Adriana, José & Teo "The sound of colors"

T​H​E​ ​S​O​U​ND ​ ​ ​O​F​ C​O​L​O​R​S

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.- INTRODUCTION

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1.1- Cover Page Analysis

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2.- ANALYSIS OF THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK 2.1-

BIOGRAPHY

OF

THE

AUTHOR

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THE

ILLUSTRATOR

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2.2- Setting

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2.3- Characters

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2.4- Plot

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3.- CONCLUSION

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3.1- THE THEME

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3.2- AFTER READING THE ALBUM

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3.3 After having finished the project

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3.3.1- Our opinions about the project

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3.3.2- What we learned from it

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3.3.3- The easiest and the most difficult activity

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4.- BIBLIOGRAPHY

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1.- INTRODUCTION This project is about an illustrated album called “The Sound of Colors” ​written and illustrated by Jimmy Liao. This illustrated album is about a blind woman who goes to different stations and imagines them.

1.1- Cover Page Analysis

Adriana: I think the book is about a blind girl who can’t see the colours and she gives a sound so that they can be differentiated.

José: I think the book is about a blind girl, and she “listen the colors”.

Teo: I think the book is about a blind woman who after an operation she can see. I know she is blind because she wears sunglasses and a stick. She’s going down​ ​to​ ​the​ ​subway.

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2.- ANALYSIS OF THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK

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BIOGRAPHY

OF

THE

AUTHOR

AND

THE

ILLUSTRATOR

Jimmy Liao was born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1958. He’s 59 years old. After graduation in the university he studied drawing that’s why he is the illustrator of his books. He worked as an illustrator for newspapers magazines. In 1998 he published his first books “Secrets In The Forest” and ​“A Fish With a Smile”​. These two books won several book awards and were regarded as “The Best Children’s Books”.

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2.2- Setting The story is on different stations in the mind of the girl, the date isn´t specify.

2.3- Characters

Protagonist: Blind girl Character: A dog who​ ​appears in the story.

2.4- Plot This illustrated album is about a blind woman who goes to different stations and imagines them.

The story is about a blind girl, who ​travels ​by ​subway ​through different stations, and with the sound​s and her creativity, ​she imagines how they are. ​She ​thinks in the colors and the forms of ​a the places ​where she ​travels, for example a station with elephants up the stairs or a station with​ ​a​ ​fossil​ ​in the wall.

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3.- CONCLUSION 3.1- THE THEME The conclusion of this book. In spite of everything, she enjoys of the places she goes to when she ​is blind, and in her imagination each color has a sound.

3.2- AFTER READING THE ALBUM Adriana: After reading the book I think that the book would of several cities with different aspects and sounds.

JosĂŠ: My opinion of this book is, in spite of being blind, you can visualise the colors and the forms in your mind.

Teo: In my opinion, this book teaches us that we can have fun independently our conditions 3.3 After having finished the project 3.3.1- Our opinions about the project

Adriana: This project was a great experience of teamwork

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José: This project was entertaining and very funny, and I learned a lesson.

Teo: This project was a funny way to teach us a message 3.3.2- What we learned from it

Adriana: I learned that nothing is impossible if you belive it possible.

José: “The power of the imagination is infinite” Teo: I learned about a case of a person who hears the colors with an aerial.

3.3.3- The​ e ​ asiest and the most difficult activity

Adriana: The easiest activity was to read the book, and the most difficult was to explain what we all thought.

José: The easiest activity was to ​read the book, and the most difficulty was, the organization to make this project.

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Teo: The easiest activity was to read the book, and the most difficulty was to arrange the project.

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4.- BIBLIOGRAPHY Liao Jimmy, The Sound of de Colors, U.S, March 2006 Wikipedia ​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Liao​ [11/6/2018] Wikipedia (2008) “Liao at the 2008 Taipei International Book Exhibition” ​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Liao​ [11/6/2018]

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