Chains Summer Reading and Book Report In the year of 1776‚ America was much different than it is today. Back then‚ we were ruled by the British Royal Family‚ and we only had a total of thirteen colonies. Chains was based in the time of slavery and of the Revolutionary War. Isabel and Ruth were slaves for Miss Finch; in her will‚ Miss Finch wrote for the sisters to be freed once she had passed. After the funeral‚ the will could not be acquired. Now the girls were slaves‚ not free. After
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David Nunez 11-26-2012 Columbine Book Report Columbine by Dave Cullen is based upon the true story of the author’s research that took ten years to find out why did Eric Harris and Dylan Kleblod decide to go on a shooting spree at the Columbine High School in Columbine‚ Colorado on April 20‚ 1999‚ and what became of the survivors? As the author explains in his book‚ the two young men Eric and Dylan had a plan to blow up their school‚ surpass Columbine in horror‚ and leave a “a lasting impression
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The book I chose to write about for my book report was Hiroshima – by John Hersey. The publisher is Alfred A. Knoff and was published first in 1946 with 196 pages. The book was originally published in The New Yorker. This book tells the stories of six brave survivors on that tragic day on the 6th of August. On August 6th ‚ 1945‚ at exactly 8:15 in the morning the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. At that time the six characters were each doing there own thing. Miss Toshiko Sasaki‚ who was a clerk for a
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A Book Report on Mozart: A Life in Letters Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart‚ known for being a musical genius since his childhood‚ was a brilliant composer of symphonies‚ concertos‚ and chamber music. Even after his death in December 1791‚ Mozart is still among one of the most popular composers to be written of. Mozart: A Life in Letters is a fascinating book that includes a set of his letters‚ providing a new understanding of his life story including his marriage‚ his relationships with
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Cultural Book Report Shelby Stansell Intro to Diversity for Education EDF 2085/ Section 020391 Professor Allison 25 February 2010 Our world is filled with various cultures that make it a beautiful place. When given the right tools children can see it that too. Many books and movies can show children how being different is great and help them learn about others’ cultures and lifestyles. Anansi the spider is a book that does just that. Anansi the Spider was written and illustrated
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BOOK REPORT: "The Outsiders" 1. Hinton‚ S.E. The Outsiders. New York: Puffin Books‚ 1967 2. The title of this book relates to the story‚ because in the book‚ Ponyboy and Johnny are "outsiders." They can be thought of as Outsiders because they are labeled Greasers although they do not act like hoodlums‚ like the rest of the Greasers. They are thought of as Greasers just because they live on the East Side of town‚ and because they slick back their hair. But Ponyboy and Johnny are different
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Book Report “Reading Nudge” These days‚ knowing ‘who customer is’ becomes more and more important in marketing. Then‚ to know precisely who customer is‚ is it enough to study marketing area based on the thought which is “human is rational”? As a marketer‚ I have been conducting lots of marketing project in my working area. But‚ as I conducted those projects‚ I felt that knowing customer is very difficult. It is because sometimes customer was very rational‚ but in other times customer was extremely
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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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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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Hiroshima - John Hersey Book Report – Natalie Kirby Hiroshima by John Hersey is a collection of biographies from six survivors from the bombing of Hiroshima. John Hersey wrote this book as an essay at first‚ but then the New York newspaper made a big deal out of it and how good it was. So a few months later he got it published. The setting of this book is in Hiroshima‚ Japan during the bombing (1945) and after the bombing. John Hersey wrote this book to tell what these six people were doing when
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