Brandon MacPherson 9/7/08 Gates of Fire The book I read during the summer for world history was Gates of Fire‚ written by Steven Pressfield. Essentially‚ this book is about the Battle of Thermopylae and the events that took place during those times. The author is trying to tell the story through one’s perspective. In this book‚ one learns of the conditions at the battlefield during war and how it was to go to war as a young man. This book highlights many details in the battles fought
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RYAN M TITLE: GATES OF FIRE AUTHOR: STEPHEN PRESSFIELD PUBLISHER: DOUBLEDAY PUBLISHED: 1998 PAGES: 400 COST: BASE LIBRARY The author utilizes his experience as a former Marine to create a story of camaraderie and dedication to one’s country‚ even at the cost of paying the ultimate price for a nation to be free from tyranny. The concepts of self-sacrifice‚ service‚ community‚ camaraderie‚ and duty are the thematic core of this historic novel. I believe this book‚ Gates of Fire‚ was written with
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Gates Of Fire Book Report Title: Gates Of Fire LCpl Yaccarine A. Jared Author: Steven Pressfield Publisher: Turtleback Books Published: 1999 This book is about the Spartans warrior culture and how it ties into the Marine Corps values‚ and the present day warrior culture of our Marine Corps. My opinion on this book is that it is a great and interesting read that captures the attention of the reader and ties in ideally to our Marine Corps values. It depicts perfectly on what it is to be a
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Gates of Fire‚ Steven Pressfield Western Civilization I Class 1) Describe the general story line of this book. 2) How does Pressfield present the Spartans and their society? What attributes (characteristics) does he claim that the Spartan exhibited? How did the other Greeks perceive the Spartans? Pressfield sees something in the Spartans‚ there is something that he touches upon in chapter 4 when Tripod is being beaten. He dies for no reason‚ he should have just taken the right of passage
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number one military authority for the people and for the time period. There was nothing that the Spartans could not do when it came to war. From the time that Spartan men were born‚ they were evaluated for their future services to the Spartan society. Each baby was sent to have the ten‚ ten‚ one test done on them as explained in the novel‚ The Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield. This test was to check and make sure that there were no deformities. If there were the children were killed because they
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Forged by fire: When Gerald was a child he was fascinated by fire. But fire is dangerous and powerful‚ and tragedy strikes. His substance-addicted mother is taken from him. Then he loses the loving generosity of a favorite aunt. A brutal stepfather with a flaming temper and an evil secret makes his life miserable. The one bright light in Gerald’s life is his little half sister‚ Angel‚ whom he struggles to protect from her father‚ Jordan Sparks‚ who abuses her‚ and from their mother‚ whose irresponsible
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“To Build a Fire” Character Analysis: The Man With a Plan In “To Build a Fire” by Jack London‚ the main character‚ also known as “the man”‚ is the protagonist. The protagonist is “the central character in a literary work and the character who initiates the main action of the story.” (Kennedy 2080) The man is a dynamic character whose lack of instinct‚ thoughtlessness and determination leads him to his own death. In the story‚ the man is traveling with a dog. The dog is somewhat a companion
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risked his life and had to be in the fight-flight mode.” When pertaining to survival‚ the main character in “To Build a Fire” by Jack London failed to follow three main steps in Laurence Gonzales’ nonfiction trade book‚ “Deep Survival.” The main character failed to stay calm‚ to think‚ analyze‚ and plan‚ and to never give up during his trek through the pure‚ untrampled white snow. One reason the main character died is because he did not follow the step of staying calm (Gonzales 96). In his crisis‚ remaining
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Fire and Fog Character Analysis “Survivors aren’t always the strongest; sometimes they’re the smartest‚ but more often simply the luckiest” (Ryan‚ Carrie). In the book‚” Fire and Fog‚” by Dianne Day‚ she tells a story about San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Dianne Day explains how people suffer during and after the earthquake. Caroline Fremont Jones‚ 23 years old is one of the main characters who survive in the San Francisco earthquake and fire of‚ 1906. Fremont is an independent person‚ helpful
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2014 Past The Rusted Gates Eleanor Vance has always been shy from other people because of all the years she has Lost in the outside world while nursing her dying mother. She had wasted so many days with no one to love‚ never had a real home and without any happiness in her life. Eleanor always dreamed that one day something big would happen‚ she was curious. But even though she is a curious 32 year old she is still very childish. She receives an invitation from Dr. John Montague
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