Lynn Dang Pre-AP English II The Book Thief 1. “His manner The quiet air around. When he turned the light on in the small‚ callous washroom that night‚ Liesel observed the strangeness of her foster father’s eyes. They were made of kindness‚ and silver. Like soft silver‚ melting Liesel‚ upon seeing those eyes‚ understood that Hans Hubermann was worth a lot.” The significance of this passage is the description of Hans Hubermann’s eyes as the color represents his worth and personality. It
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book “Among the Hidden” by Margaret Peterson Haddix. This book is very suspenseful. In their town that they live in they are only allowed to have two children‚ but one family decides to have three. Luke‚ as the third child is not allowed to step outside‚ he has to stay hidden‚ because they are too scared the population police will come and get him. Therefore this book is a mystery‚ because it leaves you with a cliffhangers. The book is told in first person point of view‚ the genre of “Among the
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Do what is right “Don’t give up for your rights‚ stand up for your rights‚”Bob Marley. In Among the Hidden‚ by Margaret Peterson‚ standing up for rights was demonstrated by one of the main characters‚ Jen Talbot. Twelve-year-old Jen‚ who lived in a wealthy family‚ was illegal for being a third child. If she got caught by the population police‚ she would be sentenced to death immediately. Throughout the story‚ Jen tried to solve the problem of 3rd children not being allowed‚ in order to experience
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Summer reading is always a topic with many different sides. Some people love it‚ and some people want the school to just back out of their summer. I’m right in between. I don’t love summer reading‚ but I know it’s important and serves many purposes. One of the purposes is to keep our minds active during the summer. I know if I didn’t have to read over the summer I wouldn’t. Summer reading kind of forces me to read‚ but in a good way. I end up really liking some of the books I read over the summer
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Summer Reading Over the summer‚ I did not read. I was in the car a lot‚ going back and forth between Illinois and Washington. Most of the time‚ I forgot to bring a book‚ and when I did remember‚ I only read little bits of the book‚ or it was a book turned into a movie‚ but we cannot do a report over books turned into movies. Don’t get me wrong‚ I love to read‚ to enter a different world and usually become the main character‚ and it saddens me that I never found the time for reading during summer
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Reading Percy Jackson and the Olympians‚ The Lightning Thief‚ is a book about a twelve-year-old boy named Percy Jackson who learns he’ s a demigod. As the son of Poseidon he is sent on a quest with his friends Annabeth and Grover. They must find Zeus’s stolen lightning bolt and return it by the summer solstice to avoid a war with the gods. Along the way they learn about trust‚ betrayal‚ and courage. This book has many themes but some of the important ones are Trust‚ Betrayal‚ and Courage.
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Maya Angelou once said‚ “Freedom is never free.” This is true because a person always has to pay some sort of price in order to be free‚ whether in a literal sense or not. In the book Among the Hidden‚ by Margaret Peterson Haddix‚ Luke Garner is an illegal third child in a place where overpopulation forces the government to make unfair laws. Each family is allowed to have two children‚ so Luke envies his older brothers and cannot live his life the way he wants to. This is similar to in “Two Sisters
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Summer Reading Assignment: Newspaper Unbroken By: Laura Hillenbrand The Torrance Gazette “The Torrance Tornado‚” Now “the Torrance Olympian” On a sweltering day in July‚ our hometown hero represented Torrance in Olympic fashion. Louie Zamperini attempted his bid at a spot on the US Olympic team yesterday during the grueling 5000m race at the Olympic Trials. For those of you who do not know‚ this distance is unfamiliar territory for Louie‚ but he felt that his chances of winning a spot were
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Simrohn Iftekhar Mr. Demmers 9A Summer Reading Assignment (The Pearl by John Steinbeck) I. Examine Steinbeck’s use of imagery. Writers carefully choose their words in order to convey vivid images to the reader. Re-read the first three paragraphs of the novel (pp.1-2)* and answer the following questions: 1. What visual image does Steinbeck create? He creates an image of very early morning when the stars are out and the sky is still dark. He paints the setting of a small and quaint house on the
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Anika Jensen Peterman Per 4 English 4AP August 9‚ 2014 Summer Homework The Awakening 1. What is the author’s purpose in delivering this literary piece to the public? Kate Chopin writes about a high class wife and mother who lives in the United States South named Edna Pontellier who pursues a career as an artist‚ all the while longing after a man she loved. Kate creates this story in order to convey that women are capable of having the same desires as a man and should be allowed to pursue
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