The book‚ Zeitoun‚ by Dave Eggers‚ correlates a strong connection to me‚ because of the struggles and experiences Zeitoun faces after the destruction of hurricane Katrina. This book‚ dives into many different aspects of culture‚ race‚ religion‚ and the average citizen‚ but what makes this book so intriguing‚ is how people were treated because of those things. It gets us thinking‚ that America isn’t this perfect society that we think of it to be. And we have so much more things to improve. I personally
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The book “Hiroshima” by John Hersey starts out by introducing the characters in the book with a time for each event happening. On August 6th everyone was doing their regular everyday activities‚ Mr Tanimoto was helping one of his friends move when the blast hit the city of Hiroshima. A woman by the name of Mrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura was used to the air-raid sirens so when they went off again she let her kids sleep in leaving them alone. Throughout the book it repeatedly reminds you of the time each events
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The book 1776 by David McCullough tells the story of the military aspects of the American Revolution. McCullough writes the book from both the British and American point of views‚ creating a better understanding of what both sides were undergoing during the war. Not only does he have a degree from Yale‚ but McCullough has also been awarded with the nations highest civilian award‚ the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In addition to this‚ he has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize twice. He has also written
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situation‚ he ultimately lets the reader make his or her own opinion about McCandless’ behavior. Into The Wild shows that Christopher McCandless was clearly a strong man with some fatal flaws‚ and the author points out every trait in full detail. What makes this biography so interesting is Jon Krakauer’s dedication to discovering what truly happened to Christopher McCandless. When Krakauer started writing his book‚ he knew nothing about Christopher’s life or what happened to him after he disappeared
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Many have encouraged me to read Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet‚ finally I decided to give it a try. I’m not a huge fan of reading‚ however I was told that I would thoroughly enjoy every page of what was described as an "edge of my seat" read. I love a good book that puts you on edge and makes one feel like he or she absolutely must know the events on the next page. Therefore‚ how could I turn down a persuasion like that? I had to get a hold of this fictional novel. Brian Robeson‚ the main character of
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The book Night is a book about a young boy by the name of Elie. This book is based off of accounts from Elie’s life. The story Night takes place during WWII‚ at this time Hitler and the Nazis were taking Jews and sending them to death or to work until they die‚ this is called the Holocaust. During the Holocaust Elie was exiled from the outside world and it changed his life entire life‚ this experience was alienating and enriching. Elie was a Jewish 15 year old boy when he was taken away by the Nazis
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Jakeshia Moore Mktg 372 Alidee Nov 28‚ 11 The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement The Goal by Eliyahu Goldatt is a novel‚ regarding the management and accounting processes at a manufacturing plant. The book focuses around a perhaps older 30- early 40s something industrial engineer‚ Alex Rogo. With the description Goldatt gives of Rogo‚ he personifies the profile of a large number of people involved in business administration (Lui 1997). Alex is married‚ with two children and
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“The sky was the color of cat vomit” is the first sentence of the book Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. The hook sentence of Uglies already shows Tally’s pessimistic view of things. Uglies is set in the future because it is a dystopian book‚ also because it is a negative way of seeing the future. In this book characters are born looking “ugly” until their 16th birthday where they get mandatory plastic surgery. After the surgery they are called “pretty” and will live somewhere called New Pretty Land where
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Into the Wild is a book about a young man that decides that living in society isn’t his kind of thing. Christopher (Chris) McCandless chooses to take on a new adventure and step into the life of the wild. Unfortunately‚ the young Emory graduate is later found dead in Alaska. At the beginning of his journey McCandless had already pushed away his family and anyone close to him. He chose to get away from civilization and live his own life. McCandless travels all over‚ hitchhiking to get places. His
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New york but later moved into Torrance‚ California. He was a rebellious boy but turned into a nice guy later in high school and because of track. He later on competed in the olympics then soon after went to the military. The book Unbroken‚ by Laura Hillenbrand is a brilliant book and it explains why Louie Zamperini is a forgiving and honorable person. Louie Zamperini is a forgiving person from many parts of his life. Such as when he was growing up as a rebellious person but started to forgive himself
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