Victoria Conrardy Mrs. Lord A.P. English 11 February 21‚ 2013 AP Book Project Part One Introduction 1. Title-Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America is significant because Ehrenreich does explain how many do “survive” off of minimum wage which really is not much. 2. Author-Barbara Ehrenreich is seventy-one years of age and is a widely-read and award-winning columnist and essayist‚ and author of 21 books which include: Blood Rites; The Worst Years of Our Lives; and Fear of
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financially unstable however‚ that soon changed after he became a famous journalist in the late 18th century. Being an advocate for the poor immigrants‚ he began to write about the plight of the immigrants living in the United States. This document is from a book that Riis has compiled about the immigrant’s horrid living experiences by illustrating the poor living conditions in the slums of New York City in the time period between the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries. As there were more immigrants
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Brandon MacPherson 9/7/08 Gates of Fire The book I read during the summer for world history was Gates of Fire‚ written by Steven Pressfield. Essentially‚ this book is about the Battle of Thermopylae and the events that took place during those times. The author is trying to tell the story through one’s perspective. In this book‚ one learns of the conditions at the battlefield during war and how it was to go to war as a young man. This book highlights many details in the battles fought in
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took six years for Capote to investigate and write‚ and it put an incredible amount of pressure on Truman‚ so much so that he never published another book again. Even though in cold Blood doesn’t have a great ending‚ the book was worth reading because of the intriguing plot‚ dark tone‚ and the interesting characters. One reason for why I liked the book‚ In Cold Blood‚ is because of how good Capote portrays the characters. More than any other character‚ he does this with Perry. It is part of him to
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Cartoons on Immigration is a book written by Lalo Alcaraz which encompasses his interesting opinions on immigration and America’s view of Latin Americans. Alcaraz attacks racists‚ politicians‚ and American society throughout his book‚ Migra Mouse: Political Cartoons on Immigration‚ and does a pretty good job of it too. Alcaraz’s book is certainly worth reading because it offers a new‚ fresh way to look at the ever-so perplexing topic of immigration. Alcaraz named the book Migra Mouse for a very interesting
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The Scorch Trials The Scorch Trials is a great book written by James Dashner and is a dystopian‚ young-adult novel and has 358 pages in total. The book starts out with the group of gladers waking up in a room and seeing that they didn’t have one of their fellow gladers. Instead they noticed that they had a different person who was a boy named Aris. They also noticed that Teresa wasn’t there and Aris was there instead of Teresa. Teresa was the last person that was sent into the glade and she was
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University in May of 1990 in Atlanta Georgia. In July of 1990‚ he abandoned his beloved car for several reasons announced in the book. Throughout the book‚ McCandless has many near death experiences. He also‚ meets many people who grow attached to him however; as soon as they do he cuts them loose. The book‚ teaches a few life lessons while explaining
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Perhaps the most striking part of Blood and Thunder is the famed and fabled Kit Carson himself. He begins the book as a duty-driven youth who is able to kill anyone or anything without a sense of remorse‚ likely because of his experiences with the harshness of life as a child. However‚ once he begins to have a family—a real family‚ one he raises and takes care of and looks after—he begins to shift. Carson begins to balk at some killings‚ even going so far as to decry the killing of indian warriors
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“Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone‚ he told me‚ “Just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” Starting off chapter one the book‚ “The Great Gatsby introduces the narrator‚ Nick Carraway. Pages one to three‚ Nick begins by explaining his own situation. He has moved from the Midwest to West Egg‚ a town on Long Island‚ NY. The novel set around WWI. Nick has moved to east to try to become a bond trader on Wall Street. Nick is a graduate from Yale
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Black Angels Particulars: Black Angels‚ a historical fiction book by Linda Beatrice Brown published in 2009 Main Characters: Luke- An 11-year-old slave who escapes hoping to head north and join the Union Army. Daylily- A 9-year-old slave who is freed by her owner while union troops are destroying the town. She runs into the woods with her grandmother and her friend but both her grandmother and friend die leaving her alone in the woods. Caswell- A white seven-year-old who’s mother goes into labor
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