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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executes President Snow‚ President Coin says that the people who have survived should vote whether or not the Hunger Games should continue. Katniss votes for the Hunger Games‚ and the Hunger Games continues‚ allowing more innocent children to die. When time comes around for Snow’s Execution‚ Katniss has the choice to either Kill Snow‚ or to let him survive. When Katniss pulls out her bow‚ she quickly turns and shoots President Coin instead. Katniss starts to breakdown‚ and she learns that she is being
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novel is Ellen Raskin. During her book there were major events that took place. Somewhere such as being forced to go somewhere‚ and finding out clues to the bombings that took place in the book. The book has one big setting that takes place in the Sunset towers where all the people live.The main events where very important because these were the very places the setting of the book took place. The things that took place in the book where pretty shocking. In the book a bomb goes off and one of the things
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reading this book for quite sometime now‚ and I had this review set in my Note since. The reason I waited this long to post it‚ was because this book was rather difficult to review‚ mainly due to it had involved a sensitive topic. A controversy topic that if not threaded careful‚ may backfire easily. But since I had lot feelings after reading this book‚ I decided to post it after all. I want to be clear that in no way I blamed Elena for what happened in this book (Part II of the book). I would
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A couple of years ago I read a book called Unwind. This book‚ written by Neal Shusterman‚ is about a boy that runs from his family. He ran from his family after they signed a contract to have his body harvested. Being “unwound” happened to be a decision that the parents made. Connor’s parents signed a contract without him knowing. After he found the papers in a drawer‚ he ran away to save his life. Throughout the book‚ Connor endures many challenges. His mental stamina allows him to outsmart juvey
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world cultures.” Materials List Blackhawk‚ Ned. (2010) A History of Native American. [Recorded by Ned Blackhawk]. On Digital Audio (Audiobook). Solon‚ Ohio: Playaway Digital Audio. (2011) Blackhawk presents a history of Native America from the time shortly before the expeditions of Christopher Columbus to the present. Focusing on the Columbian Exchange‚ Indians and the American Constitution‚ American Indian Removal‚ the Civil War‚ and the modern age‚ Blackhawk concludes his revealing course
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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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Harkirat Dhaliwal Ms. Macdonald SJ8 20th November 2013 India The title of the book is India. It was written by Marilynn G. Barr. The illustrator and picture researcher is Jaimie Holl. It was published by Lorenz Educational Press in 2003. The genre is non- fiction. It includes 48 pages to read. This book is about the country India in Asia. The main idea is to tell you about many different features of India for example landscapes‚ climate and weather‚ natural resources‚ population
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In the book Tale of Despereaux by Kate Dicamillo‚ a little mouse named Despereaux has always read books about princesses and princes. His dream is to save a princess so he can be like a prince. So‚ he sets off on an adventure to save a princess. I enjoyed this book because it was adventurous. I liked when Despereaux was sent down to the dungeon and he had to find his way out. I also liked hearing about the different stories of the characters because they made the book more clearer and interesting
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The book “Hiroshima” by John Hersey starts out by introducing the characters in the book with a time for each event happening. On August 6th everyone was doing their regular everyday activities‚ Mr Tanimoto was helping one of his friends move when the blast hit the city of Hiroshima. A woman by the name of Mrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura was used to the air-raid sirens so when they went off again she let her kids sleep in leaving them alone. Throughout the book it repeatedly reminds you of the time each events
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