Persepolis is a historical book yet an entertaining story of a girl during a frightening time in an important era in her country. Author‚ Marjane Satrapi writes about her experience in Iran as a child. She includes humor as well as sentimentality in this book to express her view on how times were. As a reader of this book it helped me understand the dark times that the Iranian people faced. With this book being a memoir it further helped understand the Islamic Revolution and the actions taken by
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A Gap of Sky ”A Gap of Sky” is a short story by Anna Hope. In this short story we follow the young girl‚ Ellie‚ who studies at UCL. Instead of doing homework and study‚ she likes to party and do drugs. She has been sent to London by her parents to study‚ but she is not taking it as serious as her parents are expecting of her to do. She lives alone and is therefore supposed to be self-dependent which we clearly see she is not. She cannot control her use of drugs‚ she has not got any self-discipline
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Within the riveting science-fiction book “Uglies”‚ Scott Westerfeld not only keeps the reader entertained‚ but also reveals the negative aspects of conformity. He relays this information while using events and actions throughout the storyline. Tally‚ the protagonist‚ rebels against the submissive tradition’s of her customs. Although many other themes are also conveyed in this book‚ the main message is clear: Fear of alienation in society causes one to suppress to conformity. Being just like
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1. Executive Summary Scorpio Books is an ‘independent’ bookshop based in Christchurch‚ established around 32 years ago. It was previously named Pisces Books‚ however that changed in 1979. The range they had used to be ‘counter-culture alternative and quite different’‚ only providing cook books about vegan and vegetarian foods. However over the past 22 years‚ their selection range has extended. This report will be used aid Scorpio Books in future business and will hopefully point out where improvement
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Black watch review Summary____________________________________________________ In reality Black Watch is a Scottish regiment‚ and a quite well-known one apparently. The theatre play “The Black Watch” is a biography of this particular regiment. The play is based on interviews taken from Gregory Burke with former soldiers of the British Army during the Iraq war in 2004. Seen from the perspective of the soldiers in the regiment‚ Black Watch is about the journey they have fought their war way through
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anything. All he found was a quarter‚ three dimes‚ and two pennies a fingernail clipper a billfold with a twenty dollar bill “just in case you get stranded at a the airport in a small town and have to buy food” his mother had said. he has a digital watch on his wrist but it was broken he was about to thought but
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Feed is a futuristic novel by M.T. Anderson. The feed is an internal computer that eliminated the need for school. It’s personally specialized and knows everything a person wants‚ feels‚ and hopes for. It also allows people to message friends‚ hear news feedcasts‚ and buy things based on many corporations’ advertisements. Titus and his friends take a trip to the moon. Titus meets a beautiful girl named Violet and invites her to a concert. During the concert‚ a strange man who kept repeating‚ “We
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The Crucible By Matt Flynn In Arthur Miller’s partially fictionalized novel‚ “The Crucible”‚ where this story takes place in the late sixteen hundreds and is based on the Salem Witch Trials. This story is told in many different forms such as in books‚ plays and movies‚ most are different in some way. The Crucible’s main themes were surrounded by the ideas of “good vs evil” and “fear vs logic”. In “The Crucible”‚ the main plot is surrounded by John Proctor and Abigail Williams‚ as they are having
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summer with his dad‚ the pilot of the Cessna he was traveling in suffered a heart attack and died. Brian landed the plane in the forest. Brian learned to survive in the wilderness with only a hatchet that his mother had recently given him. The book tells all about adventures where he faced including hunger‚ animal attacks and even a tornado. He learns to make fire with the hatchet and eat foods he can find‚ such as rabbits‚ birds‚ turtle eggs‚ fish‚ and berries and fruit. He has incidences of
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Throughout the book‚ the kids are not only trying to survive‚ they’re trying to figure out this crazy world and determine the meaning of life. Connor‚ Risa‚ and Lev are each coming from a very different place‚ but their destination is the same... at least according to the law. As they keep running and discover more and more information about their world and the unwinding system‚ right and wrong may not always be so clear. The book unwind in my perspective is a very interesting book but then it becomes
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