest he be consumed by hunger. Even in the sorry state that the old man in the novel ...

Everyone suffers from guilt sometime in their life while some people suffer these bitter feelings for a lifetime. Guilt is a bothered conscience that occurs when a person commits an offense, crime or violates a moral standard or code. It is associated with the beliefs of what is right and wrong, moral and immoral. A person’s guilt not only affects his/her own life but also the lives of everyone involved. This particular emotion is the subject of my analysis in which I have chosen to evaluate the novel, “Chronicle of a Death Foretold” written by a Colombian writer, novelist and journalist, Gabriel Garcia Marquez. ...

The play Anna in the tropics is written by Cuban – American writer Nilo Cruz. The action in the play revolves around an ageing cigar factory owned by Santiago a man in his late fifties of Cuban origin. The workers in the factory are majorly relatives of Santiago with Cheche, the supervisor being Santiago’s half brother. The lives of the characters in the play are intertwined with the action in the story Anna Karelina and most characters find their mirror in the story. The plot kicks off with the arrival of a new lector in the factory welcomed by Ofelia, Santiago’ ...

Introduction

The aviation industry has come a long way in growth and technological advancement since 1783; today many commercial flights occupy the skies than has ever before. All over the world, there has been an increase in the number of flights with an estimated growth of 12% per year. An increase in wright passengers, a 5% increment annually, is a reported rise than any other travel mode. This rise also includes increased flight routes to new destination enhancing the air transport. Airfreight has been growing rapidly though it remains a small share of total air traffic. (Santiago 2010). The air transports increased development ...

The Alchemist is an allegory novel that was written by Paulo Coelho and first published in 1988. This book was originally written in Portuguese but was later translated into 71 languages. The Alchemist is about an andalusian young shepherd boy called Santiago Santiago. It tells of Santiago’s journey through countries in search of his personal legend in order to satisfy his life. It also explains the hardships he encountered on his journey on the way and how he solves these problems. Santiago chose to be a shepherd because he loved travelling and he could only reach his goal and ...

Ernest Hemingway’s novel “The Old Man and the Sea” presents a thought provoking response to the theme of pride versus humility. By looking at the motives of two main characters we can gain a better insight into two different takes on this issue. The protagonist of the novel is Santiago. Santiago’s character develops over the course of the novel. Santiago represents an undying need to prove himself and his stubbornness doesn’t allow him to give into his struggles (Hemingway). The old man is in a constant battle against the forces of the sea, even though we know his ...

Introduction

In Columbia, men of the middle and upper class have always been protective and paternal towards their dependents. They have also been conscious of sheltering their wives and children from undesirable influence that might come from outside their family teachings and values. However, the poor families have not been left behind in maintaining honor in the Columbian society (Anselmi p. 32). Women’s activities in Columbia are severely circumscribed since the men are majorly concerned with protecting virtue and honor of their unmarried daughters and wives. In the ancient Columbian society, women were not allowed to do any work ...

The novel The Old Man and the Sea talks about the life of Santiago, a seasoned fisherman during his early years but is now suffering from a series of failures. The most recent one and the biggest so far is his lack of success in having any catch after 84 days of being at sea. He ends up injuring himself, with scars from old bruises accumulated from his numerous attempts to catch fish, but to no avail. However, his spirit is not broken and he continues to hope each time he goes out to fish, sailing farther than any fisherman has ...

The success of The Alchemist cannot be argued; in just ten years after it was publish it has sold more than 20 million copies and has been translated into over fifty-seven languages. This is a world record for number of translations by a living author. As the New York Times aptly puts it. “[This] Brazilian wizard makes books disappear from stores.” The author Pauho Coelho wrote a book that no only sold numerous copies, but sold them in numerous language and cultures. This success points to a massive of the appeal. The beautiful prose found within the novel can be at times simply ...

Ernest Hemingway was born at Oak Park, Michigan in 1899 to educated parents. His working musician mother taught him music while his doctor father introduced him to the world of the “great outdoors.” Hemingway’s father was instrumental instilling a passion for hunting and fishing. Since childhood Hemingway pursued essentially manly pursuits like boxing and hunting. He was enthralled by bullfighting which to him was a mixture of sport and hunting. Hemingway disliked anything effeminate therefore he hated his name Ernest which reminded Hemingway of the effeminate hero of Oscar Wilde’s play “The Importance of Being Ernest.” In the words ...

