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Caricatura Política- Los Carteles de Droga

                México tiene mucha corrupción.  Muchos oficiales del gobierno aceptaban sobornos de los carteles de droga.  La policía y otros oficiales protegían los carteles porque los carteles les daban dinero.    La policía miraba al otro lado y los carteles pasaban de contrabando por el país.  Esta creaba problemas por los Estados Unidos.  Los carteles mataban mucha gente inocente en México y los Estados Unidos.  Los carteles daban todos los mexicanos un nombre malo.  La gente en los Estados Unidos pensaba que todos Mexicanos eran gente malos en los carteles.  La mayoría de los mexicanos querían a trabajar y hacían dinero por sus familias en México.

·         Droga- drug

·         Cartel- cartel

·         Soborno- Bribe

·         Corrupción- corruption

·         Corrupto- corrupt (personal)

·         Corrompido- corrupt(group or regime)

·         Pasar de contrabando- to smuggle contraband

·         Matar- to kill

·         Gobierno- government

·         Causalidad- casuality

Grillo, Loan. "Mexican Drug War." Wikipedia. 12 May 2011. Web. 12 May 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Drug_War>.

Davidow, Ambassador Jeffrey. "Immigration, the United States and Mexico." Mexico News and Opinion. Web. 12 May 2011. <http://mexidata.info/id350.html>.

Ellingwood, Ken. "Mexico's Drug War - Stories, Photos, Videos - Mexico Under Siege - World News - Los Angeles Times." Databases, Lists, Maps, Rankings - Data Desk - Los Angeles Times. Web. 12 May 2011. <http://projects.latimes.com/mexico-drug-war/#/its-a-war>.

Las Fallas

            Las Fallas is a large festival celebrated by many people in Spain, but specifically in Valencia, Spain.   On March first of every year, the town of one million engulfs into three million for the festival.  People come from all over the world, but mostly Spain and other parts of Europe.  The festival showcases events appropriate for all ages and people, such as parades and fire ceremonies.  The festival begins with the town being woken up be many firecrackers being lit all over the town.  The festival ends with giant sculptures called ninots being set ablaze at midnight.

            The quite city of Valencia is woken up on the first day of March with the sounds of fireworks echoing through the streets.  The fireworks are just a way to get the festival rolling and get the town in the mood.  The fireworks are set off constantly for about four days.  One of the most significant events during the festival is the Ofrenda de Flores a la Virgen de los Desamparados.  This literally means the offering of flowers to the virgin of the lady of the forsaken.  The parade is decorated with many beautiful flowers and traditional costumes.  Ladies dance around floats and village bands play whimsical music.

            The most exciting part of the festival to most people is massive bond fire at midnight on El Dia de San Jose.  This means the day of Saint Joseph.  The people of the town prepare for this one night for months before.  A lot of sculptures and artist make giant paper machete sculptures that are sometimes as big as about 60 feet called Ninots.  Some of the sculptures cost as much as 70,000 dollars, and they are all set ablaze on one night.  The flames launch up 80 feet in the air and most say it is not scary at all.  The fire is a sign of festivity and joy and not death and destruction. 

This tradition originated early in the 19^th century.  During the winter the men who worked needed more light to work by because the nights got dark early.  They would burn things such as wood shavings and other scraps.  So, when spring rolls around they would burn all of the Ninots because they did not need the light any more.  Well, the tradition stuck and it now happens every year.  However, now the sculptures are made for fun.  The sculptures vary from vegetables and fruit to political figures.  Most of it is made to be satirical humor and it is all in fun.

            All around the world there are many festivals and traditions, but in my opinion Spain has a few of the best.  Spain hosts the running of the bulls and La Tomatina.  Both awesome, crazy festivals yet to most Spaniards they are all normal traditions like New Years to us.  It just goes to show the differences in cultures like ours in America and those in Spain and Mexico.  I think it is fun to learn more about rituals that other countries participate no matter how crazy they are.  All in all, Las Fallas is a marvelous festival of tradition, culture, and fire.

Sources

·         http://www.lasfallas.net/

·         http://www.donquijote.org/culture/spain/fiestas/lasfallas.asp

·         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falles

Spanish

Telenovela Script

A Telenovela is a mock Spanish soap opera.  We divided into groups and wrote our own stories.  Our story is about a pregnant girl that has no idea who the father is.  Our story is full of drama and love.

