Summer Reading Book Review and Share In the town of Sterling‚ county of Grafton‚ State of New Hampshire‚ not a lot happens. But in Jodi Picoult’s story‚ Nineteen Minutes‚ Peter Houghton‚ a seventeen-year-old boy at Sterling High School‚ is lead to make a choice that would leave a mark on the town forever. Peter was expected to follow in his brother Joey’s footsteps. This is never fair. Joey was a kid that everyone liked. He was athletic‚ a straight-A student‚ and people just liked him.
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Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult Fiction Novel Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult is a novel based on a school shooting in the small town of Sterling‚ but focuses more importantly on the feelings of the main characters‚ Peter Houghton and Josie Cormier‚ who experience insecurities and social acceptance‚ or lack of. The novel explores the damaging effects of bullying‚ peer pressure and the dynamics of group interaction within teenagers in a modern day society. Picoult’s novels are aimed at a
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“Something still exists as long as there’s someone around to remember it.” Jodi Picoult‚ page 153. I read the book Nineteen Minutes‚ the quote I used above relates to many things that have happened in my life. These things haven’t only happened once in my life. I chose this because it would be the best quote relating to my life. Many of my friends‚ and family members have died in the past‚ seeing their brothers‚ sisters‚ or parents make me remember it the most. Yes‚ its very sad but these
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Natasha Arts Ms. Hayden ENG 4U – U5A1A1 April 21‚ 2015 ISP Journal Nineteen Minutes By: Jodi Picoult Nineteen Minutes‚ tells the story of the residents of Sterling‚ New Hampshire and how their lives were shattered in one nineteen minute long act of violence‚ a school shooting. Nineteen minutes represents a theme presented in the whole novel because at any time‚ at any ordinary minute‚ your world can be transformed. It takes a matter of minutes to change ordinary moments in our lives into ones that
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Nineteen Eighty-Four “Government‚ is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire‚ it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.”‚ this famous quote was stated by George Washington. The thesis of Nineteen Eighty-Four is how giving government too much control destroys freedom. The quote from George Washington explains exactly what the Party is‚ in the book Nineteen Eighty-Four. Nineteen Eighty-Four is written by George Orwell which was one of Eric Arthur Blair’s two pen names‚ the
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Nineteen eighty four What techniques did the party Ingsoc implement to create order and control throughout the nation of Oceania? The big brother concept is used in today’s day and age for entertainment use only‚ But imagine if that was how a nation lived there lives‚ under the constant watchful eye that is big brother‚ controlling your every move and killing who doesn’t do so. The novel nineteen eighty four is based around this very same complex concept. Big Brother is the leader of the party
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The passage I have selected from Nineteen Eighty-Four is from pages eighty-three to eighty-four‚ and is written as the main character’s thoughts and commentary on the Party. It discusses the absolute control of the party‚ and how powerful their influence is on the citizens of Airstrip One. This passage contains the famous lines “In the end the Party would announce that two plus two is five‚ and you would have to believe it ”‚ and “The Party told you to deny the evidence of your eyes and ears. It
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Throughout Nineteen Eighty-Four it is very clear that intimacy and women are two things that the Party do not like. Women are seen as producers of future Party members and sexuality is seen as a crime. The reason for this being that the Party sees this as a threat and therefore does everything in its power to control and try to prevent sexual activity as well as suppresses women and brainwashes them to see sexuality as a crime that they must refrain from. Throughout the novel‚ there are several
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The Loss of Individuality in Nineteen Eighty-Four In the world of Nineteen Eighty-Four‚ individuality is an offence punishable by death‚ and the people live under constant supervision. The main character‚ Winston‚ lives in the totalitarian state of Oceania‚ where a figurehead known only as Big Brother is revered by the majority of the populace. In this state‚ those in positions of power are members of the Inner Party‚ while the rest of the people are either members of the Outer Party or part
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governments‚ he wrote the book Nineteen Eighty-Four. Published in 1946‚ Nineteen Eighty-Four describes life in a totalitarianism form of government‚ following the main character‚ Winston Smith‚ as he takes risks in discovering how he believes life should truly be. Literary critic Irving Howe states‚ “Were it possible‚ in the world of 1984‚ to show human character in anything resembling genuine freedom...it would not be the world of 1984” (62). In Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four‚ the government uses
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