Summer Reading Journal “Lord of the Flies.” by William Golding Chapter 1 Summary- The boys find themselves on an island and introduce their selves to each other. The two boys talk about the crash and the possibility of there being no adults‚ and wondering if there are any other boys that were on the plane with them. They find a conch shell after swimming in the beach water and Piggy tells a story about a man and how he blew on the shell to make a noise. Therefore‚ the boys decide to try
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Sarah 8/9/13 English Summer Reading Part 2: “Ok‚ then‚” he whispered. These were thought to be Morrie’s last words as he lay there lifelessly waiting to end his course in life. There was a developed cure for Lou Gehrig’s disease in September. It was now a cold December. As Connie and Charlotte mourned his supposedly death‚ I‚ however‚ did not. I found the piece of paper in my left pocket that contained scrawled numbers. The numbers were legible and by dialing I knew this number would connect
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Guns‚ Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond Prologue 1. Summarize Yali’s question. This requires mentioning race‚ intelligence‚ and development of technology. Yali asks "why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea‚ but we black people had little cargo of our own?" What Yali is asking is about the origins of inequality between countries and societies in the world. He wants to know why people of European descent are rich and powerful while people like him
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Written by: Anon In The Hunger Games‚ Suzanne Collins illustrates that symbolism and characterization makes survival the result of strength. First off‚ Suzanne uses characterization to present how strength is key for survival. For example‚ we can see that Katniss Everdeen had to use a lot of her strength to try and get through the hunger games. At one point in the story‚ Peeta Mellark got cut by Cato’s sword. He was deeply wounded and Katniss had to try
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Chris Senese 11 Honors English Catcher in the Rye Summer Homework Chapter 1: Important passage: "If you really want to hear about it‚ the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born‚ and what my lousy childhood was like‚ and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me‚ and all that David Copperfield kind of crap‚ but I don’t feel like going into it‚ if you want to know the truth." (1). Speaker: Holden Claufield Audience: The reader Significance: In
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shaIn the beginning of “between shades of grey”‚ Jonas‚ his sister Lina‚ and mother are paid a late night visit from the soviet secret police. Father wasn’t there to protect his family‚ so by force‚ the family has to get packed and ready to leave out the door in five minutes. Lina packed clothes and essentials‚ so did her younger brother Jonas. But their mother knows what has happened‚ and starts smashing valuables outside of the police’s sight that she has worked for‚ almost as if she will never
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Part II Now days‚ everything is about freedom and equality in The United States. The American government is trying to spread these ideals to countries across the world. In The Hunger Games‚ Suzanne Collins argues the point that all people are equal by using the Capitol as an example. In the book‚ the leaders of Panem host the Hunger Games‚ a competition requiring two young citizens from each district to fight to death‚ annually. The tributes chosen to compete in the games are chosen at random from
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Anna Willingham Dr. Joan Kennedy English 1302 April 8‚ 2011 The Hidden Personality The essay “He Would Never Hurt a Fly: War Criminals on Trial in The Hague” Written by Slavenka Drakulic in 2004 recaptures the life in Yugoslavia during the ethnic War and a crucial period of the dissolving country. This period of life was the 60’s and the generation was healthy there was no formula‚ cotton diapers‚ and no danger (Drakulic 1118). The essay is told by a native of Croatia‚ who uses
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2014 Upper School Summer Reading Year 10 Dear Parents/Guardians‚ Once again we are looking forward to the summer reading programme for our St. Andrew’s students. This programme will essentially enable our students to maintain and improve their reading skills and vocabulary over the vacation period and prepare for the English courses. Moreover‚ we hope that your children will find pleasure in the ideas‚ people‚ places and writing styles that they will encounter. Since most of our students already
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For summer reading prior to my start of tenth grade I had to read two books out of a section of memoirs. The two books I chose were Night by Elie Wiesel and A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah. These two books were very inspirational to me and made an impact on my life. After being a sophomore for four weeks the curriculum has already begun to make me more aware of myself and the world around me. When I first learned about the holocaust in the fifth of sixth grade‚ I became very interested in that point
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