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Gianna Flego // Sugar Skull Reflection

Last year on Christmas morning, a dear family friend passed away. I remember finding out, and just breaking down in tears because I couldn’t believe I never got to say my final goodbyes. Her name was Nicole and she was 26 years old. She was short, had brown eyes that that sometimes had a hint of blue and black hair. Nicole always brought a positive vibe to a negative situation and was able to make anybody laugh or smile with her corny jokes. She had two sons, Cameron and Jason. I use to babysit them all the time over the summer. But when she was a teenager, she had a daughter but had to give her up for adoption. You can tell by her attitude that she has been through a lot throughout her whole life, but the smile always remained on her face. She was the type of person you would cry to whenever you needed someone to vent to. You would have never thought that she was in such a horrible place until the day that she passed.

I always befriend the type of people who would do anything and everything for me. That was the type of person Nicole was. The first day I met her, was 3 years ago during the summer. My mom and her were talking with their other friend on my porch one day when I came home from basketball. As soon as I met her, our personalities instantly matched. Me, her and my mom always went out to eat or shopping. Or if I didn’t go she would ask me to watch her kids. What I remember the most about Nicole was that when I had nobody to talk to, she would always swoop in and save the day. Whether it was family problems, boy issues or I just needed to talk. I went from seeing her everyday until her and my mom stopped talking, I haven’t seen her since. But the little things she always did for me is something I couldn’t forget, even if I tried.

I decided to create my sugar skull in remembrance of Nicole because she is very important to me, as you can see by what I previously said about her. Also, I’ve never experienced a tragic death in my life besides her. I think that doing the sugar skull on her was a really good idea because her personality was so crazy and nothing stopped her from being herself. On the other hand, I thought that bringing the lose of Nicole back up was a bad idea, but creating something to remember her made it easier to think about. She was also really into arts and crafts, so the glitter and paint would have made her proud of what I made.

My sugar skull reflects my friend Nicole because she was a very open minded person, who was crazy, fun and loveable. The thing that stands out the most of my sugar school is the glitter on the very top. I put glitter on the very top because what she had to say, and what she always did was so crazy. Her head was filled with crazy ideas, based off the way she already acted. The glitter represents her because she was such an open minded person. Another thing about my sugar school is the blue eyes. Nicole had really strange eyes. One moment they would be all brown and then the next they would have hint of blue. My sugar skull is kind of a mess and crazy looking, but thats just because Nicole was a blunt person. If you knew Nicole then you would completely understand why it looks the way it looks.

When I lost her, I didn’t think that my life would ever be the same without her. It was such a shock to be told that she wasn’t on this earth anymore. No laughter, happiness. Anything. Losing someone who meant so much to me was really heartbreaking. She was taken away from the world at such a young age and its a sin. She suffered enough when she was alive, so now she gets to rest easy and be at peace. Dia de los Muertos really brings an enlightenment to how I feel about her loss now. I think I should start remembering all the great times we had together instead or mourning her loss. It opens up my mind to seek for a better way to remember her, not to cry about losing her.

Nombre: Ashley Bailey Clase: E

La Poeta: Julia Alvarez

• Acerca de Julia Alvarez

Julia Álvarez nació el veintisiete de marzo de un mil novecientos cincuenta en la ciudad de Nueva York. Julia se crió en la República Dominicana. Ella dejó ese país cuando tenía diez años porque su familia trató de derrocar al dictador Rafael Trujillo que fracasó y llevar a su familia a mudarse a Nueva York. Fue duro tratando de adaptarse a su nuevo casa, pero más tarde , continuó y se graduó de la universidad de Middlebury en un mil novecientos setenta y uno. Luego fue a buscar su maestría en la Universidad de Syracuse en un mil novecientos setenta y cinco. Julia ha estado casada con su marido, Bill Eichner desde un mil novecientos ochenta y nueve. La mayoría de sus piezas concluir el tema de estar atrapado entre dos culturas. No sólo ella escribe para los adultos, pero también niños. Álvarez tiene elogios y los aficionados de todo el mundo .

• Todo sobre mí

Ashley Bailey es una joven dama de dieciséis años que nació y se crió en filadelfia. Ella va a la academia de la ciencia en el liderazgo en Beeber. Ella es la madre de un recién nacido hermoso, a quien ella llama el amor de su vida. Los padres de Ashley han dividido cuando era sólo un bebé. No obstante, sus dos padres mostraron amor y siempre proporcionan para ella. Ashley ha conseguido el cuadro de honor cada año de la escuela media y hasta el momento en la escuela secundaria. Aunque ella es una joven madre, Ashley ha estado tan decidido a no dejar que nada la detiene o se interponga en su camino. Ella siempre está tratando de ver lo que se viene en línea, en lugar de vivir en el pasado o presente. Ella va a ser continua y convertirse en una mujer de éxito de su negocio.

