Book Report 1. Just Listen‚ Sarah Dessen‚ February 28‚2008‚ 383 pages 2. Summary of the plot: Annabel Greene had what could be considered the perfect teenage life: cool friends‚ close family‚ good grades‚ and a part-time career as a model. At the beginning of summer that all disappeared. She is still traumatized by the attempted rape she experienced from her best friend’s boyfriend‚ and she doesn’t try to fix the broken friendships that are created when everyone turns their backs on her
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[Structural Functionalism] One argument made by Structural Functionalists is that society should be a meritocracy. People should be rewarded based on their abilities. (Class notes‚ SOCI 201‚ Winter 2010) An example to illustrate this argument from Black Like Me is found on page 39. The elderly owner of the Y café complained to Griffin about how unfair the economic system was to black people. Many brilliant black students graduated with great marks‚ but still ended up doing the most menial work or very few
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The name of the book I choose to analyse for this book report is Nativity. It was written by Lasana M. Sekou and published by House Of Nehest Publishers in the year 2010. The ISBN of the book is 9780913441978 and the soft cover edition of the book cost $140.00TTD. The English version of the poem has nine chapters (9) and consist of forty-one (41) pages. The main characters discussed in the poem were the enslaved Africans. The setting
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extremely complex so I couldn’t do it without so much detail. SORRY! D: The Host By Myah Dalton A riveting dystopian novel with dreamed up characters‚ Melanie and Wanderer‚ written into something amazing by Stephanie Myer becomes the extraordinary book‚ “The Host.” In a land thousands of years from now there is an earth‚ among this earth is a civilization occupied by human bodies‚ but their minds are occupied by peacekeeping‚ for lack of a better word‚ aliens. They call themselves souls and they
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White Like Me Page 1: The meaning of the first chapters title “Born to Belonging” is that quite literally whites won’t be questioned about whether they deserve to be here‚ living in this condition. They won’t be questioned about how they got such wealth and it is easy for them to get this wealth. For example‚ his grandfather Jacob with his good work ethics was able to come upon success. His success sees normal. However‚ there are many people of color who have good or better work ethics than Jacob
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|Title of the Book: The AMAZING DAYS of ABBY HAYES#1---every Cloud has a Silver Lining | |Author: Anne Mazer | |Publisher: Scholastic | |A girl called Abby Hayes is starting fifth grade. Abby Hayes
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Far from verity After taking time reading this eye opening novel “Lies My Teacher Told Me” written by Dr. James W. Loewen‚ the book has open my mind to American History and the reality of everyday life‚ for example on the topics of Helen Keller‚ the unbelievable truth of Woodrow Wilson‚ the exploration of Christopher Columbus‚ and the inverse truth of heroes and sheroes. To begin with‚ in textbooks I have read‚ Woodrow Wilson was seemed as one of the most important man and promising to the blacks
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Book Report Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance? Inside IBM’s Historic Turnaround Louis V. Gerstner Jr. (Author) Lou Gerstner‚ Jr.‚ served as chairman and chief executive officer of IBM from April 1993 until March 2002‚ when he retired as CEO. He remained chairman of the board through the end of 2002. Before joining IBM‚ Mr. Gerstner served for four years as chairman and CEO of RJR Nabisco‚ Inc. This was preceded by an eleven-year career at the American Express Company‚ where he was president of the
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JOSEPH T. WARD DEAR MOM A SNIPER’S VIETNAM Novel Joseph T. Ward writes this inspiring true story on cruelty of the war in Vietnam from his perspective. From the time he makes his decision to join the Marines in the beginning of the book all the way to making it to Vietnam as a Marine Scout Sniper. Among the Joseph T. Ward‚ Dave Young‚ Mike O’Grady‚ and Nick Herrera (whom all since childhood have been friends with Joseph T. Ward and decided to join the Marines with him) share six purple hearts
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The Catcher in the Rye - a book presentation A short biographical sketch of the author The Catcher in the Rye is a novel written by the American author Jerome David Salinger‚ born on January 1th 1919 in New York City. His parents were very wealthy‚ and he was raised in Manhattan. Salinger has expressed in a number of interviews that he had trouble fitting in at school‚ and therefor moved from prep school to prep school as a child. In 1934‚ his parents decided to send him to a military academy
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