The Book Thief‚ by Markus Zusak‚ tells of a nine year old girl named Liesel Meminger who lived through World War II. At a young age‚ Liesel and her younger brother‚ Werner‚ got on a train with their mother to go to a foster home in Molching‚ Germany. Halfway into the trip‚ Werner dies‚ leaving Liesel traumatized for many months. When Liesel and her mother arrive in Molching‚ she meets her foster parents‚ Rosa and Hans Hubermann. Hans plays the role of the perfect father for Liesel. He always comforted
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The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane shares a story about a young lady named Connie Goodwin who was not only living her life‚ but was also involved in other lives from the past. In the current time‚ Connie is going to school for her PhD and studying Colonial American history at Harvard. After Connie is done dealing with her research for school she ends up moving forward to start her candidacy for her PhD‚ but then gets a message from her mother‚ Grace‚ wanting
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Assignment #6: “Changing Our Lives”‚ Draft Essay Jaclyn Jean ENG 090-Writing Fundamentals Professor Ipcizade August 22‚ 2014 When growing up you picture yourself becoming a doctor‚ teacher‚ or other awesome professional. In grammar school‚ you’re just happy about what you want to be when you grow up. Then you go to high school and realize your goal is reachable; it’s just going to take some hard work and a lot of studying. That’s a summary‚ of how road to college started‚ but life took over
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Flawed By: Enoch Donkor - "The ’ Cecilia Ahren’s book “Flawed” is about a seventeen-year-old girl named Celestine who lives in a society where those who do unethical things get publicly branded as “Flawed”. One day‚ Celestine was on the bus when an Old Flawed man died. Celestine raced to help him‚ which made her flaw. Celestine was supposed to get flawed once she got branded six times‚ one done undisclosed. Throughout the book‚ Celestine lives as a fawned outcast and tries to take down the judge
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Public or Private: Why not both? There exists in the majority of people a schism between their public lives and their private lives. People should desire to have their public selves match their private selves as closely as possible. A rift between the two causes nothing but pain and suffering for everyone around those people and places a heavy burden on the spirit of the ones responsible. Trust and honesty are essential to our society and the truth should be complimentary‚ not earned. Richard
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heartbreaking journey through the lives of several characters‚ many of which you grow to love and feel for. Several times in the book I was bawling my eyes out or crying for pure joy‚ it really gets to you on an emotional level. It has holocaust themes (obviously) but I would say that they are quite mild. People who are sensitive to these themes can quite easily skip over the details and continue reading on as the book will still make total sense. Reading this book my views of WWII completely changed--as
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In the book‚ Control‚ by Lydia Kang‚ a girl goes on a mission to save her kidnapped sister and with the help of modern science she is able to track her down. This book relates to the article “For the Future” because both of these selections deal with the new outlook on technology and how we use it in our everyday lives. Control deals with two sisters who lose their dad and then are forced into a orphanage. Not long after‚ older sister Zelia’s younger sister Dylia is kidnapped and Zelia goes on
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When the Legend Dies The book “When the Legend Dies” is a tale about a young boy named Tom Black Bull was raised by his mother and as she raises him to live like the people in the old days lived such as living in the forest and hunting for food and shelter. The book was written by Hal Borland. As you could probably notice is that there were many changes happening with Tom. So let’s move on and see what changes there were. One change with Tom was when Bessie died. Bessie was his mom and he was taught
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Living Large – The Case of Live Nation Executive Summary After the spun-off from the radio giant Clear Channel Communications in 2005‚ Live Nation‚ the world’s largest events and live music promoter is now preparing itself to go even bigger. Led by CEO Michael Rapino‚ Live Nation is revolutionizing the music industry from a concert business to a one-stop shop that would make every fan and artists musical ends meet. Live Nation’s arising strategy is to connect the artists to the fans in every
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been published in Portuguese‚ the year of 1988 in Brazil. When published in Brazil the book didn’t get as much recognition that it deserved. When the book was translated and published in the English version in 1993‚ it sold over 65 million copies. Currently the book has been translated into many different languages. The book was a bestseller because of the philosophy or idea it reflected throughout the book. Santiago‚ who was a shepherd wanted to pursue his goal of traveling across Egypt. Not
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