“Looking for Work” by Gary Soto One July‚ while killing ants on the kitchen sink with a rolled newspaper‚ I had a nine-year-old’s vision of wealth that would save us from ourselves. For weeks I had drunk Kool-Aid and watched morning reruns of Father Knows Best‚ whose family was so uncomplicated in its routine that I very much wanted to imitate it. The first step was to get my brother and sister to wear shoes at dinner. “Come on‚ Rick – come on‚ Deb‚” I whined. But Rick mimicked me and the same
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Water imagery can be seen throughout the entire novel. It is an idea that evidently brings connection for certain events‚ and at the same time brings Stephen’s multiple sensation and memory into vivid pictures. Most of the time‚ the imagery of the water appears to be dark‚ cold‚ and unpleasant in the book‚ but the imagery differs as the story goes on. To some extent‚ water can be seen as the state of Stephen’s soul. Or to be more explicit‚ it is the transformation of Stephen’s soul. In the very
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Hair by Gary Soto describes a boy who had and probably still has a love and passion for baseball. Many images throughout this poem support this fact. For example‚ "In the bleachers I was brilliant with my body‚ waving players in and stomping my feet‚" "His crouch the one I assumed before an alter of worn baseball cards in my room‚" and " in my mind I rounded the bases with him‚ my face flared‚ my hair lifting/Beautifully‚" show how much he loves the game of baseball by putting himself‚ through imagination
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Fall of Man Albrecht Durer a German renaissance artist. His skills were displayed in paintings‚ printmaking‚ mathematician‚ theorist and engravings. He was known as the Renaissance man. Born in Germany‚ he took several trips to Italy over the years to learn a new perspective on art. Durer developed an understanding for the renaissance art craze. After making his first trip to Italy‚ Durer produced an artwork of great propose. Bringing together Albrecht Durer unique set of skills of mathematician
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Have you ever wanted to be good at something‚ but you couldn’t figure out how and you just wanted to quit?This is how Lupe Medrano felt in the story “Marble Champ” by Gary Soto.Lupe is good at everything‚chess‚spelling bees straight A’s‚perfect attendance‚and she even has her own shelf in her room built for all of her awards that she had won.The only things she had never won at were sports.She tried to beg her body to run as fast as the other girls‚but she could never do it.Then one day she wanted
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fears get us down”‚ I can say more because it just not facts I can write in my lead. E: Exactly. Did you also notice that she included the author and name of the text she was writing about- The Marble Champ by Gary Soto H: [Nods] E: She did so that if her readers are really drawn to the story and want to read more about the literary text they have all the details to help them
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In an excerpt from his autobiographical narrative‚ A Summer Life‚ by Gary Soto shows his first time stealing through allusions‚ diction‚ personification‚ imagery and similes. Soto begins his story by detailing the event of stealing a pie at the age of six. He uses biblical allusion and religious diction to highlight his struggle with sin. “I knew enough about hell to stop me from stealing. I was holy in almost every bone.” This religious diction shows that he is a good kid most of the time and that
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beautiful display of imagery‚ starting off with an interpretation of his family‚ describing them simply as his “wife”‚ “baby”‚ and “Kathleen”. It is regrettable how at this point we would not know who “Kathleen” exactly refers to‚ as there is more than one possibility. It says that he had a “baby”‚ which could possibly be ‘Kathleen’‚ if the baby is a girl. But another possibility is that ‘Kathleen’ refers to his wife‚ however‚ this possibility is unlikely as it would be a repetition from earlier. With both
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bad or considered lower than your own moral standards. Gary Soto revives his childhood sin of stealing a pie from the local market by using literary devices such as imagery‚ diction‚ and religious contrasting. He parallels his holy upbringing with his heinous sin and uses imagery to bring his guilt to life. Soto’s use of diction and imagery assists him to arouse the reader’s sense of guilt‚ which is an emotion most people possess. Soto identifies the character’s awareness of guilt with unsteadiness
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Have you ever been extremely determined to reach a goal‚ and not willing to give it up? Well‚ in the story Saving Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea 8 kids are trying to save Mr. Terupt´s job. Because the schools budget is low and a teacher needs to be cut‚ and it’s most likely going to be Terupt‚ but the kids do everything in their power to make sure it won’t be. Also in the story “Marble Champ” by Gary Soto‚ Lupe the main character is determined to never give up on her goal to win the marble championship
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