Ivan has many major shortcoming in his life one of them is that he lacks originality‚ he lives his life by the ideals of others. Rather than relying on his own reason and good sense to direct his life‚ Ivan follows the beliefs and values of the upper-class society. Ivan is drawn to those with high social standing. He believes that if he only imitates their lifestyle his own life will go according to plan and he will find meaning and fulfillment. Ivan becomes obsessed with standards of luxury and
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Title: The One and Only Ivan Author: Katherine Applegate Date of Publication: December 2011 Awards: John Newbery Award Central Character/s: 1. Ivan: Ivan‚ a silverback gorilla who lives in a stationary circus. Ivan is a talented gorilla who can draw pictures and write simple words. He lives in his domain all the time‚ never leaving it for any reason. Ivan is good friends with Stella‚ the elephant who lives beside him‚ and Bob‚ a stray dog who likes to sleep on Ivan’s belly. 2. Stella: One of Ivan’s
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did for my book report is The One and Only Ivan. The author of this book is Katherine Applegate. The One and Only Ivan is fiction and it is one of the best books I have ever read. The setting of this book is at a mall where Ivan and his friends Stella‚ Ruby‚ and Bob live. The setting of this book is important because this is where Mack the owner of the mall has his office and it is where Ivan‚ Ruby‚ and Stella preform and do tricks. The plot of this story is how Ivan the gorilla is stuck in his cage
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behaviors of adults in her book The One and Only Ivan. Ruby is a young elephant who moves into the mall joining Ivan‚ the gorilla‚ and Stella‚ the elephant‚ who have lived there for the majority of their lives. Her new approach to the situation of "the domain" helps influence Ivan’s thoughts‚ choices‚ and actions regarding his living space. Julia is a young girl‚ her father George works in the
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The Story “The One and Only Ivan” by Katherine Applegate‚ teaches the reader that you have to keep your promises which Ivan does. Ivan and his friend Stella are talking and she tells Ivan there’s a better life than living inside a cage because there’s a place called a zoo and they let you run freely. Than Stella goes into pain and almost becomes prazed and Mack the owner of the circus knows about this and he doesn’t call a vet to see if Stella’s fine. In the morning a truck can to the circus and
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Philosophy M/W 9:25 December 5‚ 2012 Analysis of the Life and Death of Ivan Illyich Ivan’s defining characteristic is that he lives his life by the standards of others. Rather than relying on his own good judgment to direct his moral life‚ Ivan relies on the beliefs and values of aristocratic society. He believes that if he goes along with their life style‚ he will be happy and fulfilled with his own life. He begins to act as one in his position should act. He gets married as a young gentleman
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Bich Ngoc Tran(Julia) Graded Reader Assignment #2 “ONE DAY” by Helen Naylor Plot Summary Moreland road is a street in the city of Bath‚ England. Some of people live in this road are Jason- a seventeen year old boy and his mother‚ Nina Sen-works in bank and her husband-David works in a restaurant‚ Maggie and another one is Sam-work on a newspaper. Jason’s father left him when he was five and he lives with his mother. He wants to study at art school. He felt so sad because his girlfriend
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conflict. For the government to suppress the conflict they had to systematically employ their citizens to go against their own people. In order to fully understand the conflict‚ Manlio Argueta’s novel One Day of Life follows the the peasant uprising through several different perspectives. Argueta’s One Day of Life sheds light onto the authorities mentality towards the conflict‚ towards their own people‚ and the ways the government trained them to think this way. To start‚ the authorities fighting for the
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BOOK REPORT: -ONE DAY In this report I will write about the important aspects of the book‚ along with aspects I will also do a little analysis on some of the important characters. In the end‚ I will also conclude this report with mentioning the reason of choosing this book. We read and hear a lot of stories‚ some are interesting‚ and some are long or short. Every story is unique in its own way‚ but would you believe me If I told that this story I am writing report on spanned for twenty years
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Robinson. Have we had time to discover who we are exactly? Have we asked why we were created the way we are? Have ever wondered why we are so different from others? Have we asked what we lived for if not to solve the problem we(the world) face in life and to give a better meaning to it? Have we taken time to analyse our mistakes and improve ourselves‚ if we made no mistake how would we learn? Have we seized time to achieve things we wished for? Have we taken time to improve our strength rather
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