26 January 2013 Matthew Smith Reflective Essay The three books I read in the holidays personally affected me in more than one way‚ not only inspiring me to achieve my goals‚ grow in character‚ overcome difficulties and become more spiritual. The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma is a book which truly inspired me to stretch my imagination‚ dream further and to achieve my full potential. In his books he says‚ “The path to success is the hardest at the beginning‚ messiest in the middle and
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OPENING STEATEMENT I read the book the lovely bones. turns the idea of death and murder upside down. Lovely bones is a serious and compelling read that touches the heart. What touches us is the way the author keeps us fascinated with the murder‚ the family‚ and the life of a 14 year old girl‚ Suzie salmon‚ after her death. NARRATOR The book is written in the perspective of Suzie herself as she watches her family from her heaven. Even years after her murder‚ Suzie watches these people‚ wishing
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The Dazzling Heights The Dazzling Heights by Katharine McGee is the second book in the trilogy series‚ The Thousandth Floor. I found this book was a very interesting read‚ because I could relate to what the characters were feeling and the situations they were in. One of the character developments I loved the most was of Leda Cole. In the previous book‚ she is seen as a very angry‚ emotional‚ jealous‚ hurt and uptight person. However‚ in The Dazzling Heights‚ you begin to see the raw‚ gritty‚ sensitive
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The Book by Miller Williams is a poem shrouded in creepiness and mystery from the start. The author‚ which you can assume is narrating by the use of ‘I’ throughout‚ is telling a story about a man who discovers a blank book a decided to use it as a diary for some time before discovering a true horror about it‚ the book was made from human skin. The theme of human ignorance is conveyed thoroughly throughout the poem‚ along with imagery of the old‚ creepy past of the book‚ and eerie diction. The theme
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Saffy’s Angel Book Review The author of this book is Hilary McKay and was published by Aladdin Paperbacks. The book is about 160 pages long and the setting of the most of the book is in a small town in Europe‚ (for the beginning of the book) then they later go to Sienna‚ Italy. It’s rare for a book to present the true chaos of a big family (or maybe I just haven’t read enough books). This book gets the details right--the chaos and clutter‚ and the independence of the children‚ even to preparing
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Thomas Araujo December 13‚ 2012 The Book Thief Essay In The Book Thief there are many references to words having power. Throughout the book‚ Liesel stole many books which would affect her life during World War II. She learns how to read and this allows her to survive the world of war. These books keep her away from the destruction and despair from the war. Liesel and Max‚ the Jewish man hiding in her basement‚ give each other strength through the words and stories that they exchange. There are
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quiet and reserved nature. The main focus of this book is explaining to the reader how to embrace and enhance the natural talents of introverts‚ while also moving past any fears‚ reservations or difficulties this personality type often faces. In this paper‚ I will give a brief synopsis of the books content‚ I will connect common themes between The Introverted leader and material covered in our class‚ and will close with personal thoughts on the book as well as how it influenced me. The Introverted
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(Anonymous). No one likes to be misunderstood. Whether it is based on something he/she said or the entire person‚ the thought of being misjudged causes the majority of people much aggravation. Outsiders‚ or people that do not belong‚ are often misjudged and misunderstood. One may be considered an outsider based on numerous characteristics. For example‚ people are often misjudged in regard to their culture. Whether assuming that Mexicans are always wearing sombreros or French people are always
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The author of this book is Nina LaCour. I have not read any of her other books yet. Title of the book is called “ We Are Okay”. The book fits well in the text of the book. New York‚ NY 2017. This book has 233 pages. We Are Okay is a fiction book. People who are low in life like sad‚ this book is for them because this book help people like that feel better and they aren’t alone. I really do not read these kind of books‚ but something told me to read it. The jacket of the book has a picture of a teenage
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This book gives us an inside on how children think about meeting new people. I like the way it puts it in the concept on being afraid rather then not likeing the person. The story line is very detailed and used pictures for every action. This book teaches children to treat everyone the same even if they are different. I also thought the message was very creative yet realist about the fact that even if a child is in a wheel chair they are still capable of doing the same things. I like that is was
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