The Youngest Doll By Rosario Ferre :Puerto Rico

In the story The Youngest Doll the story takes place in Puerto Rico. The main character gets bitten by a prawn and the doctor cant do anything about the prawn. She later takes care of her neices and makes dolls for them for every year. The dolls like the neices get taller and are very life-like. The youngest neice later gets married and gets her last doll before she leaves with the Doctors son. The youngest niece becomes very unhappy with the doctor because he sells parts of the doll for money. Later the doll appears in his bed and the antenna come out of the dolls eyes.

Recall a time in your life when you were terrrifed. What is the scariest movie you've ever seen? Why do you think the movie was scary? What characteristics do many horror films share?

A time in my life where I was terrifed was when was I very little around 7 and I was at the store with my parents and I thought I got lost and was wandering all over the store looking for them. The scariest movie I've ever seen was Jeeper Creepers, the thing that probably made it scary was that the thing was chasing the people, a characteristic that many horror films share is that they all have a bad person that somehow wants to hurt someone else.

The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World :Columbia



In the story The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World the story takes place in a small village in Colombia. In the story it talks about a handsome drowned man that floats ashore on the small village. There these woman pay close attention to him while the men get mad and then become ashamed because they saw the handsome man. Then because of their guilt the men gather the villagers in a well thoughtout funeral. In the ceremony they sail him ashore again and their lives change forever because of Esteban.

Describe in detail what kind of funeral you want your friends and family to have for you. Explain why. Is this similar to other funerals you've been to? Explain why or why not. What does this story seem to reveal about Latin Americas' attitudes toward death?


The kind of funeral I want is a small funeral that only my closest family and friends attend. The reason I want a small funeral is because those are the one that were usually present in my life. This is in a way similiar to other funerals I've been to because family and friends attend. The story reveals that in  Latin Americas' attitude toward death is that there should be a good funeral for that person so they can leave this world in peace.

The Book of Sand By Jorge Luis Borges :Argentina.

The Book of Sand is a story that comes from Argentina. The story talks about a book that is infinite and is given to a man that can't even understand how the book is set up. The book is an old bible that was bought by this man from the lowest caste. In conclusion the man buys the book. At night he is eager to find out how the book was put together. He ended up getting frusturated and put it in the library.

What are some things in our modern world that are similiar to "the book of sands"?  In other words, what infinitely infromational phenomenons do people nowadays become obsessed with? What happens to them? And what are your thoughts on this?

Some things in our modern world that are similiar to "the book of sands" is Twillight, the reason its similiar is because people become obsessed with reading and some actually fall in love with the characters. My thoughts on this topic is that you get to into the book to the point you want to be like them.



Borders By: Thomas King :Canada

Borders is an inspiring story to read. The story interprets how pride can affect your everyday actions. In this story I read about a women and how she's Canadian and also Blackfoot. In the story it talk about how some people are closed-minded about peoples nationality and ethinicity. Also that even if other people dont understand your pride you shouldnt give up on getting your point through.

What is more important to you: your nationality or your ethnicity? explain.

My nationality and ethinicity are both very important to me, the reason is because they are both a part of who I am now.