Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Reflection on spring 2012 Semester
English 1A was not an easy course but was not difficult at the same time. When the class first started at the beginning of the semester, i was a little nervous but then once the class started getting into writing and more writing i became to enjoy it more than be nervous. English is one of my favorite subjects and when it comes to writing i put my heart to it because its one of my favorite things to do and take the time to do. Although, i don't like writing about topics that don't interest me. I can write an excellent paper or paragraph if it is something i want and love to write about. English 1A taught me so much this semester and really got me prepared for English 1B. I learned so many things in English 1A that i did not know when i first walked into the classroom, For an example, i learned quote Sandwiches, signal phrases, MLA format and learning how to cite information from a book,website,database and more. English 1A was a fun learning experience and i am furthermore excited to take English 1B. Even though, i wish ms.Knapp was teaching English 1B. She is overall the best English teacher and teaches everything to meet thr requirement to pass an English class. She provides good teaching to prepare you to write perfect essays! Writing my first research paper was difficult and fun at the same time. It took a lot of time and i did spent a lot of time on it. Overall, English 1A was very successful and i learned so many things to help me to prepare for my English and my future.
Final Research Paper
Natalie R. Neri
Professor Knapp
English 1A
23, May 2012
The Hollywood Scene to the California
Water Rights after the 1860’s
Today’s society rarely appreciates the
easy access Californians have to clean water. However, there have always been
difficulties and controversies with water throughout the West. In my research
of the history of California Water Rights and contemporary issues in the Los Angeles
area, I will show that without the past water controversies and debates,
“Hollywood” would not exist, as it does today. In relation to common sense, we
know that there would be no “Hollywood” without water, in fact, the earth
wouldn’t be a sustainable place to live, let alone in California. Also, California’s
Water Rights and their amendments, connect to the Owens Valley, and the
separation of water between U.S and Mexico, and the farming lands and rights in
California. Therefore, the abilities of California’s Water Rights in the 1900’s,
and dividing the control of water generally circles and connects to the management
of local history which took place in Los Angeles. Also, The film China Town represents and connects to
Water Rights and industries that show how important water is in the world and
why there was controversy happening. In this paper, I will examine the battle
over California Water Rights by summarizing important scenes and issues from
this film to help explain this complex historical issue.
In 1937, Hollywood was a whole different environment
compared with today’s Hollywood in 2012. Hollywood has become the ultimate
city, with a history and a society only compared to the great New York City.
However, when studying the history of Hollywood, people can barely imagine a
city that big without running water, the way it once was. Furthermore, pipes
and water traveling through the city is what makes our Hollywood so advanced,
resourceful and a truly thriving icon. The movie China Town which stares Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway represents ongoing controversy and manipulation to
land rights and Los Angeles reserves. The Film was set in Los Angeles, and was
inspired by the California Water Wars, in which farming and irrigation improved
and was celebrated in this great time for water advancement during 1910 and
1920.
The movie china town was a very old fashion and classical movie. When it
first arrived into Los Angeles, Hollywood, they were presenting the movie in
black and white. The film China Town is about a man who is involved with
a murder case involving the privatization of water through state, and will face
threats of legal action. China Town
was a very popular movie back in the 1970’s and was a classical and intense
movie which served the purpose of educating the public of the real life
California Water Rights. Also, a man named William Mulholland who was born
September .11, 1855 and died on July.22, 1935 was the head of the L.A department
of water and power. Mulholland allowed and took responsibility for the disputes
and arguments of the California Rights and the structures of the water, along
with the Dams, Rivers and Lakes. Mulholland was also a worker on the Colorado River
which became a huge controversy between the United States and Mexico, when they
had an argument dividing their waters.
