Throughout the essay “Joyas Volardoras”‚ Brian Doyle describes the heart of different animals and gives details of how those animals live their life according to their necessities. As we can see in the first 3 paragraphs‚ the author introduces the hummingbirds to us with many facts and descriptions. Doyle begins this essay by saying: “Consider the hummingbird for a long time”‚ and then he starts to narrate how fast a hummingbird’s heart beats and how strong but fragile they can be. As you keep reading
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Brian Doyle focuses on how a heart is mesmerizing in various ways in his essay “Joyas Volardoras.” However‚ he also shows that a heart is vulnerable to the simplest things in everyday life. He expresses both of these points by having a different outlook on the hearts of hummingbirds‚ whales‚ and humans. Doyle informs us that a hummingbird’s heart is small in size but it is full of strength. Their heart allows them to fly hundreds of miles nonstop and dive sixty miles an hour. Hummingbirds also
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Summary of Brian Doyle’s “Joyas Volardoras” Brian Doyle focuses on how a heart is mesmerizing in various ways in his essay “Joyas Volardoras.” However‚ he also shows that a heart is vulnerable to the simplest things in everyday life. He expresses both of these points by having a different outlook on the hearts of hummingbirds‚ whales‚ and humans. Doyle informs us that a hummingbird’s heart is small in size but it is full of strength. Their heart allows them to fly hundreds of miles nonstop
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Brian Doyle’s work‚ Joyas Voladoras‚ is about humming birds‚ a whale‚ worms‚ and a cat dragging itself into the forest to die. He uses a lot of metaphors and anthropomorphism in his style to grab your attention. By describing the life we live and how we love‚ Doyle compares and contrasts differences and similarities between the Hummingbird‚ Tortoise‚ Blue whale‚ small insects and humans. He talks about love and emotion‚ insecurities and loneliness‚ and childhood memories. Doyle emphasizes that
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Canadian writer‚ Brian Doyle wrote The Wet Engine in 2005‚ which is a series of short stories. One of the short stories‚ “Joyas Voladoras” is about several different organisms and their hearts. Doyle talks about the hummingbird‚ whale‚ other mammals and the human heart. Throughout the story‚ the author portrays that the people and the heart are vulnerable. After Doyle articulates that all the organisms are united by the heart‚ Doyle continues to expose that the vulnerabilities of the heart is based
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Thuy Tran Ms. Frey Writing 115 – Reader response 3 October 5‚ 2009 Joyas Voladoras When I read the title of the reading‚ I am very curious about “Joyas Voladoras”. I try to figure out what the author talks about. Does this essay tell about the name of something? And I decide to read more to get main point. The essay “Joyas Voladoras” is written by Brian Doyle. He is using the picture of hummingbird as a way to talk about other things‚ especially is humans including emotions and life itself. I think
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"Joyas Voladoras" is very beautiful‚ author Brian Doyle uses many poetic words to describe the movement of the humming bird and whale. He then mentions about how humming birds’ hearts are fragile and weak‚ which they burn out their life in two years. He then moves on to talk about the biggest heart in the world‚ whales’ hearts. Their hears are enormous‚ they beat very slowly and that is why they can live for over two hundred years. Afterwards‚ he moves on to the humans’ heart. He says that all living
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person again?Or would you just never trust again? Brian Doyle’s essay made me think of these questions when he started talking about trust and giving our trust to people but always getting your heart broken in the end. In the essay “Joyas Voladoras” by Brian Doyle‚ it illustrates that you can try to protect your heart and trust by locking it up and keeping it from the outside world but it will always be broken by someone or something. Brian Doyle never says that he is using this theme because it
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The author who wrote this text “Joyas Voladoras” is Bryan Doyle. When Bryan Doyle writes‚ he not only expresses his feelings but he puts his whole heart into the story. He puts his heart into the story means that he does his best and makes his story very compelling. Brian Doyle has two boys named Liam and Joseph. His son Liam has a chamber in his heart missing‚ only 3 chambers in his heart while we humans have four chambers in our heart. This chapter “Joyas Voladoras” from the book The Wet Engine
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Fishering Analysis In the non-fictional essay “Fishering” by Brian Doyle‚ the writer goes into great detail explaining one of the most feared animals the wolverine. In this short essay the author Brian Doyle explains the significant importance that the wolverine plays in the role of the wild‚ two important populations in Oregon where you might find a fisher (wolverine)‚ along with walking around in the wild looking for nothing particular. In this paper I will examine the writer’s key features such
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