The book I decided to read is The Things They Carried which was written by Tim O’Brien. The book is a bunch of connected short stories of a platoon of soldiers in the Vietnam War. The work is a piece of fiction that uses real names and includes the author himself as the protagonist. By doing this‚ the author meshes and blurs the non fiction in with the fiction‚ which makes the book feel like a war memoir. Overall‚ the book was interesting insight on the Vietnam War and a very good book to read.
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sisters‚ aunt or uncles will be there when friends or acquaintances will not. This idea that family is the only real and reliable source in one’s life also ties into the fact these people should be held close and respected. Even so‚ in the book‚ Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer‚ the main character‚ Chris McCandless and his father Walt have a seriously strained relationship. Neither is their relationship one of simple issues‚ it is a relationship based off of complications‚ misunderstandings and secrecy
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Book One: In the first book (The 5th Wave)‚ the aliens (The Silencers) were trying to take over the world to have it for themselves. The alien invasion had 5 waves. 1st wave- Lights Out. Where all power was lost. Wave 2- Surfs Up. Where there was a giant tsunami. Wave 3- Pestilence. Where there was an awful plague that killed off most of the humans on earth. Wave 4- Silencer. Where the “Silencers” toke over and you didn’t know who was a silencer and who was a human. Wave 5- Where the ‘Silencers”
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The film The Notebook‚ written by Nicholas Sparks is a romantic novel that was turned into a film in 2004. Even though the novel and the movie have different endings‚ the movie was filled with romance‚ hard times‚ and fate. The story of two young lovers from two different backgrounds. In 1940 Noah and Allie meet at a carnival and Noah is immediately smitten. After turning him down constantly their friends lure them together. Noah and Allie spend the summer together‚ for Allie the summer was filled
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reading the play and watching the movie‚ there are many things that don’t exactly match up to one another causing the audience to develop a bias about several things that could use some reviewing. With all intentions‚ Hansberry worked delicately to choose the right actors to fit the parts in the movie production. Although Hansberry had good intentions when choosing the actors‚ acting is one of those things that she should consider reviewing for some characters in the movie. Mama is one character that
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The Alfred Hitchcock movie‚ The Birds‚ was said to be based on the DuMaurier story by the same name. Both versions included birds going wild and attacking humans. They also included some of the same things‚ for example‚ in the movie and the book‚ they boarded up the doors and windows to repel the attack‚ and someone is found dead at a farm with their eyes pecked out. However‚ the similarities are not as numerous as the differences. There are many contrasts between the story and the film‚ particularly
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For example‚ Koncholovsky changes Poseidon source of anger. In Koncholovsky version of the Odyssey‚ Poseidon was mad at Odysseus because he did not give him thanks for helping him get into Troy’s gates. Odysseus says he did it all on his own. In the book version‚ Poseidon despises Odysseus for blinding his son‚ the Cyclops Polyphemus‚ and constantly obstructs his journey home. This change impacted the way Odysseus is presented as a leader because his personal desire to have glory and fame clouded his
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If we go beyond the movie‚ it tells about not only how Beowulf brave is but also to the folklore of the Geats. A monster they are afraid off. To the curse that never end. To the struggles‚ that King of Geats may in‚ every time the monster appears. Beowulf is a brave warrior that accepts the challenge of Hrothgar without doubt in him. In his battle‚ it is not the monster his biggest opponent but the temptation itself. He becomes king not because he defeats the monster but he doesn’t fight the temptation
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the 5th grade at St. Joseph. I also have a dog named Cooper‚ which is a Golden Retriever. I have many friends that make me laugh and that I spend time with. Most of my friends are people that I play baseball with and people that are in to the same things as me. I have many different hobbies but defiantly what I do most is sports. I love baseball‚ it is the best sport ever. I used to play basketball and football and I’m also into playing golf and I am thinking about trying out for the golf team next
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In the Book In the Movie The pilot of a jet plane is found in the cave. He is believed to be the beast. The pilot was with the boys when they crashed. He was delusional and escaped and went to the cave. He died there and the boys eventually found his body. When the boys fail to keep the signal fire lit‚ a ship passes and they don’t get rescued. It is an airplane that passes. There is a boy with a large mulberry birthmark on his face. He doesn’t appear. The conch is eventually
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