enjoy a good book and a good read‚ but does everybody enjoy reading for the same reasons? The answer to that question lies in the words of two incredible authors. Author Rick Moody’s enjoyment he gets from the freedom and thrill of reading a book and Carol Shields love for indulging in a book and entering another reality both shows how everybody can love reading in their own ways. Moody loves reading due to the feeling of freedom and being able to come to his own conclusions and Shields enjoys reading
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Close reading and response to literature Number The Stars -Lois Lowry 1. What are the major themes of this book ? Difficulty of growing up The author Lois Lowry uses the context of World War II as a way of making the difficulties stand out more clearly. The novel focuses on Annemarie Johansen’s personal experiences with growing up‚ but her experiences are common to most young people. Growing up is presented as a struggle for identity. Does Annemarie belong to the world of adults or
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films since Star Wars‚ with his latest film premiering last year. I’m so tired of the LFL brass and the media continually lying to us‚ and much of it has been tracked back to Disney by way of shills and astroturfers. Its surprising not only how quickly after the purchase of Lucasfilm‚ that everything that wasn’t the Original Trilogy began to be discredited; but also that this discrediting was so readily accepted. While Mr. Plunkett laid the ground work for the Prequel hate‚ the Star Wars Expanded
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William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ and Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol parallel each other on many levels. Macbeth is a play that describes the rise and fall of a ruler who believes nothing can harm him‚ so the lead character‚ cleverly called Macbeth‚ attains power whenever possible‚ not caring who he hurts or what he destroys in the process. A Christmas Carol is also about the rise and fall of a town leader‚ the richest man in town‚ Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge’s hunger for wealth and power is illustrated
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is very naïve; she needs to prepare herself when she faces the worst. She appeals to me because she reminds me of my niece. All in all‚ she is an inspiring character. Annemarie is extremely clever for a ten year old. Annemarie takes Ellen’s Star of David necklace before the soldiers find it and arrest her. When her mother tells her that her great Aunt Birte died‚ Annemarie knows that there’s no Aunt Birte. Annemarie decides to take the closed‚ concealed road to the woods instead of the open
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Between Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars: Both books have themes of growing up and death‚ more specifically‚ unexpected death at a young age‚ which I know is obvious‚ but I might as well say it. Another thing they have in common is smoking. But‚ the view on smoking in Looking for Alaska is much different from The Fault in Our Stars. In Looking for Alaska‚ smoking is viewed as "normal" and a way to "fit in". But in The Fault in Our Stars‚ it was discouraged and simply used as a metaphor
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idea or concept. Symbolism is used in many different ways throughout Charles Dickens’ novella‚ A Christmas Carol. Symbols are used in this novella‚ to represent ideas and qualities of different objects. Charles Dickens uses the children Want and Ignorance‚ Marley’s chains‚ and the three ghosts as symbols to develop the theme of choices and transformation in his novella‚ A Christmas Carol. The children Want and Ignorance embody the two roots of all social evils. Ignorance and Want represent society’s
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In The Fault in Our Stars‚ by John Green‚ Augustus’ choices impacted Hazel’s life drastically that Green’s purpose for the book is to convince readers to choose to make a positive impact. Augustus left Hazel with more positive than negative‚ because he helped improve her life through his impactful choices. He chose to love her‚ even though it could end in grief. Even from the first time they saw each other he still knew what he was doing‚ for crying out loud it was a CANCER SUPPORT GROUP. He knew
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"Counting Stars" [Chorus] Lately I been‚ I been losing sleep Dreaming about the things that we could be But baby‚ I been‚ I been prayin’ hard Said no more counting dollars We’ll be counting stars Yeah‚ we’ll be counting stars [Verse 1] I see this life Like a swinging vine Swing my heart across the line In my face is flashing signs Seek it out and ye shall find Old‚ but I’m not that old Young‚ but I’m not that bold And I don’t think the world is sold I’m just doing what we’re
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“Yes it’s sad to belong to someone else when the right one comes along.” This song was running in my head while I was reading the story Dead Stars. Reading the story brought me mixed emotions: anger‚ sadness‚ excitement‚ confusion‚ etc. etc. I was not sure if I’ll feel sorry for Esperanza or Julia. However‚ in the end‚ I felt sorry‚ for‚ none other than the main character of the story‚ Alfredo. Alfredo‚ at his 30’s had not yet married but engaged to Esperanza for 3 years. However‚ Esperanza patiently
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