Book report THE GODFATHER The novel God Father is written by Mario Puzo. Mario Puzo is a professional writer from an Italian immigrant family. When he was young‚ he lived in a slum in New York with his parents‚ so crime may be a normal state of affairs where they lived. Yeas later when Mario became a professional writer‚ that part of experience gave him the inspiration about this famous novel---God Father. He also published some other books‚ but none of them was as popular as God Father. This
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Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth Book Report Zealot by Reza Aslan is a meticulously researched biography that challenges the belief of one of the most influential and enigmatic spiritual leaders‚ Jesus. Reza Aslan examines Jesus through the perception of his era: first-century Palestine‚ an age of unrest and rebellions. Aslan‚ at the start of the book‚ reviews the attempts of a number of men who sought to overthrow the established order and free Israel. His belief was that Jesus
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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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Divergent Book Report Divergent is a novel by Veronica Roth. This story happens in Chicago in the future. The city is separated into 5 factions based on personality traits. The factions are Abnegation(selflessness)‚ Erudite(intelligence)‚ Candor(Honesty)‚ Dauntless(bravery)‚ and Amity(peaceful). One day every year‚ all sixteen-year-olds take a personality test that will tell them which faction they are going to be in. After getting the results of their test‚ they have to decide if they want
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Book Report On “GRENDEL” By: John Gardner Submitted By: Ian Gabriel Benetua Submitted To: Ma Graziella Sigaya Part I Setting: There are two main locations in which the story takes place. 1. Grendel’s Cave – A cave wherein Grendel stays to rest. He lives together with his mute mother. It was surrounded by the remains of dead carcasses and human bodies. The cave was dark and emitted a disgusting smell. Grendel was not happy living in such a place fit for animals. He thought of himself
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Charlie Fish: Death by Scrabble A: “Death by Scrabble” by Charlie Fish is a story a husband and his wife. It`s the hottest day of the year‚ and they are playing scrabble. The husband becomes more and more angry at his wife‚ so angry that he would beat his wife to death. He is just waiting for the right time. The words they put down on the board‚ begins to happen in reality. When he puts the word “QUAKE” down‚ and she thereafter put “DEATH”‚ it all starts to shake and the man gets a piece stuck
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Minority Autobiography Analysis (Book Report) Title: Honky Author: Dalton Conley Summary "Honky" is the true story of Dalton Conley‚ a white kid‚ growing up in a minority community. The story takes place beginning at the end of the 1960’s and concluding in the early 1980’s and takes us from the authors early childhood to college. Dalton Conley was white‚ with a Jewish mother and an Irish/English father. Both of Dalton’s patents were artists. His mother‚ Ellen‚ grew up in northern Pennsylvania
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The Pearl By: John Steinbeck Book Report THE PEARL John Steinbeck was born in February 1902 in Salinas‚ California and died in December 1968. Steinbeck enrolled in Stanford University however he never graduated. After an unsuccessful try to establish himself in New York he returned to California to do what he did best: write. Steinbeck’s first novel was published in 1929 but his first critical success was achieved with Tortilla Flat which won the California Commonwealth Club’s Gold Medal
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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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STORMBREAKER This month I read the book‚ Stormbreaker‚ by Antony johnston. It is a graphic novel that does not have page numbers. I chose to read this because i like graphic novels‚ and this is the first book in the series. This book takes place in Europe. It is futuristic‚ but it does not give a specific date. Most of the book takes place in some tall buildings in Europe. This setting is important because most of the conflict involves shouting and hand on hand fighting the protagonist goes to
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