SECTION A –(1) On one day‚ after watching the movie named “Fahrenheit 451” in the English class‚ I started to thinking about what we are calling happiness . I browsed the web and came across this quotation “ Happiness is a positive range of emotions that we feel when we are content or full of joy” ‚which is Cocacola ‘s definition . Then‚ I reminded of Beatty’s saying in the film ”Cram them full of noncombustible data‚ chock them so damned full full of facts they feel stuffed…then they’ll get
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twenty-seven years and his History‚ was left incomplete. Over the course of eight books‚ with a total of twenty-six chapters‚ Thucydides analyses‚ narrates‚ and debates the history surrounding this monumental event. With this book‚ modern historians can better understand the nature of these times and discover the essential background information needed to piece history together. Although Thucydides has attempted
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In the book‚”Bull Run”‚ it tells the story of multiple people’s perspectives in the American Civil War. Reading the book‚ I learned a lot about the horrors of the Civil War and what it was like trying to get into military and what it was like being in the military. In the book‚ there was a character named Gideon Adams who was black‚ and tried getting into the military. Normally‚ black people wouldn’t be allowed to join the military‚ but his skin was just light enough to get into the military‚ but
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worldwide as of this year. The book Disposable People is about this new form of slavery. Author‚ Kevin Bales tells stories varying from five different countries; Thailand‚ Mauritania‚ Brazil‚ Pakistan‚ and India. Through these stories we see how each country contributes to this idea of modern day slavery. Bales was on a mission to feed his curiosity to find out which circumstances and forces needed to be present for
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A Child Called It A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer. Dave was a survivor of the third worst case of child abuse in California history. He has recapped no some of his abuse in this book. David’s story was so sad but interesting cause of all the things that has happened. I would recommend this book to other people because it puts your life in a different prospective. The setting of this story is mainly at his house and his school. There are 5 main characters in this story and that is his
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about what Hester had to go through. The main character of this book was Hester Prynn‚ a very beautiful young lady. She was very reckless‚ wise‚ and strong. Even though being punished by the entire community Hester was still very protective of her daughter‚ and later on gave advice to many people. One of Hester’s faults was that she did actually cheat on her husband‚ even though he had been missing for so long. In this book Hester Prynn paid her sins of adultery back by wearing the scarlet
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Although the Parliament did not act on Equiano’s request‚ just by starting from such a high point brings people’s attention. And also he knew that by having the support of aristocratic figures‚ more and more people would take an interest in him and his book. This brings me to another point on the tactics that Gustavus Vassa used. Having prominent names in the list of subscribers and given Vassa support could have given‚ or did give the English people security on what they were reading‚ if it was interesting
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The two books I read over the summer were Counting By 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan and The Maze Runner by James Dashner. The first book‚ Counting By 7s takes place in Bakersfield‚ California‚ and is about twelve year old Willow Chance who enjoys gardening‚ diagnosing medical conditions and the number seven. The story is about her journey through life after her parents died in a tragic car accident. Prior to the car accident Willow has to see Dell Duke‚ a student counselor‚ after being accused to cheater
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Sugar management in the British Caribbean 1770-1834 has attracted the attention of Dr Campbell to the extent that he found it apt to pursue extensive research on the topic which culminated in his inspiring book- Beyond Massa. Dr Campbell has served as a senior Lecturer at the University of the West Indies. He concentrated in contemporary Caribbean civilization and culture‚ in the department of history‚ in the faculty of Humanities and Education. Dr Campbell thoroughly investigated the
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Life has its donwfalls‚ but those downfalls happen for a reason. Orphan Train by Christina Baker Cline is a book mainly about Vivians downfalls. This book changed my view of the world becuase it taught me about hope‚ and taught me about being grateful. This book taught me about hope because despite Vivian’s struggles throughout the book‚ she had pride‚ and something good came out of the bad events. For example‚ Vivian went through being enslaved‚ being sexually assaulted‚ and being neglected for
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