Sunday, June 1, 2008

An Alien World

By: Jorge Cabanillas and Stacey Kanellopoulos
Period:3
Ms. Hyde


Every morning we wake up, not noticing how lucky we are,
While little kids are exploited, and stripped from their moms.
We eat our breakfast, without any worry in our heads,
While under paid factory workers are inhaling lead.
Just to feed their kids, and not get evicted
While the antithesis society, bathe in their plethora of riches.

People in the third world are hungry and feeble,
Treated with disparity, turning cannibalistic and lethal.
Survival instincts, engraved in their cerebrum
Discordant of stagnant and corrupt political figures.
Where the recusant are found dead, missing their liver
Surreptitious organ market, enormous and getting bigger
Dictated and suppressed, making their life volatile and bitter.
Enslaved to poverty, as if restrained with fetters
and could care less if they happen to appear disheveled.

Either robbing or working for less then a peso,
Cocaine fields congregated, with people held preso.
Supervisors are rotten, light-years away from mellow
Workers are parched, stamina low, causing them to tremble.
Getting whip lashed if caught, stepping out of line
Strikes forcing compliance and, dilation in their eyes.
Arid, but ironically working for their lives
Making the projects in the U.S., seem like paradise.

Where if the subversive give off a perception of revolution
Without remorse, they’ll cut off your hands and put your moms on prostitution
and what is done, to rectify all this?
Nothing, because the government is full of selfish lobbyist.

Color Code-
Blue= Word List 1
Red= Word List 2
Green= Word List 3

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Power Point on Cesar Chavez

CLICK LINK TO SEE POWERPOINT-

http://online.print2flash.com/content/f86ea470e9dadf5b1e33e683b57c46b8

Cesar Chavez Speech

Jorge Cabanillas
Information Technology High School
Ms.Hyde
English 6
4/8/08
Cesar Chavez
Speech said in- January 12th,1990
Title-"Lessons of Dr.Martin Luther King Jr."


My friends today we honor a giant among men, today we honor the reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Today we honor a wise teacher, an inspiring leader, and true visionary, but to truly honor Dr.King we must do more than say words of praise. We must learn his lessons and put his views into practice, so that we may truly be free at last.
We must adopt Dr. Kings lessons and fuse them with our desire and rage, to fight for justice. To fight against the plague of pesticides, which have only brought poison, misery and death for farm workers and consumers alike. To fight against excessive hours of work without safe drinking water or toilet facilities. To fight against grower thugs who routinely sexually harass and rape our women laborers.
To fight against this system of economic slavery which is in place. I ask for all people, no matter your racial background or economic stability to join the cause, to free your fellow human beings from the yoke of oppression. For i assure you that with you're help we will come closer to the end of this tragic comedy.

SOURCE-
http://www.aztlan.net/cesarMLK.htm

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Class Work Speech

Do Now: Can you recall a quote, speech, parable or lesson that inspired you, changed your perspective on life, or made you stop and think?

A quote that made me think about life is:
"Hell is not a place you go if your not a Christian, but its the failure of your life's greatest ambition."-Immortal Technique

SPEECH- Robert F.Kennedy, On the Death of Martin Luther King
WHO- Robert F.Kennedy
WHERE- In Indianapolis, Indiana
AUDIENCE-Large gathering of African Americans all U.S.
PRO-Peaceful, no fights broke out
CON-Robert breaking the news to the people whom which obviously were not informed about Martin Luther Kings death.

Saturday, March 29, 2008

"Treatment of Hispanics in America (1960s)"

Jorge Cabanillas
period-3

In the 1960s hispanics in the U.S. were treated unfairly. They were discriminated against and socially and politically oppressed. So much that hispanic movements were created to go against the government and societies un-just treatment. The song "Justicia, T ierra, y Libertad" by Mana relates to this subject for the fact that the songs lyrics are about ending racism, and starting a revolution of love for all people no matter what race, ethnicity, or religion.

An example of hispanic treatment:
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Song Relating to Topic Lyrics-
Justicia, Tierra, y Libertad
By Mana:

Justicia, Tierra y Libertad
Justicia, Tierra y Libertad

Oye tu mi canto
Oyelo, Oyelo
Oye tu mi llanto
Oyelo, Oyelo

Hermanos y hermanas de otras razas
de otro color y un mismo corazon
rezas y rezas y nada enderezas
por eso hagamos la revolucion, de amor
Oye

Estamos exigiendo todo el respeto
respeto al indio y a su dignidad
ya lo dijo Villa, dijo Zapata

Justicia, Tierra y Libertad
Justicia, Tierra y Libertad

Oye tu mi canto
Oyelo, Oyelo
Oye tu mi llanto
Oyelo, Oyelo
Oye tu mi canto
Oyelo, Oyelo
Oye tu mi llanto
Oyelo, Oyelo

