Qualities Of A Good Book Personally‚ I think the qualities of a good book are many‚ and diverse. To be good‚ I think a book should relate to life experiences‚ give the audience something they can relate to and empathize with‚ to help them learn something that will help them in their life. Yet‚ the book should do this in such a way that not only does it act as a window into the human world‚ yet also offer escapism. It should have a character that the readers can identify with‚ in a way that they
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Point of view is an essential element to a reader’s comprehension of a story. The point of view shows how the narrator thinks‚ speaks‚ and feels about any particular situation. In Toni Cade Bambara’s "The Lesson‚" the events are told through the eyes of a young uptown girl named Sylvia. The reader gets a limited point of view because the events are told strictly by Sylvia. This fact can influence the reader to see things just as she does. The strong language gives a unfamiliar reader an illustration
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4. The author is trying to teach us that despite how much you love a person‚ you cannot let them take advantage of you for their own selfish benefit. By doing so‚ the person at fault will not fully realize the consequences of the problems they have caused and will not learn from their mistakes. In the story‚ Ashleigh’s father was able to convince Ashes emotionally by complimenting and filling her with hope for the future in order to gain her love and trust. He then takes advantage of Ashes by
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Mayra Perez ENG 201 July 2‚ 2013 The Lover Book vs. Film Marguerite Duras publishes The Lover in 1884. A book that becomes one of the best sellers she had written. Almost a decade later it was adapted to film (1992). Both the book and the film are set in French Indochina and tell the love story of a French young girl and a Chinese man in 1929. In both versions‚ the love affair between a white and Chinese people is a taboo. Thus‚ their romance starts with an economic interest because the French
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the book‚ wherein the author told of “unexpected gurus” he met way before he became a billionaire. Then in the epilogue‚ he claimed that the emptiness was already there even while he was still a mill town boy‚ and it was the reason that he did his best to be more than
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Richard Dreyfuss’ (public defender) job to help Claudia prove that she is sane enough to go to trial. Claudia has a very short temper‚ outspoken‚ and doesn’t trust anyone. She violently attacked her first attorney for merely trying to advise her that the best thing for her would be to be labeled incompetent to stand trial. Claudia is evaluated by two psychiatrist who both state that she is incompetent
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to stereotypical roles" (1). Hattie McDaniels‚ a trailblazer amongst African-American film‚ acquired many firsts for African-American actors. McDaniels was the first African-American to sing on the radio‚ first to receive an Oscar for best supporting actress in Gone with the Wind. She was also the first African-American to star in a sitcom in 1951 that
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My favorite television character is Raven Symone from the show "That’s So Raven". Raven is the main character of the show. Raven is the average teenage girl in high school she goes through the same types of trouble that any regular kid goes through. Raven has issues with friends‚ family‚ boyfriends and‚ enemies. There is just one thing about Raven that is not like other people‚ Raven can tell the future. Raven’s special powers cause all sorts of trouble because she doesn’t know if the visions
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the same manner as she treated George‚ her boyfriend. Erin didn’t take crap from anybody but at times she did let her aggressions take over. Most of the time these hostilities would lead her in contempt‚ but in the long run usually worked out for the best. I will admit‚ it was a good way to get her point across at times but she could have approached some of these situations a little differently. Take‚ for example‚ the night Erin met George. Even though George was being inappropriately loud‚ she could
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Thomas Carthage College January 29‚ 2013 Stephanie Robers Character Analysis Elizabeth Leefolt - employer of Aibileen‚ best friends with Hilly and Skeeter. Elizabeth is easily lead by Hilly. She’s also unable to be an affectionate mother to her daughter Mae Mobley‚ and so Aibileen becomes the child’s primary caretaker‚ teacher and surrogate mother. Like her best friend Hilly‚ Elizabeth falls squarely into the villain/bully/ child abuser category‚ though we admit we find her a little more
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