“A book is a gift you can open again and again‚” wrote Garrison Keillor. People read all the time. They read for information‚ for escape‚ for entertainment‚ for instruction‚ for guidance. They read recipes and tweets and texts. They read newspapers‚ blogs‚ and Facebook replies. In a recent survey by Pew Research‚ the number of people who actually read a book in the past year was 72 percent in 2015. I am one of those. As I consider my reading experiences‚ I realize they represent the journey I have
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own to this present day. The book was published in 1925‚ and it relates to several events that transpired back around the Roaring 20’s. In addition‚ the book also correlates to today’s current events with the ideas such as: materialism‚ celebrity status‚ persona‚ and social networking. Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby reflects a plethora of themes. One of the most popular of the masses is the American dream; however‚ the audience understands towards the end of the book that the events turn to be troubled
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Extra Credit Janet Mock Janet Mock told people that she wants to interrogate her experiences in her book to show how she can be relatable to people. She did not think much about her writing because they were just conversations and life experiences. Her writings included about the painful choices her parents made and how they treated her. Her mom wanted to do the best she can for her child‚ but the journey for her father was intense. Janet mentioned that her father was not there for most of her transitional
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The book Finding Winnie‚ by Lindsay Mattick is about a Veterinarian‚ Harry Colebourn‚ from Canada that went to World War I in 1914 to take care of the soldier’s horses. On his way to War he bought a bear and took him to War with him. This book tells a story about the bear that inspired Winnie-The-Pooh one of the most famous bears in the world. The book is based on a real life story and brings the character to life. The book starts by introducing Harry as a sweet veterinarian that loves animals
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Felicia Day’s book was a great story full of laughs and thought provoking statements‚ and after reading “You’re Never Weird on the Internet (almost)”‚ one can figure out which audience the book was written toward. By reading and paying attention to the rhetorical style and word choice‚ it is easy to tell that the book was intended for young adults or teenagers. One way to tell is that Day incorporated diction‚ or word choice‚ and tone to specify who her book is for. She uses hashtag symbols in her
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You Ask For? Have you ever felt so enthralled by a book that you literally wanted to crawl through the pages and enter into that world? The first in a five book series‚ Waterfall by Lisa T. Bergren is a great example. In this YA book‚ she vividly describes the emotions‚ characteristics‚ and personalities of the characters while bringing them to life. From knights in shining armor who are battling to the death to romantic love scenes‚ this book is definitely one to read on cold nights. While in
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Fahrenheit 451 Introduction: The author of the book Fahrenheit 451 is Ray Bradbury. The setting is in the 24th Century and the point of view for this book is 3rd Person Limited. Body: The title relates to the book because Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature at which book paper ignites. Three major characters: Guy Montag- Is a protagonist that takes great joy in his work as being a fireman. He thinks that books will fill the empty void in his life. He encountered Faber at a park and soon seeks him
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Harry Potter The title of the book: The title of the book is "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone". The author of the book: The author of the book is J.K. Rowling. The hero of the story + explanation: The hero of the story is Harry Potter‚ without any doubt. He is the hero because‚ first of all‚ the whole book is about his life. The book follows Harry Potter’s most important turn of his life: After he lived for 10 long‚ long years with relatives who didn’t treat him well‚ he
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girls‚ and drugs. My book The Heroin Diaries A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star by Nikki Sixx and Ian Gittins takes you through the experiences of rock star Nikki Sixx and his drug addictions. The title of this book has 3 most important parts of it that describe the book; Heroin Diaries‚ A year in the life‚ and shattered rock star. The first part of the title Heroin Diaries is a very accurate description of the book. Firstly‚ with the heroin use throughout the book. Nikki Sixx the main
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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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