Joyas Voladoras: Can T Stop, So Live Life Fully

Decent Essays
Shreeya Mamidipaka
Mrs. Asselin
Language Arts : ⅘
22/3/16
Can’t Stop, So Live Life Fully
In the story, “ Joyas Voladoras” by Brian Doyle, the main “characters” are the hummingbirds and the blue whales. This story is about hummingbirds, blue whales, the heart, and as well as the chambers. To summarise, “Joyas Voladoras” talks about the hummingbir and the blue whale’s life, as well as the importance of the heart and its chambers. In this story, Brian Doyle’s message is that we can’t stop our hearts from breaking, so live life fully.
To say, Doyle’s message is telling us that “ all hearts finally are bruised and scarred, scored and torn” (p. 33, l. 107-109) what this means is that our hearts get really hurt as we get older. Doyle is saying

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