Superiority

The theme of superiority plays a big part in the book, Don Quijote. Don Quijote always wants to be more important and stronger than Sancho and others. When Don Quijote sees a threat, he believes he has to be stronger and start a fight to establish his superiority. He not only repeated this behavior with …

Reality: What I Learned (dictatorship research class of 2015)

Every year my Spanish V students research twentieth century dictators of Latin America (and, sometimes, Spain).  This year they studied the political situations of Argentina, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.  I ask my students to write essays that analyze what happened during various dictatorships and the current political and social climate of the countries they are …