Bel Canto post 9 (NOTE: POST 10 IS BELOW!!!!)

5 comments:
-Cesar likes carmen

-there is hope for freedom

-roxane is still a beauty

-cesar is new and love to sing like Coss

-i think something good will happen

4 questions:

-where is Roxane?

~why are there orphans around?

-did cesar see somthing he shouldn't?

-is gen the only translator?

3 vocabulary words

-Catechism:a similar book of instruction in other subjects

-Tendentious:having or showing a definite tendency, bias, or purpose: a tendentious novel.
~karats - a cloak or rug of animal skins used in southern Africa.

2 literay terms:
-singing was like the joy felt when a child receives a balloon--simile

~The notes welled up in throat like a wave--simile

1 overview:

-when cesar tries to fill roxane shoes he messes up and gets upset which allowed carmen to come talk to him and comfort him.

Bel Canto post 10

5 comments:
-Carmen taught Mr. Hosokawa with out having anything be translated.
-Carmen is beautiful
-She is smart
-the captives are not really afraid anymore
-this chapter is very moving/touching

4 questions:
-How old is Carmen?
-doesn't Mr. Hosokawa have a wife?
-would carmen tell Roxane who she likes?
~does Gen fit into this love triangle?

3 vocabulary
-metronome:a mechanical or electrical instrument that makes repeated clicking sounds at an adjustable pace, used for marking rhythm, esp. in practicing music.
--Avuncular-of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an uncle
- Sangfroid-coolness of mind; calmness; composure

2literary terms:
-Could turn a door knob as silently as a leaf falls---simile
-Like soldiers shot in battle, they lay where they fell---simile

1 overview sentence:
-Carmen is shot dead and everyone is grieved by her loss.
:)(:

Bel Canto Post 8

5 comments:

-the captives ate ice cream

~messner was the negotiator

-everyone is bored
~the place they are in very small
~they are tormented

4 questions:

-did they play anything other thatn chess?

-how many have been killed?

-wheres Roxane?

-is their relationship going to flourish?

3 vocabulary

-Conjunctivitis:inflammation of the conjunctiva

-Pustules:any pimplelike or blisterlike swelling or elevation.

-Surreptitiously:obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized

2 literary terms:

-Gen trailed behind them like a well - trained butler---simile

1 overview sentence:

- The captives are not only in need of freedom, they need to be released from their bordom.

Bel Canto post 7

5 comments:

-the captives are being shot one per day

-the captives haven't really been out side

-shoes are not allowed in a Japanese house

-they all finally got to get some cool air
~ they are getting used to eachother

4 questions:

-why do they have to shoot them?

-why isn't the government trying to do something?

-why couldn't they just free them the same day as the women were freed?

-do the victims suffer?

3 vocabulary words

-gerunds:a form similar to the Latin gerund in meaning or function

-precept- something that is perceived
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2 literary terms:

-The leaves are as tall as the flowers.--simile

-Her voice was so pure, so light, that it opened up the ceiling and carried their petitions directly to God--personification

1 overview sentence:

-Roxane is develpoing feelings for Mr. hoskawa but at the same time the victims are taken up on the rooftop to be shot.

Bel Canto post 6

5 comments:

-There were no k left in the house so it was pretty hard to make food.
~They are becoming famished

-Roxane and carmen get to know eachother

-She messes with carmen

-Roxane helps Kato with his piano lessons because she is good at it.

4 questions:

-how are they mailing things?

-when will the terrorists move on?
~will they have mercy on roxane coss?
~ where is gen?

3 vocabulary words

-inevitability: Unable to avoid.
~balk: To stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified.

-corralling: an enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc

2 literary terms:

Death was already sucking the air from the bottom of their lungs---personification

Carmen's hair, which was as shiny and black as a pool of oil---simile

1 overview sentence:

-the whole gang is lacking supplies and they getting very hungry but roxane anc carmen are becaoming closer.

Bel Canto post 5

5 comments

-They admired Gen's penmanship and how he could type.

-Ruben - a vice president of the country that was doing chores around the house.

-There was two unpowerful and not rich were the one put to work; and the one that were worked on his own will.

-Mr. Hosokawa was with Roxane and Kato at the piano most of the time.

-The pianist, song writers, and singers are coming up with new songs, and new lyrics.

4 questions:

-do spanish people living in Japan?

-What are the terrorists doing?

-How is there still food there?

-Why are they need the men?

3 vocabulary words

-dredged: A barge on which such a machine is mounted.

-pantomimed: The art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc by gestures without using words.(Vocab word!!!)

2 Literary terms:

-They could hear its beauty without being paralyzed by it--oxymoron

-ceilings came tipped in gold---personification

1 overview sentence:

-the hostages were being put to work by the captors.

Bel Canto post 4

5 coments
~ they didn't know where they were

- Father Arguedas is a priest who helps people get back on track
- there is a pianist named Tetsuya Kato

-they need to be brave and escape somehow
~they don't know what will happen next

4 questions
~does mr. hokosawa have kids?
~is roxane secretly egage to her accompanist?
~who was the youngest person at the party?
~what spanish counrty are they in?

3 vocabulary words
~muzzle-the mouth, or end for discharge, of the barrel of a gun, pistol, etc.
~Wholly-entirely; totally; altogether; quite.
~peculiar-strange; queer; odd:

2 literay terms
~their weapons pointed out like canes for the blind--simile
~as thoughtlessly as a coin is dropped--another simile

1 overview sentence
a pianist and a priest came to control the ansy terrorists and the men a Coss are still being held hostage.

Bel Canto Post 3

5 Comments

- All the women were released except one.

- roxane wasn't released

- they kept roxane

- Mr. Hosokawa loves her (not romantically)

- The terrorists are spanish

4 questions
-weren't there any richer women?
-why couldn't they release the men too?
-is she the ransom?
~is the gov't going to take action?

3 vocabulary words
arias- opera
subtitles-a secondary or subordinate title of a literary work, usually of explanatory character.
converse-to talk informally with another or others; exchange views, opinions, etc., by talking.

2 literary terms
-"His arms hanging from his sides like flags" -simile
-she waited as achild- simile

1 overview sentence
mr. hokosawa is falling for roxane and the rest of the women are freed but Roxane is still kept hostage because she is worth something to everyone.

Bel Canto post 2

5 comments
- this chapter starts out with the police outside demanding the release of the hostages
-the captors begin allowing the hostages to use the bathroom
-the hostages begin to talk more
- there is a request for ransom
- the captors want the president

4 questions
-do the people in the crowd understand italian?
-can mr. hokosawa speak english?
-who are men?
~will they harm the people?

3 vocabulary words
~Liaison: A person who intiates and maintains a contact or connection.
~Acoustics: The qualities characteristics of a room, stadium etc that determine the audibility fidelity of sounds in it.
~assemblage:a group of persons or things gathered or collected; an assembly; collection; aggregate.

2 literary terms
~It was a soft, whistling snore like a wind coming in to beneath a doorjamb--simile
~pilled through the living-room window like a cold milk and made everyone squint---simile

! overview sentence
the terrorist make the guests lay on the floor and the place is in complete silence while mr. hokosawa feels responsible because of the fact that it was his own party that he invited everyone to.