HispanicHeritageEssayRA15


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When we look at what we do everyday, wake up, do your chores, go to school, they all have an impact in whether you do them or not. For example, if you don't wake up, you will sleep through the morning and be late to school. If you don't do your chores, like washing the dishes, your family would have to eat out of yogurt containers (I know how it is, I've done it before). Of course, the big one is that if you do not go to school, then you would not get a proper education, and if you don't get a proper education, then you will not get a good job later in life. If you don't get a good job in life, then you would be living in a garbage can for the rest of your earthly life. This is the same as Hispanic heritage. We need it to keep us going through life. This essay will tell you how.

The first reason why we need Hispanic heritage is that we need the delicious Hispanic food. Food in Spain normally consists of, depending on the region, thick stews, delicious fish, chicken and rice, salted meats, and fishy vegetable casserole (yum) (//IMF//). Without Spain, we would not be warmed up on a cold winter's night (a rare commodity in Florida, but it happens every once in a while). Also, without Spain, we would not have the foods from the former Spanish colonies in the Americas and Africa. Without Spain, I couldn't have the chicken burrito that I just ate for dinner tonight. That taquito? Sorry, can't have it. Want some flan with your lunch? Nope, can't have that either. I think you get the picture now.

The second reason why is that we need the diverse culture and language that Spain brings. Without Spain we would not have the words albatross, alligator, Alcatraz, adobe, alpaca, armada, avocado, banana, barracuda, barbecue, bodega, breeze, bronco, buckaroo, cafeteria, cannibal, canyon, canoe, chaps, cocoa, and many, many others (//IMF//). Also, without Spanish colonization, Spain, Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Equatorial Guinea would not have Spanish as their national language (Portugal, Brazil, Suriname, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Haiti, Morocco, Andorra, the United States, Algeria, and others also have a good amount of Spanish speakers) (//IMF//).

The final reason is that we need the Hispanic holidays. Spaniards celebrate, among others, the following: New Year's Day, Epiphany Day, Good Friday, Labor Day, Assumption Day, National Spanish Fiesta Day, All Saints Day, Constitution Day, Immaculate Conception Day, Christmas Day, St. Joseph's Day, Maundy Thursday, St. George's Day, St. Stephen's Day, and the Islamic Feast of the Sacrifice (though it is a holiday recognized only in the Spanish cities of Melilla and Ceuta. Most of these holidays are based on the Roman Catholic, Protestant, or other Christian faiths. These religions (especially Roman Catholicism) were spread to the former Spanish colonies throughout the world (//AES)//.

As you have read, Hispanic heritage has impacted us greatly. That is why we should keep it alive today. Without Hispanic holidays, sports, culture, language, food, and others, then I cannot imagine what the world would be today.