Monica Rodriguez 4-3-13 “True Notebooks.” Book Analysis (A) True Notebooks by Mark Salzman Part # 1: Questions 1. What did you learn from reading this book? By reading this book‚ I learned a lot about teenagers’ critical situations at juvenile hall. This book gave me a greater insight and deeper understanding of what their lives are like and the challenges they face in this place. I also learned that the legal system is not doing a great deal to help these young kids mend their lives. They
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house-wife. Ultimately Bridget Jones’s Diary suggests that no woman is restricted by the era that they were born into. The film adaptation of the same name‚ made in 2001 and directed by Sharon Maguire‚ is a worthwhile adaptation‚ as it stayed closely to the main issues and themes of the book‚ while changing it in order to make a better viewing presentation. Both Fielding’s book and Maguire’s movie Bridget Jones’s Diary present a main issue of the story‚ that women long to escape the ’ideal’ of a woman
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Didion Text Analysis Essay In the essay‚ “Los Angeles Notebook”‚ Joan Didion outlines the uncontrollable effects of the Santa Ana winds. She conveys her views of the Santa Ana winds as a fierce force of nature by describing its effects on the residents and environment. The tone is very precise and vivid. The overall basis of the passage is how the Santa Ana Winds affects the natives. And it’s through her use of imagery‚ diction‚ syntax‚ and selection of detail that she expresses her view of the
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Books and movies can be very similar but different at the same time. The contrast between the story of “A Rose for Emily “from the movie and the book is quite the difference. In the story “A Rose for Emily”‚ by: William Faulkner‚ there’s many differences between the movie and book that make both very unique. One way the book was different from the movie is how in the book it states‚ “One of us lifted something from it‚ and leaning forward‚ that faint and invisible dust dry and acrid in the nostrils
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- A2028710087 [BOOK SUMMARY‚REVIEW AND COMPARISON WITH THE MOVIE BY MIRA NAIR] BOOK SUMMARY AND REVIEW The first word of Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake isn’t a word at all. It is a date. 1968‚ to be exact. But in many ways it is fitting that the opening line
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In the book Freak the Mighty‚ it was written by Rodman Philbrick. In the movie The Mighty‚ it was directed by Peter Chelsom. They both have the same characters with the same problem‚ same story plot‚ same everything. In the book it said how they met in the summer when Freak just moved in and he was having troubles with getting his robot bird‚ so Max helped him. In the movie they officially met during school time when Freak ended up being his tutor. Some of the most important similarities is that
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Two of Emily Dickinson’s poems‚ “Unto My Books So Good To Turn” and “Contrast”‚ show different sides of her unusual personality. Ironically‚ both works choose encounters with people as opportunities to provide glimpses into a lonely‚ reclusive life. Dickinson was an educated woman‚ having attended Amherst Academy and Mount Holyoke Female Seminary‚ as well as the daughter of a prominent attorney. Although she was outgoing in her youth‚ she disliked being away from home and increasingly preferred
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In this paper‚ I am going to be comparing and contrasting the movie version and the novel entitled “The Accidental Tourist.” First‚ when one begins to read the book‚ they will notice that the opening scene takes place in a car on a rainy day. During this pivotal scene Sarah Leary asks Macon if he remembered what he said to a comment Sarah had said. She said “’I said to you the other day‚ I said‚ ‘Macon‚ now that Ethan’s dead I sometimes wonder if there’s any point to life.’ Do you remember what
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The movie‚ “Fahrenheit 451‚” was different from the book of Fahrenheit 451‚ was one difference in the move was that Montag went out with Clarisse on his sick day so he could devise a plan‚ but in the book he stayed home and devised his plan‚ and also there was no Mechanical Hound or Professor Faber and Granger in the movie. Based on the book‚ Professor Faber and Granger were major characters because they emphasized the themes‚ “three things are missing‚” and the “phoenix.” The missing components
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The book and the movie of The Devil’s Arithmetic had many similarities and differences. The movie had Rivka as Chaya’s cousin while the book did not. In both of them Hannah does not want to go to the Seder. The book and the movie showed how much you should value what you have and how you live your life. The Devil’s Arithmetic was written by Jane Yolen. The story starts off as a girl named Hannah was complaining to her mother about not wanting to go to the Seder. She is named after her Aunt Eva’s
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