Book Review Author: Jung Chang Title: Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China Publication: Simon and Schuster‚ London‚ 1991 1. Main Thesis In Wild Swans‚ Jung Chang describes the life of three generations of woman in her family. Beginning in the year 1909 and ending in present time‚ it gives an insight into almost eighty years of the cultural history of China. Jung Chang has said in a interview that her intention in writing Wild Swans was to show how the Chinese people‚ and in particular the women
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Writing Resources Writing a Book Review View in PFD Format A critical book review is a thoughtful discussion of a text’s contents‚ strengths‚ and limitations. A book review should reflect your capacity to read critically and to evaluate an author’s arguments and evidence. Compose your review as you would any essay‚ with an argument supported by evidence‚ and a clear‚ logical structure. Initial Steps: 1. Read the book carefully‚ taking notes on material that you think may be relevant
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Amazon. Com offers readers the opportunity to provide feedback on the books they have purchased. Reading through the reviews of The Grieving Teen: A Guide for teens and their friends the book overall received positive reviews. One reader stated‚ “Helen Fitzgerald has all the experience needed to be an excellent source of what is "normal" for a teen who is grieving. There is so little out there to help a grieving teen but this book is a huge help. My daughter lost a friend 4 years ago when she was 12
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Book Review: Hamilton’s Curse: How Jefferson’s Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution- and what it means for America Today What kind of country is the United States of America? Is it really the land of the free or are the Americans controlled by an imperial presidency? Is America peaceful and prosperous? Is it possible to identify the source of America’s economic problems? Some people have a clear picture of how things really are; while others are never able to see the entire scope of
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JuN Professor N/A ENGL 1307.741 5 July 2013 Book Reviews have Feelings too Academic writing is basically writing you will start in college. Once entering an academic community with similar ways of thinking‚ speaking‚ and writing‚ it is important to also develop the skills to do these things in order to have a higher level of educational learning and to join others in conversational studies. Like any other types of writing‚ academic writing has many types of genre that follow under it. These
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Sink Ships‚ U.S Wartime Propaganda Polices Abstract This research paper talks about the Untied States use of propaganda as a political tool and the conflicting messages it sent to its citizens and countries around the world. The United States of America is a country that promotes freedom of speech with equality and justice for all‚ while disseminating political propaganda‚ controlling the flow of information and promoting racism. This paper is going to define propaganda and its role in the World
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The use of propaganda in Orwell’s novel 1984 closely replicates the use of propaganda used by Adolph Hitler in Nazi Germany during his reign. Hitler’s use of propaganda was extremely effective. Propaganda was a powerful tool; Hitler used it to instruct the German people with his Nazi ideology. Propaganda was everywhere; in the newspapers‚ schools‚ speeches and basically the whole media. If they didn’t follow the propaganda they were punished and were brainwashed to believe that Hitler and the Nazis
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How to write a book review Perhaps the best way to offer guidelines on how to write a book review is to give you an example of the kind of instructions and guidelines we (i.e. the academic staff) would be given by journals who invite us to review books for them. So‚ here are the instructions given to authors by the ‘Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders’. “A book review should be an objective and tactful evaluation of a book. The review should offer logic and fact in support of its evaluations
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Book review. My book report is on ‘Catcher in the Rye’ by J.D.Salinger Over a month I have really enjoyed reading this novel. It’s a very perceptive book‚ but only in one point of view: Holden’s. I never felt attached to the book in any form‚ and when I wasn’t reading it‚ there was nothing that drew me back to want to read more. However when I wasn’t reading I would ponder about the book a lot and question the meaning and depth that Salinger was trying to get across. It’s a very interesting style
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On Hitler’s Mountain shared the personal account of Irmgard Hunt‚ a Geman girl‚ which grew up on the same mountain that was Adolf Hitler’s alpine retreat. She narrated her own and her family’s story from how they lived through many important historical moments in German history. From how the great depression negatively affected her grandparent’s household to how the Nazi ideals put up a division between her own family. She shared anecdotes that she experienced herself growing up in the German society
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