"Call me Ishmael‚" Moby-Dick begins‚ in one of the most recognizable opening lines in English-language literature. The narrator‚ an observant young man setting out from Manhattan‚ has experience in the merchant marine but has recently decided his next voyage will be on a whaling ship. On a cold‚ gloomy night in December‚ he arrives at the Spouter-Inn in New Bedford‚ Massachusetts‚ and agrees to share a bed with a then-absent stranger. When his bunk mate‚ a heavily tattooed Polynesian harpooner named
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The Killer Angels is a historical Civil War novel by Michael Shaara. The book follows the three day battle of Gettysburg‚ switching points of view from the generals of the North to the Generals from the South. In the beginning of the novel the Spy‚ sent out by General Longstreet reports back findings of Northern troops moving prompting General Lee to take action. Though he does not believe the spy‚ he has no choice but to take the spies word and begins to move the troops towards a small town called
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History 2nd-Nine Week Book Report By Taina Ferrer Shoemaker High School December 12‚ 2013 Stephen B. Oates‚ author of The Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner’s Fierce Rebellion was a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and he was an expert in 19th-century American history. This book was an excellent read that would keep anyone on the edge of their seat the entire time they read the book. It was written in a way that was very easy to understand which made the book that much better
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Francisco‚ Danish soldier guarding Elsinore. Reynaldo‚ classmate of Laertes who Polonius asked to observe ad report on Laertes. The Gravediggers‚ the men who dig Ophelia’s grave. Plot Summary: ACT I Macellus and Barnardo discuss “the apparition”‚ inviting Horatio to see the ghost for himself. Before Barnardo can explain the previous sighting‚ the Ghost appears
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October 11‚ 2013 Period 1 Maze Runner Book Report Thomas is the narrator and protagonist of the story. He arrives in the maze with no knowledge of who he is or was. He only remembers his name and nothing else about his life. Thomas proves to be brave and clever even though he only has a very limited memory of previous knowledge of the Maze. Since arriving in the maze‚ Thomas makes both friends and enemies and proves to be a leader among the other boys with him in the maze. Teresa is a
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Kyle Duncan 12-7-11 Book Report (Deep Zone) 3rd Block Plot Summary The characters are Thane‚ Ty‚ Troy‚ Tate‚ and Agent Sutherland. Ty is this story’s main character. Thane is his older brother and an NFL star. Ty meets Troy and Tate in Miami at the football tournament. Agent Sutherland is an FBI agent protecting Ty from the mob while Thane is away. The setting is in Miami and in the swamp. At the beginning of the story‚ they are at a football game‚ when Thane is going up for a touchdown
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started purging to lose weight. But that was before a killer make-over helped Hanna and her friend‚ Mona Vanderwaal‚ to their rightful place as Rosewood Day’s reigning queen bees. With her own Amex‚ long brown hair‚ flawless skin‚ and a to-die-for body‚ Hanna seems to have it all. Emily Fields- Emily is the jock of the group being a competitive swimmer and is also the shyest of the group coming from a strict old-fashioned family.Emily discovered her sexual feelings for girls‚ and secretly went
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world in which our brains were not needed‚ books were forbidden‚ and in which passion was dismissed as odd. If it was real‚ you would probably run as far away as you could from that world‚ as portrayed in the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. I know I would. But what if I told you that our world is not so different from that world? I believe that Fahrenheit 451 tells us that our present world is well on the road of becoming like the dystopian world of the book because of similarities in both worlds
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A Book Report on Little Women Louisa May Alcott Submitted by: Submitted to: asdasda asdasdas I. Title and Author Little Women by Louisa May Alcott II. Characters A. Primary Characters Margaret “Meg” March- Meg is 16 years old and the eldest. She is very pretty‚ with plump and fair skin. She has large eyes‚ soft
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INTRODUCTION In the book ’Silent spring ’ written by Rachael Carson we find a picture of Carson ’s deep concept about the connection between nature’s equilibrium and the web of life that has been ruined by the uncontrolled use of insecticides which in turn affected the healthy livelihood of this earth’s creatures. Furthermore‚ she tells the readers of substitute techniques of achieving the same ends. The title of the book is enough to make us understand that it was a hint of a spring season with
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