BMCC OpenLab | Mairely Rivera | Activity https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/members/mairely26/activity/ Activity feed for Mairely Rivera. Sat, 09 May 2026 03:39:33 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 bd6f005f66b3ba2bb62fd638b9a7aa10 Mairely Rivera wrote a new blog post Marriage proposals in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/?p=1213 Wed, 21 Dec 2022 10:48:05 -0500 In his play, Anton Chekhov has Ivan Lomov boasting and trying to show off his inheritance to Natalya before proposing to her. This is before they start to argue about who owns the oxen meadows next to the […]

]]> 0 dcedb9435b6d4c7b4534d2d9f8beed31 Mairely Rivera wrote a new blog post What does Thanksgiving mean ? in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/?p=1208 Wed, 21 Dec 2022 09:22:17 -0500 I don’t usually get excited about thanksgiving because I don’t have a big family, there’s 3 of us & we usually stay in watching tv and eating all day every year. Generally, the holidays make me feel sad and […]

]]> 0 8ded9d11d08c07d5c04cbc63275aef13 Mairely Rivera wrote a new blog post Film analysis essay Openlab upload in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/?p=1205 Wed, 21 Dec 2022 06:25:54 -0500 The-Mummy-Analysis-Essay-Mairely-RiveraDownload

]]> 0 20973d76ab5a2a973c27202a04cc6b89 Mairely Rivera wrote a new blog post Final Reflection in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/?p=1190 Wed, 21 Dec 2022 04:45:23 -0500 Over the course of this semester, I’ve realized a lot about myself as a writer and the type of student/person I am. If I could describe my writing style in one word, it would be “Authentic”. I like to write how I […]

]]> 0 1d54471dd0fb970704ab11f015bedcea Mairely Rivera wrote a new blog post Frankenstein in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/?p=590 Thu, 27 Oct 2022 20:18:22 -0400 I think that in a way Frankenstein is projecting how he feels about himself when he looks and thinks about his creation. He feels like he himself is the monster for having created such a thing. Part of his […]

]]> 1 448193f428a255f99ee4770b3e1eded8 Mairely Rivera posted a new activity comment https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/2022/10/24/frankenstein-2/#comment-87 Thu, 27 Oct 2022 19:44:40 -0400 Considering that Frankenstein was the one who created this monster, he should be mad and disgusted in himself. It’s pretty ironic once you think about it that he thinks about his creation this way since he already knew what he would look like before bringing him to life.

In reply to - Jesus Ayala C. wrote a new blog post Frankenstein in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry FrankensteinDownload ]]> d42529d9ac1652076be8eb971d3e3488 Mairely Rivera posted a new activity comment https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/2022/10/19/sherman-alexie/#comment-73 Thu, 20 Oct 2022 20:04:59 -0400 I really like the part where you pointed out what the two main characters symbolize and how they are in a way contradicting forces. This is something I did not pay attention to while reading the story and while watching the movie, but it makes perfect sense.

In reply to - E. Watson wrote a new blog post Sherman Alexie in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry ]]> fc23cd31b643bb926c60f3ff5a65596e Mairely Rivera wrote a new blog post "This is what it means to say Pheonix, Arizona" in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/?p=552 Thu, 20 Oct 2022 03:47:40 -0400 Because of colonization, the lives of Victor, Thomas and most of those who live on the reservation, have been predetermined in a way. Many Native Americans like Victor and his parents rely on alcohol to keep […]

]]> 3 e0da60296169b33035bfb054a201bf4b Mairely Rivera wrote a new blog post Feminism in Ichiyo in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/?p=516 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 08:38:50 -0400 We know that Ichiyo would write stories having to do with the real situations the women of her time would go through. However, I think that the female character in her story can also represent her relationship […]

]]> 1 8a1ff8cadf433a94dcb08566519215ce Mairely Rivera posted a new activity comment https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/2022/10/12/501/#comment-62 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 21:31:17 -0400 Hi Carolina ! Although I do understand your process when you say that Isamu progressively got tired of Oseki’s education background and status. I believe that reason why he chose to marry her in the first place was because of her education background and low status. He knew that Oseki would be an easy target to manipulate and basically keep…[Read more]

