Sea oak (review)

By George

Review by Adriana Astrada

Bizarre and sarcastic “Sea Oak”, George Saunders’ short story is a real source of humour and entertaiment.The narrator is a young man who works at a male strip restaurant/club. He lives with his sister Min and his cousin Jade. Both girls stay at home to take care of their babies. The matron of the house is their aunt Bernie, a never-married woman who accepts her fate with smile.They all live in an appartment complex. One day aunt Bernie dies and their lives will change in an unexpected way.

George Saunders’ Sea Oak is a satirical master work interlaced with dry wit. A must have for all junior high and high school libraries.

Music factor (TV show proposal)

Dear Sir or Madam,

Our names are Andrea Olazabal, Pilar Granda and Adriana Astrada. We work as English Teachers in public secondary schools. We think that nowadays there is not a TV programme which makes young adults feel identify with, so we want to propose you a project of a TV show related to teenagers´ interests.

The idea we have in mind is about a TV quiz show in which ten adolescents have to answer questions concerned with music. The show could be called `Music Factor´. The questions will be asked by a TV presenter and they will be about: the albums, the singers, musicians, specific dates, details and some other important information about the bands. In several cases the young adults will listen to a song or look at a picture in order to answer the questions.

The competition will have three series of twenty questions each. Teenagers will be evaluated by three judges and after each sequence, they will tell the participants the results of their answers. By the end of the last series, there will be nine loosers and a winner, who will be the one that will get the majority of right answers.

A good prize could be spending a day with his/her favourite music band and being a special guest in their concert in Argentina.

We are looking forwards for your reply as soon as possible.

Faithfully,

Andrea, Adriana and Pilar.