Book Report for the Catcher in the Rye By Jerome David Salinger Amy Zeng Mr. Poldiak 05/27/2013 Author Introduction The author of the Catcher in the Rye‚ Jerome David Salinger was born in New York in 1919. He is the son of a wealthy cheese importer. He grew up in a fashionable neighborhood in Manhattan. He graduated from Valley Forge in 1936 and attended different colleges. He published his first short story in 1940. He kept on writing when
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The book that I chose to do my report on is called Life in Prison by Stanley “Tookie” Williams. Tookie Williams was the infamous founder of the notorious Crip gang. The main objective of this book is to dispel some of the street myths surrounding prison life and to steer people away from crime. Tookie first learned about prison from his friend older brother named Rock. Rock spent most of his time in and out prisons. Rock described prison as a gladiator school where men go to prove their toughness
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Book Report: The Fault in our Stars John Green Meaning of the title: "The fault‚ dear Brutus is not in our stars‚ / But in ourselves‚ that we are underlings." was said in Shakespeare’s play ‘Julius Caesar’. Saying that it is not fate that decides our future‚ but instead our own failings. That you are to blame for the bad thing that happen in your life. But the title ‘The Fault in our Stars’ says that sometimes it’s not our fault; things happen in life‚ sometimes we can’t control it; there
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Zachary Roderiques Book Report on Maniac Magee Which of Maniac’s activities do you think are impossible? Why? Which do you think are possible but not probable? I don’t think any of Maniac’s activities are impossible because he is capable of learning how to do every single one of them. I think the one activity that may be possible but not probable is the tying of Cobble’s Corners knot‚ because over many decades no one else could ever accomplish this feat. Would you like a friend
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THE BOOK REPORT Message of the Mountain [pic] Submitted by Gertrude Beatriz Lim 6-6 Submitted to Mrs. Miriam E. Rana Message of the Mountain is a Christian fiction written by Matilda Nordtvedt. The book has 135 pages with 30 chapters. The story takes place in Bellingham‚ Washington in the early 1900s. It was settled‚ the Johnsons were relocating to Bellingham‚ Washington; since Papa cannot sustain the work in the country. John liked the idea of moving to the city
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Human Growth & Development | Book Report | | Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom | Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom What is the book about? Tuesdays with Morrie is a true story about sportswriter Mitch Albom and his favorite college professor‚ Morrie Schwartz. During Mitch’s undergraduate years at Brandeis University‚ he and Morrie form a bond that goes beyond a typical student/teacher relationship. After graduation‚ Mitch promises to stay in touch with his professor and
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Words: Sarah Genzer and Griselda Zhou 31 March 2011 In the last ten years‚ Jamie Oliver has become an international household name. In the UK‚ it is almost impossible not to see or hear Jamie Oliver in the news‚ television‚ online or in print. Today‚ the influential celebrity chef’s empire is worth nearly £65 million. After extremely successful ventures in television‚ home cookware‚ books‚ and restaurants‚ Oliver recently has branched out and developed a new restaurant chain. Jamie’s Italian has
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Language Arts Book Report Name of the Book: A Reacher novel:61 hours by Lee Child. This title is related to the book because the entire book is a countdown recollection of events that leads up to the climax‚ where Reacher and Plato‚ the protagonist and antagonist fight. It begins with 61 hours before the main fight. Author: Lee Child. The main protagonist of the novel is Jack Reacher‚ an ex-military policeman that spends the majority of his time as a “nomad‚” wandering around the states‚ looking
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Equiano’s tone of writing is humble. The purpose of the book is not for his own vanity or pride but to capture the power his faith which guided him through slavery until the point of his freedom. As the chapters unfold‚ Equiano establishes an authentic account of his plan to abolish the horrors of slavery by creating physical written text to illustrate the magnitude of the abuse and suffering slaves endured. The book maintains his reports of impassioned and emotionally centred rants against the
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