5/4/3/2/1 NOTES # 3
“ARISE Sir David Beckham”
5) *David was fourteen years old when he first signed a contract for Manchester United.
*Beckham signed his contract in the day of his birthday. Sir Alex Ferguson was next to him when he did.
*He left his family to go in the fight for his dream. David went to Manchester to join the other recruits. It was the minor leagues for talents.
*Within the first months, Gary Neville had become David’s best friend, something that they still keep.
*David did not fell comfortable in the place the recruits had to be.
4) *Why didn’t Beckham want to stay with his teammates?
*Was Beckham a cocky guy?
*What was the main reason why Ferguson wanted the kids to be treated as adults?
*Is Beckham a model?
3) *adamant: obstinate.
*precedent: example.
*stalk: follow.
2)Foil: David Beckham is the footballer that Ronaldinho is not even tough they are as famous as each other.
1) In this chapter, Beckham’s beginnings with Manchester United and how he began his career as a pro soccer player. We also discover that David was always a man who liked to dress very well.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
5/4/3/2/1 NOTES # 2
“ARISE Sir David Beckham”
5) *David Beckham played for a local team in which he scored many goals and was already being noticed by new coaches.
*Academically, David Beckham was not doing what the teachers hoped from him because he was too concerned about soccer.
*During one of his local games, one recruiter coach, who gave Beckham an opportunity to go to Barcelona for a soccer school, saw David.
*After that soccer school academy, David went back to England and won a soccer contest in which another offer was given to go to Barcelona again.
*During and after school Beckham was always thinking about soccer, which was something that would provoke future problems with school.
4) *What were David’s grades during his time in school?
*Who was David’s first coach?
*What did David do in Barcelona?
*Why didn’t Beckham stay on Barcelona?
3) *peer: equal.
*stamina: staying power.
*auspicious: favorable.
2) *Simile: “a good football coach is like a good school teacher.” Page number 8
Metaphor: “David Beckham seemed to be a god at soccer” page number 21
1) In this chapter, David’s life as a kid has been exposed even more. This seems to be still a process of exposition in the book. We now know how David’s academics were like and how his life in school was. Also, the love for the game that the whole family had, specially Ted and David, was big.
5/4/3/2/1 NOTES # 1
“ARISE Sir David Beckham”
5) *David Beckham is Ted and Sandra Beckham’s son.
*David Beckham’s whole name is David Robert Joseph Beckham.
*David Beckham’s father, Ted Beckham, was a devoted fan of Manchester United since he was a little boy and it was his dream to play for them. Nevertheless, it was David who would achieve that dream.
*Manchester United is one of the most famous teams throughout the world and perhaps the most famous one.
*Since a very young age Ted taught David all he knew about soccer but David was far more skilled than his own dad.
4) *Where is Essex located?
*Background information about Sandra?
*What age did Beckham get his first cleats?
*Who discovered David Beckham in the soccer field?
3) *fulfil: act in accordance with.
*ego: personality.
*mentor: adviser.
2) *Exposition: in this first chapter David Beckham’s background is presented to the reader.
1) In this chapter, David Beckham’s background has been exposed to the reader. Now we know that David Beckham was born in Essex, England and he is Ted and Sandra’s Beckham. We also know that Ted’s adoration for Manchester United was transferred to David Beckham who was going to accomplish the dream to play for Manchester United.
Monday, April 27, 2009
5/4/3/2/1 NOTES # 9
5) *Baba Quan was scared to leave Vietnam according to Mai and supposedly he would suffer by coming to this country as Mai expresses in on of her quotes "I imagined his slow agonies: a frail figure pacing the cement sidewalk below a row of corrugated roofs."
*Mai did not like the "help" that the United States was giving to her country. This feeling is shown when she says in page number 165, " The picture of a helicopter, courtesy of the American taxpayers, jackknifed headfirst into the ocean."
*Mai is very different from her mom in attitude behavior. Mai shows this fact in page number 166 when she says, " As my mother made the transition into the complex business of fully recovering, I seemed to be doing the reverse."
*The interview that Mai had about going to college had never answered back. It had been two months and nothing seemed to be a sign.
*Mai is has now come back to the story of their apartment in the American Continent.
4) *Why doesn't Baba Quan want to go to the United States?
*How would it be painful for Baba Quan to go to the United States?
*Where does Mai live right now?
*When did the Vietnam War ended completely?
3) *Vicinity: neighborhood.
*Hover: stay close.
*Hinge: turning point.
*Plausible: reasonable.
2) *Simile: "In Saigon like a lantern on a gray, motionless light" (164)
*Allusion: In page number 165, the narrator makes a reference to ABC News by giving them a role into the novel. This role is the informative role that they gave during the Vietnam War.
1) In this chapter, the narrator has come back to the topic of Baba Quan coming to the United States. She says that it would be an agony for Baba Quan to come to the United States. Besides, now the narrator has begun to talk about the apartment again.
