The book I chose to read for my book report is called Spellbound by Janet McDonald. The plot starts with Raven living with her mother in the projects in New York City. Raven had a baby at sixteen and had to drop out of high school to take care of her baby boy‚ Smokey. She wants to be better than another high school dropout‚ project girl with few prospects. She wants to do it for her mother’s sake. Her baby’s sake. And for her own sake. She wants to show the ambition she has inside of her and to do
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Book Report English Title: The Giver Author: Lois Lowry Setting: A controlled‚ utopian community Sometime in the future Protagonist(s): Jonas Antagonist(s): The Community Relationship between the Protagonist and Antagonist Jonas‚ the protagonist of the story‚ is a twelve-year-old boy who lives in a place called The Community‚ which is the antagonist of the story. In the Community‚ led by a Committee of Elders‚ almost all aspects of every citizen’s lives are controlled and planned
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The television show I’m Alive‚ episode “Ambushed” makes viewers re-think holding a snake without it being identified by an expert. A biology teacher told her students that they could find animals in the wild‚ bring them into school‚ and she would identify them. In their classroom‚ there were turtles‚ spiders‚ frogs‚ snakes‚ and more. The teacher told the students that they could hold any of the animals that they wanted to without permission. Rusty Van Wert and Caleb Snow went over to a terrarium
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John Doe 1-16-2012 W. History‚ 1B Hwk. Persuasive Letter Imagine you live in Europe in 1848. Write a letter to a friend‚ stating your political position ----- conservative‚ liberal‚ or radical. Express your feelings about the uprisings and the future of Europe. Dear Bob‚ I’m writing you today to tell you about my political position. I’m a liberal. I know you want to know why I chose to be a liberal‚ so here it is. The definition of liberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and
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Entering a new market is one of a firm’s most important strategic choices (Rania A.‚ 2014). Along with the development of business environment‚ many corporates would like to expand overseas. It is true that overarching and firm-specific factors such as business growth‚ reputation‚ markets and resources that are affecting the corporate to go international (Andrew H.‚ 2011). Wholly owned subsidiary‚ joint venture‚ franchising and so on are the different strategies for corporates choosing to expand
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In the Count of Monte Cristo‚ by Alexander Dumas‚ Caderousse represents stage 1 of Kohlberg’s stage of moral development because he fears death’s punishment‚ damnation to hell. Caderousse fears death’s punishment when Benedetto stabs him and Caderousse quickly pleads “for mercy” (Dumas 337). Two ways to the afterlife is either heaven or hell. Caderousse‚ however‚ knows that he will go to hell for all the punishment he gives to Dantès. So instead of facing certain death‚ he pleads for a doctor to
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I’m Not Scared is a coming of age text‚ written by Niccolo Ammaniti‚ and it is based on the journey of a young Michele Amitrano moving from childhood innocence to experience. Initially he is naïve and ignorant towards things that has no impact to his ‘perfect little world’‚ however‚ after encountering several events he changes his perspective. This takes form through the influences of his peers‚ adults and a reflection of himself. Among Michele’s peers there are several whom that mould the journey
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The book I chose for my report is Sleuthing the Alamo: Davy Crockett’s Last Stand and Other Mysteries of the Texas Revolution by James E. Crisp. In my book‚ Crisp follows the Texas Revolution along with the battle at the Alamo which took place between 1835 and 1836. He tackles the questions of why and how myths are made and shows how the environment around someone can influence attitudes that people develop about certain historical events. Crisp also challenges are beliefs of history and wants us
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The novel I chose for my book report is Hero‚ by Mike Lupica. It’s a fantasy novel and one in a series of books by the author dealing with the superpowers and the struggle of good versus evil. The main character of the book is Zach Harriman 14 year old boy whose father recently died in a plane crash. His father worked for the secret service. Zach starts to investigate his father’s mysterious death. He is told by a “friend of the family” named Mr. Herbert that he has supernatural powers‚ and his
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Dracula Book Report Author: Bram Stoker Title: Dracula Rating: Excellent Reading Level: Hard Number of Pages: 363. With the notes and commentary: 394 Summary: Dracula is a novel about 6 comrades scheming to exterminate Count Dracula in revenge for killing the love of both Quincey Morris and Lord Godalming‚ Lucy Westenra. They soon find they are dealing with a bloodthirsty vampire‚ and their plot turns into a race for whom is able to survive‚ Count Dracula‚ or them. Their story is
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