5 Comments*
1. Esmeralda has trouble searching deep with in herself, as an actor.
2. At home, Esmeralda is quiet and respectful, but at school she is more lively.
3. Esmeralda still looks up to her mother even though she is not the best influence.
4. Esmeralda hopes one day to be reunited with her father.
5. Esmeralda flashes back a lot to memories of her father and in Puerto Rico.
4 Questions*
1. Will Esmeralda get kicked out of her acting school?
2. Will Esmeralda let go of the past?
3. Does Esmeralda fall in love with Ulvi?
4. How will Esmeralda's play (Babu) come out? Will her hard work pay off?
3 Vocabulary*
1. peroration ;
"a long speech characterized by lofty and often pompous language."
2. retrospective ;
directed to the past; contemplative of past situations, events, etc.
3. dreaded ;
"To be in terror of."
2 Literary Terms*
1. Irony ;
"...'the Pill' was nothing more than a license for young women to have sex without getting married. The fact that my mother, grandmother, and almost every other female relative of ours had sex without marriage was not mentioned" [pp. 156-157]
2. Metaphor ;
"...another United States--the trim, horizontal suburbs of white Americans"
1 Over View*
Esmeralda falls in 'love' with Jurgen. but it isn't really love. she feels like she needs him but in reality she needs a replacement for her own father, whom she hasn't seen in many years.
2. At home, Esmeralda is quiet and respectful, but at school she is more lively.
3. Esmeralda still looks up to her mother even though she is not the best influence.
4. Esmeralda hopes one day to be reunited with her father.
5. Esmeralda flashes back a lot to memories of her father and in Puerto Rico.
4 Questions*
1. Will Esmeralda get kicked out of her acting school?
2. Will Esmeralda let go of the past?
3. Does Esmeralda fall in love with Ulvi?
4. How will Esmeralda's play (Babu) come out? Will her hard work pay off?
3 Vocabulary*
1. peroration ;
"a long speech characterized by lofty and often pompous language."
2. retrospective ;
directed to the past; contemplative of past situations, events, etc.
3. dreaded ;
"To be in terror of."
2 Literary Terms*
1. Irony ;
"...'the Pill' was nothing more than a license for young women to have sex without getting married. The fact that my mother, grandmother, and almost every other female relative of ours had sex without marriage was not mentioned" [pp. 156-157]
2. Metaphor ;
"...another United States--the trim, horizontal suburbs of white Americans"
1 Over View*
Esmeralda falls in 'love' with Jurgen. but it isn't really love. she feels like she needs him but in reality she needs a replacement for her own father, whom she hasn't seen in many years.
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