Bel Canto. 6

5 Comments:

1. Mr. Hosokawa's first name is Katsumi.
2. Roxane Coss became in charge of the terrorists.
3. When Mr. Hosokawa heard Roxane singing to him, it brought tears to his eyes.
4. Roxane spends most of her days singing- she sings 3 hours in the morning, in the late afternoon, and before dinner.
5. All Roxane does is sing, when a gun is put to her head, she will just sing. "...the gun will end up looking like a lunatic..."

4 Questions:

1. What is Czechoslovakian?
2. How did Roxane became in charge of the terrorists?
3. Is Roxane like a personal singer for Mr. Hoskawa?
4. There was a lot of disasters that happened when Katsumi was still in Japan? There was a hurricane that took place when he was 19.

3 Vocabulary:

1. Aria - an air or melody
2. Diplomats - a person appointed by a national government to conduct official negotiations and maintain political, economic, and social relations with another country or countries
3. Solidarity - community of feelings

2 Literary Terms:

1. "The terrorist continued to block the doors and carry guns. but now Roxane Coss was in charge." [Irony pg. 162 - Roxane was a hostage and some years later she became the person in charge of the terrorist]
2. "If we put a gun to her head she would sing all day...the person holding the gun will only end up looking like a lunatic" [Irony pg. 165 - Roxane should be the one looking like a lunatic because she is singing when a gun is held to her head but instead the person holding the gun will look like a lunatic]

1 Overview:

This part of the novel is about how Roxane is right now after she was set free from being a hostage.