21STLIT REVIEWER Analysis of the Story Empire.

Told with the lyricism of the Náhuatl

 Faith song tradition and pictorial language, she
Malinche – Laura Esquivel  Slave gives us a creation myth of the new world
 Colonization hybrid culture and a legendary affair.
Trivia about Mexico  Power of Words
: Estados Unidos Mexicanos (United  Betrayal
Mexican States—official name The Safe House – Amy Tan
: first printing press in North America : follows the story of Malinche aka “The
was used in Mexico City in 1539 Tongue” and Malinalli of Hernan Cortes Vocabulary
: chihuahua—world’s smallest dog : Malinche begins to learn of her power,
and is named for a Mexican state something she was alien to bcos she was Animosity
: red poinsettia originated in Mexico sold to slavery by her mother : strong feeling of dislike/hatred
and is named after Joel Roberts Polydactyly
Poinsett (first US ambassador to Summary : birth defect having extra finger/s or
Mexico) In Malinche, Laura Esquivel reimagines the toe/s
relationship between the Spaniard Hernán Manifesto
About the Author Cortés and the Indian woman Malinalli, his : written statements describing
: born on 30 Sep 1950 in Mexico City, interpreter and mistress during his conquest policies, goals, and opinions of a
Mexico of the Aztecs. Malinalli meets Cortés and, person/group
: Mexican novelist, screenwriter, like many, including the Aztec King Aversion
politician Montezuma, suspects that he is the returning : act of turning away
: Like Water for Chocolate (1990) forefather god of their tribe, Quetzalcoatl. Blob
imaginative and compelling novel and She assumes that her task is to welcome : something of indefinite shape
cookbook Cortés/Quetzalcoatl and help him destroy the
: The Law of Love (1996), Between Aztec empire and free her people, but she The Tesseract – Alex Garland
the Fires (2000), Malinche (2006) gradually comes to realize that Cortés' thirst
for conquest is all too human. Throughout Manila Bay
Vocabulary Mexican history, Malinalli has been reviled : considered as one of world’s great
for her betrayal of the Indian people. But harbors
Complicity recent historical research has shown that her : western terminus of Manila
: act of helping to commit a crime role was much more complex. She was the Acapulco “galleon trade” between
Nahuatl mediator between two cultures, Hispanic and 1593 and 1815
: language of people from Southern Native American, and three languages, : decisive naval battle of Spanish
Mexico and Central America Spanish, Mayan, and Náhuatl. She was also American War
Profundity a slave, trying to rebel against the barbarous : May 1, 1898—The Battle of Manila
: intellectual depth culture of her masters -- the Aztecs. But her Bay
Engender loyalty was to her own people, whom she : Feb-Mar 1945—Manila Bay
: to be the source of was trying to set free. Laura Esquivel regained by US Forces
Cosmos challenges the traditional mythology through : Manila harbor->important shipping
: orderly harmonious systematic a character-driven portrait of the Adam and harbor, dealing with
universe Eve of mestizo culture, Cortés and Malinalli, domestic/international shipping
with the backdrop of the fall of the Aztec
Vocabulary  Corazon—old woman; mother of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the
Rosa and gmother of Raphael & Lita Night Time – Mark Haddon
Fixated  Rosa—middle class doctor
: cause to acquire an obsessive  Raphael & Lita—children of Rosa & Autism
attachment to someone/thing Sonny : puzzle piece symbol—reflects
Chauffer  Sonny—Rosa’s husband mystery and complexity of Autism Spectrum
: person employed to drive a private  Lito—young fisherman; Rosa’s puppy Disorder; diversity of individuals affected
or rented automobile love
Henchman  Vicente & Totoy—mischievous street
: faithful follower/political supporter, orphans : 2003 mystery novel
especially one prepared to engage in crime : title quotes fictional detective Sherlock
 Alfredo—psychologist; a lonely man
or dishonest practices by way of service Holmes in Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1892 short
who pays the boys to tell him their
dreams story “Silver Blaze”

