Book Report Date: Oct 2011 Name of the book: HATCHET Author : : Gary Paulsen Publishers : Simon Pulse Summary This book is talking about an adventure of a boy called Brian Robeson. He is thirteen-year-old. He is on his way to visit his father‚ a mechanical engineer in the oil fields of Canada. He fly to Canada with a single engine Cessna 406 bush plane. On their way to the airport‚ his mother gives him a hatchet. At first‚ he doesn’t want to wear it‚ but his mother is
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The Book of Job The Book of Job illustrates a question that has been asked countless times: “Why do innocent people suffer?” Job was a man of great wealth‚ and blessed with a huge family of seven sons and three daughters. Job was not only an affluent family man‚ he was also defined as being “blameless and upright and feared God and shunned evil.” Despite Job’s righteousness‚ he encountered great loss and tragedy. Although a direct answer is not provided for why innocent people are allowed to suffer
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The book I chose for my report is Sleuthing the Alamo: Davy Crockett’s Last Stand and Other Mysteries of the Texas Revolution by James E. Crisp. In my book‚ Crisp follows the Texas Revolution along with the battle at the Alamo which took place between 1835 and 1836. He tackles the questions of why and how myths are made and shows how the environment around someone can influence attitudes that people develop about certain historical events. Crisp also challenges are beliefs of history and wants us
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her name to a more Dauntless name so she picked Tris. Tobias Eaton- (Four): Tobias who is 18 was born into the faction Abnegation but changed to Dauntless. When he changed to Dauntless he changed his name to Four. While in the faction Dauntless his job was to oversee the dauntless initiates. He is also Tris’ boyfriend. Jeanine Matthews: Leader of Erudite (a faction focused on knowledge‚ intelligence‚ curiosity‚ and wisdom.) She tries to kill and do tests on all of the Divergents she can find. Tris
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OCS Book Report War‚ Sebastian Junger 09 May 2013 War is the account of reporter Sebastian Junger’s time spent with the men of 2nd Platoon‚ Battle Company‚ 2nd Battalion‚ 503rd Infantry Regiment‚ 173rd Airborne Brigade in the Korengal Valley‚ Afghanistan. The reporter spent time with the unit between 2007 and 2008. Junger focuses on the psychological effects of war on the men who fight it. “The core psychological experiences of war are so primal and unadulterated‚ however‚ that they eclipse
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been analyzed from cultures such as the Mesopotamians‚ the Greeks‚ and the followers of Judaism‚ to interpret the relationship between each culture with their respective deities. From texts such as Homer’s The Odyssey‚ Atrahasis I‚ the Book of Genesis‚ and the Book of Job‚ it can be concluded that while each culture has its own different variation of religious deities‚ the purpose of said deities are very much the same. This is due to the fact that in each culture‚ the role or the gods is to create standards
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realized that the thug life was no longer for him‚ and that gangs were a problem on society and the "Afrikan" race(page 382-383). In his book "Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member"‚ he tells of his life story and how he came and left the gang life. For thirteen years he was a member of the Eight Tray Gangsters‚ a set of the Crips‚ and throughout the book he explains‚ sometimes in full detail‚ the life he led while in the gang and his many times in jail and prison. These life stories he
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Are trolls real? They are in the book Frostfire. The book is a fantasy and the author is Amanda Hocking. In the book‚ trolls are both real and living among us.. They have 5 tribes. The Kanin‚ Trylle‚ Omta‚ Vittra‚ and Skojare. Each tribe lives differently and have different powers. The main character of the novel is Bryn Aven. Bryn is strong‚ determined‚ and loyal. Bryn is strong‚ not only physically but also emotionally. She was bullied when she was younger because she was a half-blood
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ZAPP book report 11/24/09 ZAPP The Lightning of EMPOWERMENT‚ by William C. Byham Ph.D. and Jeff Cox presents a story of different problems that managers/supervisors face and how they deal with the problems. The book shows how an autocratic supervisor would deal with a problem compared to a participative supervisor would handle the problems. The story shows the contrast between a supervisor that ZAPPS (empowers) her employees and a supervisor that SAPPS his employees by his interactions and
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Dracula Book Report Author: Bram Stoker Title: Dracula Rating: Excellent Reading Level: Hard Number of Pages: 363. With the notes and commentary: 394 Summary: Dracula is a novel about 6 comrades scheming to exterminate Count Dracula in revenge for killing the love of both Quincey Morris and Lord Godalming‚ Lucy Westenra. They soon find they are dealing with a bloodthirsty vampire‚ and their plot turns into a race for whom is able to survive‚ Count Dracula‚ or them. Their story is
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