This article talks about Jon Krakauer's new book Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town. It goes into detail of how he wanted to write this book and how it came to mind. Someone close to him was raped and she had her life going in the right track. She had a great job and her life was going great but then see was raped. Shortly after that she got raped again but by a family friend, so Jon was interested and wanted to know about more cases. He was lead to a Missoula and then found
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In Lloyd Alexander’s fictional novel “The Book of Three” (1964) he asserts the way that Taran wants to face challenges and learn about heroism and leadership. Lloyd develops his ideas by thoroughly explaining the characters emotions, giving the reader an easy time on following events and decisions within the characters. The author's apparent purpose is to tell a story about a young boy’s transformation in the old ages, in order to keep the reader interested and entertained throughout.The intended
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“Disliking Books” by Gerald Graff outlines his belief that debate gives rise to critical thinking. Graff works as a professor of English and Education in the University of Illinois. First, he recounts his childhood aversion to books due to not being able to find their application and potentially being beaten by his peers for indulging in them. Graff then references Lives on the Boundary, which refers to how working class finds knowledge as a saving grace; however, he takes for granted his middle
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their culture more depending on how strong they are emotionally and mentally. In the book called “Like Water for Chocolate” by Laura Esquivel, Tita's death made Esperanza appreciate not only Tita's legacy but her culture by passing down Mexican recipes and sharing old remedies. In another book called “ The Good Earth” by Pearl S. Buck, Wang Lung loses his humbleness and then he disregards the earth gods. The last book that supports my thesis is called “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe, when Okonkwo
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Reading Journal The book I am reading is called “The Reckoning” by Kelley Armstrong. It is the last book in “The Darkest Powers” series. The genre of this book is Fantasy. In the first book, “The Summoning”, Chloe Saunders is an aspiring director and screenwriter. A few years after her mother’s death, things started to get better. But when puberty hits, Chloe experiences more than mood swings. She sees a ghost in the school corridor and tries to hit one of the teachers who was trying
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he was born in Kirkendbright, Scotland (book). The reason that he is a great American is that he created and founded the U.S. Navy (book). Heroically, he captured five British ships. Bravely, in order to win a battle at sea, he burnt down his own ship (Navy). Dangerous, he killed a crew mate after having an argument (book). This biography is about all the important things John Paul Jones did in his life like the fact that he changed his name twice (book). I will talk about how he burnt his own
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Timothy Snyder, author of “Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin” has written a book that examines the full range of destruction committed by the Stalin Regime and Hitler Reich between the periods of 1930-1950. Snyder does not look to examine the immoral ramifications between Hitler’s extermination of the Jews and the Stalinist extermination of the kulaks but instead looks to compare the industrial exploitation of the atrocities and their unique occurrences. Through a powerful narrative
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Aria is a teenager in the enclosed city of Reverie- self contained city sized Pod that stands at nearly 300 years. Like all Dwellers, she spends her time with friends in virtual environments, called Realms. Realms are accessed through an eyepiece called a Smarteye. Aria enjoys the Realms and the easy life in Reverie. As a genetically engineered child, as all are in the Pods, Aria was given the voice of a Falcon Soprano. She can sing like an angel, and every Sunday she meets her mother in the Opera
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The Most Dangerous Game The Most Dangerous Game Is a short story about a man that hunts humans for fun. The book uses analogies that compare hunting animals to hunting humans. I strongly disagree that hunting animals is bad because it is a sport and gives us natural food. It is not hard to find external conflict in The Most Dangerous Game. When Rainsford finds himself lost on island he is confronted with a murderer that hunts humans. The man comes and tries to take him and hunt him. By doing this
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Olaudah Equiano was enslaved during the historic Atlantic Slave Trade, in the late 1700’s and into the 1800’s. Though nobody could argue that slavery was “good” or even “humane,” Equiano did have the fortune of learning skills most other slaves didn’t while serving his master. Equiano learned the skills of writing and arithmetic, among others, and was able to buy his freedom after laboring for years. After he earned his freedom, Equiano became an abolitionist speaker and writer, striving to rid the
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