Brandon MacPherson 9/7/08 Gates of Fire The book I read during the summer for world history was Gates of Fire‚ written by Steven Pressfield. Essentially‚ this book is about the Battle of Thermopylae and the events that took place during those times. The author is trying to tell the story through one’s perspective. In this book‚ one learns of the conditions at the battlefield during war and how it was to go to war as a young man. This book highlights many details in the battles fought
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Tyler Yancey American History‚ Period 1 Fields of Fire 2013 February 22 Review of Fields of Fire Fields of Fire by James Webb is a historical novel first published in 1978 that takes place in the year 1969 during the Vietnam War. Although there are many characters that are significant to the story‚ the novel focuses mainly on three marines who find themselves in a platoon with each other; Robert E. Lee Hodges‚ “Snake‚” and Will “Senator” Goodrich. Webb gives the reader a great‚ detailed background
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The book I am reading for my book report is Catching Fire‚ the second part of the Hunger Games. The Austhor of Catching Fire is Susanne Collins. The book Catching Fire is a very good book‚ it emphasis’s more on the characters rather than the plot. Catching fire has many different scenes in many different places‚ but two of the zones are important for the characters‚ which is District 12 and the Guarter Guell arena. There are 8 important characters in Catching Fire. Katniss Everdeen‚ is the
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SINHGAD INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND COMPUTER APPLICATION A BOOK REVIEW ON “WINGS OF FIRE” SUBMITED TO SUVARNA GUHA SUBMITED BY SARANG RAUT(39) MMM - A ABOUT AUTHOR: As per the preface‚ Arun Tiwari had worked with Dr. Kalam for over a decade and was involved in the project on Akash missile airframe. Arun Tiwari was so fascinated by Dr. Kalam’s range of ideas
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Peasant Fires Book Review Peasant Fires: The Drummer of Niklashausen is a novel telling the story of Hans Behem‚ a street musician and illiterate shepherd. Written by Richard Wunderli‚ this book does a great job of immersing its readers into the historical background of the Middle Ages. The book focuses around Hans Behem and the pilgrims who later become Hans Behem’s cult following. Hans gains said cult following by delivering a set of sermons‚ each one more radical than the last. These sermons
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America In the book First Generation Women in Colonial America Carol Berkin shows us the diversity of the women living in the American colonies. They lived among race‚ region‚ religion‚ and class. Even though they were divided among those qualities all of the women except the Native American females were treated very poorly. Women were known to men as property and were not treated well unlike the Native American women. Native Americans and the colonist were always fighting over property‚ food‚
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Blood with fire can symbolize many things to the world‚ but to Haiti it means something special. The words wings of fire are brought up in the book‚ especially in section 1937. This can be compared to the legendary bird of fire the phoenix who rise from the ashes after burning to its death. “She glowed red when she came out‚ blood clinging to her skin‚ which at that moment looked as though it were in flames.” pg 42. What had happened in this quote that gave it meaning was when the narrator asked
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Book Report BY LCPL SCHAFTE‚ RYAN M TITLE: GATES OF FIRE AUTHOR: STEPHEN PRESSFIELD PUBLISHER: DOUBLEDAY PUBLISHED: 1998 PAGES: 400 COST: BASE LIBRARY The author utilizes his experience as a former Marine to create a story of camaraderie and dedication to one’s country‚ even at the cost of paying the ultimate price for a nation to be free from tyranny. The concepts of self-sacrifice‚ service‚ community‚ camaraderie‚ and duty are the thematic core of this historic novel. I believe this
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The Catching Fire The book I read was Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. Katniss Everdeen was the main character. She was a teenage girl‚ athletic‚ strong‚ fast‚ and very popular. She loved her fellow tribute Peeta‚ Gale and her friend‚ Prim her sister‚ her district 12‚ and hunting with her bow and arrows. Katniss hated the Capitol‚ the Hunger Games‚ Quarter Quell‚ and especially President Snow. She won the last Hunger Games because she was courageous‚ heroic‚ brave‚ and quite a fighter. The districts
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The first story is the Jubilee Express. Jubilee Dougal was having the worst day of her life on Christmas Eve. First‚ her parents were put into jail after a commotion in a gallery. Second‚ she had to go to Florida to celebrate the holiday with her grandparents - which means she won’t be seeing Noah for their anniversary. Noah is the perfect boyfriend‚ Jubilee thought. Aside from being good looking‚ he is an athlete‚ mathlete‚ school government bigwig- the kind of person you think must only date
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