out of them‚ gripping them tightly‚ seizing them from the inside‚ consuming them. When that happens‚ the human being can become unpredictable and volatile. And with them‚ follows great sadness. Many of these traits‚ and more‚ are present in the book ‘Faithful Elephants’‚ causing the lives of three innocent animals to be taken. The protagonists of the story – John‚ Tonky‚ and Wanly – are forced to endure such pain‚ paying for others sins. Despite this‚ they are still faithful and loyal to their
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different. I was prepared to read another run-of-the-mill book about child abuse‚ neglect‚ and the difficulties in saving one child from a horrific home life. However‚ I decided to read this book‚ even though it didn’t look very interesting; after all‚ I was taught not to judge a book by its cover. Sitting down to read later that night‚ I was pleasantly surprised. Not only is Beautiful Child a good book‚ but it’s an exceptionally good book! This is the story of Venus Fox‚ a seven-year-old child who
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The Famous Moll Flanders: Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe was a book based on a woman who very much changes throughout the book; I based my report on the main character‚ Moll because she has the most parts in the story which makes her change relatively easier to notice. This character changes in many ways she goes from an incredibly innocent girl to a criminal. Though ever since she was a child she was clever and independent she begins to learn different things about the world that eventually
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Colton’s parents when he reveals that he took a trip to Heaven while he was in surgery. III) “Heaven is for real” focuses on Christian faith and belief. The book addresses that Heaven is real‚ God is real‚ Jesus is real‚ and even Satan is real. This is done through Colton’s experience in Heaven while undergoing his surgery. The book addresses people to be strong in Christian faith and in Jesus. The Burpos family has been deeply affected by their son’s visit to Heaven. Colton’s experience gave
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The book makes a calculated approach to address the fate of queers in the hands of gay rights activist. He turns his readers from the belief that gay marriage rights solve the problem of queers. During the first chapter‚ he seeks to explain about sexual shame. Sexual shame he claims is used to incriminate and discourage things that at private morality look just right. He goes further to define normalcy as just a common statistical range. He then claims that by this definition then we are not compelled
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The Lake House You talk‚ you die. By James Patterson The author‚ James Patterson‚ is a great writer that conjured up this novel. It is the second book of the series to When the Wind Blows. This man is most commonly known for his series of Alex Cross. Patterson wrote this book with a changing point of view. He mainly wrote it in third person but for many chapters‚ the story was in first person from Frannie O’ Neil’s point of view. The genre presented in this work is science fiction because of
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Book Report Name of Book: The Stone Monkey Genre: Fiction Author: Jeffery Deaver Main Characters: Amelia Sachs Lincoln Rhyme Synopsis: A cargo ship holding a bunch of Chinese illegal immigrants is on its journey to New York where they will be working for riches and a better life. Each family has payed a hefty sum of money to be smuggled by a notorious criminal “snakehead”
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Vittorio Bufacchi has written an intriguing book on social injustice. It’s a combination of twelve essays‚ ten written over the duration of 2000-2008 and two written specially for this volume. He covers a wide a range of subjects through his essays to show how social injustice is present in the society. A thought-provoking essay on torture has been co-authored by Jean Maria Arrigo. Another one is a response to his critics (Matthew Fetenstein and Eddie Hyland) on political ‘scepticism’. Several essays
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Annie Thermidor Life Lessons from Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler. Main theme: In this book‚ Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross teamed up with end-of-life specialist David Kessler to write for the first time about life and living. The authors present fourteen lessons passed on to us from the dying to help us deal better with the issues we face in life. Both authors consider the dying as great teachers because‚ "it’s when we are pushed to the edge of life that we see life more clearly" (Kessler
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quintessence of the main theme of this lovely novel is: "Only connect! Only connect the prose and passion and human love will be seen at its height. Live in fragments no longer." This excerpt represents the main idea that Forster carries through the book: relationships‚ not social status‚ are--or at least should be--the most important thing for people.<br><br>Howards End was written in 1910. That explains the naivete and idealism that permeate the atmosphere of the novel. Written in the beginning of
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