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What I think that
Look around. I’m sure if you look around your house, you will find a book or two. Now imagine living in a society where books were not allowed. How would you learn things? How would information be passed down? Books provide so much to life, and think what life would be like if there was nothing to read. Regardless of whether you're a reader or not, you still use books. They provide the information that is the basis of life; the everyday things. People that live in the communities of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and The Giver by Lois Lowry don’t have books. How do they live? It seems very hard to a person in today’s society to understand the lives of the people without books. In Fahrenheit 451 books are completely banned. The protagonist Guy Montag’s job is to burn books so that others can’t read them. Jonas, the protagonist of The Giver, is the only person in his community…
In the story “Follow the Water” by Jennifer L. Holm a girl named Georgie is dragged out to mars with her parents who are there to search for water. To live on mars you need to know a lot of information which can be found in the article “What Would it Take to Live Here” by Mackenzie Carro.…
Linda Sue Park’s inspiring novella A Long Walk to Water recounts the treacherous journey of young Sudanese boy forced to flee his war-ravaged home in search of safety and refuge. Salva Dut, a positive and energetic boy, transforms from fearful and inexperienced adolescent to strong and willful adult as he overcomes countless obstacles during his grave expedition to find sanctuary during the First Sudanese Civil War. Despite his perilous predicament, Salva’s steadfast perseverance enables him to surmount innumerable hardships during his ominous plight.…
Have you ever felt so enthralled by a book that you literally wanted to crawl through the pages and enter into that world? The first in a five book series, Waterfall by Lisa T. Bergren is a great example. In this YA book, she vividly describes the emotions, characteristics, and personalities of the characters while bringing them to life. From knights in shining armor who are battling to the death to romantic love scenes, this book is definitely one to read on cold nights.…
Drown is a collection of short stories written by prize-winning author Junot Diaz. The stories focus on realistically raw situations immigrants must face when arriving to the United States, along with cultural differences. All of through the perspective of a young boy, Yunior. Whereas the cultural differences and such are seen through Ysrael. A character whom Diaz gives us a glimpse of.…
Thesis- “I might the avoid many things: harsh words, foolish decisions, moments of inattention, regret that wash over me, like water.”…
“The very controversy caused by Roald Dahl's works for early adolescents has drawn millions of teens to his books and, subsequently, encouraged them to enjoy reading. These young people found in Roald Dahl something that they could not find anywhere else: an author with a view of society that was essentially identical to their own--distrustful of authority figures and firm in the belief that good will triumph. Concerning Dahl's popularity, the librarian of one middle school made this comment during the spring of 1997: "Roald Dahl's books are always on our reorder list, for copies of his books circulate so much they are worn in no time! The titles are always checked out and usually on reserve!" (Crawford). Roald Dahl's view of society, his contempt…
The idea of reading has become very unpopular to many people across the world over the past few decades. According to Jordan Weissmann, the author of the article, “The Decline of the American Book Lover”, many people of our generation have stopped reading and have become unintelligent. She says, “The Pew Research Center reported last week that nearly a quarter of American adults had not read a single book in the past year. As in, they hadn't cracked a paperback, fired up a Kindle, or even hit play on an audiobook while in the car. The number of non-book-readers has nearly tripled since 1978”( Weissman). Books provide something that nothing else could ever provide, knowledge. Many could argue that if teachers provide and give us education, what's the point of reading a book? They have forgotten that the only way teachers could’ve gotten the knowledge to teach us is by reading books. Not having books in our society is almost like not having food. It is an essential quality that us humans must have. Similarly. Montag's society almost resembles our current world. Books have been ignored by many people of our generation and nobody has done anything about it. However unlike Montag's society, people of our generation haven’t outlawed reading. They still read books, and it creates a perfect chance to put an end to the extinction of…
