The Stranger The book that I read was called The Stranger written by Albert Camus. The book is globally famous and was translated to many different languages and texts. The original was called L’Étranger which was written in French in 1942. The plot of this story involved a man in his late twenties or early thirties. The man’s name is Meursault. In the beginning of the novel‚ Meursault is notified that his mother had passed away in the nursing home that he occupied her to. Meursault’s income
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The book “Nativity”: ISBN 9780913441978‚ published in 2010‚ proves to be an engaging‚ yet informative piece. Written by‚ a Caribbean author‚ Lasana M. Sekou‚ the narrative of the poem is perfectly represented by its title. Sekou’s piece is concerned with the emergence‚ or birth‚ of a new culture through the oppression and enslavement of African people and the destruction of their civilisation‚ by the white Europeans. While the Europeans successfully managed to suppress the culture through their dominance
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Stanford University. Discusses the importance of body language‚ self awareness and the way it defines a leader. Gruenfeld opens up her talk by stating that “people will decide if you are competent in less than a hundred milliseconds.” That when you first meet a person it is your body language that does most the talking and your words only amount to seven percent of the impression you are giving. The speaker gives advice on how to control your body language.
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like the profanity used‚ Snitch by Allison Van Diepen is a book that you should read because it’s an addicting book and has good dialogue. First of all‚ some readers might not like how profanity is used in the book. For example when Toneya‚ Lisa‚ and Marta yell at Julia‚ “Whore! Skank! Snitch!
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The novel I chose for my book report is Hero‚ by Mike Lupica. It’s a fantasy novel and one in a series of books by the author dealing with the superpowers and the struggle of good versus evil. The main character of the book is Zach Harriman 14 year old boy whose father recently died in a plane crash. His father worked for the secret service. Zach starts to investigate his father’s mysterious death. He is told by a “friend of the family” named Mr. Herbert that he has supernatural powers‚ and his
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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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Book Report English Title: The Giver Author: Lois Lowry Setting: A controlled‚ utopian community Sometime in the future Protagonist(s): Jonas Antagonist(s): The Community Relationship between the Protagonist and Antagonist Jonas‚ the protagonist of the story‚ is a twelve-year-old boy who lives in a place called The Community‚ which is the antagonist of the story. In the Community‚ led by a Committee of Elders‚ almost all aspects of every citizen’s lives are controlled and planned
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Body Language: The Observable Polygraph Test “I speak two languages‚ body and English.” In this famous quote‚ Ralph Waldo Emerson states that he is‚ in a sense‚ bilingual. He is able to verbally speak English‚ while at the same time nonverbally “speak” body language. Michael Argyle‚ a psychologist at Oxford‚ also stated that “Humans use two quite separate languages [language and nonverbal communication]‚ each with its own function” (Beattie 19). All humans have the capacity to simultaneously
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Hurd‚ Robyn-Alexis Prd. 3 Book Report: Guts by: Gary Paulsen General Information If I could rename this book‚ I would probably call it Close Calls because Gary Paulsen‚ the main character‚ has survived countless dangerous situations that should have ended with his death. The main setting‚ where most of those incidents have occurred‚ is the woods of Minnesota and occasionally Alaska. To me‚ it feels that Paulsen is just as amazed at his
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Step-by-step There are 5 sections to this book report. Each section is worth 20 points. Do not skip a section. Each section is important to show your understanding of the book you read. Section 1 – Section 1 is a paragraph about the award that your book either won outright‚ or was nominated for. Learning about the award means you know why the book won‚ and you see the recommendation of others. Someone‚ somewhere‚ thought this book was worth reading‚ and special – because it won or was nominated
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