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

This image represents a short story that reads about a drowned man washing up on a beach. The twist of the story is that either there are little people on the island or just that the drowned man is just huge. See, this story is a fake story so this island isnt real but now they made a movie thats seems similar to this story were a man (Jake Black) washes up on an island were he is huge. Some people may think that this island is the Bermuda island. I personaly do not know about any of this Bermuda islands.

Wow, what kind of funeral would I like to have.?. Hmmm. I don't know how to answer that. Maybe not a big funeral but somewhat like the rest of the funerals, the most common ones. I guess this relates to Latin Americans and death because when some one dies, in a Latin family the whole family is going to that funeral even if they hated the person that had died. It is a very big deal to the Latin Americans when some one dies and I'm not saying that other races dont care just that its a big deal to the Latin Americans.

Sergio Sanchez

"First Confession" by Frank O'Connor (Ireland)

   This short story was written by Frank, an Irelandish person. Ireland is a strict land about its religion, that is Catholic. In the story it reads that there is one boy who is finally going to his first confession but is scarred of how the Priest would react to his sins. This is normal for young boys in Ireland. See the thing is that the boys' sister was very mean to him, and that was right after she was a little "saint" going into the confession room. Ireland is all about Catholicism and that is what they are known for.

The Church that I go to is an AG (Assemblies of GOD.) It does look like a Church and it is a Christian Pentecostal Church. My Chruch sevices go like this: I get there and before the sevice starts we (the Church) prays. When we start, we start with Worship, from Worship we go to the Tiths and Offerings. After the Offerings we go to the Sermon (Word of GOD.) After the Word we pray once more and its finishe (My Chruch Worship is very diferent than you think, it is not boring.)

                                                                                             Sergio Sanchez

This was a story told in a first person view and it was an ugly story. This story came from a “3^rd world” country and in war territory. The book took place during a time of war and it was worse for the Jews because of what happened to them. The places that the Germans used as camps were old and unfertile soil and I think they could have been like little deserts. Deserts without the resources needed to survive but some did survive. The Jews did not live in big houses or comfortable ones and they had to work very hard to stay alive and hope that they wouldn’t look older to also stay alive. Their work conditions were horrible and also they were not paid enough.

This is one region of where one of the brutal camps were.

The longest thing that I will remember about the book is that I will never read it again. Ha, and that this whole thing that happened was crazy and I don't understand why someone can hate that much. I will always remember the image when they were liberated.It did change my thinking because I never thought that anything like that would happen. One sad part was when the boys get separated from they moms and the men from they family. The most horrifying part was the gas chambers in the book, imagine "taking a shower." 

Sergio S. 

"Central Station" (Brazil)

Central Station

This movie was made in Brazil and because of that it is accurate. The station and the background, culture, music and money are all part of the real Brazilian culture. The movie also has soccer in it and soccer is a big part of Brazil.

Their relationship is not at all like my parents and me, they are strangers to each other and they are not as close to each other like my family is. Although they do argue and we also argue a little bit but we don’t leave anyone of us on the bus alone or run from each other. But even if they are not blood related they consider themselves family, the importance of a family is not being blood but the fact that they love each other as a family. I think that family should stick together because you are family and nothing that you do will ever take that name, family away from you.

Sergio Sanchez

"Borders" by Thomas King (from Canada)

                If you read this short story you will learn something like I did. I learned that the Americans don’t like these Canadians espacially the blackfeet. Not so much that the Americans don’t like them but they don’t want the blackfoot in America. You will also learn that the Americans have big buildings on the border of Canada. In this book I have noticed, not only in the book but also in the real world that the press is super nosey. The blackfoot woman didn’t want to say that she was Canadian and in at least two days the press was there asking questions on the 10 am news. I also learned that the Canadians have a lot of parables to teach their young about something.

               

                What is more important to you: your nationality or your ethnicity? For me he most important is my ethnicity because I’m different. I am Guatemalan  but born in the U.S. of A. and my customs are different and more to my taste because I’m Latino and I say it is more fun to me.

"no dogs bark" by juan rulfo (Mexico)

This literature or short story is about a dad getting his son to safety. They both are in a desert like region trying to get to a little town. The setting is in a desert at night when the moon is red as blood and everything else is pitch black and there was also some mountains that they had to cross. Since the place was like a desert they could not find quick medical attention so they had to walk to a neighboring village to find medicine.

I think that I would probably be just like my parents, in raising my children. I may be over protective sometimes and will do the same as Ignacio’s dad, carrying him to safety. When my children get to the adolescent age I would give them a little freedom but not much because I care about them. If my children misbehave I will punish them just like my parents do to me by not letting them go to their soccer game. I would still love my sons and daughters even if they go around misbehaving and stuff I will teach them like my parents taught me so they wouldn’t do those things.

Sergio Sanchez