Joyas Voladoras Sparknotes

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In the short story “Joyas Voladoras” by Brian Doyle, Doyle describes the importance of your heart and relates it to hummingbirds, whales, and many other animals. The heart is important emotionally and physically, it keeps you alive, and with it we can express how we feel towards something or someone. Doyle also describes the differences between the whales and the hummingbirds, and goes deeply in the topic of heart chambers. Different living objects have different amount of heart chambers, but we all move inside. At the end Doyle explains that, we, humans, are never completely open to others, and that there isn't always someone there to support you. Adding on to that, the human's heart will fall apart in an instant of a touching moment. Doyle’s …show more content…

Topor is hibernation or very deep sleep, and hummingbirds need to go into torpor to save energy. Topor can cause great harm to the hummingbirds like death. “Their metabolic rate slowing to a fifteenth of their normal sleep rate…” (p. 30 l. 21-22) That is almost dead, but the hummingbirds can't choose to not go into torpor because if they choose not to, they would also die from starvation or whatever harsh situation they are going through. But, if you look at the bright side of it, torpor is the only possible way for the hummingbirds to live too. And, hibernation keeps the birds warm, when they deeply fall asleep, so they also won't freeze to death in the frigid, cold nights. This method also helps them save energy while their supplies are scarce. You are not the only ones out there with the biggest problems (if you took a look at the hummingbirds) so don't stay in the negative side for too long, but pop on out into the positive side for a …show more content…

Not everyone, precisely, no one, in the world is always trustworthy or honest. We all have something to hide inside of us because of embarrassment or shyness, etc. But, with too much to hide, it can affect yourself, other people, or other things. Having too much secrets inside of us can weigh down an awful a lot of pressure on ourselves, and secrets can also affect other people too. They might feel left out or not close to you anymore. But think positively, “... we could not bear to be so naked.” (p. 33 l. 103-104) Luckily, we have secrets to prevent us from looking so naked, meaning, if we have no secrets, at all, people would see us as the “naked” person. A person with no secrets would be like a person with no clothes on because you would not have any privacy. For example, you wouldn't want people to know your bank account password, or else they would steal your money! Luckily, we all have secrets, but if you look at the bright side like how we just did, it can change how you feel towards situations like this. So, there aren't just roadblocks out in this world, but take a glimpse at the positive

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