The
Owens Valley also was a setting for disagreements and drama concerning water. The
Owens Valley is located near the Sierra Nevada, and is between South Lake Tahoe
and Los Angeles, in Hollywood. The Owens Valley in eastern California represents
incorporation, protest and local culture. The Owens Valley was settled in the
19th century before water became the main connection throughout the
whole world. The eastern United States was developed and watched California
struggle for water. The Owens valley was very bold when it comes to the
landscape in California. The Sierra Nevada Mountains was more toward the
eastern side of the valley floor. According to John Walton, Nevada rises from
the valley floor at 4,000 feet to the granite peaks of Mount Whitney at 14,495
and the east barren White Mountains appear soft by contrast despite their
11,000-foot stature (Walton 3). There is a wide variety of ranges when talking
about mountain peaks and the valley being compacted. A contrast of what makes
the valley comfortable and forbidding. The showings of the mood shifts in the
day are shadows of bringing the bright days and the connection to the
mountains. John Walton states, “The Owens River winding a leisurely course
southward, businesslike towns, and, between todays settlements, the tumbledown
markers of a once dense network of hamlets and farm sites” (Walton 3). Theoretically,
a man named John C. Fremont and his forces, named the Owens Valley currently in
1845, in which belonged to the Indians in the past. Currently, the Owens Valley
belongs to the City of Los Angeles, which gives the valley about two-hundred
and forty miles of supply of irrigation and water to fifteen million people.
There has been a vast improvement in the water distribution and consumption in
the Owens Valley. When the valley was first settled, people did not have any
access to water, no way to water their crops, or even have clean drinking
water. Today, the opposite is true; water is easily accessible for anything
imaginable.
Generations that migrated to the west were
conquering the spirit of manifest destiny. Physical infrastructure and the
wilderness are an example of a symbol toward the settlement of the Owens
Valley. According to John Walton, “It is tempting to suppose, as some do, that
waterworks determined history in the arid American west; but the reverse is
closer to the truth” (5). The human agency and the development of the Americans
show the significance of water and the operation of water. There have been
claims and struggles over dominion and the use of resources such as Land, subsoil,
air, water and generally the environment. These claims affected the American West
in a horrible way, although the resources that were provided helped a lot with
our water cycle.
The U.S history that comes together in
the western development and the different patterns that wrap around the
California Water Rights have evolved in one local society. John Walton explains,
“In the Owens valley, which history developed in a series of critical epochs
and passengers. The Military conquest destroyed Paiute civilization but
incorporated its technology and labor power as essential features of the
frontier economy” (6). Stating that although the Owens Valley has a rough and
tragic history, overall it did benefit the growth and evolution of the Owens Valley.
It was these influences that made California, and specifically the Los Angeles
area, one of the most technological and socially advanced areas in entire world,
as well as a major source of Wealth, prestige, and class. It was amazing that
current day in Hollywood once was just a small farm town with no water at all.
Teddy Roosevelt supported a federal reclamation, which was held in 1902 and
local citizens were convinced that salvation meant progressivism. It took about
four years until the citizens had the support of the federal government to
transfer water to Los Angeles. Eight years later, the Owens Valley had argued
and fought with strategies and focused on rebelling to the political protest,
which connects to law of Water Rights. Certain battles that went on in the
1920’s lost, but eventually the community won in the 1970’s under
environmentalism. Although, the Owens
Valley had experienced three state regimes, emerging of both nature and
duration from the historical evidence, the periods of time were impacted on the
local history.
In my research I am focusing on
California Water Rights, but also looking at an important connection the United
States dealt with concerning water rights throughout the world. A lot of
controversy between the United States and Mexico happened, and therefore lead
to further protest. Protest began with the Rio Grande project having a proposal,
as well as the Colorado River in the United States. The exciting thing for the United
States and Mexico was that they agreed to come to a solution to divide the two
rivers equally. However, it did not end up that simple. Norris Hundley points
out, “Welles said nothing about the Amount of the Colorado river water his
offer entailed, but he thought it would be approximately 1,000,000 acre-feet” (97). Sumner Welles, who was an undersecretary of
state and did not come up with a problem to solve so therefore, he was saying
he thought there was much usage of water and was giving a lot to Mexico but Welles
did not know what his finalization on the figure. Unfortunately, the United
States denied Mexico to the dispute and moreover, in 1940’s the Americans had
lost the fight with the Mexicans and it was a big deal at the time. Overall,
the argument here is the International Rivers, and was a serious and important
affect to the nation. This is a showing of national interest to a solution of a
denser colonization and the construction that leads to population and wealth (Hundley
99). Mexico on the other hand, whom was very frustrated at the time, wanted the
water to make sure it would be used and beneficial, and also to develop
electric energy for upcoming businesses. Their secretary of Foreign affairs
analyzed this idea, and thought it out while she convinced the United States to
finalize water usage on both rivers for future Mexican water uses on the
Colorado River. Eventually, Mexico pressed the state department based on
proposals, but since the United States was refusing a treaty that Mexico
proposed in January of 1941. Mexico became inpatient with the United States,
and no longer wanted to work together to find an agreeable solution.
