going to catch up on my reading list‚ I’ve fallen way behind schedule. Haha! Anyway‚ one of my courses this semester was PI 100 or the "Rizal" course. As one of our final requirements‚ we were required to submit an essay on Ambeth Ocampo’s renowned book Rizal Without the Overcoat. Here’s what I wrote (crammed might be a better word choice) Heh heh: My Perception of Jose Rizal and Ambeth Ocampo’s Rizal Without the Overcoat Of all the things I have learned in our humble university‚ none of it
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<center><b>Richard Selzer / Discuss how reading books changes my life</b></center> <br> <br>Richard Wright‚ in his essay "Discovering Books‚" explains how reading books changed his outlook on life and eventually his life itself. The first book that widened his horizons was an overtly controversial book by H. L. Mencken. I have a story not so dissimilar from his. <br> <br>Coming out of High School‚ I had in my possession the perspective that I knew everything. So I started‚ straight off the bat‚ working
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One of the main themes of the Book Thief is how the use of words‚ for good or for evil‚ can change everything. His choice to use Death as a narrator was a great idea‚ as Death watches‚ and can describe from many points of view what he sees‚ and his use of words is very powerful. Markus Zusak uses metaphors and some personification to paint a picture of Nazi Germany. With his powerful descriptions‚ the setting is easy to visualize. As an example‚ on p. 27‚ Death describes Himmel street as “buildings
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A Book to Love “Suits obviously had helped to promote bad government and he was as guilty as anyone for wearing them so steadfastly for twenty years.” Bad political decisions by our government played a huge role in the First World War. Legends of the Fall by Jim Harrison begins during the time of the first World War‚ and is set in Montana. This story follows three brothers and their father after time spent in the war‚ and educates us on politics of that time. The material in this book should not
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evil‚ why didn’t everyone see it that way? With in the mid 1800’s 2 people written books on slavery and why it should be discontinued. The first author is known as Harriet beecher stowe creator of uncle toms cabin. The second author is Hinton rowan helper creator of the impending crises in the south. With each book caused such a massive influence which caused so many followers towards abolition in the 1800s. Both books are similar and different in its view on slavery but still managed the same goal
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BOOK REVIEW The Alchemist Paulo Coelho Translated By Alan R. Clarke Published 2002 Harper Collins Publishers‚ UK 177 pp. Title: “Diamond Dreams-Struggling Souls” Reviewed by Syed Muhammad Hassan Askari In Alchemist‚ Paul Coelho tells the story of a boy who desires to travel the world to explore hidden treasures known to human beings. The author has written this book in two parts. First part deals with the dreaming of a boy about a hidden treasure near Pyramids in Egypt while second
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My task was to produce a grade book for primary school teachers; the aim of this spreadsheet was to allow teachers to input scores and record student progress. In this report I will attempt to explain the processes I went through to produce the grade book. Step 1 In order to create a professional‚ user friendly grade book‚ I firstly wrote a list of the items I wanted to include in my spreadsheet using Microsoft Word‚ before I started creating it. I did this so that I could make sure I had
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foster care in January 1939? The foster parents are able to take care of the children better than the mother would. 5. Why did Death think it was foolish for the poor people to escape poverty? 6. Why was the book about grave digging significant to Liesel? She found the book on the day she last saw her brother and mother. 7. What helped Liesel adjust to the foster home? Hans Hubermann was nice to her and taught her how to role cigarettes. 8. Why was school a failure to Liesel? Liesel
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Glenn Martin Urbano Book Report No. 2 IV-3 St. Bernard September 1‚ 2010 Mrs. Rosadelima P. Dacumos I. Introduction * Title of the Book: Wringer * Author: Jerry Spenelli * Year of publication: 1997 * Content : Palmer La Rue has to decide if he wants to become a "wringer". When someone turns ten years old in their community‚ they have to strangle ("wring") pigeons shot in the annual Family Fest Pigeon Shooting Day. One day‚ a certain pigeon comes
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Informational Literacy Assignment: Esther David Laylock Humanities 102: Biblical Revelations Dr. Meng Due: April 16‚ 2014 Intro Esther is about the girl who came to be the queen of Persia. It is a book that gives her story of how she became sovereign‚ starting out during a banquet that lasted one hundred and eighty days. This banquet was put on by the wealthy King Xerxes to show off to people the power and fortune that he held. The queen‚ at the time‚ denied to appear at this
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