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amy08642
amy08642
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High School - 12th Grade

Describe Casa Rosada.

Can you please give me the description of the Casa Rosada? My little brother asked me because he has to answer 40 questions about The Egypt Game.

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Posted by amy08642 on Monday January 12, 2009 at 3:34 PM and tagged with casa rosada, description, setting, the egypt game.

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  1. slchanmo1885
    slchanmo1885 Teacher
    High School - 10th Grade

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    The Casa Rosada is a shabby, Spanish-style apartment building where April, Melanie, Marshall, and Elizabeth live. It is 3 stories tall with roomy two-bedroom apartments, iron balconies, and an old fashioned elevator. It was built in the 1920s and the book takes place in the 1960s, so the apartment building is about 40 years old and has run down a bit. It is described as "very Spanishy-looking with great thick walls, arched doorways, fancy iron grillwork, stained glass panels in the windows and tile floors in the lobby. Outside it was painted pink" (chapter 2). The Casa Rosada reminds April a bit of home, and she lives with her grandmother here, in "the shabby splendor of an old California-Spanish apartment house called the Casa Rosada" (Chapter 2). It is here at this apartment building where four of the central characters meet and form their friendship. 

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    Posted by slchanmo1885 on Tuesday February 24, 2009 at 3:09 PM