Carlie Sorrells Ms. Johnson 8-28-12 English ll pre-ap Summer Reading Assignment-Alas Babylon Alas Babylon by Pat Frank is a literary work of art that holds important themes applicable to the present. Though the story takes place in the time of the Cold War‚ some of the messages are still transferable to life in the modern world. An apocalyptic world where the United States is at war with the Soviet Union is the premise of the book in which the characters are put up to the ultimate test‚ survival
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Outline: Inspirational People (Dianna Agron) I. Introduction A. Trivia: A vegetarian actress known as a ruthless cheerleader in a TV series Glee. II. Body A. Talented 1. A talent actress‚ producer‚ director and screenwriter a. Played one of the main casts in the movies The Hunter‚ I am Number Four‚ and Glee: The 3D Concert Movie. b. Appeared in multiple series such as Numb3rs‚ Heroes‚ Veronica Mars‚ Shark‚ Close to Home‚ and CSI: New York. c. Currently filming
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Michael Gerard Bauer dealt with a topic that relates to the age group I’m in now. “Don’t Call Me Ishmael” was written about teen hood: Bullying‚ coping‚ low self esteem‚ self consciousness‚ the list could go on and St Daniels College is the place where it all happens. Ishmael is a fourteen year old boy who goes through the problems that I see teens face every day. His mates are nonetheless social outcasts themselves. All the characters in Bauer’s book deals with their own individual problems.
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Tonight at 8‚ the kidnapping of Liam Quinn a local 6-year-old boy. Details to come. A dead air fell over a vacant room‚ filled with the elements of childhood. An unoccupied race car bed‚ stark blue walls‚ and an idle toy train complimented the eerie - yet somber - atmosphere. A dark shadowy figure lurked in the corner‚ standing ten feet tall - no definite shape. Slithering onto the floor and over the bed‚ the figure moved with haste‚ attempting to lurk as an agent of subterfuge. Arriving at the
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Jordan Yates Axiotis Second Period “Wearing of the Ring” Seminar Questions Opening- When writing The Lords of Discipline‚ how much of himself did Pat Conroy put into his book? How would have the book been different it hadn’t have seemed so personal to Conroy? When writing The Lords of Discipline‚ Pat Conroy put a lot of himself into the novel. As a graduate from the Citadel and former member of the Varsity basketball team‚ Conroy poured all aspects of his collegiate life into this book. Posed
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Blake Leyden Cristine Smith December 7‚ 2009 The Lords of Discipline A novel based on his own military experience at “The Citadel”‚ Pat Conroy’s The Lords of Discipline takes place at the South Carolina Military Institute (a fictitious military school). Like most military schools throughout the United States‚ “The Institute” prides itself on its ability to transform “douche bags” to “whole men”. The authoritative figures responsible for this transformation are the cadre (upper classman)‚ carriers
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The book‚ Ishmael‚ by Daniel Quinn‚ was thought provoking and puzzling. The most engaging topic that continued to be extremely relevant throughout the book was about the flaws in the human race. Ishmael believes all of human sin stems from the lack of knowledge on how to live. He argues‚ “If you knew how you ought to live‚ then the flaw in man could be controlled… [and] you wouldn’t be forever screwing up the world.” There were many great breathtaking and heart stopping phrases in this book‚ but
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Regeneration is a prize-winning historical and anti-war novel by Pat Barker‚ first published in 1991. The novel was a Booker Prize nominee and was described by the New York Times Book Review as one of the four best novels of the year in its year of publication.[1] It is the first of three novels in the Regeneration Trilogy of novels on the First World War‚ the other two being The Eye in the Door and The Ghost Road‚ which won the Booker Prize in 1995.[2] The novel was adapted into a film by the same
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“Sisters” by Pat Mora‚ the poem is about strong and special feelings for family‚ in special brothers and sisters because they represent love‚ hate‚ friendship‚ sadness‚ memories‚ etc.‚ it is a poem about a girl that is the younger sister and she tells the positive benefits of having an older sister‚ all the memories and good moments that they went together‚ the poem teach you that brothers and sisters are your first best friends‚ they help you and teach you new things every day since the first day
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In the novel The Great Santini by Pat Conroy‚ the reader meets the main character‚ Bull Meechem. Bull Meechem had many outstanding traits good and awful. Bull Meechem can be mistakenly called a racist though he is truly an abusive father‚ and yet he is courageous and honorable at times of war and then at moment before his death. Bull’s male desire to have control over his family often gets the best of him‚ the reader witnesses him physically and mentally attacking his family in drunken rages control
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