Escena #1/Chachi y Juan y Alejandro/Jenna Brooks
Int./la cafatería de escuela/día
Actores/Personajes
Chachi: Alicia Armstrong
Juan: Zack Dowd
Alejandro: Nathan Stilwell
Descripcion visual de la escena
Chachi y Juan están comiendo juntos y después Chachi  sale con Alijandro.
Diálogo
Juan (nervioso) - Hola Chachi, tú estás bonita.-
Chachi (feliz) -Hola Juan, gracias.-
Juan -¿Cómo estás?-
Chachi -¿Muy bien y tú?-
Juan -Bien, bien.-
Chachi -Yo tengo que ir al baño-
Chachi se levanta y camina afuera. Ella camina por Alijandro y le da una nota. Ella regresa a Juan.
Chachi(triste) -Yo tengo que ir.-
Juan(triste) -¿Por qué?-
Chachi -Por qué mi madre está loca. Ella quiere qué estoy en casa.-
Juan(muy triste) -Buenas noches Chachi.-
Chachi(triste) -Adios Juan.-
Chachi camina afuera y entra en el carro de Alejandro.
Alejandro(Feliz) -Hola chica.-
Chachi(Feliz) -Vamanos Alejandro.-
se van.
Escena #2/Estoy Embrazada/Alicia Armstrong
Int./Casa de Jerrica/día
Personajes/ actores
Chachi: Alicia Armstrong
Rosio: Jenna Brooks
Descripcion visual de la escena
Sueña el teléfono.
Diálogo
Rosio (normal) -¿Hola?-
Chachi (preocupada) -¡Rosio! Estoy Embarazada!-
Rosio (sorprendida) -¡Ay dios mío! ¿Estas segura?-
Chachi (preocupada) -Estoy segura de que puedo sentir patadas.-
Rosio (ansiosa) -Voy ahorita misma.-
Chachi (preocupada) -¡Rápida! ¡Rápida!-
Toca la puerta.
Diálogo
Chachi (preocupada) -Pásele.-
Rosio (sorprendida) -Chachi, ¿qué vas a hacer?-
Chachi (preocupada) -No sé.-
Rosio (sorprendida)- ¿Has dicho a tu madre?-
Chachi (preocupada)- No.-
Rosio (calma) - Así,¿quien es el padre?-
Chachi (preocupada)-No sé.-
Rosio (surprendida)-Ay dios mio Chachi, vamos a decir a tu madre.-
Rosio (ansiosa)-¡Vamos!-

        Chachi y Rosio salen la escena.

Esceña #3/ La Confrontación/Zack Dowd
Int./En la cocina/ dia
Personaies/actores
Chachi: Alicia Armstrong
Margarita: Jerrica Crosby
Rosio: Jenna Brooks
Descripcion visual de la escena
Chachi hace frente a Margarita sobre el bebe.
Dialogo
Chachi -Hola mi madre.-
Margarita -Guau. Tú has conseguido gorda-
Chachi -(gasp) Grosero. Estoy embrazada.
Margarita -¿Tú estás embrazada?-
Chachi -Sí. no sabia.-
Margarita -¿Quién es el padre?-
Chachi -no sé.-
Margarita -¿Como sucedió ésto?
Chache - ¡NO SÉ!-
Margarita -Bien, cuando tú sabes, vuélvete a decirme.-
Enscena #4/La Lucha/Nathan Stilwell
Int./En fuera /dia
Actores/Personajes
Juan: Zack Dowd
Chachi: Alicia Armstrong
Alejandro: Nathan Stiwell
Descripcion visual de la escena
Juan y Alejandro van a la casa para hablar con Chachi.
Dialogo
Chachi (nerviosa): - Juan, Alejandro yo tengo algo que decirles-
Alejandro (Curioso):-¿Qué pasó?-
Chachi (preocupado):- Yo estoy embarazada-
Juan (Sorprendido):- Ay mi dios mío, ¿Quién es el padre?
Chachi:- Uhhh-
Alejandro(interrumpe):- ¿Quién es el padre Chachi?-
Chachi:- Yo no sé-
Juan (Ruidoso):- ¡Yo soy el padre!-
Alejandro(ferozamente):- ¡No, yo soy el padre!-
Juan:- ¡NO, YO SOY EL PADRE!-
Ellos luchen
Chachi(Preocupado):- Se mi rompió-
Todos:- Ay dios mío-
Escena #5/El Padre/Jerrica Crosby
Int./La casa de Jerrica, en un cuarto/día
Personajes/actores:
Chachi-Alicia Armstrong
Rosio-Jenna Brooks
Margarita-Jerrica Crosby
Treven-Treven
Alejandro- Nathan Stilwell
Juan-Zack Dowd
Descriptión visual de la escena:
Chachi está en la cama del hospital, con su bebé. El padre verdadero aperece.
Diálogo:
Chachi (sorprendida)- Ay dios mío! Tuve un bebé!-
Rosio (emocionada)- Es tan lindo.-
Alejandro (confundido)- ¿Cómo?¡ese bebé no se parece a mí!-
Juan (enojado)-¡Yo tampoco!-
Treven (emocionado) -¡Es mí bebé!¡Yo soy el padre!-
Treven se va con el bebé.
Chachi (preocupada)-¡Llevó a mí bebé!-
Todos juntos-¡No importa!-Self reflection on our Telenovela

