Minority Autobiography Analysis (Book Report) Title: Honky Author: Dalton Conley Summary "Honky" is the true story of Dalton Conley‚ a white kid‚ growing up in a minority community. The story takes place beginning at the end of the 1960’s and concluding in the early 1980’s and takes us from the authors early childhood to college. Dalton Conley was white‚ with a Jewish mother and an Irish/English father. Both of Dalton’s patents were artists. His mother‚ Ellen‚ grew up in northern Pennsylvania
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of the scenes in the book take place in or around the estates of the characters. Their property mostly determined their social status. This setting has significance to the storyline because of the social rank. Emma‚ who is constantly trying to play matchmaker‚ tries to convince her friend Harriet to marry someone of a higher class than her current love‚ a farmer. The characters are very aware of their status‚ and can be discriminating towards people of a lower class. The book was most likely set in
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university. Throughout the book Skeeter is fighting for the civil rights of the black maids that have worked for her and her mates‚ by writing a book of the terrible stories that the have been through. Throughout the book there were many issues and actions that people did were interesting to read about and the opinions that different characters had on them. One of the biggest issues in the book that I think is how racist the whites are towards the black‚ throughout the book the blacks are always being
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STORMBREAKER This month I read the book‚ Stormbreaker‚ by Antony johnston. It is a graphic novel that does not have page numbers. I chose to read this because i like graphic novels‚ and this is the first book in the series. This book takes place in Europe. It is futuristic‚ but it does not give a specific date. Most of the book takes place in some tall buildings in Europe. This setting is important because most of the conflict involves shouting and hand on hand fighting the protagonist goes to
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its science‚ science fiction‚ or an autobiography. Professor Sherry Ginn is a professor in the Phycology department at Wingate University in Wingate‚ NC. Her analysis of Frankenstein takes a different look at the book then most. She starts by showing how essential elements from the book are actually taken from the life of the author. She notes how just like Frankenstein turned his back on his creation so did Mary’s father turn her back on her this happened when her father remarried. “The new Mrs
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Persepolis is a historical book yet an entertaining story of a girl during a frightening time in an important era in her country. Author‚ Marjane Satrapi writes about her experience in Iran as a child. She includes humor as well as sentimentality in this book to express her view on how times were. As a reader of this book it helped me understand the dark times that the Iranian people faced. With this book being a memoir it further helped understand the Islamic Revolution and the actions taken by
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Within the riveting science-fiction book “Uglies”‚ Scott Westerfeld not only keeps the reader entertained‚ but also reveals the negative aspects of conformity. He relays this information while using events and actions throughout the storyline. Tally‚ the protagonist‚ rebels against the submissive tradition’s of her customs. Although many other themes are also conveyed in this book‚ the main message is clear: Fear of alienation in society causes one to suppress to conformity. Being just like
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best known line (“Rapunzel‚ Rapunzel‚ let down your hair”) is an popular idiom of popular culture. SETTING In a small German village Rapunzel’s family had a house with a small window in the back of the house‚ from which there’s a splendid garden full of lush colors with plenty of crisp beans‚ green peas‚ tomatoes‚ carrots‚ peppers‚ cucumbers‚ beets to the crinkly lettuce‚ with a bed planted with a most beautiful rapunzel plant. The fruits and the vegetables in this garden were so fresh‚ so green
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The Crucible By Matt Flynn In Arthur Miller’s partially fictionalized novel‚ “The Crucible”‚ where this story takes place in the late sixteen hundreds and is based on the Salem Witch Trials. This story is told in many different forms such as in books‚ plays and movies‚ most are different in some way. The Crucible’s main themes were surrounded by the ideas of “good vs evil” and “fear vs logic”. In “The Crucible”‚ the main plot is surrounded by John Proctor and Abigail Williams‚ as they are having
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summer with his dad‚ the pilot of the Cessna he was traveling in suffered a heart attack and died. Brian landed the plane in the forest. Brian learned to survive in the wilderness with only a hatchet that his mother had recently given him. The book tells all about adventures where he faced including hunger‚ animal attacks and even a tornado. He learns to make fire with the hatchet and eat foods he can find‚ such as rabbits‚ birds‚ turtle eggs‚ fish‚ and berries and fruit. He has incidences of
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