Water for Elephants – Journal 1 In our discussion on Friday‚ no one else read the book so I was stuck trying to piece together what they knew‚ what happened in the book‚ and how to write a decent report on what has happened so far. So far in the book‚ we read about Jacob living in the retirement home and coming in contact with a fellow who claims he carried water for elephants. Elderly Jacob flashes back to when he was twenty-three. His parents had just died in a car accident; he skipped out on
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“...I got you to look after me‚ and you got me to look after you.” In the book Of Mice and Men‚ George is a true friend to Lennie. George has shown acts of friendship towards Lennie throughout the entire book. George took care of Lennie ever since he left his Aunt. Providing food and protection. George also defends Lennie when he gets in trouble. George is constantly telling Lennie stories to try to make him happy and tells him he can tend to rabbits‚ a dream of Lennie’s. In the final scenes in Of
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was mostly about the Holocaust‚ when her family went into hiding. Anne’s family included herself‚ her sister (Margot Frank)‚ her mother (Edith Frank)‚ and her father (Otto Frank). This story was set in Prinsengracht‚ Amsterdam. I chose to read this book because stories that relate to war‚ really interest me. It all started on Anne’s thirteenth birth‚ when she received a diary from her parents. She was really excited because she wanted someone or something‚ she could tell her thoughts to. Even though
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leader insisted. Although many terrible things happened during the holocaust‚ there are still some people‚ still living today‚ that have escaped. One person that got to go to the gas chambers was Hana. This person is a character in the book “Hana’s Suitcase”. This book is a true story about this family that have been taken away. It talks about their life before they got taken away‚ and their parents got taken away
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Three’s a Crowd: A Summary of an Analysis on “Hills Like White Elephants” The article “Moving to the girl’s side of “Hills Like White Elephants.” by Stanley Renner‚ appears in The Hemingway Review. Renner leads a solid argument that the girl may have not aborted the child. The following is a summary of his analysis. At first‚ the girl is sitting with “the American” on the side of the station that is out in the sun where the land is described as having “no shade and no trees” and is “brown
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the Warriors decided to win the division cup and by coming up with this goal on their own‚ they were more excited to work towards it than if the coaches had told them what the goal was. Developing and unleashing skills is illustrated in the book as developing hockey skills to help win the division cup. Once the Warriors had developed their skills‚ they were able to use them in games to help them win. At a company‚ once skills are developed they can be used to improve presentations and help
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David and his whole family died from being suffocated by gas. What happened to David was not fair; he was a Jew in a time when Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews‚ and because of this David was always coping with all of the fears that he faced. This book‚ We Are Witnesses‚ journals the life of David Rubinowicz. David had younger siblings who were murdered with David from being gassed. One of the biggest obstacles
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My book report is about the very well written novel‚ ALL RISE FOR THE HONORABLE PERRY T. COOK by Leslie Conner. The book begins with a new guy brought in to begin anew. A man by the name Big Ed given to him by Perry‚ talks to Wendell telling him about and how Warden Daugherty does things and expects no more trouble from him or anyone else. Big Ed is one of the inmates but he as been there slightly longer than Perry and his mom and he is trusted to introduce newer inmates to the facility and
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The “Happiest Refugee” is the official autobiography of the Australian comedian Anh Do. The book is based around his life story starting in Vietnam and then becoming a fascinating story about his triumphs and darkest hours. Anh and his family went through many challenges as depicted in his text and these included the struggles Ahn faced at St Aloysius School‚ thereby depicting his social context. Ahn Do’s journey over to Australia was also conveyed through the use of descriptive and emotive language
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The title of my book was Soldier Boys by Dean Hughes and it was a fiction book‚ published in 2003. Soldier Boys was during WWII in Germany and Brighman City‚ Utah. It tells the story of an American and German teenaged boy. They join the war and fight in the battle of the Bulge. Spencer Morgan on the American side and Dieter Hedrick on the German side. Dieter at the age fifteen got promoted from the Hitler Youth to the German army. He wants to prove to everyone that he is brave and that he can go
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