I would like to read more books on this topic because while reading this book I found the facts that the book had very interesting. One of the things that the book said was that more than 6 million Jews were killed during the holocaust. I found this fact captivating because I asked myself‚ why were so many people killed during a short period of time? If Iread more books on the topic of the holocaust i think it will help answer why so many people were killed. Even though there isn’t a logical answer
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the Maryland-based Cultural Resources Center‚ thousands of objects‚ arranged by tribe‚ are given "traditional native" care‚ such as air‚ light‚ water or food. Featured objects include 3000 year-old duck decoys; a Cheyenne feather bonnet; a priest-like Caribou hunting gown; beetlewing jewelry; cradleboards‚ dolls and miniatures; Pueblo dough bowls; Pacific Northwest Tlingit hats; Osage pipes; the oldest depiction of human beings in the Western Hemisphere; and a collection of nearly 2000 pairs
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1. Title: Insurgent 2. Author: Veronica Roth 3. Characters: List and briefly describe the main characters. Beatrice Prior - (Tris): Beatrice was born as Abnegation (a faction focused on selflessness and forgetting oneself for the sake of others.) When she was 16 she took an Aptitude Test‚ which determines what faction fits your personality best. When Beatrice took the test she ended up getting 3 out of the 5 factions which means that she is a Divergent. Being a Divergent is very rare and dangerous
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Fences August Wilson Plume Books Publisher The play Fences is another phenomenal play penned by‚ one of the best authors of all time‚ August Wilson. Among Wilsons writings are: The Piano Lesson‚ King Hedley II‚ Ma Rainy’s Black Bottom‚ Joe Turner’s Come and Gone‚ Seven Guitars‚ Two Trains Running‚ Jitney and Radio Golf. His plays have been produced all over the world. The play Fences tells the story of an African American family living in the 1950’s a time when racial discrimination was at
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reading the book I realized that I had just learned way more than I had been expecting. Just reading the first chapter was enough for me to be awestruck by the intricacies of the Deaf culture‚ but as I continued reading I realized that the depth and many levels of social structure are so detailed that being able to fully understand them would be simply impossible. I was very impressed with the amount of respect that the word Deaf conveys among the Deaf community. The first chapter to me seemed to be
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realized that the thug life was no longer for him‚ and that gangs were a problem on society and the "Afrikan" race(page 382-383). In his book "Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member"‚ he tells of his life story and how he came and left the gang life. For thirteen years he was a member of the Eight Tray Gangsters‚ a set of the Crips‚ and throughout the book he explains‚ sometimes in full detail‚ the life he led while in the gang and his many times in jail and prison. These life stories he
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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 seventy-four-year old Minnesota author has been popular with young adults since 1966 when Paulsen first appeared on the writing scene. Paulsen has been noted for his fiction writing about survival and wilderness. Books such as Hatchet‚ Dogsong‚ and The Winter Room have all won the Newbery Honor Award. Paulsen is one of the most noted authors in the category and very popular with young people. Growing up in Minnesota Paulsen was born in Minneapolis on May 17‚ 1939 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Paulsen)
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Into the Wild by John Krakauer is a book about Chris McCandless and his journey in the wild. He was a smart person‚ but lacked certain survival skills. I believe he would have been alive if he had been more careful and studied more about wilderness survival. Chris McCandless went into the wild because he wasn’t satisfied with his life at home. He had a very privileged background and was doing great in school. Then he decided he was tired of it and left a life many people wish they could have. He
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This paper examines the diagnosis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder as demonstrated by David Pelzer in his autobiographies A Child Called It and The Lost Boy‚ with a focus on the latter book. Dave is the son of alcoholic parents whose mother severely abused him while his father turned the other cheek. Dave has been subjected to torturous mind games‚ starvation‚ and physical abuse so horrendous that he is left scarred‚ bruised‚ and nearly dead. The staff at his elementary school eventually takes action
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