The traits of character which come to one’s mind when someone mentions the words “Hemingway’s code hero” are bravery, intelligence and honesty. “Hemingway’s code hero” refers to the several typical characters from the books written by this author. A bright example of such personage is Santiago from the novel The Old Man and the Sea.

Santiago is the main character of the novel. He is an old Cuban fisherman who has recently been having extremely bad luck, for he hasn’t caught a single fish in the course of eighty four days. This man for certain possesses ...

The Databases in Clinical Practice:

Advantages and Disadvantages 1. Introduction The field of medicine is an area of dynamic growth. As the population increases there are greater demands on the delivery of effective healthcare. Individual practitioners cannot keep up with the growing body of clinical information which is reported around the world. There is a growing need to create an effective way to keep all clinicians current in their medical practices. Although the practice of medicine is typically a one-on-one relationship between patient and doctor, the computer has become a useful element in the organization of patient records and the dissemination of clinical results. Every ...

This essay is about to tell us how do the fantastic and fictional worlds and images correspond to the real life of the living people, how their culture and traditions are depicted in the works of the artists, writers and film directors and how the images of art pieces reflect and form the life of modern people. Here we are going to describe the outstanding examples of the modern literature and find out how they highlight the world and the people with their beliefs and hopes, their feeling and thoughts. These will be the "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" by ...

Every once in a while we feel that divine intervention is behind the incidence or occurrence of something that has come along in life. Whether it is a commercial, a person, a song or something else, we cannot help but pay attention because it reaches directly to our heart. For most readers, finding Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist makes them believe that it will be a nice, quick read that will provide a change of pace from the usual books that they read. However, Coelho’s novel turns out to be In The Alchemist, Coelho discusses the concept or idea of the destined path ...

One question that the world will perhaps never stop asking is “what is the meaning of our life?” Every philosopher in one way or another centers their career around answering this question. Is not literature and art just an attempt at either answering this question or of making the case for one possible answer? One common theme is that the answer is not a static turn of phrase, but one that is found through a journey that endeavors to understand. This essay analyzes how that question becomes answered through the journey’s of protagonists in four contemporary novels: Pauhlo Coelho’s “ ...

Both books – “The Picture of Dorian Grey” by Oscar Wilde and “Chronicle of a Death Foretold” by Garcia Marquez – expose the human vices and human psychology, even though, they were written with the difference in a hundred years. Two great writers incarnated the idea of perverse and apathetic society as well as the destiny of a human within this society. Two different stories, two different persons’ tragedies both have fatal finals that do not lose the relevance and significance even nowadays. The story of “The Picture of Dorian Grey” takes place in London of 1890s, during Wilde’s modern times. It ...

In Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray and Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold, the protagonists Dorian Gray and Santiago Nazar are the central characters in these literary works. The protagonists make the stories develop as their ideology or value system are the central part of the conflict (Literary Devices). The protagonist are the main but not necessarily ideal characters. Despite the protagonists’ being unbiased and honorable or not, the changes in their characters, their suffering in the face of psychological and moral dilemmas highlighted by the author lead to the climax of the story ...

González, Lucía M. The Storyteller's Candle.Children's Book Press, 2008. The storyline finds its basis in the “El Día de los Reyes” directly translated to “The Day of the Kings” Spanish holiday. The Spanish, especially the youngest generation who expect presents in celebration, hold the holiday in high consideration. The day is normally celebrated in many countries but is not a recognized holiday in the United States. The Storyteller’s candle shows a family that manages to do this with their families and friends. Told as a narration by one of the story’s main characters, “The Storyteller's Candle” starts ...

Introduction

Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 also known as the miracle in the Andes was involved in an accident. The airplane was carrying 45 people who included the Uruguayan old Christian club rugby team, their friends, families and associates (Silvera, 2008). The aircraft departed Montevideo on the tenth of October 1972 with the team heading to play against a team in Santiago Chile. The trip was a straight travel through Argentina. However the Andes Mountain at the border of Chile and Argentina was a major obstacle. The aircraft clashed on the mountain as it was going through them. There are three major ...

