Bronx Masquerade
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MissMartinez08 on June 1, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Janelle Battle | Overweight, wants people to see her beyond her weight. "I am coconut" |
| Tyrone Bittings | The "main character" or "tour guide" of the book |
| Porscha Johnson | is considered a bully, bad-tempered, her mom died of an overdose |
| Lupe Algarin | wants someone to love her, feels alone. Does not like her stepfather |
| Sheila Gamberoni | is rebelling against her family, feels like she doesn't belong |
| Mr. Ward | English teacher who inspires his students |
| Steve Ericson | aspires to work on Broadway, but is moving |
| Chankara Troupe | refuses to be stuck in an abusive cycle, like her sister |
| Devon Hope | is a very good basketball player, but also likes to read |
| Raul Ramirez | loves to paint, does not want to be stereotyped as by his culture |
| Tanisha Scott | considers her beauty a struggle |
| Raynard Patterson | has dyslexia, loves the saxaphone |
| Diondra Jordan | is very tall, plays basketball because her father wants her to, loves to paint |
| Judianne Alexander | thinks that she is ugly, loves fashion and sewing |
| Leslie Lucas | her mother died of cancer, became friends with Porscha |
| Wesley Boone | wants to be considered a "bad boy" but loves the Harlem Renaissance, wants a future |
| Sterling S. Hughes | very poor, looked at as a preacher man, wants to be a teacher |
| Amy Moscowitz | her parents' divorce has greatly affected her, wants a friend but doesn't trust anyone |
| Gloria Martinez | is balancing being a single mother with going to school full time |
| Harlem Renaissance | a movement of African-American culture in literature, art, dance and music during the 1920's. |
| Poets of the Harlem Renaissance | Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Countee Cullen |
| Jazz and Blues | music that became popular during the Harlem Renaissance. Performed at the Apollo and Cotton Club. |
| Decline of the Harlem Renaissance | The Great Depression added economic pressure to organizations that supported the Harlem Renaissance, like the NAACP. |
| Themes of literature in the Harlem Renaissance | African-American daily life, discrimination and racism, roots in Africa. |
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