On the other hand, to find a legal
position between the United States and Mexico, we know that water is a very
important resource in the world and concerns people all over the world. The
International Law was a high and powerful law in the nation and concerns the
use of water for irrigation means, and the two argued over their border
streams. Neither Mexico nor the United States took control on the law because
conflicts would be denied anyways. International Law was influenced and created
by treaties with nations. Treaties are invisible on some certain powers; for an
example, nations deal with their own problems and decide to settle the problem
in their own way, when one nation has their differences, then the other nation
does not need to settle the same. Politics, geography and economics are rules
given to create a treaty. Both the United States and Mexico labeled the International
Law in which was the use of both their rivers. Both nations came to the fact
that once the treaties were argued after the Mexican War, which was right
around the boundaries of the United States. Norris Hundley explains, “Since
settlement in the region was sparse, they gave no thought to the development of
the basins or to any future conflicts that might arise over water” (18). In
brief context, settlement between the two was a problem, so they put no effort
into the situation and had no thought on the matter of water usage. The point
of the International Law was to help come to a conclusion to set boundaries for
the United States and Mexico, and to come to the conditions and solving of the
situation.
Moving forward to the Water Rights
Laws surrounding the 19th century and the Dual Systems and watercourses
that focused on Water Rights. There were two basic rights that surrounded the
use of water in the western course, which was the Doctrine Prior, which lead to
the second duel system, The Riparian Doctrine. These two conflicts between the
doctrines have a huge part in the ideal of the courts, and the history of the
state. The Doctrine Prior explains how to use water and separating and using it,
for beneficial reasons with the guidance of the constitutional law by the
courts. Although, Wells A. Hutchins explains,” The water may be used on or in
connection with lands away from streams, as well as lands contiguous to
streams” (40). Stating the use of water to be used in an appropriate way in
which the watercourses are in good quantity when the water is available.
Furthermore, having the right to water availability for any purpose of a
beneficial reason to dominate how important water is. Determining the Doctrine of Riparian to the
west, in which the owner of the land directed watercourse and the right to use
water. Also, relating the Industrial and Irrigation matters, the water to be
used for the purpose to use the water beneficially and for a purpose, instead
of wasting it. Although, the Doctrine and the Riparian had one over the other,
they were both needed to have the beneficial support for these watercourses.
The Doctrine of Riparian in fact needed to have the same source of supply to be
fair to owners of the lands. With respect toward both watercourses, the must of
having the rights to a same stream of sharing water usage and the amount of
irrigation rights.
Supporting
these two watercourses of the Duel System of Water Rights in California, and is
essential in understanding the history of California and how they were
established in custom back when they were written. Establishing the Appropriation
Doctrine and the way it came about, the development and the association of gold
and water use, to extract the grounds of the mining process in the power of
water was essential. Moreover, the rights to the usage of water became very
important. For an example, the mineral lands in the sierra foothills were a
connection to Mexico at the time the gold was discovered. Also, the treaty that
is explained and mentioned earlier in the research was ceded by the United
States and the gold-bearing lands were open toward the United States. The
Riparian Doctrine is relates to the union of legislature and the passing of the
act, and the law of England. It was revealed that the constitution of the United
States was inconsistent with the constitution of the state. In 1886, The
Riparian Doctrine was taken by the California Legislative as the common law in
England, and denied all the others including Civil Law, and Roman law or
Mexican Law. The Doctrine Riparian was not stable of the common law. Although,
it was the first decision in California and became the major effect on the rule
of the Riparian State. In this case, the rights of the Riparian Owners on the
one hand, the use of water of the Kern River and the irrigation of the land-
after this case was in court for about eight years (Hutchins 52). For an
example, the Kern River in the 1870’s was diverted and had its beneficial of
certain operations. The water diversions which took place from the river have
taken a lot of agreements. The agriculture extensive and the great hold of the
issues of the Kern River were involving the importance of the rapid irrigation.
Overall, these two watercourses of the Doctrines became the laws of Water Rights
in the Duel System and wrapping it into a solution of coming to a fair
conclusion with the rivers and using the water the appropriate way.
