Amigo brothers piri thomas Yam azoulay Tomer ben ari Noam gavrielov Amir ashuri biton Ido cohen

About the story: The story “Amigo Brothers” is about two friends- Antonio who was fair, tall and thin and Felix who was short, dark and husky. They lived in one of the poorest neighborhoods in New York. They were boxers and their dreams were to be champion boxers. The problem was that there is only one place in the championship so they must fight each other. They were both nervous about the match, but they wanted to win. The match started and they fought for the win. After the match, before the referee told who the winner was, they left the ring, arm in arm. We think that the story is interesting and exciting. It is teaching about friendship and loyalty. The story is teaching that friendship is more important than any competition.

The author: by noam 1928-2011 The author of the story “Amigo Brothers” is Juan Pedro Tomas. He was born on September 30, 1928 in New York City died on October 17, 2011. Thomas was involved with drugs, gang warfare and crime. While spending seven years in prison, he thought to himself that he needs to change. He thinks maybe he should start to help children who use drugs and drink alcohol. Thomas lived in the slums and it affected his writing.

THE GENRE: By Tomer Realism drama resembles real life, such as showing political events that occurred within a country. The events that are displayed, relevant to the society’s characteristics in every country and century. Stories of this genre first appeared in the mid and late 19th century when drama started to replace the artificial romantic style with accurate depictions of ordinary people in ordinary situations in attempting to create the perfect illusion of reality. The main goal is to match the speech and behavior of the time it was written.

THE SETTING: by Yam The story “Amigo Brothers” took place in the early 1900s, in a poor neighborhood of New York. The poor neighborhoods in New York are often connected to crime. There is a lot of crime in those neighborhoods. In those years (early 20th century) there were gangs. Another common crime in those areas was the illegal gambling. There were murders, drugs and alcohol in Harlem. Almost everyone in those neighborhoods is poor and many of them are alcoholic, drug addicts and criminals.

BACKGROUND OF THE CONFLICT: By Amir What the background is? Two 17-year-old best friends who are both trying to qualify for the Golden Gloves Championship Tournament. The story centers on a neighborhood fight between the two that will decide who goes to the competition. The two face internal conflicts about the value of friendship as they prepare for the physical conflict. What its peculiarity is? Antonio and Felix are the best friends, but they have to fight each other because only one of them can qualify for the Golden Gloves Championship Tournament. This case created a peculiar situation, two best friends have to fight each other. Interesting information about the background of the conflict: In the poorest neighborhoods in New York you have to do something special if you want to get out from the neighborhood and not to be poor anymore. In this story one of them has to win the fight if he wants to start a boxing career. This is creating a tough situation.

RELATED REALITIES: by ido In the USA of the early 20th century there were a lot of poor neighborhoods in New York. At the same time boxing was an advanced sport in the USA. Kids like the Amigo brothers wanted to succeed in this sport because they believe they will get out of poverty. Basketball, boxing, football and baseball, are all kinds of sports where a doorway is opened to get out of poverty and there are a lot of stories about people who were successful in one of these sports and became rich.

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