Superimposed Pg:353 Adjective -put or stacked on top of something else “ Antonio’s face, superimposed on the screen, was hit by the awesome blow.” SYN: stack ANT: layer O.S: Alexa superimposed all the books on top of each other.

Vocabulary Perpetual Pg:354 Adjective -constant unending “ The night air was blurred with perpetual motions of left hooks and right crosses.” SYN: constant ANT: short, end O.S: School felt perpetual today because it was so boring. Evading Pg: 358 Adjective -to avoid something to keep away “ Antonio, groggy, bobbed and weaved, evading most of the blows.” SYN: avoid, away ANT: absorb O.S: Whenever I’m doing my homework I try to evade distractions. Vocabulary Devastating Pg:353 Adjective -destructive overwhelming “ Antonio then beat the air with a barrage of blows and short devastating lefts with and overhand jaw-breaking right.” SYN: destructive ANT: Rebuilt O.S: In 2005, when hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans it was devastating to see all of the people who were flooded out of their homes. They fight their hardest for something they both want, but before the announcer is about to call the winner they both leave the ring. Meanwhile, after spending some time in the waiting room, Antonio and Felix are escorted to the wrestling ring from two different stairways and walkways. In the Golden Glove championships there are wrestlers from everywhere for the same reason. One day, they are taking their daily jog along East River’s Edge and decide not to see each other and train separately from now on and they also claim that they will be friends even after the match. They both want to go to the Golden Glove championships from their school. Synopsis In this short story, there are two seventeen year old boys who wish to be lightweight champions. Main Characters and Setting Main Characters: Antonio Cruz Felix Vargas Settings: Boys Club A House East River’s Edge He had a difficult time until he started dreaming positive. He watched other kids as they struggled to survive and rise above the mean streets. He faced many challenges and he had to overcome his problems. He grew up in the ghetto city of Harlem in New York. They leave the ring arm in arm without waiting for the result.‘ Amigo Brothers’ By: Kayla Morales, Jose Llaguna, Bart Bagniewski, Vraj PatelĪbout the Author Piri Thomas was born in 1928. At the end of the bout both boys run to each other and hug. However both boys fight with passion through three rounds. Antonio being the taller, has more reach on his opponent. On the day of the bout a great crowd turns up to watch the match. The bout attracts much attention among the neighbourhood. However they decide to forget their friendship for a while and fight each other with passion. Before the match, both friends feel uneasy about fighting each other. So Felix decides to live with his aunt until they face each other in the match. Still the boys continue to train together until, one day, they feel that they will not be able to train for the bout properly if they see each other. One day they learn that they will have to face off each other and only the winner can represent their club in the championship. Both boys dream of becoming light weight boxing 🥊 champions. Antonio is white while Felix is an Afro-American. They are seventeen year old boys growing up in Manhattan in the United States. The protagonists of the story are two boys named Antonio Cruz and Felix Vargas. Amigo Brothers is a story of friendship by Robert Piri.

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