I chose the quote‚"You cannot open a book without learning something" by the Irish proverb because I can relate it to my favorite book‚"The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton which taught me lots of stuff that I did not know about. The book is about a 14 year old named Ponyboy and his two brothers Darry who is 16 and Sodapop who is 20 years old. Darry is in charge of them due to both of his parents dying in a car accident. They are all greasers in a gang and often watch over Johnny ‚who is another greaser
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to modern times‚ the authors of more contemporary works have taken the same concept of identity but have revealed the way actions taken can influence an individual’s understanding of themselves. For example‚ in John Howard Griffin’s memoir‚ Black Like Me and Wes Moore’s memoir‚ The Other Wes Moore: One Name‚ Two Fates were both authors encounter lifestyles of similar individuals. Through both comparable lifestyles‚ Griffin and Moore display the way work can affect the personal and social identities
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Minority Autobiography Analysis (Book Report) Title: Honky Author: Dalton Conley Summary "Honky" is the true story of Dalton Conley‚ a white kid‚ growing up in a minority community. The story takes place beginning at the end of the 1960’s and concluding in the early 1980’s and takes us from the authors early childhood to college. Dalton Conley was white‚ with a Jewish mother and an Irish/English father. Both of Dalton’s patents were artists. His mother‚ Ellen‚ grew up in northern Pennsylvania
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The Hidden Side of Freakonomics Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner is a book aimed at exposing the secret within everything. The authors prove that in many cases‚ two items don’t have to be connected because they are correlated. Moreover‚ two unrelated items can in fact be connected. Proving so was less difficult than it would seem. All it took was the right information. They were able to prove the most unlikely of correlations. The authors stress that in a world where incentives
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BOOK REPORT: "The Outsiders" 1. Hinton‚ S.E. The Outsiders. New York: Puffin Books‚ 1967 2. The title of this book relates to the story‚ because in the book‚ Ponyboy and Johnny are "outsiders." They can be thought of as Outsiders because they are labeled Greasers although they do not act like hoodlums‚ like the rest of the Greasers. They are thought of as Greasers just because they live on the East Side of town‚ and because they slick back their hair. But Ponyboy and Johnny are different
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A Book Report on Mozart: A Life in Letters Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart‚ known for being a musical genius since his childhood‚ was a brilliant composer of symphonies‚ concertos‚ and chamber music. Even after his death in December 1791‚ Mozart is still among one of the most popular composers to be written of. Mozart: A Life in Letters is a fascinating book that includes a set of his letters‚ providing a new understanding of his life story including his marriage‚ his relationships with
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Gary Paulsen Lexile Level: 1020 Many have encouraged me to read Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet‚ finally I decided to give it a try. I’m not a huge fan of reading‚ however I was told that I would thoroughly enjoy every page of what was described as an "edge of my seat" read. I love a good book that puts you on edge and makes one feel like he or she absolutely must know the events on the next page. Therefore‚ how could I turn down a persuasion like that? I had to get a hold of this fictional novel. Brian
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Year 8 Book Report Back Through Time: Historical Fiction or Imagination These stories have some ‘real’ aspects but also have a fictional dimension. The setting might be from a real period of history but the author invents the characters and uses imagination. Your Task is to make a poster about your book. You must cover all the tasks below and you also need to speak about your book for one minute in class. Provide details of the title‚ author‚ date of publication and publisher Setting:
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summer with his dad‚ the pilot of the Cessna he was traveling in suffered a heart attack and died. Brian landed the plane in the forest. Brian learned to survive in the wilderness with only a hatchet that his mother had recently given him. The book tells all about adventures where he faced including hunger‚ animal attacks and even a tornado. He learns to make fire with the hatchet and eat foods he can find‚ such as rabbits‚ birds‚ turtle eggs‚ fish‚ and berries and fruit. He has incidences of
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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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