J. Dubner. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. New York: Harper Collins‚ 2005. Print. The authors of Freakonomics‚ Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner‚ were very clear in the fact that they did not want their book to simply revolve around one single theme‚ thus making it difficult to discern a distinct thesis statement or theory. Some may perceive this type of approach as a weakness‚ but I believe it is the appropriate method for the subject matter at hand.
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This summer I read the book Pygmalion written by Bernard Shaw. The genre of the book is fiction and realism. Pygmalion is about a flower girl‚ Eliza Doolittle‚ who meets Henry Higgins‚ who is a professor. Eliza hears Higgins bet Colonel Pickering‚ Higgins friend‚ that he could pass Eliza off as a duchess at a party. Eliza takes up his offer and learns how to speak English perfectly. Many complications come along the way as the story progresses. In the end‚ Eliza leaves Higgins house and marries Freddy
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army. The book actually begins in October of 1775 with King George the third declaring the American colonies in a state of rebellion. Once we hit the year 1776‚ the battle of Bunker Hill begins. Even though the rebels technically lost that battle‚ the author points out the heavy loses that the British had. Soon after this defeat‚ the Americans secure Boston by placing stolen cannons high around the harbor. Seeing their imminent doom‚ the British were forced to retreat. This book didn’t just tell
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The Unwinding is the perfect title for this book. It portrays and revolves around the sad and unsettling history of the last four decades in the United States. His topic is the fall of the structure of the national government. Packer makes remarks regarding the unraveling of unspoken agreements about the limits to Wall Street’s greed‚ about what a congressman would or wouldn’t do for the right price‚ about what a company owes its workers‚ and what the wealthy should contribute in tax. As Packers
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actions of the holocaust. Elie Wiesel is a Jew who went through the terror of the holocaust and its concentration camps. He tells his story in his book Night. Night reveals how Wiesel lost his family‚ faith‚ and innocence to the evil of mankind during the holocaust. Wiesel believes it is important for people today to read this book because they need to be shown how important it is not to keep silent and let something like the holocaust happen again. I agree with him. Wiesel was born September 30‚ 1928
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The Protector The Protector‚ is a Christian Fiction book written by Dee Henderson. While reading the beginning of the book‚ I thought the book was just going to be a boring book about a firefighter‚ but after reading the entire book‚ I realized that there was much more than just the story of a firefighter. I really enjoyed how the author‚ Dee Henderson‚ portrayed Jack O’Malley‚ the firefighter‚ and his family of seven orphaned and abandoned teens who became a family‚ and changed there sir to O’Malley
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This is the issue Rush begins to portray in his book‚ Walls. Rush paints a wonderful picture of how we‚ as Christians‚ are to live authentic lives. He provides much Biblical insight in this book to help us break the walls holding us back. We might overcome these stumbling blocks by learning to trust and chase after our Creator with all we have. Only then‚ He will begin to unveil His plan and promises. One of the greatest quotes of this book‚ is Ryan’s definition of a wall. He describes them
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to his sister Margaret Saville. Robert Walton is on a mission sailing to the North Pole when he comes across a traveler in a sledge near the ice blocks‚ who happens to be Victor Frankenstein. As time goes on‚ Victor shares his story with Walton on how he created such a monster. Victor explains about his home life‚ and that he leaves his home in Geneva to attend college at the University of Ingolstadt. When Victor first decides to go to Ingolstadt‚ he is interested in studying natural philosophy‚
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Book Title: The Giver Author: Lois Lowry Date of Publication: 2002 Publisher: Laurel Leaf (reprint edition) ANALYSIS I. Setting: In an isolated Arcadian community at an unknown time in the future II. Characters and Commentary: A. Jonas – The eleven year old protagonist (turns twelve at a point) who has “bizarre powers” and is chosen as the Receiver of Memory. He has a wide variety of interests. For a pre-adolescent‚ he is extremely wise‚ curious‚ thoughtful‚ and has a much deeper understanding
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is a book written by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubuer. Steven d. Lennits is the living definition of the phrase “ Think Outside the Box” He is not a typical economist‚ he even states it in the book’s introduction‚ “I’m not good at math‚ I don’t know a lot of econometrics‚ and I also don’t know how to do theory.” This marks right away Lennits to a different approach of ways to get his audience attention‚ he steps outside of the boundaries most people in society live by. Freakonomics‚ is a book that
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