FYI Reminder for PBH Due 10.7.13
A.
Book ReviewPlease follow the template I provided for you in class.
B. The Reading Café Response Blogging
Select a quote OR
question to respond to for the book you read for the book review. Do not use
another book.
1.
Top 10 Famous quotes contributor: Brandoth Lopez,
8-419
“I am not a product of
my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” – Stephen Covey
2.
Top 10 famous quotes contributor: Fardid Chowdhury,
8-421
“A friend is one of the
nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.” – Douglas
Pagels
3.
Top 10 famous quotes contributor: Camilo Pareja,
8-421
“The only thing we have
to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
OR
1.
What life
lessons does the main character learn as a result of the events he/she
experienced? Provide three examples from the text.
2.
How does the
main character develop or grow as a result of the incidents (events) in the
story? Provide three examples from the text.
3.
What themes are prevalent
throughout the text? Provide three examples from the text.
In your blog reading
response make sure to write the quote or question you are responding to. For example,
Question/Quote: What
themes are prevalent throughout the text? Provide three examples from the text.
Reading Response:
In Chazz Palminteri's movie, A Bronx Tale, there are many themes that arise from this one
hundred and twenty two minute film. One of the main themes I believe is prevalent
is that of trust. Sonny, the protagonist in the movie, develops a trust
relationship like none other with Calogero (a.k.a "C") that he does
not exhibit with any of this gangsta associates. In the eyes of Sonny, it is
either his way or the highway, or at times you are placed "in
the bathroom". If you do not meet up with his standards, trust and
loyalty, you cannot be a part of his circle. However, "C' wins Sonny over
when he does not rat him out during a police line up for the
murder of a "bat raged man" in the beginning stages of the plot of
the movie. It was at that moment, that one little nine year old boy,
who according to his father, "did a good thing for a very bad
man", won the trust of a man of crime. It is also interesting to see how
trust plays out in this movie. Calogero falls in love with an African American
girl, and Sonny allows "C" to use his car for a date to make a
"good impression". As "C" says, "Sonny, you don't let
anyone use your car." Although Sonny was not "C's" biological
father, he did what any caring father would do for a son after his own
heart who is at the age of raging hormones and a love sick heart.
One of the highlights of the movie, "C" asks Sonny in the car, "Don't you trust anyone?" Sonny, bluntly says no. It was at that pivotal moment that "C's" influence affected Sonny. He realized that it was not all about him. Sonny thought that he lost his trust in "C" and that he turned on him and wanted him killed when he found a bomb under the hood of his car. Through the sobbing and pleas of Calogero, he realized what he was doing. It was at that moment he turned his thinking from selfish to self-less.
By: Miss. Nicholson, 8-421
C. Class 8-421:
If you would like to read "Kitty and Mack: A Love Story" online, please click the following link: http://www.is5nyc.org/res_view_folder.aspx?id=e15efe60-a82f-4ab4-82fd-39bef8409780&userGroupId=546ad056-ebff-4bd1-b468-fa4b30f1002e&userGroupType=C
One of the highlights of the movie, "C" asks Sonny in the car, "Don't you trust anyone?" Sonny, bluntly says no. It was at that pivotal moment that "C's" influence affected Sonny. He realized that it was not all about him. Sonny thought that he lost his trust in "C" and that he turned on him and wanted him killed when he found a bomb under the hood of his car. Through the sobbing and pleas of Calogero, he realized what he was doing. It was at that moment he turned his thinking from selfish to self-less.
By: Miss. Nicholson, 8-421
C. Class 8-421:
If you would like to read "Kitty and Mack: A Love Story" online, please click the following link: http://www.is5nyc.org/res_view_folder.aspx?id=e15efe60-a82f-4ab4-82fd-39bef8409780&userGroupId=546ad056-ebff-4bd1-b468-fa4b30f1002e&userGroupType=C
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-Friday no later than 7pm. Call Dial-A-Teacher @ 212.777.3380 for assistance in
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