Mexican Drug War

As 2010 has already come to a start, people have been worrying about what the U.S economy will bring them in the next couple of months. However, a more serious topic that has caught my eye is that of the drug war between the drug cartels in Mexico and the Mexican government. Ever since Felipe Calderon has taken an initiative in 2006, drug violence has skyrocketed ever since.
Divided into 8 major drug gangs, the government has started a war that now seems to be unstoppable. Close to 10,000 people have been killed in the past 4 years ever since Calderon has started a war against the drug cartels. The source of the problem has been found in the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the most powerful drug cartels in Mexico. Their leader, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, has been estimated to have 2 billion dollars as his net worth.
Many U.S reporters say that the Mexican drug cartels control drug trafficking in most U.S cities, and that they are the “greatest organized crime threat to the United States”. Nearly every day there are innocent people getting killed in this drug war, and if Mexico doesn’t receive the help of the U.S fast, there will be greater deaths in 2010.

Cyrano de Bergerac: Final Scene

In this opening scene, Roxanne and de Guiche are seen in the park. De Guiche then proceeds to ask Roxanne if she still remembers Christian, to which she responds yes. Le Bret then enters the room with them and says he is worried for Cyrano because he is old poor and has a lot of enemies. De Guiche tells them not to worry because Cyrano lives his life as he chooses. De Guiche then tells Le Bret privately that a group of nobles are planning to kill Cyrano.
Ragueneau rushes in and tells Le Bret the sad news of Cyrano almost dying because some nobles almost broke his skull with a massive log of wood. Cyrano then mmets up with Roxanne as he always does to talk to her. Roxanne then gives him the letter that she has still kept from Christian. As Cyrano begins to read the letter, she realizes that she has heard that voice before. With this being said, she realizes that Cyrano is the lover that she has always loved, but it is too late as Cyrano dies reciting his last poem to Roxanne.
This particular scene revelas to Roxanne that her actual lover is Cyrano de Bergerac. It also shows the lame death of Cyrano as he gets killed by a group of nobles who broke his skull with a wooden log instead of dying by a swordsman by the sword. As Cyrano dies, he tells Roxanne that he loves her and recites a final poem for his love.

Cyrano de Bergerac: Marriage Scene

Roxanne then asks Christian to marry her and has the Capuchin marry them. Cyrano then waits outside to prevent de Guiche from interrupting the wedding. As de Guiche appears, Cyrano jumps and lands on his back, and revealing his face, tells him that Roxanne and Christian are now married.
As Roxanne and Christian come out from marrying each other, de Guiche coldly congratulates both of them, but he is obviously not happy. De Guiche then breaks the news to Roxanne that he will take Christian to the war and that the wedding night between them will have to wait.
Roxanne, being worried for Christian, tells Cyrano to promise her that he will keep Christian safe. Roxanne then urges Christian to write a letter to her every day, Cyrano hearing this becomes happy.
The marriage scene is possibly the second most important scene in the whole book because of Cyrano’s brilliance in poetry and how he helps Christian out. It also shows how in love Roxanne really is with Cyrano and not Christian.

Cyrano de Bergerac: Act 3 Balcony Scene

In this third Act, Roxanne talks to Cyrano about Christian and even declares that Christian is smarter then him. After saying this, she says that she is in love with Christian and says that Cyrano is jealous of his poetry. Later in the second scene, De Guiche comes to tell Roxanne that he will be leaving because he has been made colonel of an army regiment. Roxanne then tells De Guiche to leave Cyrano and his cadets so they don’t have a chance to go to war. In the next two scenes, Roxanne tells Cyrano that she wants to meet up with Christian. Knowing this, Cyrano goes to tell Christian and prepares him for the meeting.
In the next scene, Cyrano tells Christian to memorize his lines but Christian, being stubborn, refuses to. The next day, Roxanne and Christian meet up, and Roxanne asks him how he loves her. Christian not knowing what to say repeats “I love you”, multiple times. Roxanne, being angry, leaves and goes to her room.
After Roxanne leaves, Christian asks Cyrano for help. Cyrano accepts and whispers word for Christian to say. Cyrano then pushes Christian away and takes his place and talks for Christian. Roxanne is very moved by his words and this causes Christian to jump out and ask her for a kiss. Roxanne accepts and Christian goes up the balcony to kiss her.

In this scene, Cyrano expresses his intrest in Roxanne by trying to help out Christian in his meesting with Roxanne. He also shows that he is a great poet by the way that he talks to Roxanne. Christian, however shows his stubborn yet confident and proud side. This however, may end up hurting his chances because he has no knowledge at all in poetry.