2014 How to Mark A Book Active reading is important because it keeps your mind dynamic and promotes a better understanding of what you are reading. You are able to answer questions you have that come up throughout the story-line and solve problems or confusions about the plot or characters. As you read along‚ you can make notes either agreeing or disagreeing with the current events taking place in the book. You are allowing yourself to input ideas of your own. Making notes in your book as you
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How to Mark a Book By Mortimer J. Adler In How to Mark a Book by Mortimer J. Adler‚ he tries to persuade the reader that marking up a book is mostly the only way to really take ownership of a book. In Adler’s essay he is very up front to the reader; he doesn’t beat around the bush. Adler makes the reader feel safe and makes them trust what he has to say from the very beginning. Adler explains to the reader that to really read‚ understand‚ and truly take ownership of the material of a book the
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example of an optimist and pessimist view is in Voltaire’s Candide‚ tells the story of Candide an illegitimate nephew of a German baron. He lives and grows up at a baron’s castle. His teacher Pangloss teaches him. Pangloss teaches hint that this world is “the best of all possible worlds”. Candide falls in love with the barons beautiful and young daughter named Cunégonde. One day‚
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How To Mark A Book" By Mortimer Adler. This essay was very useful. Adler states that you should read "between the lines" and "write between the lines." Reading between the lines is to think out side of what the author is writing and write between the line is to get the most efficient kind of reading. He give to example of owning a book. The first example is basically just being the property owner of the book and not putting it to use. The second example is owning the book‚ reading it‚ marking
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astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth.” Voltaire‚ a prominent philosopher and a critic of the Catholic Church during the Enlightenment‚ wrote the novel Candide. Candide is an adventure story of Candide‚ who is at limited to the teachings of his optimistic mentor Pangloss. Pangloss states‚ “‘It is clear that things cannot be otherwise than they are‚ for since everything is made to serve an end‚ everything necessarily serves the
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Women Are Now The Dominant Gender And It’s Turning The World Upside Down ASHLEY LUTZ SEP. 7‚ 2012‚ 6:30 PM Since the beginning of time‚ men have ruled the world. But now women are speeding past men in schools‚ at home and in the workplace‚ according to Hanna Rosin’s new book The End of Men: And the Rise of Women. In the past‚ "men had an advantage because of their size and strength‚" Rosin told us in an interview. But in the industrialized world‚ brains are valued over brawn. Her book outlines
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Mistakes Were Made Have you ever wondered what kind of actions would be classified as a mistake? When are you able to actually say that it was a “mistake?” As the days go by‚ we watch as others make mistakes or even experience them ourselves. A mistake can be as simple as something said to someone or one stupid decision that can change everything. Everyone makes mistakes‚ no one is perfect. We all have friends that we watch make stupid decisions everyday. You can tell them time after time that they
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1) Candide learns that while being optimistic is a useful trait‚ it will not help you in being successful. He learns that in order to have the “best of all possible worlds” he must work hard‚ because it will not just come to him. Candide has rejected Pangloss’ philosophy in exchange for hard‚ practical work. 2) Voltaire is correct in his theory that optimism blinds a person from the real life obstacles one must face. Life is not perfect because a person says it is; a person must experience life
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I wasn’t sure why the characters in “Candide‚” written by Voltaire‚ were very open-minded in the novel‚ throughout all the obstacles they had to face. Specifically‚ Candide himself. He was very determined to reach Cunegonde‚ the love of his life. According to the Interactive Oral‚ one of many theories that Voltaire showcased was “optimism‚” which is when people view life in a positive aspect‚ and look for the greater good in things. This explains why Candide was so open-minded about finding Cunegonde
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How were different groups treated by the Nazi’s in Germany and how Hitler used the racism and the anti-Semitism against them. This essay will be on how different minority groups were treated by the Nazis after they came into power in 1933. It will also assess what groups were targeted by the Nazi’s who they sought to be ‘unworthy of life’ and how Hitler used racism and anti-Semitism against them and how they were treated. For example‚ homosexuals‚ the disabled and mentally ill‚ gypsies and finally
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