5) *Baba Quan was scared to leave Vietnam according to Mai and supposedly he would suffer by coming to this country as Mai expresses in on of her quotes "I imagined his slow agonies: a frail figure pacing the cement sidewalk below a row of corrugated roofs."
*Mai did not like the "help" that the United States was giving to her country. This feeling is shown when she says in page number 165, " The picture of a helicopter, courtesy of the American taxpayers, jackknifed headfirst into the ocean."
*Mai is very different from her mom in attitude behavior. Mai shows this fact in page number 166 when she says, " As my mother made the transition into the complex business of fully recovering, I seemed to be doing the reverse."
*The interview that Mai had about going to college had never answered back. It had been two months and nothing seemed to be a sign.
*Mai is has now come back to the story of their apartment in the American Continent.
4) *Why doesn't Baba Quan want to go to the United States?
*How would it be painful for Baba Quan to go to the United States?
*Where does Mai live right now?
*When did the Vietnam War ended completely?
3) *Vicinity: neighborhood.
*Hover: stay close.
*Hinge: turning point.
*Plausible: reasonable.
2) *Simile: "In Saigon like a lantern on a gray, motionless light" (164)
*Allusion: In page number 165, the narrator makes a reference to ABC News by giving them a role into the novel. This role is the informative role that they gave during the Vietnam War.
1) In this chapter, the narrator has come back to the topic of Baba Quan coming to the United States. She says that it would be an agony for Baba Quan to come to the United States. Besides, now the narrator has begun to talk about the apartment again.
5/4/3/2/1 NOTES # 8
5) *Mai learned to fight with the martial arts native from Vietnam. She also compared the college interview with one of the fights in which her parents taught her. She said that she felt as a fighter and she felt that the interviewer was her opponent.
*Apparently Mai has an army of fighters.
*Mai has fought against some kind of army together with her sister-the sister's name is not mentioned anywhere- and they have learned to survive.
*Even the government has an army "The governor's army had been massively equipped with the most up-to-date weapons.
*Mai has gone back to Vietnam to fight in the war.
4) *Who are the Trung sisters?
*What was the Chinese Invasion?
*Where did Mai get the Army?
*Why does this narrator changes bigly every time she moves from each chapter?
3) *Swamp: flood.
*Nomad: traveler.
*Foresight: prudence.
*Reinforced: resistant.
2) *Metaphor: " When the black sky."(120)
1) In this chapter, the author has weirdly changed her topic or theme to a theme of fighting and the way attacked with her army. This chapter truly hard to understand because of the way she radically changes her theme of focus.
5) *Mai learned to fight with the martial arts native from Vietnam. She also compared the college interview with one of the fights in which her parents taught her. She said that she felt as a fighter and she felt that the interviewer was her opponent.
*Apparently Mai has an army of fighters.
*Mai has fought against some kind of army together with her sister-the sister's name is not mentioned anywhere- and they have learned to survive.
*Even the government has an army "The governor's army had been massively equipped with the most up-to-date weapons.
*Mai has gone back to Vietnam to fight in the war.
4) *Who are the Trung sisters?
*What was the Chinese Invasion?
*Where did Mai get the Army?
*Why does this narrator changes bigly every time she moves from each chapter?
3) *Swamp: flood.
*Nomad: traveler.
*Foresight: prudence.
*Reinforced: resistant.
2) *Metaphor: " When the black sky."(120)
1) In this chapter, the author has weirdly changed her topic or theme to a theme of fighting and the way attacked with her army. This chapter truly hard to understand because of the way she radically changes her theme of focus.
5/4/3/2/1 NOTES # 7
5) *Mai is telling us the environment going around while she was in the Pan Am Flight, an airplane in which she left her country with the illusion or proposal that she would come back.
*Once she was in the plane, she says that she saw a country in which everything it was and was before was gone and that nothing looked to be the same from high above.
*" The fear of separation I suddenly understood that day to be a fear as primordial as the fear of death." Mai expresses in page number 97 showing the profound terror she had when it came to leave her loved country.
*After the "two months" had passed, it had felt like "light years afterward" Mai says she saw her future unfold on television as many must have seen on April of 1975 when The Vietnamese country suffered the most cruel attack and all population had to just stand and wait for the bullets and the Americans left.
*America finally decided to leave the country find their own solution as it should have been since the beginning. They shouldn't have been there forcing a country to become what they wanted just like Puerto Rico.
4) *Why is this flight so important for us in order to comprehend the story?
*What really happened on April 1975?
*Who won the Vietnam War?
*How did this event on April 1975 affect Mai's future?
3) *Ether: the atmosphere.
*Clench: compress.
*Indeed: without a doubt.
*Transfix: mesmerize.
2) *Hyperbole and Simile: "The flight attendants moved back and forth, floating in and out of the cockpit as astronauts." (97)
*Metaphor: " a galaxy of electronic devices, phosphorescent squares and flashing red lights, put on tiny beeps as the captain announced our take off." (97)
1) In this part of the book, Mai has now taken the Pan Am flight and she has arrived to the house. Also, she has seen on TV what she call the her "unfold future" because of what happened in Vietnam on April, 1975 when the Vietnamese country suffered the biggest attack of all and the Americans retreated and left the country to decide their own future as it should have bee since the beginning.
