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Dewey Decimal Number: 812.04508358
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Page Count: 256
Printing Date: September 01, 2002
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Age index: Ages 4-8
Release Date: August 20, 2002
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September 11, 2001Monologues from
Stuyvesant High School
Tuesday, September 11, seemed like any other day at Stuyvesant High School, only a few blocks away from the World Trade Center. The semester was just beginning, and the students, faculty, and staff were ready to start a new year.
Within a few hours that Tuesday morning, they would experience an event that transformed all their lives completely.
Here, in their own words, are the firsthand stories of a day none of us will ever forget.
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With "with their eyes" Annie Thoms tries to take different people's personal experiences with September 11th and create a compelling, inspirational story. She takes various monologues from students and staff attending Stuyvesant High School (located at ground zero) that witnessed September 11th very first hand, all of which describe what the events of that day and the days to come were truly like, and tries to paint a picture of September 11th from a unique point of view. She attempts to manage the monologues in a way that reveals the ways in which people express themselves and does her best to make you truly listen to each individual's personal story.
Annie Thoms is actually an English teacher at Stuyvesant High School, having received her MA in English Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. She is also an advisor for the school's Theater Community, and after looking through many monologues from both students and staff at the school Thoms selected ten and created and managed the play that was to be performed for the school's Winter Drama. This play later developed into the book "with their eyes".
Thoms truly managed to achieve her goal with "with their eyes". Each monologue was vivid and descriptive, with every individual providing the reader with a unique perspective of the tragic events of September 11th. The book also does a great job of revealing the ways in which people express themselves, with each person's way of communicating being beautifully interpreted into their specific monologue. The order in which the monologues occur also successfully achieves Thoms's main goal by truly making you listen and think about what the speaker is telling you.
Though the monologues do sometimes get slightly repetitive and boring and are probably much more interesting on stage, the book over-all provides wonderful insight and flows very nicely. With "with their eyes" Thoms truly provides a touching, creative story that will change your thoughts about the whole event.
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Although Annie Thomas is a brilliant writer, she did not write this book of monologues from Stuyvesant High school, a high school just a few blocks from ground zero. The book was very first written as a play, each student that was cast for the play picked a student, or for that matter many students to interview. After taping the interviews the students worked for months to get them exactly right with each um like and not included. Annie and the students are trying to clue in the other 3 billion people in America, how traumatic that experience was, especially for people who were just a few blocks away.
Thomas a high school English teacher had recently become faculty advisor for the high school's theater program. She wanted to find a unique play to do after September 11th. She give not only her recognition of the day's events, but includes many other teachers as well as students recollections as well.
Although the book is an over all good piece of writing, it is very repetitive and hard to get through. Each student, though in their own words basically said the same things. All of the people in the United States understand how traumatic that day and reading the book just makes the reader relive the experience over and over again. The book as many good qualities, but just as many bad. The people that were interviewed are very diversified, you will read recollections from janitors and teachers as well as the students of the school. However, as stated before each student, teacher or janitor says the same thing even if it is in their own words. Since the book is meant to be performed as a play pictures of almost every person interviewed are included. This helps the reader visualize the play as if it were being formed in front of them. Even though it is repetitive With Their Eyes offers a different look at September 11th and how the people that were just blocks away on that faithful day dealt with an experience that hit literally so close to home.
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I thought this was a spectacular book. I loved how each person a different view of what happened. Each person had different feelings and i like how they portrayed it in the book. Stuyvesant High School had to face tough times after the September 11th tragedy. I am amazed how they can write a book 2 years after the catastrophe. I applaud them for a job well done!
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This book was a amazing. It made you feel like you were right there asking them the questions. Also it made you think about what happened that day. So I think you should read this for school or just free time because you will never put it down, and other people might want to read it after you do.
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(...)I read the whole thing in under an hour. I realize I'm a little biased, but this book is absolutely amazing. A lot of the 9/11 accounts you hear are sappy and formulaic, people talking about how their lives will never be the same, blah blah blah. But these accounts are real and candid. The monologues cover the entire spectrum of Stuy students, faculty and staff. You experience the day and its effects from many perspectives. Though sometimes it reads a little slowly - there's a lot of "like" and "ummm" - you can almost forgive it because you realize that these are real people expressing their thoughts on a very intense day...and sometimes the words don't come so easily. I recommend it to everyone, in particular, adolescents, because they will have the easiest time relating to the stories of the students.
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