In conclusion, California Water Rights in the
1800’s are obviously a lot different than today’s life with water and the
rights in today’s society. The effect of our society in today’s life with water
in Hollywood in Los Angeles makes it clear that there would be no Los Angeles
“Hollywood” if there were not any water, and if there were no conflicts of
being fair with dividing the water in the area. This analysis shows that the
control of water rights and the problems of Civilization and the Constitution
have always been a struggle throughout history.
Jack Nicolson, who is a very famous actor, shows the importance in his
film China Town and how Water Rights
affected people and the life back in the past which connects to society today
and how the present is.
Works Cited
"Chinatown
(1974)." Chinatown (1974).
Web. 22 May 2012. <http://www.filmsite.org/chin.html>.
Hundley, Norris. Dividing the Waters: A Century of
Controversy between the United States and Mexico. Berkeley: University of California,
1966. Print.
Hutchins, Wells A. The California Law of Water Rights.
[California]: State Engineer of California, 1956. Print.
Walton, John. Western
times and Water Wars: State, Culture, and Rebellion in California.
Berkeley: University of California, 1992. Print.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Annotated Bibliographys
Annotated Bibliography
”Water Rights Laws in the Nineteen Western States." Google Books. Web. 26 Apr. 2012. <http://books.google.com/books?id=WoKa8ZffE1gC>.
Reading the authors research on “water
Rights Laws surrounding the 19th Century” and that data that I
analyzed was telling me about the Dual Systems and watercourses of the water
rights. Basic two rights of the use of water in the western water course were
the Doctrine Prior Appropriation and the Riparian Doctrine. All together were
17 western states each but generally 8 western states had the authority to
reject to the riparian doctrine of water rights. Furthermore, doctrine and the
rights to use water are by splitting of water and applying and using it for
beneficial reasons. The Showing the quality of water and the right use of water
on such land for beneficial purposes. One of the Doctrine prior appropriations
developed in the west with the principal of “first in time” and “first in
right”. The united states of American were restricted to the public lands in
which had no effect on the private lands. Determining the Doctrine of Riparian
to the west, in which was the owner of the land to the watercourse and the
right to use of water. Relating to the industrial and irrigation of purposes
made to the topic of water use to be beneficial.
Stating the California water rights and the authors
researched based on the Kern River since the 1870’s in which was diverted and
had its beneficial of certain operations. The water diversions which took place
from the river have taken a lot of agreements. In 1964 there was a state water
board connecting to the Kern River to make a pursuant if the water rights
decision. The rivers and the consequently indicating the Kern River were
denied. Also, the steam declaration on the Kern River and analyzing the water
rights in local history in the late 1800’s. In 1976, the Kern Delta Water
District had held their rights on the Kern River. Stating the Kern River had a
lot of opportunities and had to have the “rights” with the water rights and
their choices.
Western
Times and Water Wars
Walton, John. Western times and Water Wars: State, Culture, and Rebellion in California. Berkeley: University of California, 1992. Print.
The authors research on the novel of
the Western Times and Water Wars took place in the 1900’s and the use of this
data is navigating on the Owens Valley in California near Nevada. The approval
from the state California is to make sure justice, citizens and the people on
the outside with a protest. The state is convinced from the foster social with
a privilege to some powers to the public interest. Therefore, toward the state,
and the divide separating the believed people in action to a political thinking
toward the social movements in which have the same political process. In the
state there is the collective action in which involves voluntarism and
structuralism. The relationship between collective in the action, the state, (wax
Weber) in the human community in the force of society. Such, at least, by
analyzing the novel of the first part showing the detail with analogies and the
point of a valley and network of small towns in east California which includes
the states formation and incorporation, also protest and a feature of the local
culture.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Week 10: Aspect to zoot suits
Analyzing the research of the article "From
Zoot suits to Hip Hop: Towards a relational Chicana studies” by Luis Alvarez
and the abstract of the article and traces on the main focuses like race and
the cultural exchange between Chicana/o and Latin. These focuses also trace the
African American and Asian American since the World War II. Moving forward, the
zoot suits had a trace of civil rights movement art and the hip hop culture.
In my opinion, the pieces of culture
and racism are hard functioning and struggle with dignity. Looking over the research article that was
written at San Diego, CA and my responding to the article are informed by
ethnicity and racism in the world and going back to history of the civil war.
While I was reading page after page it started to get difficult as I read
through the research paper. It was on ideas that were hard to comprehend and
first. The wording and the statements said in the research article are much
formatted and gives excellent support on each topic that was written about in
the article. Also, the reading of the article would get difficult when they are
using Spanish words in the mix of English, especially for non-Spanish speakers.
