Book Report Lakeisha Hawes South Carolina State University I’m doing my book report on a book called Zoo City by Lauren Beukes. "Zoo City" is the nickname given to the Johannesburg suburb of Hillbrow in the novel‚ which is home to Zinzi December and many other animalled people‚ as well as refugees and the dispossessed. Being animalled is described in the novel as an automatic consequence – not just in South Africa‚ but for all humans worldwide – of bearing a significant amount of guilt
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Title The first-person narrative book‚ “the catcher in the rye” is a fiction novel that was written by J. D. Salinger and published in July 16‚ 1951 but takes place in the late 1940’s after the Second World War. The book’s publication in 1951 came at the dawn of the age of the teenager; “A new social category‚ newly economically empowered and hungry for culture‚ was fed by music‚ films and novels”. Characters •Holden Caulfield: He has a crew cut‚ graying hair and he’s tall for his
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Title: Red Kayak Author: Priscilla Cummings Genre: Realistic Fiction Book Report Red Kayak Book Report The main topic of the Red Kayak is the secret between Brady‚ J.T.‚ and Digger are how Brady is reaching inside himself to do the right thing or live with guilt that JT and Digger drilled holes in the kayak that caused Ben to die. Brady-is a teenager who loves the water his parents and his dog. Brady tells the truth and does the right thing. Digger-wants to be a tough navy seal and are
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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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Chronicle of a Death Foretold Gabriel Garcia Marquez is known for his short stories and novels‚ especially “One Hundred Years of Solitude‚” which has magical intensity and a great wealth of remarkable characters and incidents. His novel‚ Chronicle of a Death Foretold‚ which is very strange and brilliantly appreciated‚ is sort of a murder mystery in which the detective‚ Marquez himself‚ pieces together the events associated with the murder 27 years earlier of Santiago Nasar‚ a rich‚ handsome fellow
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there by their unrepentance. Dante enters Hell on Good Friday and reads the following posted above the gates of Hell as he is about to enter (Canto III‚ line 9): "Abandon all hope ye who enter here." Dante and Virgil emerge from Hell just before the dawn of Easter Sunday‚ and in Purgatorio Dante begins the difficult climb up Mount Purgatory. Souls that are repentant of their sins against God and man go to Purgatory and become free of temptation‚ and know that they will eventually be with God. The renunciation
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select‚ The Mark of Athena‚ for my book report because of the writing style the author‚ Rick Riordan‚ decides to use‚ which creates suspense and heavy-action in a relaxed state causing you to never drop the book unless you’re forced to. I appointed this book for my book report over Riordan’s other books because this book contained more action and displays the perspectives of all seven of the main characters who all have different personalities‚ thus making for a book that can suit many different people
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To some people the words "Book-report" mean rent the movie and write a report on that. Yes‚ it is easier to watch a three-hour movie rather than read a 536-page book. With most books turned movies‚ though‚ the book is far too detailed to fit everything. This is how it is with the book The Green Mile and the movie The Green Mile. There are similarities but‚ there are also a lot of differences between the two. The main parts of the book and movie are alike: Coffey being caught with the two
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Olives Ocean By Kevin Hankes Report by Raina Hartwig This is a story about two girl named Olive Barstow and Martha Boyle. It all started when Olive died she was only 12 when she was hit by a car on Monroe street while riding her bike. Her mom came to Martha’s house to give her Olives sort of diary paper she told Martha‚ “She was such a shy girl with not many friends she said she knew you the most”. Martha now had wished she had talked to her more. Then her mom got on her own bike and left. Olive
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Short Summary Robert Walton‚ an English adventurer‚ undertakes an expedition to the North Pole. While on this expedition (which has been a lifelong dream of his)‚ Walton corresponds with his sister by letter. Amid the ice floes‚ Walton and his crew find an extremely weary man traveling by dogsled. The man is near death‚ and they determine to take him aboard. Once the mysterious traveler has somewhat recovered from his weakness‚ Robert Walton begins to talk to him. They two strike up a friendshipÃ
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