In reply to - Carolina Uribe wrote a new blog post in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry How is her marriage affected by socioecomic status? What do you think Oseki learns  from her run in with Roku? What is the […] ]]> 30242c330b1835337cfa7a4603171df8 Mairely Rivera posted a new activity comment https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/2022/10/12/ichiyo-2/#comment-61 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 21:10:41 -0400 I agree with your point about the rich harboring opportunities for those in their circle. This is one of the main reasons why Oseki feels like she has no other choice but to stay in her marriage out of duty. Even if she did want to run off with Roku she herself had no status or money, everything she had was because of her husband. Roku also had no…[Read more]

In reply to - E. Watson wrote a new blog post Ichiyo in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry ]]> e35f0c93e7e0196cf47f3d298c732e1d Mairely Rivera posted a new activity comment https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/2022/10/12/marxism-in-the-thirteenth-night/#comment-60 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 20:24:32 -0400 Hi jesus, I agree with all of your points, Oseki must’ve felt like it was some sort of sign when she ran into Roku after all those years. But at the end she just left disappointed and was no longer hopeful like she was in the beginning.

In reply to - Jesus Ayala C. wrote a new blog post Marxism in the thirteenth night. in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry In the thirteenth night the Oseki who came from a low-class family and married Harada Osamu who […] ]]> 46d09002bc34b214a5a53bc2bb4665dd Mairely Rivera wrote a new blog post Marxism in the Thirteenth Night in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/?p=503 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 19:43:45 -0400 In The Thirteenth Night by Higuchi Ichiyo, Oseki Harada was not only a woman in the eighteenth century, but her and her family were considered “low ranking” before she married her husband, Isamu. If Oseki did not […]

]]> 3 4f656efdcc939ccfb6eefe6d292ddc82 Mairely Rivera wrote a new blog post Chopin and Race in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/?p=485 Wed, 12 Oct 2022 11:14:56 -0400 I believe that the authors race does matter when their narrative deals with racial issues in some instances. Usually, the opinions of POC are ignored by other races but their own, people are more inclined to […]

]]> 3 7b992984e4a56185de0cb11cd8713d5b Mairely Rivera wrote a new blog post Writing as activism in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/?p=481 Fri, 07 Oct 2022 09:35:57 -0400 I believe that in this day in age writing can still be a viable form of activism. I see it every day on social sites such as Instagram and Twitter. Writing is not only about books and news articles but also blogs […]

]]> 1 c31a4b894ca8dc8f77e5b4dab3902b4b Mairely Rivera posted a new activity comment https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/2022/10/05/does-the-writers-race-matter-when-the-narrative-deals-with-issues-of-race/#comment-53 Thu, 06 Oct 2022 21:03:25 -0400 I agree with your point of view about all minority groups going through some kind of racial discrimination. Even though some groups get more hate than others it’s still an issue that affects POC overall and it should not be something that gets overlooked.

In reply to - Carolina Uribe wrote a new blog post Does the writer's race matter when the narrative deals with issues of race?  in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry In  “Desiree’s baby”  short story her baby was b […] ]]> fdecb22b10da5ff971416bf5488e0c03 Mairely Rivera posted a new activity comment https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/2022/10/05/bambara-written-activism/#comment-52 Thu, 06 Oct 2022 20:59:04 -0400 Hi Aniya ! You made some very good points when you said that written activism is quickly overshadowed by other trending topics. However, I do feel that this is something that happens even with protests and marches. The Black Lives Matter movement for example, after all of the protests were done a lot of people stopped talking about it and moved on…[Read more]

In reply to - Aniya mccaskill wrote a new blog post Bambara written activism in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry While written activism in 1971 may have had a substantial impact during that time, I believe that in […] ]]> 80154289a5ee74d85bb79360de022bb2 Mairely Rivera wrote a new blog post Mairely Rivera- Poetry Analysis Essay in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/?p=429 Fri, 23 Sep 2022 04:54:26 -0400 Mairely-Rivera-Poetry-Analysis-Eng-201-1800-2Download

