Current event 2

Date: 11/12/11

Name: Juan Diaz 702

Current Events Journal

Title: A legacy of service: Three generations of Pines family have served in military

Author: Perry Stein

Source: The Miami Herald

The topic of the article is loyalty

The main idea of the article is: Bolivar Perez Rios was a great soldier in many wars and he was congratulated, he passed down his influenced to three more generations like his son, grandson, and great-grandson (implied)

The author’s purpose for writing this article is to give an example of one military soldier who has served his country very well.

The author’s perspective in this article is subjective (biased) because he is talking about only one soldier in the army and his perspective.

 The pattern of organization of the article is flashback

The reason the author chose this pattern for the article is because it was talking about Bolivar’s life back in the day and how he served in the army from a young age.

The text features included in the article are: Illustrations. Illustrations helps by letting the reader know who Bolivar is and his generations. Subtitles, this helps by letting the reader know which person is which. Sources and URLs helps by giving where the information can be found specifically.

This article is about (a summary in your own words) the different generations of Bolivar, a Puerto Rican soldier, who helped in the army and received many prizes like the blue heart, and the bronze star. He inspired his children, grandchildren, and soon his great grandchildren.

The significance (importance) of this article is that it lets you know how a Hispanic person helped in many wars, and this was just one person.

What I learned from this article is if you are good at something like at war, you might be able to influence other people because of your respect to the country.

What I liked about this article is that it gave an example of someone that was celebrated in veteran’s day.

What I did not like about it nothing

Who should read this article and why: people who want to know about some people who helped in wars and all of that they should read this article because it gave the example of Bolivar helping in war ever since World War 2

This article reminds me of (text-to-self) how I respect my country, Colombia, and the country I am now living in, U.S.

(Text-to-text) I would compare this to biographies of people who have died in war protecting their country.

(Text-to-world) Many people are now dying in wars like the Iraq or the rebellions in Greece of the economy.

New vocabulary I learned

Word             Context Clues Meaning

1. Memento, inference,      anything serving as a reminder.

2. Memorabilia, Example,   souvenirs

3. LCDR, definition, lieutenant commander