Essays on Zapata

The Revolt of the Cockroach People is a novel about the Chicano Moratorium written by Oscar Zeta Acosta, published in 1973. There are many themes presented in the novel, but one of the most interesting is the gender role. Women are represented as purely physical beings unlike men who are glorified for their work as well. There are many types of women in the novel, but their presence in much different than the presence of the male characters who are supposed to be more important and privileged. The narrator is a man and all of the characters who are ...

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As one of the fastest growing markets within the leisure industry, cruise tourism bridges the gaps between exploration and comfort, providing an alternative way for individuals to envisage the world around them. Due to its increase in popularity, the cruise industry has had to adapt to trends in consumer needs; balancing luxury, exploration and expectation in order to create a unified package that can compete with rival companies within the cruise industry. Focusing on the Viking cruise company specifically, this case study shall illustrate how companies within the cruise industry perform when adapting to pressures and demands by consumers ...

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Court option is a technique in the court that is deduced by the commitment it has to provide a comprehensive lay out of quality services in the court of law that mostly concern the criminal justice system (King, 2000). Such services maintain the safety of the public by creating new and better opportunities for people and at the same time gives the court other better alternatives to serve the individuals in equality and justice. M/S Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co. is a case in which the petitioner was seeking review of the court of a legal document concerning a ...

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United States v. Bhagat: Case Questions: Question 1: Insider trading is the practice in which a person who knows of insider information within a publicity traded company either sells their stock prematurely that they know is going to fall or who tips off a client that the stock is going to plummet in which case, causes the client to sell early and have an unfair advantage in the market, (Cheesemann, 2013). The practice of insider trading is higher regulated by the SEC within the United States. Tipping is the practice of providing insider trading information to another person who ...

A war of independence is commonly considered as a justified action, accumulating the struggling of one nation against another. The Texas Revolution, however, represents a peculiar exception to this patterned characteristic of these military conflicts. This event, crucial for Texas, is considered either in a negative way, accusing Texans and Americans of expansion of Mexican territory, or even passed over in silence. At the time when Texas began inhabited by Americans and Europeans at the invitation of the Spanish authorities, the Spanish themselves expelled its small Texas population, accusing it of treason during the years of 1810-1821s (Beisner, American ...

Orozco’s The Working Class (1926), which is located at the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria, reflects the plight of the working class in Mexico. In the mural, Orozco used contrast in color to create a distinct line between black (lower half) and red (upper half). Orozco’s color palette in the mural represents the colors of revolution. The subjects of the mural reflect the oppression of the working class since the poor are bent with their heads bowed down. It reflects the lowly position of the working class in Mexican society. Rivera’s The Agitator (1926) also depicted an uprising among ...

The article presents a detailed analysis of Regulatory Focus Theory. Its summary helps in the understanding of the theory’s concepts and possible application. The theory addresses ways in which people attempt the achievement of the presence of positive outcomes, and an absence of negative outcomes; the processes are promotion and prevention respectively. It shows people may exhibit differences in their chronic orientations. The article explores the regulatory perspective in reference to a multilayered model of personality (Manczak, Zapata-Gietl & McAdams, 169). It arranges human behavior into domains such as; romantic relationships, economics, parenting and psychopathology. The study analyzes the promotion ...

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The caudillos of 19th-century Latin American history played an important part in the shaping and molding of Latin America into a state led by charismatic leaders who were able to assert their own considerable will over the people and enact social and governmental change. In the 19th century, the more iconic caudillos such as Simon Bolivar and Porfirio Diaz exerted tremendous energy and willpower to ensure that they shaped their respective countries in the ways they wanted. Even so, more modern revolutionary figures, even in their zeal to overthrow the classist politics of the caudillo, exerted a tremendous and earnest desire ...

Analytical methods to evaluate seed dormancy in legumes

Abstract Legumes are known to have multiple health benefits. The seed coat in particular contains a number of bioactive compounds which possess antioxidant activity. Of great interest is the relationship between the chemical composition of the seed coat and its role in seed dormancy. Modern technological approaches are currently used to further identify these compounds and determine their role in seed development; these include NRIS FTIR, mass spectroscopy, electron microscopy and chromatography. The following review describes the constituents of the legume seed coat and their respective roles in dormancy and other stages of seed development. The review also highlights ...

The Fragmentation of Mexico and Central America

The Spanish Constitution formed the basis for independence that Central America and Mexico sought in this regions. There were coalitions of the liberal and conservative liberal royalist leaders who influenced the formation of new states. Mexico and Central America welcomed the restoration of the Constitution (Spanish). Local governments were now formed and the deputies would be sent to Cortes. There was a conflict between the conservatives and the liberals. The conservatives believed that the liberal regime would not last. The conservatives supported by the Church were worried that this could proceed to anti-clerical legislation and other reforms. As a result of ...

Throughout time, women all over the globe have had a major role in history. Nevertheless, they are not been well acknowledged and their tales are not told to other people as much as men. Mexican women fought hard for an improved and better future for all the generation to come. They struggled courageously and unselfishly and made their marks in today’s globe. In the world we are living majority of the women have been treated in a manner that they are good looking and thus other women attempts to emulate them. However, this has not always been the case with ...