As I kept reading, the article was getting easier and more understandable to
read. It would go both ways until I got to the very end of the story. It was actually
becoming very interesting; I was reading and learning stuff I never even knew.
Talking about racism and people’s culture
and their identity is a huge topic that could continue on a conversation for a
long period of time. Talking about different people and presidents with
different race is a very interesting conversation to talk about. Furthermore,
the article goes on about the world and culture and the globalization. Also
talks about topics like with World War II as stated before and the youth
culture of the terrain academia. The music and the “oldies” are from a before
in time when they had a different sound affect and different clothing. The men from the zoot suits had old fashion
hats with the long slacks and a suit jacket on the upper part. They sang away because
their culture and dignity showed that they were a famous group. The singers had
canes that were used on stage also and added a feature to their appearance. The
crowd and public loved the zoot suits overall. They were all surrounding the
research of the teaching interests include a race and ethnicity also posted in
the World War II popular culture and social movements act.
The research article made my thinking
and knowledge more prepared to write my research paper for my English class.
Learning, reading, and the format of an example of a research article to show
is how it should be done and the type of information and research was put
together. Reading the racism and culture in the world and in the past has
opened my mind more clearly about these topics.
Music and Culture paper
Music and Culture
Music and Culture come in so many
unique, fun interesting and natural thoughts especially when it comes to the
music and bands that represent people’s culture in a way that celebrate their
ethnicity. Music and culture in my opinion are two huge topics in people’s
lives. A culture for someone is what makes a person proud of whom they are and
the music following that person makes them who they are. Music has only got
more technology, but back in the 1960’s there was a band called the Beatles.
They were a band that toured extensively around the world. The Beatles came
into America from England long after the group started selling their albums.
Along with John Lennon and Paul
McCartney, these artists are also very famous singers who have been around the
same time as the band the Beatles. The Beatles had a band of four and were
traveling the world with their talent in music. Also, connecting the Beatles
with culture in a way of calling their music the “oldies” and how they
represent themselves to the world. People fell in love with the rock and roll
music and the culture of people being “hippies” and the public loving the
beats, sounds and feeling that came out of the Beatles lyrics. The Beatles hit
number one in the nation when they came into the United States. The “oldies”
and “rock N roll was the popular music back in the 1960’s and 1970’s is where
it all began for the Beatles.
My personal experience, along with my
family, my mother is in love with the Beatles and has them all over the house.
She has been listening to them since she was a teenager in high school at the
age 16 years old. My mother and her friends would blast the Beatles because the
rhythm and beat is what made their music so special. The Beatles have a lot of
courage and talent to show the world and showing their historical part about
them is very interesting. The Band is not together anymore unfortunately
because two of the gentleman passed away years ago. The Beatles had a main song that was always played
by the public and was always listened too. The song is called “Come Together”,
and this song showed a lot and how the band the Beatles represent themselves by
their music genre and their historical lives to how they became known.
Analyzing the research paper by Luis Alvarez,
Music was an “Intellectual part of the Zoot subculture” (6). This brought
together many musicians and caused bands to collaborate their culture in to one
and also saw their realities. Also, a culture and the attitude people had were
motivated by peers and desires. Alvarez states “The Non- white youth showed
that another social world was possible” (7). Furthermore, this helped grow on
the Jim Crow segregation.
Music and Culture are main points all
around in a person’s life. The Beatles are a very old band in which have
influenced thousands of people from all over the world and from the culture
history of the Beatles comes from their hometown England along with their
talented voices. Analyzing the band the Beatles and the “Zoot-Zoot” is a comparison
but also have a lot of culture connection; the same as different cultural like
“Chicana” and “Latina”. The Beatles show of the ethnic through their music and
identity.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
WEEK 8 #3
When
it comes to writing about music, I can talk and explain a lot when it comes to
music in general. Music is a part of every individual in the world in my
opinion. Music can change a lot in a person in a good way. Music in my opinion can’t
really change someone in a bad way because music is supposed to make people
feel better and to listen to what the artist is singing about.