]]> 0 da6e2afb1846e41ee189b17b3aaaa019 Mairely Rivera posted a new activity comment https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/2022/09/06/nergo-jackson-blackface/#comment-33 Thu, 08 Sep 2022 20:42:03 -0400 This was a sad but powerful poem. Sad because many people to this day have to live in fear because of their skin color and the hate it can attract. Yet powerful because even when scared they refuse to let the hate win and still find a way to prosper through it all. Good job!

In reply to - Janee Everett wrote a new blog post Nergo Jackson Blackface in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry I said it buying a gun for my kind To be safe, […] ]]> caa0a47e3b0e8413fb2d45c9f71b13ce Mairely Rivera posted a new activity comment https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/2022/09/07/second-attempt-crossing-by-javier-samora/#comment-32 Thu, 08 Sep 2022 19:35:15 -0400 Have not had a chance to read the original but this is very good! This Highlights some of the dangers people have to go through and what they’re trying to escape when they’re crossing the border. It’s a shame some still try to downplay the problems others go through in other countries just because they don’t want them to come here to the U.S.

In reply to - Isaiah Carcasses wrote a new blog post Second Attempt Crossing by Javier Samora in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry ]]> d76e30a09fa774ba50b4d2dfeae0c804 Mairely Rivera wrote a new blog post "They Don't Love You Like I Love You" By Natalie Diaz Erasure poem in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/?p=335 Wed, 07 Sep 2022 05:23:31 -0400

]]> 5 f6cadd6e94d89db04fae50a2d4b4671b Mairely Rivera posted a new activity comment https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/2022/08/29/where-im-from-3/#comment-10 Thu, 01 Sep 2022 06:38:53 -0400 Hi Jesus! I really like your poem; I was able to picture a lot of the things you were describing as I read it. A lot of it made me think back to the country I lived in when I was younger, the DR.

In reply to - Jesus Ayala C. wrote a new blog post Where I'm from in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry I am from poverty from rocks that I played as toy cars. I am from the house made of earth and […] ]]> 5ed540fbbebe54f00757a31f9de857b4 Mairely Rivera posted a new activity comment https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/2022/08/30/259/#comment-9 Thu, 01 Sep 2022 06:28:40 -0400 Hi Janee! As someone who grew up in upper Manhattan I can relate to a lot of the things in your poem. Different boroughs but the people who reside in them definitely play the biggest role in the development of it. I’m Dominican myself and we just carry those vibes with us no matter where we are in the world. This sense of likeness definitely made…[Read more]

In reply to - Janee Everett wrote a new blog post Where I'm From in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry Where I’m From Where I’m From I am from dominoesfrom Cafe Bustelo and corner bodegas.I am from the c […] ]]> 856dc06ecb1b0820be99b265eba99c37 Mairely Rivera wrote a new blog post Where I'm From in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/?p=277 Thu, 01 Sep 2022 06:16:38 -0400 I’m from Washington Heights

Where fire hydrants are left opened all summer long so the neighborhood kids can stay cool

Where loud music is the norm no matter the time of day

Where fireworks are lit up […]

]]> 4 110604d8b7bd097f5073a99e3569a9c0 Mairely Rivera joined the group ACR 150/ Literacy in American Society 052W/ Prof. Barnes/ Fall 2022/ Monday is the day! https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/activity/p/109324/ Fri, 26 Aug 2022 17:01:10 -0400 0 6aa4770bd7970a7f6f64678d02ac764f Mairely Rivera joined the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/activity/p/109274/ Fri, 26 Aug 2022 07:43:30 -0400 0 f539b7f95e3e3dcb729d84d0fa83006c Mairely Rivera became a registered member https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/activity/p/109043/ Thu, 25 Aug 2022 21:57:17 -0400 0