Even though that there are a bunch books in the world for people to read, Rick Riordan made more. Lots of people know his books as a result of them they being so awesome. He made five different series and made 30 different books (Rick Riordan, 2016). Most people loved his books. Some people even said that he makes writing look easy. On the other hand, some people did not like his books so much. One of those critics was Connie Fletcher. They said that Rick Riordan “slips badly in handling his characters” (“Rick Riordan”, 2016). Some other critics said that he falls back too much on “sitcom-like” characteristics (Rick Riordan,…
Books, there is probably no one in the whole wide world who doesn’t like to read them. Many people are especially thankful to the authors that write the books. Authors aren’t just the creators of wonderful books that we crave; they have their own life too. In fact, events in an author’s own life have influenced them to write excellent books. A perfect example could be Helen Keller. Helen had grown up both deaf and blind, and that influenced her to learn brail and she wrote many books about her own life. Another favorite is Rick Riordan. Rick Riordan has written many wonderful books and series that children and adults both enjoy. Like Helen Keller, Rick Riordan also had his own life story which was; Rick Riordan’s journey to becoming a world class writer.…
1) The CEO of Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos, effectively employed both intuitive and systematic thinking when he developed the Kindle for sale. Through Bezos’s creative idea in the Kindle, one can see that he makes decisions that seem to be based off of intuitive thinking. With this approach, people make decisions according to their past experiences and gut feelings, as opposed to analyzing all of the facts. Bezos took a risk in the creation of the Kindle going off of his gut feelings that it would be a successful idea. From previous experiences, he knew that “music and video have been digitalized for a long time, and short-form reading has been digitized, beginning with the early Web. But long-form reading really hasn’t”. The company needed a push to rise above their competitor, Apple, and Bezos was able to provide a creative idea that he thought would work based off of things he has experienced. Fortunately for Amazon, his intuitive idea was a success and “Amazon now sells more Kindle books than paperback books”.…
The experience of reading a book can vary depending the reader. Many people find it a learning activity, others find it a way to escape from their real world. There is a lot of debate surrounding electronic books or e-books, in regard to if they will ever replace real books as the conventional way to digest writer’s works. Although humans are creatures of habit, recently electronic books have become more reachable and popular than traditional books, and because of the comfort, price, and features, will eventually become the preferred choice.…
Once there was a young man in a far away land. In a small town by the name of Vacaville, the town was small that you could leave your door open at night or take a walk at 3 o clock in the morning. This young man by the name of _________ loved to read books so many that he never puts down his books when he gets home. But in this small town bookstores were starting to close down rapidly. Being taken over by the evil Kindle makers. All the men and women in Vacaville were just merely players to the cunning Kindle. Only _______ the one with as many books as JK Rowling herself, with his power to bring characters out of his books that he has fully completed could see threw the disasters Kindle, and his manipulating mind-controlling that an even get dogs and cats to read form the Kindle.…
When I read Harry Potter, I developed a fervent need to continue reading. While I had to wait in agony between the premieres of each book, I kept myself busy by burying my mind, and nose, in every book I could get my hands on. I know that I would not have had such an interest in the world of books and creativity if it weren’t for Rowling’s beautiful world of wizardry. Every time one of the books would come out, I would shut myself up in my room and would not leave until I had devoured every word from cover to cover. I had never been so emotionally moved by a book before I discovered the Harry Potter series. I felt joy, fear, awe, sadness, love, and grief through the stories of good and evil; friendship and betrayal; love and forgiveness. I was quite a peculiar child in that my parents would not punish me by taking away my phone or my television; they knew the most effective way to punish me for my wrongdoings was to take away my books, especially my Harry Potter books. To me, there was no fate worse than being without my stories.…
A major issue with the lifespan of paper books is the widening availability of online literature, free of charge. Where publishing is concerned, the Internet is both midwife and executioner. It has never been easier to reach large numbers of readers, but these readers have never felt more entitled to be informed and entertained for free. With online resources such as YouTube, The Pirate…