When
it comes to music, I am in love with all types of music but I mostly enjoy
listening to R&B rap, soul, and lay back music with good lyrics. I don’t like
sad music at all; it just puts me in a bad mood. One of my all-time favorite songs is from
Adele. She is an awesome artist who writes her own music and my favorite song
from her is called “someone like you”. She sings this song with her soul and
heart and you can feel the melody when she is singing it and how much effort
she puts into the meaningful song. Another one of my favorite songs is by a
really popular band that just got popular but was always a famous artist. His
name was Gotye in which he originally sang “somebody that I used to know”. His
song got really popular all of a sudden in the last couple months because of
the lyrics of the song and how he forms his words together. The meaning of the
song explains a lot in my life which I love because every time I hear the song,
it gets me in a really good mood and I love it. This song was not popular in February
and then all of a sudden got thousands of views on you tube and a lot of people
supporting them as they wrote the song. Everywhere you go in public, you hear
the song “somebody that I used to know” playing in every speaker. It is my all-time
favorite song, not only because the lyrics but because the melody and his
guitar playing which is very unique how he plays the instrument. A lot of
ladies love this song because they can really relate to the song and the lyrics
of what Goyte has to say in his songs. He uses very sensitive and creative
words in his songs and shows his gift off to the entire world. He has an
amazing voice, along with his band that is always with him making records and
supporting the lead singer Goyte. It is the top number one song in the world
right now and has the highest number of views on you tube with him and his 4
other band members all playing on the guitar with one finger all on the same
melody and singing along. It was the best video ever made and touches a lot of individual’s
heart and a lot of people just fell in love with the song. These are my top two
favorite but most of all Goyte, he is a wonderful artist who writes his own
music.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
IDENTITY ROUGH DRAFT
Identity
Identity
comes natural in every person’s life and is very important aspect in a person’s
life to know the details and definition of their own identity. Connecting my
own self-identity to the story “How to Tame a Wild Tongue" by Gloria
Anzaludua and relating my personal life through identity has some positives. My
identity in my personal opinion is very average but has a connection through my
culture, identity gender, language and family.
Growing up I was always taught the
right way to perform in life, all thanks to my father. My father was always on
me for a good reason, which is to keep my focus on track in my life. My family
grew up in Long Island, New York as well as Brooklyn, New York. Growing up with
a Sicilian family and hearing accents all the time make my gender that much
stronger. Females in the United States always have a boost more than men.
Females and males do get deprived a lot at the same time. When being around a Sicilian
family and being born in another state, gets you adapted to that lifestyle. My family is usually loud, and we are known to
be loud because of our culture and growing into it.
My identity involves a lot as in
family, food, and my culture. Living with an Italian family, I always smell the
homemade eggplant, rigatoni and pasta with hot steam coming up from the top in
which my mother makes in the kitchen. When my mom starts cooking, I know that
we will be having a really good dinner by just taking a breather and smelling
the red tomato sauce pasta being cooked. My father was always cooking as well,
he was always known for being at the BBQ, the smell of the homemade BBQ sauce
to marinate onto the ribs. My father loves the preparation of getting a meal
together for his family. It is my father’s favorite thing to do. Also,
Relating Gloria story and what her family was like Anzaldua writes, “Homemade
white cheese sizzling in a pan, melting inside a folded tortilla” (111). She
explains what her identity is formed off and food was a major image in Gloria
mind. My family is very large and I have
a lot of cousins through both sides of my Sicilian family. An aspect of having
a huge family, in which they are all very hyper and loud, always comes to me in
a good way. Family is blood in which they will be by your side forever. I remember my family always going to my grandmother’s
house because her house was the main house we have dinners out. I walk in my
grandmothers front door,” Grandma!! I can hear you from a block away to when I
was pulling up into the driveway, who were you speaking to?” I asked. My
grandma replies, “I was not talking to any one Natalie, I was just talking to
everyone in the family”. Therefore, Italians talk loud and not only to one
person but they have multiple conversations at one time. Culture comes big in
my gender in which I was grew up in the Italian-American culture relating this
to Gloria Anzaludua’s story of her identity,
Mexican-American and can speak Spanish and English. My culture growing up was the daily routine;
school, homework, play, shower and then bedtime again when I was a little girl.
Overall, shaping my identity in my own life
has a big part in a person in every way; gender, culture and language all
feature a huge part in my life also connected to Gloria Anzaluda story. I felt
my closer connection was about her story and I could relate more to what she
had said in her story.
Mercury Reader: A Custom Publication. New York: Pearson Learning Solutions,
2010. Print.
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