The book Black Majority, was something that I enjoyed reading. The book show us how the black community had advantages in South Carolina in order for the Stono Rebellion. Also the things that allowed them to have a rising population. It says how there was things that fitted right for the Africans, that didn’t with the white people. The main ones are the diseases, the knowledge the Africans had, and their population growth, In Which made it lead to the Stono Rebellion. Why was the African people chosen
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The Alchemist is a very unique book like no other. Although the book shows many messages and themes, there is also other many pieces of literature, art, music, and films that express or set the same message. One piece of literature that relates to the Alchemist is “The Last Shots” by Yuri Bondarev. This book expresses the theme of fear which is also portrayed in the Alchemist. The book focuses on the soldier's perspective of war and how they were compelled to be in the war. A musical piece that relates
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has not allowed her social status and skin color to prevent her from achieving her goals.August as a character allows the story to move to its positive, heart-felt ending.Her love and support helps the other characters, particularly Lily, in the book reach their potential.She is a mother to everyone and a leader whom they can all look up to.Furthermore, August Boatwright brings a sense of empowerment to all the women in her life and helps to create a bond between her and Lily that only a mother
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her block and after school she practices with her Varsity track team. Kyro is Jessica's track coach and they are very close, he has supported her and has helped her to achieve her running goals throughout her high school career. The conflict in the book The Running Dream is when Jessica gets her leg amputated and has to learn how to live life with only one leg. When Jessica gets home, the things that she used to be able to do without even thinking, are now extremely hard. She realizes that she has
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I read was red queen. I thought this book was a really good book. In this book the world is literally separated by blood (silver and red, silver blood gives you power and red blood is just normal). In this story a seventeen year old girl doomed to conscription is saved by a silver she meets by a bar who gives her a job with the royal family, an incident happens with her and she is named a long lost daughter of a silver due to her amazing new ability. This book starts out in a small village with an
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This week I have read the book The 5th wave. This has been a great book so far. I have read up to page 52. In these pages we learn that some sort of creature like aliens is taking over Earth. There are 5 different waves. The first wave was an electromagnetic pulse strike that disabled everything that uses electricity like phones, cars, planes, and lights. This wave took out half a million people and only lasted a couple of seconds. The second wave the aliens created a giant tsunami which took out
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The Book of Margery Kempe is an important record for documenting the spiritual and domestic lives of women in the Middle Ages. Throughout the book, Kempe is struggling to come to terms with her spiritual revelations and her duties as a wife and mother. Over the course of several years, Kempe attempts to give up her conventional life for service to God. For this, she needs permission from her husband to remain celibate and devote herself to God’s will. Kempe tells her story in an emotional and intimate
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Book Report By: Steehl O’Brien I was currently reading Iron Thunder. It’s about a boy named Tom Carroll that gets a job at a shipyard in Brooklyn, New York. When Tom starts to work at the shipyard he discovers that they are building a ship made of iron. Then Tom becomes an assistant for Captain Ericsson who designed the iron ship. Most of the workers at the shipyard don’t think the boat will float since it is made of iron. Then Tom becomes a target for Cooperheads. Who are spies trying to get
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Obama is making history. “The New New Deal” which is a book written by Michael Grunwald goes into great detail of Obama before presidency and during presidency. I believe that this book is somewhat uninteresting, but very informative and it would be great for someone interested in Obama’s acts as the president. The book was published in 2012 in New York, NY by Simon & Schuster, Inc. Michael Grunwald, the author, presents many facts throughout the book and he also expresses his opinions on certain things
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“Growth Rings” The book on “Growth Rings” provides an interesting take on human development for the development of adolescents and emerging adults. It focused on three main items of development in the young adults, accepting yourself, being yourself, and forgetting yourself. Combining these together for the betterment of your emotional maturity. This uses the analogy of parts of a tree to describe each category. Accepting yourself relates to the roots of the tree, being yourself is the is the trunk
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