scared of change. The crystal merchant is an example of a life that is unfulfilled. Santiago then meets the Englishman in a warehouse. The Englishman is also on pursuit of his Personal Legend. The Englishman is very well educated and loves to read his books. The Englishman knows a
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“The sky was the color of cat vomit” is the first sentence of the book Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. The hook sentence of Uglies already shows Tally’s pessimistic view of things. Uglies is set in the future because it is a dystopian book‚ also because it is a negative way of seeing the future. In this book characters are born looking “ugly” until their 16th birthday where they get mandatory plastic surgery. After the surgery they are called “pretty” and will live somewhere called New Pretty Land where
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blindspots‚ therefore‚ nobody is “good.” With this in consideration‚ making the world‚ and this campus a better place is difficult‚ but there are ways to bring humanity closer to unity every day. The selection of “good people” to be in the title of this book is for two main reasons. The first reason is they used it as a play on words. There is no single human being on the planet that is exempt from judging others at
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S. E. Hinton wrote ‘The Outsiders’ when he was sixteen years old. She did not just write the book‚ but she really felt it and lived it. While the author was writing this book she looked back and realized how important it was to have another life. One day‚ her friend was walking home and a couple of “nice” kids jumped out of a car and just started to beat her friend up because they did not like that he was a greaser. Hinton went home and started writing the story of the boy who was beaten up by rich
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All businesses have the same goal. Just like all business‚ the goal of a manufacturing organization is to make money. As the book begins‚ it is clear that the UniCo plant that Rogo runs is in dire need of improvement. None of the orders are getting out on time and the plant is on the verge of being shut down. There are 3 operation measurements Rogo can use to improve his plant. The first is to sell more products. This examines if the throughput goes up. The second is to look at if the company
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with some fatal flaws‚ and the author points out every trait in full detail. What makes this biography so interesting is Jon Krakauer’s dedication to discovering what truly happened to Christopher McCandless. When Krakauer started writing his book‚ he knew nothing about Christopher’s life or what happened to him after he disappeared. Krakauer followed the trail Christopher left across the country and interviewed any person he interacted to piece together the story of Christopher McCandless
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The book i read was “ The Outsiders” by S.E. hinton. The protagonist was Ponyboy Curtis‚ a fourteen year old greaser‚ with long greasy hair. He wears jeans‚ t-shirts and a leather jacket. Ponyboy liked his gang ‚ school ‚ sunsets ‚ movies ‚ reading and his best friend johnny. He hated the Socs because they were the rich kids with all the breaks and his brother Darry because he bossed him around after his parents died. Greasers were the tough poor kids. Ponyboy changed in many ways throughout the
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Into the Wild is a book about a young man that decides that living in society isn’t his kind of thing. Christopher (Chris) McCandless chooses to take on a new adventure and step into the life of the wild. Unfortunately‚ the young Emory graduate is later found dead in Alaska. At the beginning of his journey McCandless had already pushed away his family and anyone close to him. He chose to get away from civilization and live his own life. McCandless travels all over‚ hitchhiking to get places. His
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The book “Hiroshima” by John Hersey starts out by introducing the characters in the book with a time for each event happening. On August 6th everyone was doing their regular everyday activities‚ Mr Tanimoto was helping one of his friends move when the blast hit the city of Hiroshima. A woman by the name of Mrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura was used to the air-raid sirens so when they went off again she let her kids sleep in leaving them alone. Throughout the book it repeatedly reminds you of the time each events
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The book Night is a book about a young boy by the name of Elie. This book is based off of accounts from Elie’s life. The story Night takes place during WWII‚ at this time Hitler and the Nazis were taking Jews and sending them to death or to work until they die‚ this is called the Holocaust. During the Holocaust Elie was exiled from the outside world and it changed his life entire life‚ this experience was alienating and enriching. Elie was a Jewish 15 year old boy when he was taken away by the Nazis
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