• Reflexión del poema

En el poema, "El trabajo de la mujer " que vea cómo Julia Alvarez expresa el tema de que el trabajo de la mujer es muy duro. En el poema en concreto, simplemente habla sobre el trabajo de casa de la mujer. Siento que esto es un estereotipo moderno de lo que las mujeres se supone que debe hacer, que es quedarse en casa, cocinar y limpiar. En realidad las mujeres lo hacen mucho más que eso y, sin embargo no consiguen acreditan suficiente para ello. Julia está comparando el trabajo duro de una mujer con el arte de alta calidad. Estoy de acuerdo, es como una metáfora en realidad comparando lo difícil que una mujer trabaja para lo bueno que una hermosa pieza de arte puede be. Yo puede decirle a su madre fue muy estricto en cuanto a la manera en que su casa fue tratado porque su lema era para tratar su casa mejor que ella corazón. Las mujeres son muy trabajador y pusieron la sangre, sudor y lágrimas en nuestros deberes.

Estas son algunas de las famosas piezas de Julia Alvarez

Una boda en Haití, publicado en marzo de veintinueve de dos mil trece.

Cómo Tia Lola salvó el verano, publicado en mayo de díez de dos mil once.

Regreso al remitente, publicado en enero siete de dos mil siete.

Érase una quinceañera, publicado en agosto segundos  de dos mil siete.

El mejor regalo del Mundo, publicado en octubre primero de dos mil ocho.

Espero que les haya gustado!

For my eulogy I’m doing mine on one of my relatives. The relative that died was my  Pop-Pop. He passed away in the January 2010. He died from prostate cancer that he had for about a year. To me I didn’t really know my Pop-Pop until he was dying. When I met him he was a silly old man. From the stories I heard, he was apparently strict when he was younger. As he got older he seemed to warm up a little bit. I’m getting off topic. To me he was one of the only male influences I’ve had in my life.

I created a sugar skull in remembrance of my Pop-Pop because I wanted something to remember him by. Like I said earlier i didn’t really know the man when I was younger. For me it wasn’t so much that he lived far away, it was just that he and my mom were always fighting. He wasn’t allowed to come over unless it was someone’s birthday, or if something important happened. Also for he was one of the only people I know that have died. I guess people can look at that as a blessing. For me it’s a blessing and a curse. it’s a blessing because I don’t know a lot of people that have died, but on the other hand I can’t really help someone who is grieving since i don’t really know the feeling. i did feel sad when he died since before he died my mom took me over his house about three times a month because he was sick. While I was over their i would just talk to him or listen to him and my mom talk. I’m getting of topic, I chose him because I wanted to do something to really remember him.

My sugar school reflects my Pop-Pop. I would say it reflects him because of the color scheme and what i decorated the skull with. The color scheme reflects him because I painted one side gray showing as how i heard he was quite strict when he was younger.i learned about this when my mom told me when he taught her how to drive. He made her drive stick around the block until she made everything meet his high standards of driving. She said the lessons would last for hours at a time. I the other side of my skull I painted multiple colors to represent how silly he was. I know I just said he was strict, but that was before I met him. When i met him he was a lot older ( like 80) so he had lived a long life. By the time he was that old he had a ton of kids and even more grandkids, so whenever he saw his grandkids he tried to be nice to them and act silly. So that’s why the sugar skull reflects my Pop-Pop.

Dia de los Muertos has opened up my mind on celebrating the passing of others. It has opened up my mind because usually I don’t try to think about the dead because I find it depressing. Dia de los Muertos taught me that you can celebrate someone’s life instead of grieving over their death. While doing my sugar skull, I  thought about my Pop-Pop and his life. Even though it’s true that I wish i knew him more and wished he didn’t die. He did, but he had a pretty eventful life leading up to that. He lived in multiple cities across the country, he had many children and grandchildren, he fought in two wars, and did more. Even though life has it’s good and bad he tried to live his life to the fullest.I guess that’s something to celebrate right? Well that’s how Dia de los Muertos opened my mind on the celebration of people passing.

Yo soy Cameron Lockett. Yo soy él orador para mi abuelo’s panegírico. Él fue de Indiana. Él fue bajo y inteligente. Estoy hablando en el espanol clase. Yo estoy triste.

Él vida es extrañar y commemorar ,adios.