The Things They Carried: Book Review By: M**** F**** Often times‚ it’s difficult for generations set apart from a historical war‚ or for those who never served in the military‚ to truly understand the consequences of being a soldier. History books spell out the political and official side of a war story but it is only through personal accounts that one can come to appreciate the reality of the unnerving terror offered by war. In his novel‚ The Things They Carried‚ author Tim O’Brien creates
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This is a book review on George Orwell’s‚ Burmese Days. The story shows corruption and imperial prejudice. The daily lives of Burmese and the British were affected by inequality and racism. For the Imperialists life was very well but to the locals the Europeans lived like gods. Therefore the main symbol that portrayed British imperialism‚ involving racism was the European club. The club located in Burma was a representation of British racism against everyone else that was not British. Burmese Days
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Review: Goree Island: Island of No Return‚ Saga of the Signares by Richard Harrison Goree. Gold Leaf Press‚ Mt. Clemens‚ MI. 1996. Often times a search for family history can lead to confusing twists and turns or shocking revelations. In the case of Richard Goree‚ the search for his family’s past led to a novel with much important knowledge for the rest of the world. Goree Island is a story revealing the importance of signares in economic success during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and colonial
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Book Review: “Wooden on Leadership” John Wooden is a legendary basketball coach‚ best known for his UCLA dynasty‚ which won an unprecedented and unthinkable 10 national championships in 12 years. That stretch included an 88-game win streak and four perfect seasons. But Wooden’s proudest accomplishments are not those of which are collected in the annals of sports history. And they have little to do with winning or losing. In his book “Wooden on Leadership‚” the coach reveals that he never
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was an English poet‚ short-story writer‚ and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism‚ tales and poems of British soldiers in India‚ and his tales for children. Kipling received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature. He was born in Bombay‚ in the Bombay Presidency of British India‚ and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. Kipling is best known for his works of fiction‚ including The Jungle Book (a collection of stories which includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi")
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Book review Digital Fortress is a fairly well-written and entertaining novel. The main storyline is based upon a hush-hush operation within the NSA to obtain and or destroy the only existing copies of a pass-key that‚ if made public‚ could enable the use of an encryption program that would create coded messages that would be entirely unbreakable thereby rendering the NSA obsolete and allowing undecipherable communications between terrorist organizations and crime rings throughout the world. The
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lonely and harsh landscapes. The people of the prairies are often depicted in the literature as strong and enduring but with a genuine frailty. The stories of Gabrielle Roy take no exception to this trend. Prairie inhabitants are often viewed as bored and isolated persons‚ tucked away from excitement. Gabrielle Roy’s short stories “Where Will You Go‚ Sam Lee Wong?”‚ “A Tramp at the Door” and “Hoodoo Valley”‚ explore prairie dwellers in difficult landscapes surviving their isolation because of the friendships
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Autumn Lusty Ms. Boretsky American History Honors 15 November 2016 Founding Brothers Book Review Founding Brothers‚ whom the author is Joseph Ellis‚ had six sections that are used to show how the leaders of the Revolutionary Generation reveal their uncertainty about the ability of the new republic to survive and the two issues that threaten the nation‚ slavery‚ and the parties’ differences. The book is focused on Aaron Burr‚ George Washington‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ James Madison
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Book Review: Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness Title: Heart of Darkness Author: Joseph Conrad Publishing: Green Integer Year: October 1‚ 2003 (original 1890) Pages: Paperback‚ 200 pages ISBN: 1892295490 (ISBN13: 9781892295491) Joseph Conrad’s ’Heart of Darkness’ is one of the most well-known works among scholars of classical and post-colonial literature. It is thought provoking and ominous‚ but is also considered to be one of the most highly stylistic in its class. The novel blends the
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December 5‚ 2014 Book Review Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in London from 1594 to 1596. It was first published in an unauthorized quarto in 1597 and authorized quarto appeared in 1599. The play begins with a large fight between the Montagues and the Capulets‚ two prestigious families in Verona‚ Italy. Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. They fall in love at a dance and agree to get married secretly the next day. But after the marriage‚ Romeo
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