Roar book

Delroy Demontegnac
Motown Music, Money, Sex and Power by Gerald Posner
Chapter 13-15
5) Comments I have:
1. Gordy and his judges who choose songs that can make a hit to decide the best songs and artistes’ in Motown.
2. George Schiffer, helped the label strikes a European distribution deal with recording industry giant.
3. Forty two of sixty records produced that year broke into the charts.
4. Top members left Gordy for getting paid advance.
5. People who were Gordy close friend betrayed him like his friend Esther who had a deal with another record label.
4) Insightful questions I have:
1) Have there be any lynching with black singers?
2) Did Gordy care about his Family and wife?
3) Did a lot of his members betrayed him by working with a different company?
4) What did Gordy do after his best friends working for different companies?
3) Vocabulary:
1. Deadpanned(119)
2. Sardonic(120)
3. Cannibalized(122)

2) Examples of literary terms:
1. Gordy broke the silence as the door to the meeting room was closed”(118)- personification
2. The word boy caused Gaye’s face to flush with anger.”(124)- personification
1) Summary: Gordy is struggling with keeping his company stabled and many of his workers working for a different company.