Choose one from #1 (1a or 1b) and choose another one from #2 (2a or 2b)
both need 2 pages.
#1. On LuchaCorpii’sCactus Blood
a) Why is the Chicana mystery adopted by LuchaCorpi in Cactus Blood an
effective medkum for communicating Chicano history and alliance building?
(Remember we can learn about grape strikes, the farmworker
movement, Chicana manuscripts and transnational feminism in history books,
women’s studies, and other venues. But we agreed that using the venue of
the mystery story is effective in 2014. Why is this so? Choose particular
histories/herstories from the book to make your point).
Or:
b) Within the book Cactus Blood betrayal is a major
theme. Discuss the significance of the major betrayals captured in this
mystery novel. What are these betrayals, and what do they teach us? Is
anyone exempt? For this question you will have to select those betrayals
that you think are most important. Make sure to identify specific
incidents.
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a) Taking as a model the personal essay “Why Should Latinas/osWrite
their Own Stories” provide an argument (with examples) about why YOU
or someone else (some other group of people) should write your/their own
stories. Make sure to build your argument around a theme, issue,
event. Provide a solid argument with a solid foundation of
examples.
Or:
b) Write a brief two-page account about something meaningful in life. You
can write about an issue, a family member, and you can build a portrait of your
neighborhood through a description of an event. You can also write about
yourself.This brief example of life writing should be communicated in such a
way that captures the experience and is also compelling to the
reader. One example of a family incident is “This wicked patch of dust.
“ Of course you choose your own theme.
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