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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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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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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Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness is an autobiography by Susannah Cahalan documenting her month-long stay in a hospital‚ where later she had no memory of being. Before her hospital visit‚ Susannah found two red bumps on her arm‚ but being in New York City‚ she assumed that they were bedbugs. She became obsessed with the idea that her apartment was infested‚ but an exterminator confirmed that she didn’t have them. Next‚ Susannah began to have aching pains in her body‚ along with nausea and migraines
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The Fires of Jubilee “By the enlightened ideal that all men were born equal‚ that all enjoyed the inalienable rights of life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness and had a natural right to rebel when those rights were denied” (Oates 16). I feel this quote accurately describes why Nat Turner committed the actions that he did as described in “The Fires of Jubilee”. Stephen B. Oates‚ the author‚ is a considerable man who “endeavors to be fair to all parties concerned‚ while at the same time allowing
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SILVER JUBILEE OF ELENA AND KENNETH 14th JAN‚2012 ENTRANCE You by my side that’s how I see US ….. I close my eyes and I can see US …we’re on our way to SILVER MILE STONE… our secret dreams have all come true ….. I see the church I see the people …your folks and mine happy and smiling
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Amber Laughlin Professor T. Rioux February 18‚ 2013 Fires of Jubilee Exam Nat’s Rebellion August 21‚ 1861 proved to be a day of sorrow‚ pain and lessons learned. The Fires of Jubilee is a historical account of the events that led to the bloodiest slave rebellion in southern history. Nat Turner is painted as a fairly intelligent and prophetic slave who believed he was chosen to free his people from their slave bondage. Nat’s rebellion last almost two whole days before being halted by
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The Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner’s Fierce Rebellion‚ a book written by Stephen Oates is about a slave insurrection led by Nat Turner in 1831. The United States was still a very young and vulnerable country in the early 19th century. Slavery was seen as an essential part of the economy and the American experience. Stephen Oates compares the differences between Southern and Northern slaves. In the Deep South blacks where assaulted‚ publicly humiliated‚ murdered and lynching’s were all part of daily
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In Frank Pacetta’s book‚ Don’t Fire Them‚ Fire Them‚ Up: Motivate Yourself and Your Team‚ Frank Pacetta presents his unique style of leadership principles which can be utilized in both a military and civilian work environments. While Pacetta identifies his leadership principles‚ he stresses that motivation is one of the most vital aspects of leadership and critical to success for any business or military organization. Our textbook states that motivation is “the process of stimulating an
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received a copy of Trail by Fire by Josephine Angelini from Pan Macmillian in exchange for an honest review‚ this has in no way influenced my thoughts and feelings about the book. I honestly don’t know why it took me so long to pick this book up‚ just by the synopsis I was hooked. It has everything that I enjoy in novels; fantasy‚ romance‚ and witches and while it may not be my favourite novel out there‚ I can say that I loved it and cannot wait to read more. Trail by Fire follows protagonist Lily
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