Como tendriamos libertad?
Como tendriamos dignidad?
Como desearia yo
Como desearia el amor

Cuando tendremos la democracia?
Cuando tumbemos la burocracia
Cuanto desearia yo
Menos demencia y mas amor

Amor, dolor, amor
Oye tu mi canto

Justicia, Tierra y Libertad
Justicia, Tierra y Libertad
Justicia, Tierra y Libertad
http://www.lyricsdownload.com/mana-justicia-tierra-y-libertad-lyrics.html

Link to video of song: http://youtube.com/watch?v=m15y1KhVgig
Annotations-
Line 1: “Justicia, Tierra y Libertad” translation= Justice, Land, and Liberty
Line 2: “Oye tu mi canto” translation= Listen to my song
Line 3: “Oye tu mi llanto” translation= Listen to my cry
Line 7-10: “Hermanos y hermanas de otras razas
de otro color y un mismo corazon
rezas y rezas y nada enderezas
por eso hagamos la revolucion, de amor” translation= Brothers and sisters of other races and other colors but with the same heart
u pray and pray but you don’t straighten
that’s why lets make the revolution of love
Line 12-14: “Estamos exigiendo todo el respeto
respeto al indio y a su dignidad
ya lo dijo Villa, dijo Zapata” translation= We are demanding all the respect
Respect to the Indian and his dignity
Villa already said it, and Zapata too(Villa as in referring to Pancho Villa a Mexican revolutionary general and, Zapata as in referring to Emiliano Zapata a powerful Mexican figure who formed and commanded a revolutionary force against the Mexican president who was also a dictator.
Line 25-28: “Como tendriamos libertad?
Como tendriamos dignidad?
Como desearia yo
Como desearia el amor” translation= How would we have liberty?
How would we have dignity?
How I wish
How I wish for love.
Line 29-32: “Cuando tendremos la democracia?
Cuando tumbemos la burocracia
Cuanto desearia yo
Menos demencia y mas amor” translation= When will we have democracy?
When we overthrow bureaucracy
I wish there was less dementia and more love.
Line 33: “amor, dolor, amor” translation= love, pain , love

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

March 26,2008 class work

Questions:
1.How is the art of rhetoric evident in Cheif Joseph's speech?
2.Who is he addressing in this speech?
3.Who is he indicating and why?
4.Identify any heroic characteristics?
5.Why is this speech Protest Literature?

Answers:
1.Rhetoric art is evident in Cheif Joseph's speech because of the power used in his words and the way he expresses his feelings towards his land.
2.Cheif Joseph is addressing the entire U.S. government.
3.Cheif Joseph is indicating the white men(settlers) who are moving to his peoples land. The Cheif is doing this, because of the fact that the settlers are coming into his land and basically kicking him and his people out of the land in which they have lived on for so many years.
4.Well Cheif Joseph even though settlers and the government tried to push him and his people out of their land he held his ground and did not move for quite some time. Also when issues got to intense with the settlers he offered to settle it in pacific terms rather than bloodshed. But when the government issued the order to make him and his people either leave the land on their own or be forced out by army troops. He chose to lead his people out to not have any unnecessary deaths, even though his fathers body was burried on that land and his father told him to not give it up. He still did it for the sake of his people. Self sacrifice for others, courageous, boldness and being noble is considered to be heroic and Cheif Joseph had all those qualities.
5.This speech is protest literature for the fact that it demonstrates an arguement towards a subject and captivates the reader into seeing the matter from its point of view.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Letter to Speaker

Jorge Cabanillas
45-45
125th fl.
Jackson Heights, NY 11372

February 14th,2008

Dear Speaker:

"Dulce et Decorum Est" a poem expressing pain agony, fear ,and torment. A poem showing that it is not sweet and fitting to die for one's country. A poem showing that there is no such thing as glory in war. It takes a great writer to show and express such details in a poem.

I was just wondering were all this inspiration is brought from? Is it all made up or influenced from your past? After all you did participate in World War I. So am guessing you have seen death, since you write about an encounter with a guy choking in "Dulce et Decorum Est.""As under a green sea, I saw him drowning. In all my dreams, before my helpless sight, he plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning."Thats what is written in your poem. Did you really witness that? If you did how old were you? Were you used to seeing death at that stage of your life?

Your poem has made me realize that nothing positive comes out of war, but only lost lives of soldiers in a battle which they have not promoted. Your poems, well displayed imagery has also made me see that witnessing death isn't as petite as watching it being performed on T.V. You are thanked and well appreciated. Hope you answer my questions.

Sincerely, Jorge Cabanillas