Bel Canto. 9

5 Comments:

1. Roxane says Cesar sings beautifully.
2. Carmen and Beatriz are cooking dinner for everyone.
3. Every morning Roxane Coss would come downstairs to the piano, but this morning she did not come down to the piano.
4. Another strange thing that was happening around the house was that Mr. Hosokawa was not awake yet, he was still asleep.
5. Kato became a pianist by having lessons from Roxane Coss.

4 Questions:

1. Why is Roxane still not downstairs at the piano yet like she is every morning?
2. Not only Carmen is Roxane's "body guard", she also cooks or is a servant to Roxane Coss?
3. Why is Carmen being mad at Cesar?
4. Oh...is Carmen jealous now because Roxane complimented on that Cesar has a beautiful voice, and that she even touched him on his cheeks?

3 Vocabulary:

1. Imploded - to burst inward
2. Miraculous - performed using supernatural power
3. Indulgence - tolerance

2 Literary Terms:

1. "The sun came pouring in through the windows..." [Metaphor pg. 263]
2. "Except Roxane Coss did not come down to the piano." [Irony pg. 263]

1 Overview:

The morning was starting a bit strange enough on a good day, then it becomes a little bad for Carmen because she got jealous, and then later on, they found out there is a murderer too.