Book report THE GODFATHER The novel God Father is written by Mario Puzo. Mario Puzo is a professional writer from an Italian immigrant family. When he was young‚ he lived in a slum in New York with his parents‚ so crime may be a normal state of affairs where they lived. Yeas later when Mario became a professional writer‚ that part of experience gave him the inspiration about this famous novel---God Father. He also published some other books‚ but none of them was as popular as God Father. This
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Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth Book Report Zealot by Reza Aslan is a meticulously researched biography that challenges the belief of one of the most influential and enigmatic spiritual leaders‚ Jesus. Reza Aslan examines Jesus through the perception of his era: first-century Palestine‚ an age of unrest and rebellions. Aslan‚ at the start of the book‚ reviews the attempts of a number of men who sought to overthrow the established order and free Israel. His belief was that Jesus
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Divergent Book Report Divergent is a novel by Veronica Roth. This story happens in Chicago in the future. The city is separated into 5 factions based on personality traits. The factions are Abnegation(selflessness)‚ Erudite(intelligence)‚ Candor(Honesty)‚ Dauntless(bravery)‚ and Amity(peaceful). One day every year‚ all sixteen-year-olds take a personality test that will tell them which faction they are going to be in. After getting the results of their test‚ they have to decide if they want
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Book Report On “GRENDEL” By: John Gardner Submitted By: Ian Gabriel Benetua Submitted To: Ma Graziella Sigaya Part I Setting: There are two main locations in which the story takes place. 1. Grendel’s Cave – A cave wherein Grendel stays to rest. He lives together with his mute mother. It was surrounded by the remains of dead carcasses and human bodies. The cave was dark and emitted a disgusting smell. Grendel was not happy living in such a place fit for animals. He thought of himself
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The Twilight of the Tsar: Russian Peasantry at the Turn of the Century Throughout European history‚ there has been a trend towards romanticizing the agrarian lifestyle. From the whitewashing of folktales to Stalin-era propaganda musicals‚ the idealized peasantry are presented as harmonious‚ cheerful‚ and cooperative. This view was especially prevalent in imperial Russia at the end of the 19th century‚ with many writers believing that the Russian peasantry’s “cooperative and communitarian” nature
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Minority Autobiography Analysis (Book Report) Title: Honky Author: Dalton Conley Summary "Honky" is the true story of Dalton Conley‚ a white kid‚ growing up in a minority community. The story takes place beginning at the end of the 1960’s and concluding in the early 1980’s and takes us from the authors early childhood to college. Dalton Conley was white‚ with a Jewish mother and an Irish/English father. Both of Dalton’s patents were artists. His mother‚ Ellen‚ grew up in northern Pennsylvania
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university. Throughout the book Skeeter is fighting for the civil rights of the black maids that have worked for her and her mates‚ by writing a book of the terrible stories that the have been through. Throughout the book there were many issues and actions that people did were interesting to read about and the opinions that different characters had on them. One of the biggest issues in the book that I think is how racist the whites are towards the black‚ throughout the book the blacks are always being
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STORMBREAKER This month I read the book‚ Stormbreaker‚ by Antony johnston. It is a graphic novel that does not have page numbers. I chose to read this because i like graphic novels‚ and this is the first book in the series. This book takes place in Europe. It is futuristic‚ but it does not give a specific date. Most of the book takes place in some tall buildings in Europe. This setting is important because most of the conflict involves shouting and hand on hand fighting the protagonist goes to
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its science‚ science fiction‚ or an autobiography. Professor Sherry Ginn is a professor in the Phycology department at Wingate University in Wingate‚ NC. Her analysis of Frankenstein takes a different look at the book then most. She starts by showing how essential elements from the book are actually taken from the life of the author. She notes how just like Frankenstein turned his back on his creation so did Mary’s father turn her back on her this happened when her father remarried. “The new Mrs
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Persepolis is a historical book yet an entertaining story of a girl during a frightening time in an important era in her country. Author‚ Marjane Satrapi writes about her experience in Iran as a child. She includes humor as well as sentimentality in this book to express her view on how times were. As a reader of this book it helped me understand the dark times that the Iranian people faced. With this book being a memoir it further helped understand the Islamic Revolution and the actions taken by
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