Comedy: The Hangover

In this movie, there are three friends one of them about to get married. Two days before the wedding, they got drunk. They lost one of them, and then must retrace steps in order to find him. Angelinos Doug Billings and Tracy Garner are about to get married. Doug’s best friends Phil Wenneck and Stu Price They went to Vegas and rent a pricey villa head the rooftop to have a good time (the setup). Two days before the wedding, Phil, Sue and Alan wake up in their villa with Hangover they have no recollection of the last night ( ...

The Novels of V.S. Naipaul

Introduction Mr. Naipaul is of Hindu Indian descent. He is third generation from a family settled in the Caribbean. He was born in Trinidad in 1932. The Caribbean has been a colony of both Spain and England. He has traveled to India to search for his roots. He started his travels away from his birthplace when he attended Oxford at the young age of seventeen years old. Naipaul’s work both fiction and nonfiction generally takes into account identity crisis as a postcolonial phenomena stemming from colonized people and how their since of identity and security is affected.

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The movie “Bolivar Soy Yo” that was released in 2002 is detailing an actor’s story who is well known because of his “El Liberator’s” interpretation and he was called Simon Bolivar. The fiction and the reality began to mix because of the strong public admirations and the role. Later, after reaching the stage-acting limits, the actor believes himself to be Bolivar. This film was developed in Colombia and the country had experienced a deeper conflict among its states for more than half a century. Columbia is in the middle of about fifty years and still in conflict ...

Ventilator Assisted Pneumonia

Ventilator Assisted Pneumonia

Implementation Plan

The Policy and Procedure Committee of St. Mary’s Hospital was presented with a literature review and presentation suggesting a policy change; the change regarded care of ventilated patients in the Intensive Care Unit. The change promoted addressed incorporating oral hygiene measures in an effort to reduce ventilator assisted pneumonia (VAP) in the patients. The use of manual cleaning with chlorhexidine swabs or brush in conjunction with suctioning enhances the removal of bacteria from the buccal cavity. The presence of the bacteria encourages development of VAP. The Committee requested an implementation plan for further evaluation of the proposal.

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The book “The Alchemist” written by Paulo Coelho has drastically changed my attitude to the things around me and to my life as well. The history of the boy who obeyed his destiny and followed his dreams made me totally rethink the way I see my future and helped me to establish my dreams and goals. The event of Santiago’s life that had the greatest effect on me is the luck that he had brought to the merchant’s shop. From the very beginning of his work in the shop all his ideas resulted in a great success ...

Introduction

Psychology was in its rudimentary form in the early nineteenth century. It was just beginning to separate its own identity from the discipline of Philosophy. Various concurrent developments were happening in Europe and the US. Major advancements were initiated by Germen psychologists Wilhelm Wundt and others, who believed in experiments as a way to develop theories by actively interfering in the natural phenomenon. A few decades before Wundt established a laboratory for psychology, rapid strides in understanding of the nervous system was happening. By 1830s, human physiology was turning into an experimental discipline from being a descriptive science. The emerging physiology influenced ...

Introduction

In the modern academic institutions, there are diverse cultures of people with different nationalities. This trend has enabled institution to come up with infrastructure and guidelines to suit the diversity academic institutions are exposed to. The increase of international students in institutions across the globe has come with is fair share of disadvantages. One of the most significant short coming is the increase in the cases of academic misconduct. This has been on the rise in the modern generation as students tend to cheat to success. The inclusion of international students in schools across the globe has also been a ...

Reading about the Philippine president’s State of the Nation Address or SONA will make people realize especially the international community that the Philippines and its leader is serious about cutting down the abuse of authority of its government officials. One thing that I am very much interested with in relation to my area of interest is Politics and prevailing common policies. The state of the nation address is like a general status report of the president to its people regarding the things that the government has accomplished within the year of office as well as future initiatives. In the ...

Santiago Ramón y Cajal is known as the founder of contemporary neuroscience. His pictures of what he observed in his light microscope slides are the inspiration for the use of the metaphor Butterflies of the Soul.

