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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university. Throughout the book Skeeter is fighting for the civil rights of the black maids that have worked for her and her mates‚ by writing a book of the terrible stories that the have been through. Throughout the book there were many issues and actions that people did were interesting to read about and the opinions that different characters had on them. One of the biggest issues in the book that I think is how racist the whites are towards the black‚ throughout the book the blacks are always being
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Wingate‚ NC. Her analysis of Frankenstein takes a different look at the book then most. She starts by showing how essential elements from the book are actually taken from the life of the author. She notes how just like Frankenstein turned his back on his creation so did Mary’s father turn her back on her this happened when her father remarried. “The new Mrs. Goodwin’s jealousy of Mary and her mother‚ with its resulting insecurity‚ made life unbearable for Mary; Mary did not relish having
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Into the Wild by John Krakauer is a book about Chris McCandless and his journey in the wild. He was a smart person‚ but lacked certain survival skills. I believe he would have been alive if he had been more careful and studied more about wilderness survival. Chris McCandless went into the wild because he wasn’t satisfied with his life at home. He had a very privileged background and was doing great in school. Then he decided he was tired of it and left a life many people wish they could have. He
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Persepolis is a historical book yet an entertaining story of a girl during a frightening time in an important era in her country. Author‚ Marjane Satrapi writes about her experience in Iran as a child. She includes humor as well as sentimentality in this book to express her view on how times were. As a reader of this book it helped me understand the dark times that the Iranian people faced. With this book being a memoir it further helped understand the Islamic Revolution and the actions taken by
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Submitted by: CHARACTERS CHAPTER | CHARACTERS | DESCRIPTION | 1 | Brida(protagonist)Magus of Folk | -She is a twenty-one year old Irish girl who wants to learn about magic.-He is a Teacher of Tradition of the Sun who was known and respected by the tradition. He has gray hair and is about twice the age of Brida. | 2 | BridaOwner of the bookshopWicca | -He owned the bookshop and was eager to help Brida in finding a teacher.-She is a slim‚ elegant‚ serious-looking woman who teaches Brida about the
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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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of treasure buried in the pyramids. Santiago has to take risks that no one would ever take. No one knows what the treasure is‚ not even Santiago and no one knows if Santiago will make this out alive. Along the way‚ Santiago meets people that teach him the importance of following your heart and dreams. Santiago is the main character; he is a shepherd in Spain that travels to Egypt in pursuit of his Personal Legend‚ which is to find treasure at the Egyptian Pyramids. Santiago wants to learn all there
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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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The book i read was “ The Outsiders” by S.E. hinton. The protagonist was Ponyboy Curtis‚ a fourteen year old greaser‚ with long greasy hair. He wears jeans‚ t-shirts and a leather jacket. Ponyboy liked his gang ‚ school ‚ sunsets ‚ movies ‚ reading and his best friend johnny. He hated the Socs because they were the rich kids with all the breaks and his brother Darry because he bossed him around after his parents died. Greasers were the tough poor kids. Ponyboy changed in many ways throughout the
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