This book is about a fanciful young scientist Dr.Jekyll who struggles with unlocking the secrets of the soul. One day he is mixing a bunch of chemicals in his lab when he drinks a mixture‚ hoping it will isolate and eliminate evil. But instead‚ he unleashes dark forces within himself‚ Transforming him into the evil Mr.Hyde. Gabriel John Utterson a London reporter that is investigating two old friends Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde. Who turns out to be Dr.Jekyll’s lawyer. One night in October‚ nearly a year
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Readers will experience Irena Sendler’s story and realize how important she was in the heart-wrenching and inspiring biography Life in a Jar by Jack Mayer. Irena Sendler was an unsung hero during the Holocaust who saved over 2‚500 children from the Warsaw Ghetto. However‚ she was imprisoned‚ tortured to the point where all her limbs broke‚ sentenced to death (which she narrowly escaped)‚ and all but forgotten and shamed by Communist Poland soon after. Her work shows the main theme of the book: to
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For this week’s assignment‚ we were assigned to read Bitter in the Mouth by Monique Truong. An exquisite novel‚ many of the themes and motives relate closely To Kill a Mockingbird from earlier in the semester. Not to mention‚ Monique Truong’s background was captivating. Born in Saigon‚ Vietnam‚ Truong moved to Boiling Springs‚ North Carolina when she was seven. She spent the next four years here learning English as well as experiencing first hand racism and discrimination. On many accounts‚ Truong
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Everyone has their own way on how they value life whether it’s cherishing friends‚ traveling around the world‚ or learning as much as you can before the day it all ends. Some people take minutes figuring out how they value this human life and some people take hours. There are so many voices that are very confident in their opinions such as Roger Ebert‚ Hamlet‚ Steve Jobs etc. Chris Jones interviews Roger Ebert after Ebert had surgery to remove his cancerous tissue near his right jaw. In the article
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I am reading Skipping Christmas by John Grisham and I am done with the book. This book is about Nora and Luther Krank skipping everything about Christmas to go on a cruise. They decide this because their daughter‚ Blair‚ is going to be in Peru on a mission trip. They also want to take a break from the expenses and the busy season. When Blair decides to surprise them by coming home for Christmas‚ they give the cruise to a couple whose wife was recently diagnosed with cancer. After a lot of haste and
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Mr. Holland wasn’t excited to be a teacher and that really reflected his teaching ways at the start of the movie. Burning the beginning all he was focused on was getting in and out of the school without having to put any extra effort into the job‚ he was mainly focused on making his music and wasn’t worried about anything else. After his wife had told him that they were having a baby‚ he realized he just might be stuck working as a teacher for more that the 4 years that he originally planned. But
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Psychoanalytical Literary Analysis of Chris Butterworth’s Story “Sea Horse: The Shyest Fish in the Sea” When parents send their children to school‚ they expect the school to condition their kids to fit societal expectations. Most parents would be disappointed if their children failed to learn different social skills like cooperation‚ collaboration‚ and sharing while at school because elementary school is a prime atmosphere for children to develop their understanding of the world. An influential part
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The Forever War‚ written by Joe Haldeman‚ is a fiction book about a 1‚143 year long war between humans and Taurans that takes place in space. Protagonist William Mandella is in the world’s top percentile in terms of intelligence and physical fitness‚ so he is conscripted into the United Nations Exploratory Force in order to fight the Tauran aliens in 1997. Despite this war having lasted as long as it did‚ William had experienced the entirety of it due to relativity and the time differential caused
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The setting of the book starts off in the city of Herat‚ Afghanistan then continues in Kabul Afghanistan and briefly in Pakistan. It begins in 1964 and ends in 2003. The story is told from a third person omniscient narrative‚ alternating between the viewpoints of the two female protagonist‚ Mariam and Laila. The story begins with Mariam who lives with her mother‚ Nana‚ and is an illegitimate daughter to her father‚ Jalil. Mariam has green eyes‚ pale skin‚ a long face‚ and dull features. She is described
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Growing up in a lower class home and neighbourhood I experienced many hardships. From only having almost expired cans of mixed vegetables for dinner to people being shot near my house‚ growing up in poverty in America is no laughing matter. However‚ I grew up with a silver spoon compared to those living in the ghettos of South Africa like Mark Mathabane. In Kaffir Boy‚ Mark “formerly known as Johannes” details the struggles of growing up in Alexandra‚ South Africa‚ a poverty-stricken ghetto. In
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