Foliage Elements
: cluster of leaves, flowers, branches Plot : episodic About the author
Grubby Type of conflict : man vs. himself; man vs. : born on 26 Sep 1962 in
: dirty/messy society Northampton, England
Molasses Theme : violence, poverty, ills of society, : received early education from
: thick, brown, sweet liquid made from love, violence, power, fate Uppingham School-> major in EngLit at
raw sugar Merton College, Oxford
Scorch Symbols : upon grad, became caretaker for
: burn a surface so as to change it Stains—ugliness found everywhere; stigma; disabled people in Scotland
color and texture bad reputation; pending danger : multiple sclerosis and autistic
Polystyrene Blood—death and violence patients became influence
: rigid transparent thermoplastic McDo—american imperialism;
having good physical and electrical commercialism; consumerism; capitalism Characters
insulating properties Guns—violence  Christopher John Francis Boone—
Overweight rich kids—local politicians fifteen-year old mathematically gifted
Characters struggling for social acceptance and
 Don Pepe—gangster in Manila; half- understanding as a result of his
breed Filipino with European Black Dog—omen of death apparent autism
pretensions; extracts fee from every Red mist—violent madness  Ed Boone—single father of
ship entering/leaving the port Christopher
 Jojo, Bubot, Teroy—Don Pepe’s Tesseract—about several disparate  Judy Boone—Christopher’s mother
henchmen (gunmen) elements meeting in a violent collision at a  Eileen Shears—ex-wife of Roger
 Sean—Englishman who owns point where they intersect for no apparent Shears
freighter Karaboujan, anchored in reason  Roger Shears—estranged husband
Manila’s harbor of Eileen Shears
 Alan—Sean’s partner who refused to  Siobhan—Christopher’s primary
pay protection money to Don Pepe teacher
  Mrs. Alexander—elderly resident of Vocabulary  Sunay Zaim—actor whose group put
Randolph Street on the play at National Theater
 Mr. Thompson—resident of Randolph Ancient Magirus  Blue—Kadife’s lover
Street; another interviewee : brand of vehicle  Z Demerkol—nationalist; tells Ka that
 Mr. Wise—resident of Christopher’s Valise Ipek was Blue’s mistress during
block; another interviewee : small sack/case, usually of leather, marriage to Muhtar
 Wellington—Mrs. Shears’ large black for short trips
poodle Reverie Story Analysis
 Toby—Christopher’s brown and white : absent-minded dreaming while : Atheist—a person who denies or
pet rat awake disbelieves the existence of a
Wretched supreme being/s
Elements : very miserable : Secularist—a person who
Theme : truth, love, safety Suburbs advocates separation of state from
: residential area on the outskirts of a religious institutions
The Silence of Snow – Orhan Pamuk city or large town : Islamist—advocate or supporter of
“It snows only once in our dreams”— Islamic militancy or fundamentalism
Turkey reminiscing about the past : Nationalism—person with strong
: gateway between Europe and Asia patriotic feelings, especially one who
: Official Name—Republic of Turkey believes in the superiority of their
Capital—Ankara Blizzard country over others
Currency—New Turkish Lira : severe snowstorm for a longtime
Official Language—Turkish Impend Coraline – Neil Richard Gaiman
Religions—99% Muslim 1% other : hover threateningly
Government—Parliamentary Vocabulary
Republic Characters
: Marmara Coasts (Istanbul)—hot  Kerim Alakusoglu (Ka)—poet who Shovel
summers and mild winters returns to Turkey after 12 years of : put/push somewhere quickly and in
Aegean Coasts (Izmir)—hot political exile in Germany large quantities
summers, mild winters  Saadettin Efendi—charismatic sheikh Arrive
Mediterranean Coasts (Antalya)  Ipek—woman who Ka once had : reach a place
hot summers, mild winters feelings for Cautiously
Black Sea Coast (Trabzon)  Turgut Bey—father of Ipek and : carefully
temperate climate, warm summers, Kadife Gleam
relatively high rainfall  Muhtar—ex-husband of Ipek : shine brightly
Central Anatolia (Ankara)—steppe  Kadife—Ipek’s younger sister who
climate with hot, dry summers, cold has joined and became the leader of Characters
winters the “head-scarf” girls  Coraline Jones
Eastern Anatolia (Erzurum)—long  Hande—another head-scarf girl who  Mel and Charlie Jones
snowy, cold winters, mild summers suggested suicide to Teslime  Other Mother and Father
Southeast Anatolia (Diyarbakir)—  Necip—student at the religious high
hot summer, mild and rainy winters school