Analyzing Piri Thomas 'Amigo Brothers'

Looking at "Fish Cheeks" by Amy Tan and "Amigo Brothers" by Piri Thomas, we see both stories dig into ideas of who we are, pals, and being okay with ourselves. By summing them up, we get a closer look at what the main characters go through. In "Fish Cheeks," the lead feels bad and shy about her culture, but learns to be proud and love where she comes from. In "Amigo Brothers," Antonio and Felix are best friends who have to fight each other in a boxing ring. This tests their bond, but shows how deep their friendship goes.

The protagonists show love and care by remembering mutual details, as the author does throughout the narrative. This partnership strength will remain eternally frozen in the lines of time and space Capote left written, that even after experiencing difficulties such as separation, never diminished or

Love and tragedy come together neither can be separated from each other. The violence of the past can arouse from the dead, and eat alive a new life. Indeed, replacing a tragedy with another one is harmful, but it brings peace at the end. Violence is a very complex term that brings up the darkness of the human world, whether physical or mental, it attacks both ways. In the Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, author Junot Diaz employs the theme that in the wrong hands, power leads to violence, which can produce both exterior and interior pain, ultimately causing destruction or even death. Through aphorism, euphemism, direct characterization, realism, anadiplosis, appeal to emotion and anecdotes, Diaz defines the non-existent limits of evil in

What does it truly mean to be a brother? In both literature and film, the theme of brotherhood serves as a powerful lens through which we make strong judgments about their relationships. John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" and the Coen Brothers' film "O Brother, Where Art Thou? " offer captivating portrayals of camaraderie, loyalty, and mutual support among misfortune and hardship. Through the intertwined lives of characters like George and Lennie, Everett, Pete, and Delmar, these works illuminate the enduring power of brotherhood in the face of societal challenges and personal struggles.

It focuses on the self-discovery of two teenage boys. While having very different interests and backgrounds, they learn to love each other and all their differences. The novel touches on different elements of identity including friendship, family relationships, ethnic backgrounds, and sexuality. Aristotle and Dante display

For this project, I decided to read “The Fault in Our Stars,” a novel written by John Green. This book is about 16 year old Hazel Grace, who is diagnosed with thyroid cancer. She attends weekly Cancer Support Group, where she meets Augustus Waters, a “very intelligent and hot” boy who is currently in remission. They both take a liking for each other, their relationship growing and developing throughout the book as they fight cancer together. Along the way, Hazel learns many important lessons about life.

An epic fantasy and a gloomy ranch life. True friends will never fade away. Or will it? Friendships and their outcome get very subjective evaluations. Both Steinbeck and Tolkien’s books: “Of Mice and Men” and “The Fellowship of the Rings” deal with a consistent theme of friendship. Although each author has their own distinct way of communicating their ideas, these books show similar views on the strength, consequences and limitations of friendship.

In the short story “Aurora,” Junot Diaz presents a carefully conceived and poignant relationship marred by violence and drug addiction. The couple involved takes part in seduction, beatings and other forms of abuse to harm the other person. It is not, however, what the characters do to each other that makes this story as remarkable as it is; it is what Diaz suggests about why they do what they do to each other. The text does not, as one might assume, present a conflict between two opposing individuals serving as the antithesis of one another, but instead uses binaries to show how Lucero and Aurora are one in the same. It is their similarities, not their differences, that causes the conflicts of the story, sending them down a path of cyclic pain and misery, the image of an idealized American life all but out of reach for the ill-fated lovers.

In this story, there are two 17 year old boys named Antonio and Felix. They have their similarities and differences. Meanwhile, you will be educated on what the similarities and differences are as you continue to read. Along with that, you will also learn that Antonio and Felix are very close friends. Both Antonio and Felix have many differences.

Imagine, you are a teenager only to find out the horrific news that you have cancer. How would you choose to cope with this and what would be your motivation to get through such a terrible situation? This saddening scenario is exactly what has happened to a young girl Hazel, and her soon to be close friend Augustus Waters in The Fault In Our Stars by John Green. Hazel is met with this major obstacle and most saddening diagnosis of thyroid cancer at the age of thirteen with not a very good outlook for her future. Now just how will she cope with it and what path will she take to overcome this sadness. Finding her way into a support group and meeting Augustus who is also going through a similar battle is what

“The Amigo Brothers,” written by Piri Thomas, is a story about a special friendship between two boys. Antonio and Felix, two seventeen year old boys, have grown up together and are very close to one another. They do almost everything together. They both dream of a future in which they will be the lightweight champions of the world, and together they help each other train regularly. Then a time comes when their friendship is threatened because for the first time ever, they have to compete against one another in a match. In the end, however, their relationship survives because both boys value their friendship above their ambitions. Through the words, thoughts, and actions of Antonio and Felix, the author expresses the

17-year-old, Hazel Grace Lancaster, has Thyroid Cancer who goes to a cancer patient support group where she meets a boy named Augustus Waters. He is at the cancer patient support group to help support his friend who lost his eye due to cancer and is going to lose the other eye. Augustus is now cancer free after he got his leg amputated. Augustus and Hazel hang out after the support group and talk about what type of cancer they have/had.

John Green describes the story of a sixteen-year-old girl, Hazel Lancaster, who is diagnosed with cancer, and her journey through the adversity she encounters. Throughout her journey, Hazel stumbles upon various types of significances in her life including her relationship with Augustus and uncovering her true self. Her identity disappears from her, as she is confined in her house or at her support group where ironically, she does not express her emotions whatsoever. After meeting Augustus Waters, the love of her life, she confronts many unpleasant circumstances in which her identity protects her from the dangerous. Although society perceives one’s identity as their external attributes, The Fault in Our Stars conveys the message that an individual’s true distinctiveness is present during sacrifices and during moments of joy.

Most may think cancer is a disease that just takes over the human body causing it to be ill, but the deadly disease can cause a lot of heartbreak and unsolved issues. In the fascinating novel The Fault in Our Stars, John Green, took his audience through an emotional rollercoaster with the characters, Hazel and Gus. Hazel dealing with a terminal illness, is trying to find her own way in the world not knowing which day will be her last. Luckily for Hazel she met someone who was worth waking up everyday and seeing what the next day has in store for her. Hazel will now know the comfort and conflict of herself, Gus, and even dealing with Van Houten.

Throughout The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz, characters continuously abandon their happiness in order to enlighten the lives of others. Even though love is what fulfills their individual desires, they are unable to cope with rejections they encounter, pushing them to a point of extreme heartbreak, distress, and even death. In Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, violence being a fuel for humanity illustrates the unfortunate downfall of those seeking love, urging his readers to question the validity of true love and view Oscar’s story through the lens of genre fiction.