Essays on Latin

Origins of the Name The word, Aluminum originates from the ancient Latin word for alum, lumen, which is potassium aluminum sulfate, meaning “bitter salt”. We pronounce the element of aluminum’s name as follows, al-huh-min-e-um, which conforms to the PUPAS pronunciation of the word, with the regular ‘Tums’ ending of majority of the elements of the…

Being a victim of stereotyping is difficult for anyone to deal with. In the essay, “The Myth of the Latin woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria,” author Judith Ortiz Cofer reflects on her experiences being stereotyped as a Latin woman. There are numerous stereotypes that Latin women are subjected to. Cofer shares a…

The Context At the end of 2007, the Czech Moravec detailed in Folia Parasitologica the problems of properly classifying spirurines, a suborder of nematodes whose larvae possess cephalic hooks and multinucleated esophageal glands (Online Medical Dictionary, 1998).  Given that his problem was one of classifying in the first place, a proper taxonomy was obviously essential. …

Judith Ortiz Cofer discusses the numerous stereotypes that exist against Hispanic women. She begins by recounting an incident in London, where a drunk man impersonated “Maria” from West Side Story. Despite feeling irritated, Cofer remained composed, even as everyone around her laughed and applauded. She proceeds to share her personal experiences of growing up in…

Summary of “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named María” by Judith Ortiz Cofer In her essay, “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named María,” Judith Ortiz Cofer presents some of the stereotypes Americans hold about Latinas. Cofer narrates some occurrences that she went through…

In “The Myth of the Latin Woman”, Judith Ortiz Cofer intends to dispel several stereotypes about Hispanic women by expressing her own personal stories and observations. She starts off by relating an experience that happened on a bus in London, then she goes into explaining how her parents made her home in America a microcosm…

The Myth of the Latin Women Throughout a person’s life, they often stereotype individuals into groups, based upon the view of that group by the general public. Cofer portrays in The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria, how society often stereotypes groups, in this particular case, the offensive stereotype…

What defines graffiti? Graffiti is described as any form of writing on any surface. In that case, would drawings made by cave men be classified as graffiti? If so, what distinguishes them from modern graffiti that alters the world’s perception of it? Why is graffiti illegal? Is graffiti a form of art? Can something classified…

            Viva Villa (1934) is a film stared by Wallace Berry as Pancho Villa , written by Ben Hecht, adapted from a biography by Jack Conway. The movie is a fictionalized bibliography of Pancho Villa. He takes to the hills after killing an overseer in revenge for his father’s death. He befriends an American reporter…

The origin of rock and roll comes from many roots that date back in the nineteenth century. African-American slaves brought by the early American Celtics during the 17th and 18th century in America brought along with them their native African music which was later influenced by the music of their masters. With the passing of…