Slobbering Love Affair Regnery Publishing‚ INC. 978-1-59698-090-7 A Slobbering Love Affair addresses the lack of objectivity surrounding the 2009 presidential election. This book is very witty and brings about many unanswered questions. Bernard Goldberg points out many obvious truths that are avoided by the mass media outlets. Goldberg was spot on with all of the facts‚ which brought the reader to think on a different level. Goldberg stayed on subject throughout the entire book with many
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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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The Book Thief is a novel by Markus Zusak about a girl during World War Two who becomes a foster child after her mother abandons her. In this novel‚ the basic theme is love. Love is everything. Love is in our minds and in our hearts. In this book there are two ways love happens‚ when it sneaks up on you like a due date for an essay or full frontal force like a threatening hurricane. Sometimes we do not realize that we love someone until its too late. Sadly we see this tragedy of losing the people
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Ella Enchanted book vs. the movie Many books that were published years ago have recently been made into movies. One of the well-known books that have been made into a film is Ella Enchanted (1997) by Gail Carson Levine. This book won several awards‚ including the Newbery Honor book in 1998. Ella enchanted‚ the Disney movie version was released in 2004. Anne Hathaway played the role of Ella and it was directed by Tommy O’Haver. The story talks about a girl named Ella who is cursed at birth by a
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The book Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers was written based on a time in the 1850’s. This novel was set to get the attention of young teenagers that are inspired by the book of Hosea in the Bible. The book is about men who sold their souls for a bag of gold and women sold their theirself for a place to sleep. One of the characters‚ Angel‚ took after her mother by being a prostitute and somehow she survived by always staying positive through every circumstance through life. The author‚ Francine Rivers
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everything just fades away. In the movie of Benjamin Button‚ a man rushes to help his wife who is dying from hemorrhaging during Benjamin’s
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O Pioneer’s was a good movie‚ but an even better book. The movie did a good job at getting the point of the story line across‚ but not so much with the character development. I actually finished the book after watching the whole movie so I knew what to expect. I anticipated everything that was going to happen because I wanted to know if it would be the same as the movie. While the plot did not change‚ there were many things that the movie ceased to explain. For explain‚ I would have liked to know
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When I read a book I read it but I think about a lot more then the book and then I don’t know what it is about. When it is the move I think about other things why I watch it and I can tell you what happened. And the movie mead it so much better because it shows you what is going on and what he sees. Some of the differences I found were. In the movie it didn’t say anything about Marley being dead in the beginning but it told us that he was dead in the first sentence. Other differences is that Scrooge
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“The dominant spirit‚ however‚ that haunts this enchanted region‚ and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air‚ is the apparition of a figure on horseback without a head.” Although the movie Sleepy Hollow is based upon the book The Legend of Sleepy Hollow‚ there are also distinctions which allow each to tell their own tale. Washington Irving’s short story inspired Tim Burton’s film but did not limit it. The foundations of the two are much the same but their story lines unfold diversely
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referenced in many movies‚ books‚ and paintings throughout time. Often though‚ much of these references change parts of the classic story to show a different meaning or attract a different audience. The common part of these different artistic interpretations is that the role of characterization exists. Understanding these characters is done through details and any other tools the interpreter has to use. Often‚ these details can be noticed and show similarities or differences between the interpretation
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