1. Title: Insurgent 2. Author: Veronica Roth 3. Characters: List and briefly describe the main characters. Beatrice Prior - (Tris): Beatrice was born as Abnegation (a faction focused on selflessness and forgetting oneself for the sake of others.) When she was 16 she took an Aptitude Test‚ which determines what faction fits your personality best. When Beatrice took the test she ended up getting 3 out of the 5 factions which means that she is a Divergent. Being a Divergent is very rare and dangerous
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In the book “Night” by Elie Wiesel many of our constitutionally given rights were not given to the prisoners in the concentration camp. Many of their rights‚ belongings and family were taken away from them and their world as they knew it. The concentration camps were very brutal and different than normal society. They were taken away from their homes and families were separated by boys and girls and young and old. Anyone who was unable to work was sent straight to the crematorium. Therefore many
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Twilight is the first book of Stephenie Meyer’s book series of the same name‚ as well as Meyer’s debut novel. It was published in October 2005. The story revolves around a teenaged human girl‚ Bella Swan and a vampire‚ Edward Cullen‚ who fall in love‚ despite both of them knowing that their relationship could result in Edward killing Bella. In all honesty‚ I didn’t think I’d enjoy the book as much as I did. I’d heard of it a lot‚ mainly from female readers around my age. Being a huge fan of fantasy
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realized that the thug life was no longer for him‚ and that gangs were a problem on society and the "Afrikan" race(page 382-383). In his book "Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member"‚ he tells of his life story and how he came and left the gang life. For thirteen years he was a member of the Eight Tray Gangsters‚ a set of the Crips‚ and throughout the book he explains‚ sometimes in full detail‚ the life he led while in the gang and his many times in jail and prison. These life stories he
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The book 1776 by David McCullough tells the story of the military aspects of the American Revolution. McCullough writes the book from both the British and American point of views‚ creating a better understanding of what both sides were undergoing during the war. Not only does he have a degree from Yale‚ but McCullough has also been awarded with the nations highest civilian award‚ the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In addition to this‚ he has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize twice. He has also written
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The book‚ Zeitoun‚ by Dave Eggers‚ correlates a strong connection to me‚ because of the struggles and experiences Zeitoun faces after the destruction of hurricane Katrina. This book‚ dives into many different aspects of culture‚ race‚ religion‚ and the average citizen‚ but what makes this book so intriguing‚ is how people were treated because of those things. It gets us thinking‚ that America isn’t this perfect society that we think of it to be. And we have so much more things to improve. I personally
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protagonist in this book. Even though he has been in the other books this is the first time he’s played a major role. Gale is a courageous young man who has very strong feelings for Katniss even though she doesn’t return the feelings. Then‚ there is Peeta Mellark. He’s another protagonist. The book brings him up a lot but due to his capture and then mental breakdown he kind of takes a little bit of a back seat role for the majority of the book even though he is still very important to the book. Peeta was
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she is able to turn pretty. To become pretty you have to go through plastic surgery and they will fix up everything to make you picture perfect. When you have become a pretty‚ your whole lifestyle changes. You live with no regrets‚ you party every night‚ you are always happy‚ and you don’t really remember the days when you were ugly. Tally Youngblood wanted to live that life. One day she met a girl named Shay‚ they met each other hiding behind bushes in Pretty Town because
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I read the survival book the hatchet. Cover to cover‚ the hatchet was filled with endless details. The hatchet is about a boy named Brian Robeson who made it through plane crash on the way to visit his father and has to survive the wilderness in hopes of being rescued. Brian’s parents are divorced and Brian knows why but keeps the secret as he mentally is going through a lot‚ he is physically going through a lot too. As Brian leaves‚ his old city self behind‚ and turns into a survivor‚ he evolves
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Introducing Boobie Miles Since it’s creation in 1869‚ football has become a crucial piece to American society. On a typical Friday night in any small town‚ the sounds of the crowd‚ the band‚ and the cheerleaders can be heard from the dimly lit streets: this is the place where a town comes together as a community and becomes one through the hopes and dreams of the players on the field. During his “mid-life crisis‚” author and reporter H.G. Bissinger abandoned his life in Pennsylvania and moved
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