Telenovela Self-Reflection

            Our telenovela is a story of love and uncertainty.  Our telenovela has five characters, Alejandro (me), Chachi (Alicia), Juan (Zack), Rosio (Jenna), and Margarita (Jerrica).  The main characters are Alejandro, Chachi, and Juan.  In the story Chachi goes on a date with Juan, but she is not completely faithful.  Chachi ends up leaving the date secretly with Alejandro.  Then, the next morning Chachi wakes up pregnant and she is baffled about who the father is.  She is very scared and nervous.  Chachi has to tell her friend, Rosio, the whole story and Rosio makes Chachi tell her mom, Margarita, what happened.  Margarita is not too happy, but she gets over it.  Then, Chachi decides that she must let the two contestants know what is happening.  So, Chachi gathers Alejandro and Zack and tells them that she is pregnant.  Both men want to know who the father is immediately, so they ask a few timesand Chachi sort of beats around the bush and finally Alejandro demands to know.  Chachi finally spits out that she doesn’t know which one of them is the father.  The men start bickering about who the father is, and the arguing escalates into a full out brawl.  At the very end of the fight Chachi’s water breaks and they rush to the hospital.  Chachi has the baby and the baby does not look like either of the men.  Who is the real father?  The world may never know. 

The main conflict in the story is that nobody knows who the father is and it does get resolved in the very end of the story.  A third suspect comes into the scene and the baby looks just like him.  Trevan is the actual father and everyone is very shocked to here the news.  Chachi is just kind of like whatever at least we know now.  Everyone is just happy to be done with all of the drama and they live in peace.

            Everyone in our group had to write one of the five scenes.  To write the scene I went through a few steps to get the final product.  First, I thought of the outline of the scene, what was going to happen, who says what, and so on.  Then I wrote all of the lines out in English.  Next, I translated all of the English to Spanish.  When there were words or phrases I didn’t know I would look them up in the dictionary or use Google translate.  I chose to write the scene because I thought I could have the most fun coming up with a huge, climatic fight.  In this scene Chachi comes to the two men and tells them that she is pregnant.  The men demand to know who the father is and she tells them that she does not know.  They start arguing saying, “I’m the father.” “No, I’m the father.”  The bickering goes on for a few minutes until finally Alejandro throws a punch and they get into an all out brawl.  The men duke it out with many inanimate objects such as tables and chairs until finally the fight is interrupted by Chachi.  Chachi is screaming about how her water broke and that she must get to the hospital.  The scene ends with all of them getting into a car and driving off.

            If I was to assign a grade to myself for the scene I wrote it would be a “B” plus.  I would give myself a “B” plus because I think I did a pretty good job writing my scene.  I fell like I used fairly good Spanish and correct grammar.  I used the resources at my disposal to translate words from English to Spanish, and I translated all of the words and phrases correctly.  However, I would give myself a “B” plus instead of an “A” because I only put the dialogue on the script.  I did not really give many details on setting or actions.  These are things that would be visible in the actual telenovela, but of course you can not see them on the paper unless they are described vividly.  Also, I did not put as much dialogue as I could have.  I could have put more complex phrases in and made all of the characters speak more.  All in all, I would give myself a “B” plus on the script. 

            If I was to give a grade to the whole group for the whole project it would be a very low “A”.  I would give our group an “A” because I feel like we did very well on the project.  We came up with an interesting yet edgy story and chose a character for every person that fit their personality in real life, except for Alicia of course.  Our group always finished things on the deadlines and we always worked together to achieve the final project.  Although a few of our group members were gone more than a few times, we managed to pick each other up and pick up the slack from that person.  Plus, our group divided all of the work very evenly, there was seldom a time when somebody was not doing anything.  There was hardly a time when one person was doing more work than the rest of the group.  To sum things up, I would give our group a low “A” because of our efficiency, teamwork, and ideas.



A telenovela is a mock Spanish soap opera.  We divided into groups and wrote our own telenovela.  Our story is about a girl named Chachi that has a few to many boyfriends.  Chachi gets pregnant and she has no idea who the father is.  Our story is full of love and drama.  Here is the script.