Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers is about a young black male named Riche Perry from Harlem who enlists in the Vietnam war to try to help his single mother with bills. But due to misfiling he is sent into combat which he is not mentally ready for and does heavy soul searching into the meaning of life and why he is here. The story takes place in Vietnam several months between 1967 and 1968 during the Vietnam war at an American base at Chu Lai in South Vietnam. The narrator of the story is Richie
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Peter 3:15 says that we should always be ready to give an answer for the hope that is within us. John Angleberger poses several questions that we should all be prepared to discuss with our non believing friends. The answers to these questions have investigated and expounded for many years and there are many books with regard to these topics. Lee Stroubel‚ who currently has a movie out based on his book and his life story‚ “Case for Christ” nicely spells out the his work and research on the historical
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The book I have read is Young Patriots‚ by Charles Cerami. The book took place seven years after the revolution‚ America was in crisis. The government wasn’t functioning‚ but the citizens didn’t care. Then two unknown men‚ Hamilton and Madison‚ envisioned a plan that no one else thought could happen: a truly United States. The two men had gone against all odds and worked together by strategizing to get the right men to agree on the right ideas. Their result was the most brilliant documents ever
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My book report is on the book ‘Maniac Magee’ by Jerry Spinelli. The reason why I chose ‘Maniac Magee’ is because I love Jerry Spinelli books. They’re always very good. ‘Maniac Magee’ is kind of a ‘warm-your-heart’ book. I’ll tell you a little about the story‚ but not a lot‚ because I don’t want to spoil it for you! The story is about a young boy that runs away from his new home and the few new friends he meets along the way. Some of the characteristics about Magee are that he is sad a lot
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In the book “First Love” by Melissa Johns‚ Emily moves to Buffalo‚ New York from Houston‚ Texas. On her first day at her new school‚ she meets Sam who becomes her best friend. She also meets Eric on her first day. Sam tells her how shocked she is that Eric started showing interest in her because his dad says he can’t focus on girls. He says that he has to focus on football and making sure he keeps his full scholarship to Syracuse University. Eric and Emily start hanging out more and more. They had
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Literature may be a world away from home— getting caught up in the ballad of love or whisked away in the adventure. Despite that‚ one of the best qualities of it is also how much a person can take away from that story‚ regardless of the reality of it. Many books call for action; others provide a unique perspective that the reader can learn from‚ and moreover‚ just as history has foretold‚ it’s imperative to shift a tunnel-vision view to a funnel-vision view. What Sara Gruen may have intended to show in “Water
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Brother Dear Short story written by Bernice Friesen Pg. 25 “Brother Dear” features a young female narrator recounting her brother’s visit home from university and the family conflict that results. Read the first three paragraphs of the story. 1. With a partner: Read the first three paragraphs of the story. Identify whether the narrative is written in first‚ second‚ or third person. ____________________________________ Who is speaking? _________________________________________________________
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Strauss and Professor Nemur‚ who are in charge of the experiment‚ suggested that‚ if possible‚ Charlie keep a journal and write a new entry every day. Flowers for Algernon is composed entirely of Charlie’s journal entries which he titles “progress reports”. At Donner’s Bakery‚ the other employees pick on him‚ but Charlie fails to understand that he’s the subject of the mockery and‚ instead‚ considers his co-workers friends. Charlie undergoes his surgery after a multitude of tests. The most prominent
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Looking for Alaska The story opens with Miles Halter‚ the protagonist‚ leaving his home in Florida to attend a preparatory high school named Culver Creek in Alabama for his junior year. When he arrives at Culver Creek‚ Miles meets his roommate‚ Chip Martin. Chip introduces Miles to one of his friends‚ Alaska Young. Alaska is attractive but emotionally unstable and can be very bipolar. Other than Alaska‚ Chip introduces him to Takumi. Chip‚ Alaska and Takumi have been friends since freshman year
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In the book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks‚ Rebecca Skloot is searching for the identity of Henrietta Lacks. In the movie Antwone Fisher Antwone is in turn seeking his own identity. Discuss some of the parallels‚ similarities or differences between the book and movie. Usually when talking about a movie or a book‚ it hard to discuss the similarities and the differences. Because sometimes a movie can be more influencing than a book and vice versa. When I first started reading the book The Immortal
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