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CH 3-5 Notes

Analyse: Désirée is walking though the woods and she finds a crashed car. At first she is happy that she is finally touching a car She then realizes that there was a man in the car who is badly injured. She begins to panic and tries to find help The nearby peasants find the man and take him back to the village to help the man reluctantly This man comes from money and is not one like the peasants They take him to the cabin of Bienaimé where she tries to heal the man She is not willing to argue with the God's will however and she believes if it is the mans time to die the man will die Désirée however promises to herself that she will not allow this to happen After many days go by the peasants grow concerned that the man will die in their village Tonton Julian and M. Bienaimé try to go out of the village to get the attention of the outside world and say where the man is They think he is a creole boy and that he is quite rich The man starts to get a bad infection (maybe ...

My Love, My Love or The Peasant Girl

Setting: Caribbean Island Island: Jewel of the Antilles Rich- don't believe in Gods/modernized/French  Peasants people- old ways/religion rural setting/workplace for most likely slaves Characters: Asaka- godess of earth and all growing things Agwe- God of sea and all the waters M. Bienconnu- the village centenarian, who is a older women Ti Moune-  Désirée (real name) An african orphan girl who is dreaming of cars and possibly a way out of this life she is limited to now. Real parents stuck her in the mango tree and they died Mama Euralie-Peasant, adopted mother and believes that Désirée is a gift from the Gods to her Tonton Juliet- Peasant, adopted father, who does not want to take the burden of a child. But he does love her Plot: Chapter 1: There are two classes of people living on the island but chapter 1 brings mostly aspects of the peasant way of life. They are very religious, and they look to the Gods for survival. Polythesism is a believe in many ...

Footloose Review of Winter Musical

On Wednesday night February 27th, I decided to attend the Cheshire Academy varsity production of the musical "Footloose" in the black box theater. This was a dress rehearsal for the actual performance that took place on the first weekend of March. "Footloose" was written by Dean Pitchford, and Walter Bobbie in 1998. An interesting fact about "Footloose" is that the musical came out after the movie in 1984. Many times it is the movie that is made after the book or play. For the Cheshire Academy production, notable cast members included: Tony Wang, Olivia Williamson, Aaron Luo, along with 10 graduating seniors. "Footloose" is a musical play that many high school students can relate to. Ren McCormack is a teen from Chicago, who doesn't really fit in anywhere. Ren moves to a small town in the middle of nowhere. He loves to dance, but in this town dancing is illegal. This is because of Reverend Moore's son died in a drunk driving car crash ...