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I, Juan de Pareja
by: Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
pgs. 1-13
Juan was born a slave in the early seventeenth century. His mother died when he was five years old and his father was never known. His master was a white spaniard. His teacher was a woman called the mistress. She taught him how to write and sound out letters. She made him write letters for him because she couldn't do it as fast as he could.
PREDICTION: I predict that he will become famous or something.
I, Juan de Pareja
by: Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
pgs: 23-37
Juan has been abandoned by his Gipsy master. He has gone to work for a man who's sone is to ill to help him. Juan is working for him for forty days. Then he will go to Madrid.
PREDICTION: he is going to go to Madrid.
I, Juan de Pareja
by: Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
pgs. 28-34
Juan is on his way to Madrid.
He left the man he was working for and he has been wandering. Don Carmelo found him in a barn and took him and beat him. But after a while some good people took Don Carmelo away and saved him.
Now, Juan is staying with a new master and he is really nice to him.
PREDICTION: I predict that he will go to Madrid with his new master.
I, Juan de Pareja
by: Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
pgs. 44-53
Juan is now with a new master. He is good to him and does not beat him. His new master is a painter and is getting very old. He has to take apprentices for he may die.
Some of the apprentices are nice and some are mean. One of them teases Juan. He trips him and calls him names. Whenever he is mean to Juan, master sends him to his room without supper.
PREDICTION: I predict that Juan is going to become a painter.
I, Juan de Pareja
by: Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
pgs. 73-95
Juan is living in the palace with the master and his two children. The master is working for the king and is constantly painting a new portrait for him.
Juan is in love with another slave girl who he doesn't even know at all.
One day, he was walking down a corridor and he heard some commotion in another room. He looked in and saw the girl that he was in love with in a chair. She had white foam on lips and she was shaking uncontrollably. After that happened, she was sent away to go to another master and Juan never saw her again.
A few months later, once he was over the girl, him and master went back to Seville for a painting opportunity for the master. While there, Juan became very fond of painting and since painting was illegal for slaves, he painted in secret.
When they got back to Madrid, they found out that one of the master's daughters was dead.
PREDICTION: I think that someone is going to see Juan's work and give him a job.
I, Juan de Pareja
by: Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
pgs:95-107
At the moment in this story, Puaquita has fallen in love with a man named Juan Bautista. Master has made Juanico look after her so that she doesn't do anything foolish with her time with the man.
Juan has made some good friends in the court and I dont really know their names.
PREDICTION: I think that he will become a good painter.
BOOK TITLE: “I, JUAN DE PAREJA”
WRITTEN BY: ELIZABETH BORTON DE TREVINO
REVIEWED BY: CONOR KNOWLES
In “I, Juan de Pareja” Elizabeth Borton de Trevino explains a powerful story of friendship and triumph. The main character, Juan, finds himself a slave struggling to survive. Set in Spain in the early 1600s, this story captivates your imagination and leaves you wandering why you got this book.
During that time period, the use of slaves was growing a lot. People used slaves all the time just for no reason what so ever. The 1600s was also a time of great poverty in Spain. Most of the lover class citizens worked in factories and were servants to the rich. The slaves were taken from Africa and brought back by traders to use for labor.
Juan is a young slave boy and throughout the story he is growing up. He is black-skinned and has black hair and moves from master to master through his life. In the story he has to beg for food because his master never feeds him and he beats him constantly. This is believable because many people have to beg for food everyday.
In conclusion, I didn’t really enjoy this book at all. It was hard to get interested in because of its constant rambling on about absolutely nothing. I would not recommend this book to anyone else. I would not want to put anyone through what I have been through for the past week.
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