5) *Mai is telling us the environment going around while she was in the Pan Am Flight, an airplane in which she left her country with the illusion or proposal that she would come back.
*Once she was in the plane, she says that she saw a country in which everything it was and was before was gone and that nothing looked to be the same from high above.
*" The fear of separation I suddenly understood that day to be a fear as primordial as the fear of death." Mai expresses in page number 97 showing the profound terror she had when it came to leave her loved country.
*After the "two months" had passed, it had felt like "light years afterward" Mai says she saw her future unfold on television as many must have seen on April of 1975 when The Vietnamese country suffered the most cruel attack and all population had to just stand and wait for the bullets and the Americans left.
*America finally decided to leave the country find their own solution as it should have been since the beginning. They shouldn't have been there forcing a country to become what they wanted just like Puerto Rico.
4) *Why is this flight so important for us in order to comprehend the story?
*What really happened on April 1975?
*Who won the Vietnam War?
*How did this event on April 1975 affect Mai's future?
3) *Ether: the atmosphere.
*Clench: compress.
*Indeed: without a doubt.
*Transfix: mesmerize.
2) *Hyperbole and Simile: "The flight attendants moved back and forth, floating in and out of the cockpit as astronauts." (97)
*Metaphor: " a galaxy of electronic devices, phosphorescent squares and flashing red lights, put on tiny beeps as the captain announced our take off." (97)
1) In this part of the book, Mai has now taken the Pan Am flight and she has arrived to the house. Also, she has seen on TV what she call the her "unfold future" because of what happened in Vietnam on April, 1975 when the Vietnamese country suffered the biggest attack of all and the Americans retreated and left the country to decide their own future as it should have bee since the beginning.
5/4/3/2/1 NOTES # 6
5) *At this point, Mai is boarding an airplane heading to Hartford, where they-she and her uncle- would head to the house in Farmington.
*Before Mai left Saigon, it had been "hit by rockets several days before" (94). Perhaps this could have provoked the final decision that the family made of coming to America besides the other fact of education.
*Mai did not know any political activities going on in her country because she was thirteen when her mom first told her that there would be no debacle, but the opposite happened.
*"A communist victory was practically inevitable and preordained as early as 1973, when South Vietnam had had to sign the Paris Peace Accords under considerable American pressure."(95). This quote shows us the history behind the Vietnam war and also help us to better understand the novel because it becomes a historical context.
*During most of her childhood and juvenile life, Mai was completely into a world dominated by her mom as she explains in the quote, "mine was still an unimpaired world in which my mother's words were the complete truth.
4) *Why is this novel going like back and forth?
*How is it that Mai is now coming to the United States again?
*How involved was the United States in the Vietnam War?
*What is the Paris Peace Accords?
3) *Debacle: catastrophe.
*Tarmac: black top.
*Hum: whine.
*Stillness: motionlessness.
2) *Simile: "People sat like scarecrows in their assigned seats" page # 96
*Metaphor: "the red apricot glow of rocket fire still glued to the far end of the sky". Page # 96
1) Right now Mai apparently has going back in time and has started to tell us the story of how and why she came to the United States. Nevertheless it got me confused when she just changed setting from one chapter to another, but this change of setting wasn't only of radical places but radical time.
5) *At this point, Mai is boarding an airplane heading to Hartford, where they-she and her uncle- would head to the house in Farmington.
*Before Mai left Saigon, it had been "hit by rockets several days before" (94). Perhaps this could have provoked the final decision that the family made of coming to America besides the other fact of education.
*Mai did not know any political activities going on in her country because she was thirteen when her mom first told her that there would be no debacle, but the opposite happened.
*"A communist victory was practically inevitable and preordained as early as 1973, when South Vietnam had had to sign the Paris Peace Accords under considerable American pressure."(95). This quote shows us the history behind the Vietnam war and also help us to better understand the novel because it becomes a historical context.
*During most of her childhood and juvenile life, Mai was completely into a world dominated by her mom as she explains in the quote, "mine was still an unimpaired world in which my mother's words were the complete truth.
4) *Why is this novel going like back and forth?
*How is it that Mai is now coming to the United States again?
*How involved was the United States in the Vietnam War?
*What is the Paris Peace Accords?
3) *Debacle: catastrophe.
*Tarmac: black top.
*Hum: whine.
*Stillness: motionlessness.
2) *Simile: "People sat like scarecrows in their assigned seats" page # 96
*Metaphor: "the red apricot glow of rocket fire still glued to the far end of the sky". Page # 96
1) Right now Mai apparently has going back in time and has started to tell us the story of how and why she came to the United States. Nevertheless it got me confused when she just changed setting from one chapter to another, but this change of setting wasn't only of radical places but radical time.
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