The Sorrow of War are the moralities of war and the tragedies of loss and death. These are some of the themes that Ninh emphasizes throughout the novel. The title of the novel is very straight forward in meaning and is quite literal in the way the book is written. Ninh’s themes of morality‚ loss‚ and death are used to depict the awfulness and true sorrow that is brought on by war. Loss and death are shown through the slaughter that occurred with Kien’s platoon. This loss is the main cause for many
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House Life inside Leavenworth prison was writing in 1987-1989 by Peter Earley. Leavenworth has been one of the oldest and most dangerous maximum security facilities in the nation. The author introduces us with 6 prisoners and a couple of wardens. The book captures all the problems prisoners came across and experiences they had to go through. Carl Bowles an inmate for 23 consecutive years. He had a record as a sexual predator. Carl Bowles was known for forcing weaker inmates to satisfy his pleasures
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I have never been a refugee but Anh Do’s book ‘The Happiest Refugee’ made me feel like I was there very step of the way. In the scorching summer of 1976 when Anh’s family and friends decided to board a small‚ damp and crowded boat it was the biggest decision of their lives. Anh Do nearly didn’t make it to Australia. His entire family came close to losing their lives on the sea as they escaped from war-torn Vietnam. But nothing - not murderous pirates or the threat of death by hunger‚ disease or
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Chimpanzee Politics by Frans de Waal chronicles a colony of 23 chimpanzees who live in an outdoor‚ open-air space at the Arnhem Zoo in the Netherlands. Of these 23 chimpanzees there are four males: Yeroen‚ Luit‚ Nikkie and Dandy. The colony also consists of three female subgroups‚ the largest made up of Mama‚ Gorilla‚ Franje‚ Amber and three children‚ Moniek‚ Roosje and Fons. The second largest subgroup includes Krom‚ Spin‚ Jimmie and her two sons Jakie and Jonas. And the third female subgroup consists
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The Temple of the Ruby of Fire Analyzed by Luis Angelo S. Guiang 1. Author: Geronimo Stilton 2. Lexile score: 392 3. Lexile of the Book: 440 4. Characters: Geronimo Stilton – A smart and timid mouse who does not like sports‚ editor of The Rodent’s Gazette. Thea Stilton – Geronimo’s sister and special correspondent of the Rodent’s Gazette. She is fearless and adventurous. Trap Stilton – Geronimo’s cousin who likes to play pranks on others. He eats a lot and he is the owner of the store
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For Instance‚ Roses ex-fiance Caledon ’Cal’ Hockley(Billy Zane) was devastated over losing Rose to a poor fellow like Jack and so tried to ruin their love for each other. Like almost by the ending of the book Caledon’s assistant or helper have planted a expensive necklace in Jack’s pocket and soon told to Rose. This forcing Rose to believe Caledon and not Jack. After this tragedy Jack was being sent to jail and Rose tricked into believing Caledon making
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the solace they provide is only passively communal. “The Boy In The Moon” presents the philosophical dilemma that one receives and demonstrates the bitter-sweet moments of a life that come along with a child like Walker. Ian starts the book with an all too common routine in the Browns household. Walker is rhythmically beating himself in the dead of the night waking Ian up to do “The same routine of tiny details‚ connected in precise order‚ each mundane‚ each crucial” as he puts it. The
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The Gentlemen and the Roughs: Violence‚ Honor‚ and Manhood in the Union Army by Lorien Foote In the year 1861‚ the Civil War erupted throughout the United States. After four long gruesome years‚ the Union Army enlisted a total number of 2‚893‚304 northern soldiers. In The Gentlemen and the Roughs‚ Lorien Foote sheds light on northern conceptions of violence‚ honor‚ and manhood. Foote argues that the Union army originated by dividing class and social status‚ fighting a war for
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On Hitler’s Mountain shared the personal account of Irmgard Hunt‚ a Geman girl‚ which grew up on the same mountain that was Adolf Hitler’s alpine retreat. She narrated her own and her family’s story from how they lived through many important historical moments in German history. From how the great depression negatively affected her grandparent’s household to how the Nazi ideals put up a division between her own family. She shared anecdotes that she experienced herself growing up in the German society
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Nothing to Envy 2/15/11 Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick follows the lives of six North Koreans who have experienced a great deal of hardship and turmoil living under one of the most notorious communist regimes. Throughout the years these North Koreans lived through the death of their great Kim Il-Sung‚ the rise to power of his successor Kim Jong-Il‚ and the horrific famine that has left many in despair. Although North Korea is constantly in the news globally
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