Airborne: From Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest By Stephen Ambrose ISBN 0-671-76922-7 Review by Kevin Campopiano History 382 Prof. Schweizer Band of Brothers is a book chronicalizing the emotions‚ bonds‚ tragedies and tactics used by Easy Company in the 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne which is one of the highest decorated companies from World War II in the United States armed forces. It is written by Stephen Ambrose‚ a distinguished history professor at the University of New Orleans and
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Pre-Reading Questions: 1. Why do you suppose the author chose to write a book such as the one you are reading? I think the author wrote this book because he knew that the Flyboys on Chichi Jima needed their story told. 2. Have you read any other books similar to this one? No I haven’t because this book gives an in depth detail of WWII. 3. Have you read any other books by this author? No I haven’t read a book by this author. 4. What do you know about the time period when this story
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Thesis: To show the lives of four enlisted army officers‚ from World War II up to the Vietnam War. The book The Majors is one of a nine book series named Brotherhood of War. The Majors is book number three in the series. Through out this series the author (W.E.B Griffin) is trying to give people a better understanding of certain aspects of periods of time‚ the ranking system in the United States Military‚ and the life of four army officers. These officers where real people‚ but i have come to
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A Real Tiger There once was a tiger that lived in a zoo He was very young and had a facial expression of steel His coat was as orange as a sunset in the afternoon sky But was the tiger real? One day curiosity crawls through the tiger’s cage And what started as a friendly gesture became a deadly feel Soon the boy was slaughtered and his body was sliced tomatoes The tiger was definitely real. The keepers wanted to get rid of the tiger Because of his delicious kill But he’s the only animal
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Book review of The Little prince The day i came upon with The Little prince was anything but by chance.i was strolling slowly in a bookstore when i found The Little Pricess lying on the best---seller bookshelves. i flicked casually though as the drawing of a little boy with golden hair‚ a scarf and a lovable laugh caught my attention. Not knowing why‚ i have a strong impulse to buy this book‚ deciding to have a quick read. So i bought immediately‚ then read it at a quite and pleasant corner
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“The sky was the color of cat vomit” is the first sentence of the book Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. The hook sentence of Uglies already shows Tally’s pessimistic view of things. Uglies is set in the future because it is a dystopian book‚ also because it is a negative way of seeing the future. In this book characters are born looking “ugly” until their 16th birthday where they get mandatory plastic surgery. After the surgery they are called “pretty” and will live somewhere called New Pretty Land where
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MockingJay Mockingjay continues right where Catching Fire left off. Katniss is extracted from the Quartell Quell along with others who were also in the Quarter Quell. One person who was not there was Peeta. Peeta is still missing‚ and Katniss is going to save him. Peeta sends the rebels a coded message warning them that the Capitol will attack them. The Capitol finds out‚ and responds to this by torturing Peeta. The Capitol continues the bombing of District 13 just as Peeta predicted
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novel is Ellen Raskin. During her book there were major events that took place. Somewhere such as being forced to go somewhere‚ and finding out clues to the bombings that took place in the book. The book has one big setting that takes place in the Sunset towers where all the people live.The main events where very important because these were the very places the setting of the book took place. The things that took place in the book where pretty shocking. In the book a bomb goes off and one of the things
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In current society many books are written based racial or social issues reflecting the past‚ present or future. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga is an example that confronts social and racial issues within India‚ shown through the eyes of servant to wealthy‚ named Balram. Born in rural part of India with a deceased mother and rickshaw-pulling father‚ Balram is dedicated to serving others. Whether it was driving the wealthy around‚ grinding coal‚ or running behind cars to get a job‚ Balram’s life
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46 Pages Book Review Liell‚ Scott. 46 Pages‚ Thomas Paine‚ Common Sense‚ and the Turning Point to American Independence. Running Press. Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. 2003. Imagine having a front row seat‚ or better yet‚ a hand in what is considered to be the one of the greatest moments in history. Scott Liell is able to provide his audience that experience through his written account of the spectacular events that led to the signing of The Declaration of Independence. The author’s
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