about what Hester had to go through. The main character of this book was Hester Prynn‚ a very beautiful young lady. She was very reckless‚ wise‚ and strong. Even though being punished by the entire community Hester was still very protective of her daughter‚ and later on gave advice to many people. One of Hester’s faults was that she did actually cheat on her husband‚ even though he had been missing for so long. In this book Hester Prynn paid her sins of adultery back by wearing the scarlet
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Good to Great by Jim Collins is by far the best business-oriented book that I’ve read that can be applied to any career situation. I can see why it has gained the notoriety and respect from top level executives around the world. I have read other business type books which were more of a motivational lecture than actual years of research going into the making of one text. Before reading this book‚ my preconceived notion was that I would be lost in trying to understand executive jargon. That was not
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The book‚ The Terrorist’s Son‚ written by Zak Ebrahim‚ made me feel bad for Z’s family because their life is also ruined because of their father’s actions. However‚ I grew up seeing the horrific terrorist scenes on the news and in movies that make me question Z’s family. Is this book just one unique story‚ or do all families not know of the terroristic plan and do all people in this situation chose a different path? My first question is does the family of the terrorists truly not know that their
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The Hunger Games The title of my book is called The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. This book is about a sixteen-year-old girl named Katniss Everdeen who takes her sister’s place in order to participate in the annual Hunger Games‚ where she fights to the death in an arena on live television. The only way to win is to be the last one living in the arena which brings fame and fortune‚ whereas losing brings certain death. What I liked the most about this book is the author’s style of writing that
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The book “The Lightning Thief” is about a boy named Percy Jackson. Percy Jackson is a demi-god and is convicted of stealing Zeus’s master lightning bolt and only has ten days to return the lightning bolt before it’s too late by: Rick Riordan. The story of “The Lightning Thief” takes place in the modern USA from Las Vegas to New York. The main characters in the book are Percy Jackson the son of Poseidon; Annabeth the daughter of Athena and Grover the satyr that protects Percy Jackson and also Luke
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Journal 2 In this roller coaster of a book‚ I am currently on page 326 out of 537. The author of this book is Ellen Hopkins. When I started this book I thought it was just another story about a teenager that didn’t have any friends but that all changed when she went to Nevada. Throughout this journal I will be visualizing‚ predicting and questioning. To kick off this visualization‚ the first thing that really stood out and made me really think about what I was reading was when the main character
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"The 13th Hour" By: Richard Doetsch SUMMARY | Nick Quinn finds himself stuck in a police station‚ accused of an unspeakable horror: the murder of his beloved wife‚ Julia. The police refuse to believe that Nick had nothing to do with her death. As they leave him to his fate‚ a mysterious man enters and makes a tempting offer: “If you could get out of here‚ if you could save her‚ would you?” He places a gold watch in Nick’s hands and tells him that he now has the ability to relive the past twelve
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and the three men who worked tirelessly to help him fulfill his hidden potential‚ is an award winning book full of controversy and . An undersized horse who was difficult to train which lead to his trainers losing hope and giving up on him. Three men took the challenge of training this horse which leads to Sea biscuit becoming one of the greatest race horses to ever take part in the sport. The book‚ written by Laura Hildebrand‚ who began her writing career in 1938‚ became a film in 2003 Sea biscuit
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East of Eden was a well written book although in my opinion‚ i found it fascinating that the story was taken place in California since i’m from and living in California. I enjoyed reading about two families with many problems and hardships because it was very suspenseful and you can vividly imagine the craziness in your head of people dying‚ yelling‚ hiding secrets and hope it was a creepy community that does not exist. This book will appreciate your good health and your family. It will swallow
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an officer in the United States Army. But the authors desire to serve his country in battle with the enemy before the war was over was strong enough to make him end his college career and begin anew in the Marine Corps. Already while reading this book I felt closer and more understanding of the‚ because I too left college in the fear that if I didn’t join now‚ I would never have another chance to serve my country. Eugene sledge started school at Georgia Tech to eventually become an Officer. But
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