I. Introduction My choice for my book report is the lightning thief by Rick Riordan‚ it was called the lightning thief because Percy Jackson who is the protagonist of the story was accused of stealing the weapon of Zeus (the lightning bolt) Percy had two friends in camp half-blood namely Grover and Annabeth. These two people help our hero Percy in his quest to prove that he did not steal the lightning bolt from Zeus. There is also Luke‚ the real lightning thief‚ who acted nice to Percy in order
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Simon Wiesenthal takes his readers on a course back in time with his writings of The Sunflower. Simon recollects moments when he was subjected to live in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. Karl‚ a dying SS soldier implores for forgiveness for his crimes against Jews of Simon. Our main character is conflicted by the request and leaves his readers by asking what would one have done being in his position. Providing an answer to this question can be determined by the analysis of Simon’s experiences
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Jackson and the Olympians‚ Book 1) The book is funny and witty‚ effortlessly matching old mythology and tradition with modern culture in a way that makes the book engrossing and unpredictable. There is talk of gods having affairs with mortals‚ and quite a bit of married gods having affairs with other gods. In the following book report‚ I will first introduce the plot of the story. Then‚ I will talk about the writing of the author and the strengths and weaknesses of the books. After that‚ I will talk
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Book Report: The Judgement of Paris The Judgement of Paris: Manet‚ Meissonier‚ and an Artistic Revolution contrasts the lives and artistic struggles of two painters against the backdrop of life in Paris. In the 1860s Ernest Meissonier was one of the most famous artists in Europe. His fame was built on his thoroughly detailed‚ realistic depiction of historical subjects. Meissonier sold his works for record prices and could afford to spend years working on them (he took 13 years to paint Napoleon’s
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This book report is being written for Mr. Reynold Bassant‚ lecturer for Comparative Literature. The book which was carefully selected is New Moon‚ it was written by Stephanie Meyer‚ one of the most promising new authors of this century. The book has 563 pages and was first published in hard cover by Little Brown and Company in September 2006‚ in the United States of America. After mass circulation and the sale of two million copies‚ the book became the New York Times Number One bestseller for 2007
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Book report ‘A child called it’ by Dave Pelzer This book is based on the unforgettable account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer‚ who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable‚ alcoholic mother. A mother who played tortuous‚ unpredictable games; games that left him nearly dead. He had to learn how to play his mother’s games in order to survive because she no longer considered him a son‚ but a slave; and no longer
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Book Report for Prayer and Spirituality Course Title: The Great Gatsby Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald Publisher: Charles Scribner’s Sons Copyright Date: April 10‚ 1925 1. What is the primary theme of this book? What is the basic message the author is trying to convey? 1) Fitzgerald portrays the 1920s as an era of decayed social and moral values‚ evidenced in its overarching cynicism‚ greed‚ and empty pursuit of pleasure. The reckless jubilance that led to decadent parties
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Book Report The Little Prince Author: Antoine De Saint-Exupery Translator: Katherine Woods Released: 1943 Sold more than 80 million copies worldwide and considered as an all-time bestseller Are you a deep thinker? If so‚ The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint -Exupery translated by Katherine Woods is a book you should not miss. The prowess of this book is in its metaphors. Each one can be fully appreciated and perceived in ways more than one. This book is an allegory‚ and I love allegories
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For my Student Choice Book Report assignment‚ I read the book “Good to Great” by Jim Collins. Jim Collins‚ put the book together along with the contributions and collaborations of the Good to Great research team. The main purpose of the book was about the following question; “Can a good company become a great company and‚ if so‚ how?” (pg. 5). Jim and the research team have answered this question in a couple of different categories of disciplined. I picked two of them people‚ and thought. The first
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Book report: ”Forrest Gump” 1) You have read about several events and situation in the book you have chosen. Do you think that any of these events or situation could happen in your country today? Explain why or why not with reference to the book itself. I think that it´s totally possible that some of the situations in the book could happen in Sweden. For example nowadays bullying is a very common problem in almost all the schools‚ not only in Sweden but the whole world. The way that Forrest
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