“As the entomologist chasing butterflies of bright colours, my attention was seeking in the garden of gray matter, those cells of delicate and elegant forms, the mysterious butterflies of the soul, whose fluttering winds would someday, who knows? Enlighten the secret of mental life”. (Santiago Ramón y)

The Greek synonym for mind is “psyche”, which is as well the name of a ...

Problems, And Change

Humans have various beliefs and ideas regarding numerous things. Its about our perception and how we feel things in every other manner. Humans have a unique way to evaluate and assess each other.There are various ways through which we can assess our natural identity and our natural perception about each other. One of the most common modes of beliefs is how we think and judge about our fellow human beings (Santiago, 2011)

It is genrally believed that humans are kind and are of good nature and moral character. We have a natural tendency to help each other out and expect others ...

The Maastricht Treaty launched the European Monetary Union in the year 1992. The union comprised of two parts, which included the creation of euro the common currency and creation of the European Central Bank, which coordinates all monetary policies in the Eurozone. The treaty also created the rules for countries willing to join the union. The other element of the treaty was the national central banks of the 16 member countries. European Monetary Union creation has led to price stability and proper management of public finances (McKay Volz & Wolfinger 2011).The final phase of the single currency introduction ...

The Changing Image of Christ and the Virgin Mary

Both presentations depict the changing image of Christ and the Virgin Mary throughout time since the beginning of Christianity. The most significant factor that influenced these changes were the events and the period during which they were created. As stated in the presentation of the Changing Image of Christ, the early depictions of Christ during the beginning of the spread of Christianity was that Christ was a Good Shepherd as opposed to the depiction of the more frivolous gods of the Roman Empire, and so that Christ was to take care of his flock just like any good shepherd. While ...

Introduction

It is not surprising to know that girls are better students than boys. From common knowledge, this is now a statistically proved claim in most parts of the world, including the United Kingdom. There have been numerous studies undertaken in the past few decades that have focused on this question, and nearly all the results point to the same conclusion: as far as school education is concerned, girls outperform (always have) boys. The aim of this paper is to analyze some of these studies, their methodologies, and the corresponding results, from the perspective of theories in education. Though the ...

Members of missionary orders spearheaded the churches’ evangelization of Native Americans in the 16th century. Who were these missionaries? Whose side were they on European or the American original peoples and why? Elaborate and provide examples. In the 16th century, there were a number of missionaries who spearheaded the churches’ evangelization of Native Americans. The time of the age of exploration, the Europeans realized that there are many people with different cultures especially in America. This is what caused missionaries to be sent in order to spread Christianity. Most the missionaries were sent by some of the countries that ...

The narrator introduces us to his first memories as a young adult visiting prison. He describes the prison live vividly as a habitat of criminals and other significant events that occurred leading to the imprisonment of the father as well as his transformation. Jimmy Santiago Baca also narrates his painful memories and the parental love before and after he was a poet. Moreover, he goes to prison at the first time as young as five years. He also describes the alcoholic behaviours of his father as he grew up. Additionally, Baca explains that his father one-day drank and drove recklessly and ...

Literature is the art of communication that explains the diverse nature of the environment in which we live. It is the point of reference for all humans which existed at the time of any event or were born after the event and would like to feed their imaginative situation by reading what happened then. Literature can be categorized into two main groups. These groups are oral and written literature. Oral literature is the art of communication through the word of mouth, but most of it is not recorded anywhere. This literature used to happen in the ancient times where ...

Analysis of the sacred world views

Introduction The Americans for a very long time accorded the Native Americans cold treatment. In fact sometimes, they brutally dealt with them and considered them as soldiers of the country that they were harshly treated in. This brought a serious and long time struggle between the Americans and the Native Americans. The Americans amassed the land that belonged to the Native Americans and made them squatters in their own land. Thus, this from the outlook was a different opinion from the world’s perspective. In the analyses, there are varied examples which distinctively show the different perceptions of the white ...

