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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Within the riveting science-fiction book “Uglies”‚ Scott Westerfeld not only keeps the reader entertained‚ but also reveals the negative aspects of conformity. He relays this information while using events and actions throughout the storyline. Tally‚ the protagonist‚ rebels against the submissive tradition’s of her customs. Although many other themes are also conveyed in this book‚ the main message is clear: Fear of alienation in society causes one to suppress to conformity. Being just like
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The Crucible By Matt Flynn In Arthur Miller’s partially fictionalized novel‚ “The Crucible”‚ where this story takes place in the late sixteen hundreds and is based on the Salem Witch Trials. This story is told in many different forms such as in books‚ plays and movies‚ most are different in some way. The Crucible’s main themes were surrounded by the ideas of “good vs evil” and “fear vs logic”. In “The Crucible”‚ the main plot is surrounded by John Proctor and Abigail Williams‚ as they are having
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Throughout the book‚ the kids are not only trying to survive‚ they’re trying to figure out this crazy world and determine the meaning of life. Connor‚ Risa‚ and Lev are each coming from a very different place‚ but their destination is the same... at least according to the law. As they keep running and discover more and more information about their world and the unwinding system‚ right and wrong may not always be so clear. The book unwind in my perspective is a very interesting book but then it becomes
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conflict because he has to keep moving to different places just to get more work‚ it is a struggle to move from a place because just as you get used to one place‚ then move away‚ and do it over again it gets frustrating. The cycle continues throughout the book‚ it is putting a pressure or struggle on Panchito‚ and probably the rest of his family. The problem first began when they are in Mexico and they start the journey to California that they have always talked about. They head to California to find work
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that strong”. In Laura Hillenbrand’s nonfiction book Unbroken‚ Louis Zamperini demonstrated determination throughout his life to overcome difficulties in track all the way to surviving his Word War II bomber crashing into the Pacific Ocean where he was stranded for 47 day. Overall‚ Louis’s own ambition is what Hillenbrand highlighted throughout this book to tell his truly remarkable story. At the beginning of Louie’s life‚
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The Outsiders by‚ S.E. Hinton was an awesome book that included drama between two groups. Before the book even starts‚ one of Greasers named‚ Johnny gets jumped by the Socs. Also‚ before the book starts‚ Ponyboy‚ Sodapop‚ and Darry lose their parents because of a car crash. Then‚ when the book finally starts and all of the characters are announced‚ the main character‚ Ponyboy gets jumped by some Socs as well. Then‚ when the book is about three fourths done‚ Johnny kills a Soc‚ named Bob. After that
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18 March 2013 Lost in Death The title of the book that I read was Everlost. The genre of this book is fantasy. The book was published in 2006. The author of this book is Neal Shusterman. Shusterman was born on November 12‚ 1962 and grew up in Brooklyn‚ New York. He still writes today and recently came out with the sequel to the book called Everwild. Neal is also a screenwriter and television writer. This story takes place in a place called Everlost. Everlost is a world between life and death
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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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