When reading about history‚ one comes across a rather unfortunate number of mass killings. From the slow destruction of the Native American peoples‚ to the brief but devastating Holocaust‚ to modern terrorist attacks‚ history books tell of atrocity after atrocity. If one were to ask a random person on the street‚ he or she could probably provide a decent explanation of any of these events. After all‚ humanity has a fascination with violent and horrific acts‚ so if people remember anything from high
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Mockingjay continues right where Catching Fire left off. Katniss is extracted from the Quartell Quell along with others who were also in the Quarter Quell. One person who was not there was Peeta. Peeta is still missing‚ and Katniss is going to save him. Peeta sends the rebels a coded message warning them that the Capitol will attack them. The Capitol finds out‚ and responds to this by torturing Peeta. The Capitol continues the bombing of District 13 just as Peeta predicted. The Capitol begins to brainwash
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4 Weddings and a funeral Is a comedy fiction book written by Richard Curtis. Number of pages:67 level 5. Summary Four Weddings and a Funeral was the most successful film of 1994. All over the world‚ people were charmed by this romantic English comedy. The Penguin Reader version has been written from the novelization of the film‚ and is a very‚ very funny book. Charles is a charming and good-looking young Englishman‚ with a delightful group of friends. But he has a problem – although he loves
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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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The seventy-four-year old Minnesota author has been popular with young adults since 1966 when Paulsen first appeared on the writing scene. Paulsen has been noted for his fiction writing about survival and wilderness. Books such as Hatchet‚ Dogsong‚ and The Winter Room have all won the Newbery Honor Award. Paulsen is one of the most noted authors in the category and very popular with young people. Growing up in Minnesota Paulsen was born in Minneapolis on May 17‚ 1939 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Paulsen)
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The Crucible By Matt Flynn In Arthur Miller’s partially fictionalized novel‚ “The Crucible”‚ where this story takes place in the late sixteen hundreds and is based on the Salem Witch Trials. This story is told in many different forms such as in books‚ plays and movies‚ most are different in some way. The Crucible’s main themes were surrounded by the ideas of “good vs evil” and “fear vs logic”. In “The Crucible”‚ the main plot is surrounded by John Proctor and Abigail Williams‚ as they are having
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fantasy tale about a girl named Meggie. Meggie is twelve years old and lives in Italy with her father‚ Mortimer‚ but she calls him Mo. Mo is a bookbinder which means whatever he reads comes to life. When Meggie has nightmares she reads in her father’s room. Nothing allows her to fall asleep better than a book and Mo’s soft breathing. When she sleeps she swears she hears the books whispering to her. Mo has told Meggie the truth about everything or so she thinks. Mo is a tall young fellow. He has a twelve
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thus narrowing the range of thought. The protagonist of this story is Winston Smith‚ who works at the Ministry of Truth as a sort of professional history revisionist. His job is to rectify newspaper articles and documents in which Big Brother made predictions or statements that did not agree with the actual outcome of events; in other words‚ to maintain the public illusion that the Party is perfect. Unhappy with his state of being‚ Winston would like to overthrow the Party but is powerless to
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In the book Night by Eliezer Wiesel‚ is about how he and his family was before and after they were placed in a concentration camp. Eliezer talks about how the concentration camps and the conditions they were facing had affected him and the other jews‚ gypsies‚ etc‚. Eliezer knew what was going to happen‚ if he and the other refugees give up hope of survival during the years or months they have been in a concentration camp. In the late year of 1944‚ after‚ being placed in the synagogue‚ the jews
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Erudite army (who were under a simulation) which was led by Jeanine Matthews. During the attack many people were killed‚ including both of Tris’ parents and Will‚ who was a close friend of Tris. Will died while he was under simulation‚ Tris had to shoot him because he was trying to kill her and now the guilt of that is eating her alive. Tobias and Tris are trying to lay-low at the moment and they are trying to figure out what Jeanine is up to. They are staying in Amity (a
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