This paper will discuss the history of Chile in terms of how it was formed and the occupants as well as the current state of the nation. It will focus on the culture and society of Santiago, Chile by bringing out the economy and resources, the social bureaucracy and the controversies involved. To start with, Chile is located in the Southern south region of America between the state of Argentina and Peru. It also borders the Pacific Ocean to the south. The capital city of Chile is Santiago. The state of Chile is believed to have originated from the ...

Chapter 6

In today’s world, tourism has been an important driver in the economy of many countries. This is due to the amount of revenue it earns annually as foreign exchange and the funding that it provides to the country are very significant towards the development of the country as a whole. Tourism mainly influences infrastructure positively as transport networks are developed in all areas that are involved with tourism activities. As such, the development of tourism has been very gradual especially and this has also been observed in cities and urban areas. The development of tourism in cities has ...

The growing of grapes for wine production was an important activity in Latin America between 1500 and 1860 for various reasons. Growing grapes and producing wine were responsible for the creation of unique opportunities that led to socio-economic development in the region. These activities granted women an important role in entrepreneurship and work in South America. This economic activity created a turnaround in the traditional large scale production. Vineyards became the new model where small scale farmers would grow their grapes for wine production. This model was convenient because it created lots of opportunities for small scale farm owners who ...

In the article entitled “Tattoos are not indication of crime, drugs” written by Ryan Grounds, the author was actually responding to an opinion relayed by Santiago Munoz, who asserted that “tattoos defined people as criminals and junkies” . The donning of tattoos has evidently incited diverse opinions. Grounds’ contention was that tattoos are mere expressions of art and should not be construed as symbols of criminal or maladjusted behavior. One shares the same assertion of Grounds in signifying that tattoos are personal expressions of promoting art in the form of worn visual patterns. Tattoos, by definition, are marks in ...

Introduction

One might be inclined to think that injuries are only prone in sports like soccer, football, athletics and indoor games. This misconstrued notion is not only fallacious but also misguided. It is not uncommon for members of the performing arts to complain of numbness, pain and at times serious injuries. For a long time, performance related injuries have plagued the performance arts. Of interest is the fact that it was not until the early 1980s that the term ‘Performing Arts Medicine’ was coined. The emergence of the term and by extension the recognition of the injuries in performance arts was ...

In order to conduct business in any given country it is important for potential investors to establish the conduciveness of business in that country. Chile has a vibrant and fast growing economy with more than half its population being middle class. The country would, therefore, be a suitable place for business. This essay explores the potential of establishing a commercial bank in Chile. Understanding the culture of the new country is crucial if the firm is to become successful. This essay introduces Chile as a country, the culture of its people, Chilean business etiquettes and provides basic information about the commercial bank the ...

An agreement Contract between Oze Tavern (Company in NY) and the Chile National Team

The parties and their contact details The management of Oze Tavern Sports Agency based in New York is pleased to propose an international friendly match between the United States National Soccer Team and the Chilean National Soccer Team. This is subject to confirmation of receipt and consequent reaction from the Chilean Football Federation whose details are as follows:

Tel: +56 2 810 1800 Fax: +56 2 284 3510

Office Location: Avda. Quilín No. 5635 - Comuna Peñalolén Casilla No. 3733 Central de Santiago Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile ...

The 2006 film Babel, directed by Alejandro Gonzales Innarito, was written by Guillermo Arriaga from his own story idea. The film stars an ensemble cast, including Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael Garcia Bernal, Adriana Barraza, Elle Fanning, and others. The music features an Academy Award-winning original score by Gustavo Santaolalla, featuring both incidental music and original songs.

This film is a straightforward, gritty drama, which takes place in many different countries, including the United States, Morocco, Japan and Mexico, demonstrating several characters' seemingly interrelated lives and conflicts in the present day. In Morocco, an American couple (Pitt and Blanchett) are ...

Diversity Squared: Southeast Asia’s Pearl of the Orient

For most tourists, they would prefer a trip to the Caribbean or a trip to the Alps. But there are tourists nowadays who wish to explore new countries and learn new cultures. This then leads them to the Asian continent. The continent itself is filled with history and heritage unlike any other and each trip is a new experience. Many Western nations such as Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States have been captivated by this continent’s vast resources and unique culture that they conquered a particular Asian continent and honed them to their liking. But, the continent is also ...