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.

Bel Canto Post 1

5 comments
-people are at mr. hosokawa's party
-Roxane Coss is the famous opra singer everyone wants to see.
-mr. hosokawa is from japan but the party is in a spanish country.
-while roxane sings the light go out
- suddenly a bunch of men with guns come in a hold all the guests hostage(they are terrorists and they want the president)

4 questions
-what country are they in?
-is roxane coss pretty?
-how did all those terrorists fit in the vents?
- why didnt anyone think something was wrong when the lights went out?

3 vocabulary words
-elicited---To bring or draw out
-billfold---a thin, flat, folding case, often of leather, for carrying paper money in the pocket and with fewer compartments than a wallet.
surreptitiously--- obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine

2 literary terms
simile-they were impossible to count because they seemed to be everywhere, because they were so similar, like trying to count bees in a swarm around your head.
onomatopoeia-bang

1 overview sentence
there are people at a party and they are held hostage by a group of Spanish terrorists that were native to the country the party was held in.

New Book

THIS term i am reading an extra credit book called Bel Canto! it is by Ann patchett