Within the riveting science-fiction book “Uglies”‚ Scott Westerfeld not only keeps the reader entertained‚ but also reveals the negative aspects of conformity. He relays this information while using events and actions throughout the storyline. Tally‚ the protagonist‚ rebels against the submissive tradition’s of her customs. Although many other themes are also conveyed in this book‚ the main message is clear: Fear of alienation in society causes one to suppress to conformity. Being just like
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shown by his fear of writing in the journal. As the story progresses‚ he becomes more confident in his rebellion‚ as shown by the quick confidence in the answers he gives O’Brien during the meeting at O’Brien’s house. However‚ he becomes broken in the end‚ after he is betrayed and tortured by O’Brien. Julia: protagonist‚ Winston’s lover and fellow rebel‚ through Winston’s eyes‚ she first appears as rude and completely devoted to Big Brother.
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that strong”. In Laura Hillenbrand’s nonfiction book Unbroken‚ Louis Zamperini demonstrated determination throughout his life to overcome difficulties in track all the way to surviving his Word War II bomber crashing into the Pacific Ocean where he was stranded for 47 day. Overall‚ Louis’s own ambition is what Hillenbrand highlighted throughout this book to tell his truly remarkable story. At the beginning of Louie’s life‚
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TrueBlood Case 1‚ Refer-a-Friend Background Runway Discount (Runway)‚ a privately held online retailer‚ has implemented a new customer referral marketing campaign. The campaign involves incentivizing current customers to refer their friends to Runway’s website. When a current customer refers someone who makes a purchase on Runway’s website‚ the referring customer receives a $25 credit to be applied to a future purchase. Two important provisions should be highlighted regarding this “Refer-a-Friend”
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Dracula Book Report Author: Bram Stoker Title: Dracula Rating: Excellent Reading Level: Hard Number of Pages: 363. With the notes and commentary: 394 Summary: Dracula is a novel about 6 comrades scheming to exterminate Count Dracula in revenge for killing the love of both Quincey Morris and Lord Godalming‚ Lucy Westenra. They soon find they are dealing with a bloodthirsty vampire‚ and their plot turns into a race for whom is able to survive‚ Count Dracula‚ or them. Their story is
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ZAPP book report 11/24/09 ZAPP The Lightning of EMPOWERMENT‚ by William C. Byham Ph.D. and Jeff Cox presents a story of different problems that managers/supervisors face and how they deal with the problems. The book shows how an autocratic supervisor would deal with a problem compared to a participative supervisor would handle the problems. The story shows the contrast between a supervisor that ZAPPS (empowers) her employees and a supervisor that SAPPS his employees by his interactions and
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The book that I recently loved was "Flipped" By Wendelin Van Draanen. Flipped is a fiction book and contains 212 pages‚ I started the book on May 2nd and finished it the week later.Wendelin Van Draanen was born January 6 in Chicago‚IL and is still living. Wendelin Van Draanen’s previous jobs was a fork lifter(a fork lifter is a person who works at a construction site lifting up heavy weights off the ground with a mechanical machine)‚high school computer teacher‚ and even was a singer in a rock band
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A couple of years ago I read a book called Unwind. This book‚ written by Neal Shusterman‚ is about a boy that runs from his family. He ran from his family after they signed a contract to have his body harvested. Being “unwound” happened to be a decision that the parents made. Connor’s parents signed a contract without him knowing. After he found the papers in a drawer‚ he ran away to save his life. Throughout the book‚ Connor endures many challenges. His mental stamina allows him to outsmart juvey
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Healthcare organizations such as nursing homes continuously attempt to pursue quality performance to improve clinical outcomes and patient experiences. Patient safety is an essential and vital component of quality nursing care. This paper discusses many important quality measures such as health inspections‚ medical and behavioral standards and staffing for Mecklenburg Health & Rehabilitation Center‚ nursing home. Quality of nursing home care is a major deciding factor for recovering from illness
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believe that all children should have decent parents and be respected by them. John and Lorraine do not have decent parents who care for them. This book also serves a purpose. I believe that the books purpose is to inform readers about how we need decent parents. My favorite character I the book is the pigman. The pigman is my favorite character in the book because he finds friends and things to do even though he is very lonely. Mr. Pignati finds bobo and john and Lorraine. Even though it seems like
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