2 Professor Shirokova March 26‚ 2013 How do you say it? Alberto Alvaro Rios writing is very compelling. He makes statements that give you a sense of wonder. Meaning that he makes certain statements that make you think about what he’s talking about‚ because his statements are so powerful and he has a sense that tends to make you respect what he his saying. Seeing how I am bilingual‚ I have a sense of understanding of where Rios is coming from when he tells his different experiences. “Language
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RRJ Assignment: “The Secret lion” In this short story “The Secret Lion” Alberto Alvaro Rios invited me into the world of an imaginative Hispanic youth who is going through the coming-of-age crisis. The story is written in the first person point of view‚ and portrays the struggle of the speaker and his friend Sergio against the sweeping force of change that accompanies the transition from childhood to young adulthood. The antagonist is time-time that has the power to transform them into the
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"The Secret Lion" "The Secret Lion‚" written by Alberto Rios‚ is a strange short story consisting of symbols. Each symbol highlights the change of the lives of the twelve-year-old boy who tells the story‚ and his friend Sergio. As the story progresses‚ the boys are growing up and becoming adults. My argument is that the boys learn that change is to be expected‚ and is always accompanied by loss‚ and everything in this story is relates to symbolism. The main symbol of the story is the arroyo‚
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Muhamed Ayodeji Mr. Goldberg English 1020 April 9‚ 2014 Loss in the Secret Lion How many people today have lost something they valued? Loss is an occurrence that we will all experience at a certain stage of our lifetime‚ as it is inevitable. It tends to cause sorrow and depression rather than happiness. Once experienced‚ one must conquer this loss and advance in life. Whether it’s a loss of great or little magnitude‚ moving on depends on how the particular individual handles the situation.
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In Alberto Alvaro Rios’s story The Secret Lion‚ the theme captures how change is imminent and how a child’s innocence cannot be spared. Just as our world constantly revolves around our sun‚ we must also revolve around an essential part of our life course: change. From the caveman to the modern man change has always been present‚ and although we constantly change‚ not everyone responds the same way. The transformation from elementary to middle school‚ the arroyo‚ the grinding ball‚ the golf course
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Symbolism in "The Secret Lion" "The Secret Lion‚" written by Alberto Rios‚ is a short story rich in symbolism. The lion‚ or more specifically a secret lion‚ the arroyo‚ or river‚ and the grinding ball are all symbols used in the story to reinforce the theme of coming of age. The first and most obvious symbol in the story is the lion‚ or more specifically‚ the secret lion. It is not a literal lion. The lion of the story represents things that are big and the secret of it is that it is unexplained
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an event that has meaning; it’s hard to forget anything at all. In “The Cities Inside Us” by Alberto Rios‚ the theme is about how we all have memories that we keep to ourselves‚ and those memories all fit together like a busy city. The author uses metaphors like “We live in secret cities” (1) to help portray the theme. He also portrays the theme in the title of the poem and the tone of the poem. Alberto Rios uses different elements of the poem to help the reader identify the theme of the poem.
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Secondhand Lion & The Secret Lion Identify one flat character and one round character from either short story or the film. Explain why you believe your choices fits the criteria for these two types of characters. Every story has to have a round character. A round character is a major character that changes throughout the story. I think that Walter is a round character because the story revolves around him and he changes from being a scared and innocent kid to a free and independent kid. He understands
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that they hardly had enough time to get but a small message across to the reader‚ or atleast that ’s how I saw it. However‚ Alberto Rios ’s "Mi Abuelo" had many images which made my brain tingle with excitement for writing this paper. Besides the fact that it had the most imagery‚ it also was the most interesting and best imagery in my opinion. The poem starts out with Rios indirectly pointing out that his abuelo‚ or grandfather‚ is already passed away and buried. Even though his grandpa has passed
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English 102 14September2012 Becoming Yourself Alberto Alvaro Ríos’ short story The Secret Lion‚ captures the spirit of a coming-of-age story between childhood and adolescence through the eyes of two boys‚ presumably from a lower-class Latino background. Through the use of various symbols‚ the theme of change is made apparent through the first-person‚ unnamed narrator. The use of this narrator is what shapes the story and the lessons learned within. Due to the author’s choice of careful
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