What type of qualities do you find good in a friend? Friends should hang out and do what they both find fun. When things get hard for friends‚ they should always think of a positive solution to fix the problem that they have. The Amigo Brothers would hang out together by practising together to become a boxing lightweight champion because they both liked boxing but When they had to fight each other they chose their friendship instead of one of them winning. The best three qualities that I find great
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Have you ever been put in a competition where you had to fight with your best friend since childhood? Antonio Cruz and Felix Vargas‚ the main character in the story “Amigo Brothers” by Piri Thomas‚ had always dream of someday becoming lightweight champion of the world. Each had fought many bouts representing their community and had won two gold-plated medals plus a silver and bronze medallion. Now‚ after a series of elimination bouts‚ both Antonio and Felix had to fight against each other in the
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Amigo Brothers By Piri Thomas Antonio Cruz and Felix Vargas were both seventeen years old. They were so together in friendship that they felt themselves to be brothers. They had known each other since childhood‚ growing up on the lower east side of Manhattan in the same tenement building on Fifth Street between Avenue A and Avenue B. Antonio was fair‚ lean‚ and lanky‚ while Felix was dark‚ short‚ and husky. Antonio’s hair was always falling over his eyes‚ while Felix wore his black hair in a natural Afro style
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Amigo Brothers Essay In “Amigo Brothers”‚ Antonio and Felix are two best friends who love boxing. When the boys are both seventeen years old they face a tough opponent in the boxing ring of life that will test their friendship. Both of the boxers know that they need to make choices they may affect their friendship. In the end‚ Antonio and Felix realize that their friendship is more important than winning. Antonio and Felix were so together in friendship that they felt each other to be brothers.
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Amigo Brothers In the reading ‘Amigos Brothers’ by Piri Thomas it has a story about two boys named Antonio and Felix ‚they are best friends. They both wanted be champions on being boxers and turned out fighting each other. In this story it has many literary terms (mood‚author’s point of view‚ect.) The author’s intent/purpose is to entertain the reader.It entertains the reader by showing the conflict between the two characters‚Felix and Antonio.It shows how both characters have to fight
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not in happiness”. This means that real friends show their love and support in bad times not good times. The words of Euripides connects with the story of “Amigo brothers” because Antonio and Felix was there for each other even though they had to fight against each other. They support each other no matter what. The theme of “Amigo brothers” by Piri Thomas illustrates that friendship is stronger than a competition because a real bond is for life‚ it gives you more things than a bout and you would
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In the "Amigo Brothers" by Piri Thomas‚ Antonio and Felix had to fight with each other‚ so they can accomplish their dream of becoming a professional boxer. Many friendships faces arguments and conflicts‚ friends must resolve them peacefully and put more effort into being better friends. To become better friends‚ you need these three qualities. The first quality of being a good friend‚ is you need to be loyal to your other friends. A loyal person never spreads rumors about his/her friend. If
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Have you ever read the story Amigo Brothers? Well if you haven’t your missing out on one of the best stories ever. The title even shows greatness for the story. The author of Amigo Brothers is Diri Thomas. The story tells you about two friends that are like brothers. These two boys names are Felix and Antonio. Felix and Antonio are similar‚ yet different in a variety of ways. Felix’s appearance is that he’s dark and short. Being short is defenently a plus because he can get better punches
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worth having comes easy¨ (unknown). It wasn’t easy for my two characters that i’ve read about because Felix from the short story Amigo Brothers had to box his best friend Antonio and whoever won the boxing match would represent the golden gloves and for Izzy from my novel she has to figure out who has her best friend Julia´s phone number. In the stories Amigo brothers and Kicker‚ the characters Felix and Izzy both showed Determined by Never giving up. Izzy shows Determined by figuring out who she
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Table of Contents 1.0 History of Lehman Brothers 3 2.0 Causes of its Failure 5 3.0 Effects of Its Failure 8 4.0 Lessons Learned after the Collapse 9 5.0 Conclusions 11 6.0 References 12 7.0 Appendices 13 Abstract In year 2008‚ financial crisis had led to the collapse of many banks in United States. Lehman Brothers was one of the banks that had filed its bankruptcy on 15 September 2008. It was the biggest bankruptcy in the history and it still is for now
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