Name : Amalia Amanda Kasih Student #. : 101214129 Date of submission : 15th of March 2010 Book Report : 1 2 3 4 (circle) [pic] • Title of Book : Gulliver’s Travel • Author : Jonathan Swift • Publisher : Oxford University Press • Year of publication : 1971 Setting (of time and place) The setting of the novel is 1699. Major places that this novel took place are in the Country of Lilliput and Brobdingnag‚ the land of the giants. Major Characters:
Premium Gulliver's Travels
exactly what happens in the book‚ which this report is about. The Whipping Boy is a fiction book by Sid Fleischman‚ Winner of the 1987 Newbery Medal. Sid Fleischman was born in Brooklyn‚ New York‚ on March 16‚ 1920‚ and grew up in San Diego‚ California. He wrote more than 60 books for adults as well as for children. The Whipping Boy is one of them‚ which has been made into a movie. The Whipping Boy is an 18th century European adventure story that is funnier than any book I have ever come across. However
Premium Newbery Medal The Whipping Boy
really enjoy the book. The beginning of the novel was just character introductions and invitations to a suspenseful place called Indian Island. As the story began to progress‚ I found the book strangely intriguing. It was about the perfect murder. The interesting part of the novel is wondering who was committing the murder‚ so it keeps you guessing. There were also very funny puns. My favorite pun was the person who invited all the guests‚ U.N. Owen‚ who later in the book‚ was found to stand
Premium And Then There Were None Agatha Christie Death
The King The play King Lear and the movie King Lear both shared many similarities. They both told the story about the aging King of Britain and his fall from glory. The movie I watched was named King Lear and was directed by Trevor Nunn. The person who played King Lear was Ian McKellen. In both of these stories Lear was the King of Britain and both the movie and the play start off with him getting ready to retire and pass down his kingdom. King Lear was a powerful king and also
Premium King Lear William Shakespeare English-language films
Elliot‚ J.H.‚ Imperial Spain: 1469-1716. London: Penguin Books‚ 1963. 423pgs. In Imperial Spain‚ J.H. Elliot examines the history of early modern Spain from the reign of the Catholic Monarchs‚ Isabella and Ferdinand‚ to the reformation of the Spanish government by the first member of the Bourbon dynasty. According to the author‚ at the start of the 15th century‚ Spain was internally weak‚ hopelessly divided and isolated
Premium Spain Philip II of Spain Spanish Empire
A Northern Light book report Honors Literature Main Character Mattie Gokey | The main character in A Northern Light is Mattie Gokey. She has thin brown hair and lots of freckles scattered along her pale face. Her hair is a simple plain brown‚ the same color of her eyes. Her hands are rough and unshapely from days of long‚ hard work on her father’s farm. She is small‚ but strong. She is 16 years old‚ and loves writing. Mattie likes to “collect words.” Every day she gets out the dictionary
Premium Black hair Brown hair Protagonist
chosen a book report for my research vignette as I believe that book reports may be the easiest choice of a paper type for the A. Douglas Smith Lodge of Research No. 1949 member who would like to present his first paper to the lodge and the purpose which the Worshipful Master assigned me these vignettes was to demonstrate the process for members. I have chosen this book from among several that I have read in order to illustrate that a book that is not thought of as a Masonic book may well
Premium The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen Covey First Things First
in October 2005. Choosing this book came down to the captivating graphics and title on the cover of the book. This book tells a story a horrifically traumatized young man‚ Grubbs Grady‚ who after witnessing the brutal murder of his parents and older sister‚ learns of a haunting family secret and is forced to face the same terrifying creatures that literally tore his family apart. Grubbs Grady and his uncle‚ Dervish Grady‚ are seen as the main characters in this book because of the amazing mental
Premium English-language films Character Fiction
Nineteen Minutes I read the book Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult. The story begins in a small town in Sterling‚ New Hampshire. At the high school‚ you read about a routine day of students in classes. As a student runs out of class to leave for an orthodontist appointment a loud bang goes off in the parking lot‚ which turns out to be a bomb set off in Matt’s car. The students are confused by the noise and gun shots are fired. Patrick‚ the only detective on the Sterling police force (which is
Premium American Revolutionary War English-language films Fiction
Language Arts Book Report Name of the Book: A Reacher novel:61 hours by Lee Child. This title is related to the book because the entire book is a countdown recollection of events that leads up to the climax‚ where Reacher and Plato‚ the protagonist and antagonist fight. It begins with 61 hours before the main fight. Author: Lee Child. The main protagonist of the novel is Jack Reacher‚ an ex-military policeman that spends the majority of his time as a “nomad‚” wandering around the states‚ looking
Premium Linguistics Language Writing