Home Reading Report Title: Dead Stars Author: Paz Marquez Benitez Setting: i. Time: Lenten Season ii. Place: Laguna‚ Philippines Characterization: * Alfredo Salazar- son of Don Julian‚ a more than 30 years old man and a bachelor who was engaged to Esperanza but he still flirting with another woman named Julia Salas. * Esperanza- Alfredo’s fiancee; She is a homely woman‚ literal minded and intensely passionate. She is one of those lucky women who have the gift
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The Blues is a musical form and genre‚ which originated in South America within the African-American communities. It originated near the end of the 19th century‚ and was rooted from spirituals‚ work songs‚ field hollers (which are very similar to work songs‚ but some do not have lyrics)‚ shouts and rhymes. The blues form in jazz‚ rhythm and blues and rock and roll; and each is characterised by a specific chord progression‚ the most common being the twelve bar blues. The blues notes‚ are played or
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This response letter belongs to Courtney Zampino and her story “Blue Eyes”. The story is about a seventeen year old‚ London girl name Estee who is excited for Halloween and prepares to go trick or treat with his little cousin‚ but she has a strange encounter with a blue eye‚ possible vampire guy. What the story is trying to say is the dangers of curiosity‚ as Estee had the impulse to take a picture of the blue eye guy‚ endangering her life by what she revealed in the picture. Now let’s begin talking
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James Baldwin’s short story "Sonny’s Blues‚" is about more than just a man and his brother‚ Sonny. This story is about a man and his struggle overcoming the death of his daughter‚ the drug addiction of his brother‚ and the hardship he has to go through being black in Harlem. The story is about the necessity of family‚ the differences between art and practicality‚ the power of music to heal‚ and the importance of listening. Baldwin successfully discusses the wide range of issues through the use of
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“Sonny’s Blues‚” a short story written by James Baldwin‚ highlights both the peace and the trials of life in Harlem during the 1950s. Sonny‚ the narrator’s brother‚ is a young musician who struggles with a heroin addiction‚ turning the narrator’s life upside down. Sonny has a “love” for both music and heroin‚ both of which help him mentally escape the harsh society he faces in the poverty-stricken and dangerous Harlem. Sonny’s passion for the freedom that both heroin and music causes him to feel
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In the beginning of Blue Balliet’s Chasing Vermeer‚ Petra Andalee is a weird pear-shaped oddball‚ and Calder Pillay is also a peculiar person. Calder and Petra were both in Ms. Isabel Hussey’s homeroom 6th grade class. Ms. Hussey was a young‚ very joyful teacher who loved to study art. When the story first began‚ a mysterious thief had stolen the famous‚ and in my opinion beautiful painting “A Lady Writing.” Before the theft‚ Calder and Petra had many encounters and mysterious coincidences with
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In her essay “The North West London Blues‚” Zadie Smith’s explanation about a library problem‚ the problem that libraries are shutting down. For example the setting or theme of the library to attract people‚ marketing won’t help libraries because now we have it online and still need it for social reality‚ and showing how people feel about the situation of libraries closing. Smith persuades readers to save Public libraries. Libraries have many sceneries all over the world like a big city‚ quiet cafe
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Reservation Blues Chpt. 3 Synopsis This chapter begins with Coyote Springs doing a gig at the Tipi Pole tavern. Amongst the drunken crowd‚ Thomas notices a beautiful Indian girl in the crowd and decides to sing a song to her. The Indian girl‚ Chess‚ also takes notice of Thomas. After the show‚ Chess and her sister‚ checkers‚ help the band to pack up their equipment. Only‚ most of the packing was done by Thomas‚ Chess‚ and checkers because Victor and Junior passed out from all their drinking. Chess
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and less delicate. But despite their similar appearance‚ they probably have the same adventurous soul‚ probably. One thing Ginny didn’t know was that Peg and I were married. And it was kept that way almost until the end of her expedition with the blue envelopes. I was the one who mailed the envelopes to her‚ just as Peg had ordered me to‚ whether she would come or not. I still remember guiding her through where she had to go in order to meet me for lunch. I was so busy with work‚ I barely saw her
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In the story "Sonny’s Blues" by James Baldwin‚ is a powerful story that talked about the creativity and artistic in music. Sonny is a guys very passion for his music in life at the young age and he also have a dreams to become a great musicians jazz. His passion for music makes him impatient with everything else. Therefore‚ the contradictory lives of the two brothers that has contributed for the theme was very interesting by many things entanglements of time‚ space and ideals such as drop out of
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