Dreams from the Monster Factory Throughout “Dreams from the Monster Factory‚” Sunny introduces many different aspects and dilemmas dealing with the criminal justice system. While reading her book‚ it truly opened my eyes‚ and made me realize exactly how prisons are‚ and how they deal with inmates. This is much different than reading a textbook‚ which is also beneficial‚ but Sunny’s book gave personal experiences‚ feelings‚ and situations. As a criminal justice student‚ the book made me relate
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Taylor in The Bean Trees and Peter in A Walk Across America encountered many interesting people. Taylor met Turtle and Peter met Mary Elizabeth and her family. Turtle has a significant and positive impact on Taylor as well as Mary Elizabeth’s family’s impact on Peter. Both of the main characters were on a journey to find themselfs‚ and through it they met people that helped them do just that. In the book A Walk Across America Peter goes on a journey to rekindle his love for America. After about
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Leslie A Yerks the author of the book Beans uses language to provide her information about the small coffee shop the L’espresso. She speaks to her audience in a way that makes her writing easy to understand. The main idea of this book is how to run a business through good times or bad. In the book a man named Jack Hartmann owns a successful small coffee shop called the L’espresso. The coffee shop has struggled through many ups and downs over the years. However overall the company succeeds and still
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What does it mean to grow up? I remember I wanted to grow up to be tall when I was little‚ but now that I am older‚ I know that growing up doesn’t mean to just get tall‚ it means overcoming problems‚ not giving up even though life has problems‚ teaching yourself because your parents might not be there to teach you‚ and standing out and being proud of yourself to show who you are. Not giving up‚ teaching yourself‚ standing out‚ and being proud of yourself will make you a better person when you grow
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Eats‚ Shoots and Leaves is a nonfiction book written by Lynne Truss. The novel is about grammar and punctuation‚ and it is just as exciting as it sounds. The book has no story line‚ each chapter is a new lesson on punctuation or grammar. Eats‚ Shoots and Leaves has a instructional yet lighthearted tone‚ which allows it to maintain some humor. Still‚ Truss speaks with such cockiness that sometimes it is hard to stomach. There isn’t much in the way of themes and symbolism in this novel. One obvious
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Roald Dahl’s short story Poison weaves an intricate web of emotions‚ including anger‚ fear and embarrassment. Its title certainly embodies more than simply the snake’s venom‚ though it may seem that way on the surface. The lesson of the story may seem trivial‚ such as “be mindful of your surroundings” or “be thankful of those helping”. But the true moral of the story lies in the parched and barren desert of racism‚ and the effect of the British colonization on the people of India. Racism is not
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Amy Stewart wrote Wicked Plants which was published in 2009 by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. This book is a nonfiction book about the effects of different plants. Poisonous plants are dangerous and Amy Stewart describes the depths of what these plants can accomplish. This book goes into depth to describe the injuries different plants can cause. It is broken up into many sections‚ deadly‚ intoxicated‚ dangerous‚ illegal‚ destructive‚ painful‚ and offensive. At the end of the book‚ a plant
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According to Alternatively “Being Wealthy in America Earns You 15 Extra Years of Life Span Over the Poor”. (Transition) Gwendolyn Brooks is the author of the poem The Bean Eaters. The author more than often identifies with poor blacks of Chicago‚ even though she was a middle-class African American. In The Bean Eaters Brooks’ dull tone illustrates symbolism of beans‚ stack of items and a rented back room to demonstrate poverty among the couple. Therefore‚ when the author describes the characters eating
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efficiency of it. Barbara Kingsolver‚ a famous American writer‚ explains the problems concerning water in her article‚ “Fresh Water.” Humans’ inclinations to excessively use natural assets have caused climate change and drought in many parts of the world‚ making it difficult for many people to access clean and fresh water. While many people in some countries around the world profligately use water‚ only realizing their self-interests‚ other countries have laws for preserving it. Kingsolver emphasizes that
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Brave New World vs. The Bean Trees The novels Brave New World and The Bean Trees both show suffering and people trying to pursue their own happiness. In Brave New World‚ John suffers through his unhappiness. In The Bean Trees‚ Taylor Greer goes through the same situation. They both go through the process of suffering to reach the same goal‚ which is to find happiness. In Brave New World‚ John becomes out casted by both the New Mexico Savage Reservation and the World State. With living in
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