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This book tells a story about two sisters, Paulina and Rosa who lived with their stepmother. Rosa and Paulina lived in a village. Their mother had died, while the father was married again. The stepmother did not love them. She treated them like slaves, and forced them to perform all house works, and even sometimes left without food. They were living a miserable life. One fine day, they decided to leave home realizing that the stepmother did not want them, even dad began somehow to distance himself. They have travelled a long journey with no address, only moving and seeking a better life. Two sisters were looking for a compassion and shelter somewhere, seeking their fortune. Maybe somebody will have mercy and look after them. Onto their journey, they met an old man. At that moment, the old man was concerned by the situation of girls and took them for shelter. Until they meet two brothers, pirates
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"The Escape" is a deeply reflective work that invites readers to explore hypotheses about mental illnesses. The plot follows the steps of Rosa, a girl born in a remote village where hunger and the unfamiliarity of the city and its mysteries intertwine in her daily life. Unable to read, write, or communicate beyond her dialect (Mixteco), Rosa embarks on a heartbreaking escape in search of a better life. Throughout her journey, Rosa faces challenges that test her emotional strength. As she matures, the adversities of her past begin to manifest in the form of mental illnesses, with Paranoid Schizophrenia being the most notable. The author, through this captivating narrative, aims to raise aware...
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Between 1995 and 1997, three groups of college students each spent two months in K’iche’ Maya villages in Guatemala. Led by Professors John P. Hawkins and Walter Randolph Adams, they participated in an ongoing field school designed to foster undergraduate research and documentation of K’iche’ Maya culture in Guatemala. In this enlightening book, Hawkins and Adams first describe their field-school method of involving undergraduate students in primary research and ethnographic writing, and then present the best of the student essays, which examine the effects of modernization on K’iche’ Maya religion, courtship, marriage, gender relations, education, and community development. The ...