Literature may be a world away from home— getting caught up in the ballad of love or whisked away in the adventure. Despite that‚ one of the best qualities of it is also how much a person can take away from that story‚ regardless of the reality of it. Many books call for action; others provide a unique perspective that the reader can learn from‚ and moreover‚ just as history has foretold‚ it’s imperative to shift a tunnel-vision view to a funnel-vision view. What Sara Gruen may have intended to show in “Water
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Berchtesgaden and Austria. This is all told in a rarely seen perspective‚ told from the viewpoint of the front line soldier‚ the privates‚ non-coms and officers who carry out the grand strategy of generals. Many books discuss the inner working of commands at Division and Army levels‚ but few detail the day to day life of the soldier. Stephen Ambrose’s book does that and more. It explores the how the everyday people that were drafted‚ worked in elite outfits like the 101st Airborne did‚ in World
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Award Report By: Seth Love Grade: 7th Teacher: Language Arts Teacher Unknown Date: Sunday August 03‚ 2003 Time: 11:04 Bronx Masquerade’s setting varies from place to place. There are three main settings. A High School‚ the ghettos of the Bronx‚ and many mental settings that occur inside students’ heads. The setting usually occurs in the in the high school. More pacifically‚ Mr. Ward’s classroom. The reason is; Mr. Ward holds a in class poetry event called Open Mike Fridays. The book Bronx Masquerade
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The Outsiders By S.E. Hinton is about two rival gangs known as Greasers and Socs they are divided by their socioeconomic status. The Greasers are a group of boys from lower class.Their gangs were like their families because they were there for them and cared about each other. On the other hand the Socs were the rich kids. They lived on the Westside and were always getting drunk and looking for fights with Greasers.This story is told in first-person narrative by protagonist Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy
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History Book Report Name: Candy Au 4A (1) Date: 22 / 1 / 2014 War In The Trenches Written by Simon Adams‚ was published by Franklin Watts in 2004 Reflection: This book talk about what soldiers did in the World War One. They work in a trench which was under cover by darkness; the enemy could not see what was going on. That was the time to bring supplies forwards‚ send out patrols to reconnoiter enemy lines and undertake running repairs to the
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“The Big Four” Report # 4 (pgs. 1-50) Introduction The book The Big Four derives from a project headed by the author‚ S. Joseph Kidder along with a small group of graduate research assistants. Their intent in the four year project was to try to find out why some Adventist churches are growing and why some other churches are not growing. They discovered four major factors that were linked to church growth in the North American Division (NAD): empowering servant leadership‚ passionate and authentic
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My report is on the book Toxic Parents by Dr. Susan Forward. I found this book very intrusting and scary in the same breath. I could not understand some of the hurt and pain parents inflict on their children. I do come from a home that was destroyed by divorce‚ alcohol and drug use. I can relate to some of the stories and it brought up my own struggles and made me question my own parents. I dont know what normal parents are but this book made it clear what is not healthy for children and even adults
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after William and Kate started dating‚ the two had split in March 2007‚ not giving any reason why. Reports only claimed that their breakup was amicable and mutually agreed upon‚ but there were speculations that the royal bachelor preferred to act like one rather than be tied to one girl. So what was the real reason why the two separated and subsequently reunite? The answer‚ according to a new book titled "Kate" by Marcia Moody‚ is because William decided to take a different direction from his father
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Combs II (1) Michael Combs II Hayes January 29‚ 2014 Period 4 Book Report Artemis Fowl is a young-adult fantasy novel written by Eoin Colfer. It is the first book in the Artemis Fowl series‚ followed by Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident. This book has 280 pages including the prologue and epilogue and the theme of this book is illusion of power. The story takes place in the dawn of the 21st century. The locations the book goes to are Ho Chi Minh City‚ where Artemis meets his informant‚ and
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Tuesdays with Morrie Book Report The title of the book I read is Tuesdays with Morrie. The author of the book is Mitch Albom. The book was written in 1997. Tuesdays with Morrie is written about a man named Morrie Schwartz‚ who was struggling for his life‚ and slowly dying. Morrie was diagnosed with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)‚ also known as “Lou Gehrig’s disease.” Although Morrie’s life was slowly deteriorating and Morrie knew that death was near‚ he continued to try to live life to the
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