Yr and Section: IV-Hope Book Report No.: 1 Date: September 11‚ 2012 Title of the Book: Three Men in a Boat Name of Author: Jerome K. Jerome Setting: Kingston to Oxford Main Characters: 1. George 2. Harris 3. J. 4. Montmorency Best-liked Character and Why: In the story‚ I like Tom the best. He is a cat whom Montmorency chased. Because of what he
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Black Like Me and Crash In 1959 John Howard Griffin‚ the author of the book Black Like Me‚ disguised himself as an African American and decided to go live out in society to see what it would be like to be a black man. The book Black Like Me is his documentation of that experience. His story spread around the world and he got a lot of praise from people around the world‚ but he also got a good amount if hate from the white power groups who were quite prevalent at the time. Now‚ much time has passed
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5/15/2013 Book report- The Managerial Odyssey There is nothing worse than being always ways on the tramp – Homer book fifteen I start reading this book with bad mood. I hate to read books‚ especially the book not written by English. It will always be a disaster for someone to read the book that not written by their first language. However‚ this book really blows my mind. Bod Focazio and his special style of humorous told me this is a knowledgeable and fun book. This book gives me a lot of things
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were harsh to the colored. Throughout the novel‚ Black Like Me John Howard Griffin encompasses scenes of chilling reality to accurately portray the harsh life of being colored in the south‚ gain support for the Fourteenth Amendment‚ and evoke sorrow in the reader. The struggle of being colored in the south is a horrifying struggle that Griffin relayed in Black Like Me. For example‚ the text states‚ “’Ain’t no way you can get away from me‚ Mr. Shithead. You might as well stop right there’” (Griffin
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A Book report on‚ Jamaica- Rebuilding The walls To: In this book report‚ is my interpretation of Dr. Herbert Thompson’s passionate appeal for Jamaicans to restore our country to the good old days. Black in color is the cover of this intriguing book. It shows the hands of different races putting blocks in place. Inside‚ the author’s note‚ dedication‚ tributes‚ introduction‚ eight(8) chapters‚ 124 pages‚ picture and a brief biography of the author at the back of the book.
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English Long Book Report Chan Hiu Tung Christie 4C (2) Title: Emma Author: Jane Austen Publisher: Pearson Education Limited What is love? How can we do to catch our own true love? I found the answer after reading the book‚ Emma. Emma‚ which talked about Emma Woodhouse‚ who is a beautiful‚ clever but with little spoiled girl. She is rich and she loves arrange marriage between her friends and neighbours in a village called Highbury. Unfortunately‚ she makes a lot of
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Book Report on Day to Day Economics Written by Satish Y. Deodhar Day to Day Economics is a well-known book which is a part of the IIM Ahmedabad business book series is written by a professor from IIM Ahmedabad Mr. SATISH Y. DEODHAR. It has been published by Random House Publications and was copyrighted in 2012 by Satish Y. Deodhar. About the Author Mr. Satish Y. Deodhar is an Associate Professor in the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. He has written many books of which the most recent
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[Structural Functionalism] One argument made by Structural Functionalists is that society should be a meritocracy. People should be rewarded based on their abilities. (Class notes‚ SOCI 201‚ Winter 2010) An example to illustrate this argument from Black Like Me is found on page 39. The elderly owner of the Y café complained to Griffin about how unfair the economic system was to black people. Many brilliant black students graduated with great marks‚ but still ended up doing the most menial work or very few
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past centuries. We have won two world wars and expanded basic human rights to all females and colored people but one brutal fact remains‚ racism is still very alive. Although it is nowhere near as bad and cruel as it was during the 1950’s (as “Black Like Me” depicts so accurately) racism is absolutely unacceptable even if it is miniscule. John Howard Griffin courageously went against the overwhelming wave of popular racism in America and dissected the truth and made it public for all people to know about
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Kyuem book report The book I choose was a story entitled‚ ‘Star Trap’ by Simon Brett. IT was published in 1982. I choose this book because I like detective novels. The storyline is very mysterious. The plot thickens when many incidents happened in the story such as a rehearsal pianist was shot in the hand by an airgun pellet and a actor tumbled down some stairs and broke his leg. As I keep on reading the story‚ more and more questions keep on rehearsing my mind as I try to solve the case as well
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