Central Station (Brazil)

This story, Central Station, talks about its culture in the poor way it is.  It talks about that Brazil is so poor in the way that children are just living out there living in the street.  Their parents die and theyre just left alone just like in the case of this child, Josue, in the story, his dad left them and his mom died.  But yet it also talks about that people cant even read or write, they have to pay other people to do it for them as when they do letters and such things like that.  In this story you have to be lucky to be succesful.



Journal:
The type of family relationship that Dora and Josue form is very much like our families because they stick out for eachother and like wait for each other in like whats going to happen in their future, not like a hello and goodbye.  The importance of family to me is having someone to look up to and protect you.  Family should always stick together because then it really aint a real family, that's what real family is all about.



Felix M.

The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Columbia)

In this story, The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World, relates to the setting of Columbia.  It relates to this setting because of how the people seem to of build their own homes.  What I mean by that is that people in Columbia are pretty poor.  It might bot be their fault, but maybe just the governments, their not the government you expect from as the United States at all.  Also it relates to Columbia because of the ocean setting of where they found this man drowned, Columbia is also known for its beaches and villages.



Journal:
A funeral I would want my family to give me is probably just a typical one but with all my family and friends because that's how it is special.  Other funerals are very similar to the one I am planning to have because thats how it makes a real funeral special.  This story reveals about the Latin America's deaths on how cruel sometimes these areas are and desperate people are, like as in maybe they can't take life anymore.



Felix M.

No Dogs Bark by Juan Rulfo (Mexico)

In this story, it talks about that Mexico has a very poor environment.  Medication is not easy to find, and much less if you do not have a car.  The family in this story had a really bad relationship with each other.  They did things such as killing, robbing, and stealing.  Mexico is a very poor and dry land, dogs are of good guidance.




Journal:
How I will treat my sons and daughters is by treating them with respect and treating them as human beigns.  If they miss behave then i'll talk with them very seriously and not hit them at all.  I will not be like Ignacios father at all because he is very cruel.



Felix M.

Borders by Thomas King (Canada)

In this literature, it talks about Canada because it talks about borders.  Im pretty positive any single country has a border separating their land from the other.  But mostly because it talks about the tribe Blackfoot.  Tribes really dont cross the border of Mexico, especially not english speaking ones.  And since the story talks about going into the United States and since theres no english speaking tribes in Mexico then its from Canada.



Journal:
I think that my ethnicity is way better than my nationality. I believe this because my ethnicity is my blood, is where I come from, how I live. Our nationality is just where you were born and thats it.  Ethnicity values so much more because thats your heritage.

 

Felix M.