Book Report for Prayer and Spirituality Course Title: The Great Gatsby Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald Publisher: Charles Scribner’s Sons Copyright Date: April 10‚ 1925 1. What is the primary theme of this book? What is the basic message the author is trying to convey? 1) Fitzgerald portrays the 1920s as an era of decayed social and moral values‚ evidenced in its overarching cynicism‚ greed‚ and empty pursuit of pleasure. The reckless jubilance that led to decadent parties
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Cathy Quineche HIST 1301 Amy Denton 46 Pages Book Report About The London Packet Thomas Paine arrived to America in November of 1774. During this time America was experiencing great conflicts with England‚ these conflicts would later result In the American Revolutionary War. Benjamin Franklin advised Paine to move to America‚ and after he had lost wife‚ kids‚ and job that he did. Paine took a job editing The Pennsylvania Magazine‚ and also began writing anonymous articles. He wrote articles such
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Book Report Lakeisha Hawes South Carolina State University I’m doing my book report on a book called Zoo City by Lauren Beukes. "Zoo City" is the nickname given to the Johannesburg suburb of Hillbrow in the novel‚ which is home to Zinzi December and many other animalled people‚ as well as refugees and the dispossessed. Being animalled is described in the novel as an automatic consequence – not just in South Africa‚ but for all humans worldwide – of bearing a significant amount of guilt
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Jayden’s Rescue Written by: Vladimir Tumanov Book Report - Alternative Ending May 16‚ 2011 “Well‚ AFGOI it’ll have to be‚” said Alex. “That’s all we have. I just hope it’ll put Rechner away…” “Next time we will see him we will all say AFGOI at once‚” suggested Vanessa. They waited patiently to see the evil Rechner again so they could use the magic word to free Jayden. Several days went by and the
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The book Storming Heaven by Denise Giardina is historical fiction which is loosely based on real people. The book discusses the trials and tribulations of the Coal War in West Virginia and the surrounding areas. The book takes place during the late 1800s and the early 1900s. Storming Heaven is written from perspectives of different characters. This gives the reader a broader perspective of the events of the time. Since the characters are both male and females the readers learn to understand the struggles
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Steven Kyle Falk Reading 090 Dan Putscher 4/12/2012 “Book Report” The book‚ Behind the Patch‚ is a personal experience with what the author saw going on in a law enforcement motorcycle club. The author‚ Karen Katz‚ probes into such topics as the law enforcement and outlaw biker controversies over the formation of the clubs; the history of the clubs; the purpose of the clubs; their political structure‚ and the role of women among other things. It also gives an extensive view
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DJ Rising is the debut novel of author Love Maia. This book is about a boy named Marley Johnnywas Diego-Dylan. Marley is a sixteen-year-old boy who has to deal with a heroin-addicted mother‚ bills to pay‚ and a full scholarship to a private school to uphold. Along with that‚ he has a dream‚ a dream to DJ at the Fever‚ and elite club where the DJ is the biggest celebrity. When he is cordially invited to the Fever’s First Annual DJ Battle‚ he feels like he has one last chance to prove to his father
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in October 2005. Choosing this book came down to the captivating graphics and title on the cover of the book. This book tells a story a horrifically traumatized young man‚ Grubbs Grady‚ who after witnessing the brutal murder of his parents and older sister‚ learns of a haunting family secret and is forced to face the same terrifying creatures that literally tore his family apart. Grubbs Grady and his uncle‚ Dervish Grady‚ are seen as the main characters in this book because of the amazing mental
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The Devil’s Arithmetic‚ the book and the movie‚ all of their similarities and all of their differences‚ in one whole paper. The book and the movie were very much alike‚ but they did have their differences and those similarities and differences are what we are going to be talking about in this essay. To start out with‚ we are going to talk about the book which was made first. In the book the story begins with Hannah and her mother arguing in front of Rosemary’s house‚ and Hannah wishes that her mom
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The Long Tail Book Report The definition of "The Long Tail" by Chris Anderson is that the more a society advances‚ the more companies will expand the diversity of their products to cater to specific groups of people instead of turning to the popular ’hits’ as the only product. And as more products become available‚ people’s taste will expand creating more markets. As the book quotes Kevin Laws for saying‚ "The biggest money is in the smallest sales" (Anderson 23)‚ meaning that there are a huge amount
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