Seth Wein 11/17/12 English- Mrs. Katz The Odyssey Book 14 The Odyssey Book 14‚ by Homer‚ is an excellent book because it shows readers what Odysseus meant to the people of Ithaca and how influential he was as a person. We have learned a lot about Odysseus from previous books and we know all about his many different characteristics such as his ability to lead and his warrior-like mentality. The author’s goal for this book was to show readers what impact Odysseus made on society at that time
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every step of the way. This being said‚ I would hesitate to recommend this book to anyone under the age of 14. This book seems to be targeted to more mature audiences due to the sometimes disturbing material. With gory yet thrilling details‚ and some moments of sexual content‚ this isn’t a book for the faint of heart. There are several reasons why I would recommend Catch 22 to an older student. I found the book to be funny in a dark sort of way‚ but it also kept me interested in such a
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Prize winning memoir “Angela’s Ashes” written by Frank McCourt is a phenomenal tear jerking memoir written about Frank’s childhood growing up in extreme poverty. What were most memorable about this book were Frank’s poverty‚ perseverance‚ and humor. You’ve never seen real poverty until you’ve read this book. His father‚ Malachy McCourt‚ is an alcoholic who uses all of the dole money (welfare) to get drunk‚ leaving his family with no money for a whole month which unfortunately happens quite frequently
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The Famous Moll Flanders: Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe was a book based on a woman who very much changes throughout the book; I based my report on the main character‚ Moll because she has the most parts in the story which makes her change relatively easier to notice. This character changes in many ways she goes from an incredibly innocent girl to a criminal. Though ever since she was a child she was clever and independent she begins to learn different things about the world that eventually
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how I see things. Or at least‚ how I try.” So begins a carefully spun tale of sadness‚ loss‚ death‚ and how hope and love can rise them. Markus Zusack’s historical fiction novel‚ The Book Thief‚ inspires ordinary people to live their best and to discover a thing that you love to get away from the sorrow in life. The Book Thief has been given numerous awards‚ and for good reason – it’s a memorable tale of hardship and love‚ and how the good in life can outweigh the bad. And the setting that this story
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Carinna Powell November 29‚ 2012 Period 1 Hayman‚ Leroy. The Death of Lincoln. New York: Scholastic Books‚ Inc.‚ 1968. In the book‚ The Death of Lincoln‚ written by Leroy Hayman‚ it truly shows mostly every important event prior to Abraham Lincoln’s death and after the assassination as well. Like Lincoln‚ Hayman has known was true pain feels like. Not only was Hayman hit in the head by an ink bottle‚ but he survived the terrible accident and continued to live his heroic life although he became
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the years immediately preceding the settlement of 1670‚ as well as those that immediately followed‚ as a direct result of‚ the Stono Rebellion and their respective relationships to the black majority that existed in the colony. Wood introduces the book as possibly the first real study of this black majority and its impact on the colony in its earliest years. Wood also proposes that many preceding social-historical studies of colonial South Carolina generally ignore or discredit the significance this
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School Violence A Current Controversies Novel A Book Report Book Edited By: Lucinda Almond The Book: Lucinda Almond (Book Editor) School Violence – A Current Controversies Novel Farmington Hills‚ Michigan: The Gale and Greenhaven Press‚ 2008 232pp. $27.50 0-7377-3796-4 Whether it is the classic bullying that occurs on a daily basis or a distraught student entering a school with a gun‚ there is a wide spectrum when it comes to the degrees of school violence. The National Criminal
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Grade: E-3 Date: 20130224 Section: MT/UT Book Title: A Message to Garcia Author: Elbert Hubbard Why I Chose This Book: I Chose “A Message to Garcia” because Cpl Reeser recommended it to be a good book about leadership and how not just a Marine but an individual should act. Give A Brief Description About The Book: The Author behind this book wanted people to understand what it really means to be independent and to be a great leader. In this book he gives a perfect example of both these characteristics
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Sprenger. Sprenger is also often attributed as an author basically saying that witchcraft did exist. It was submitted to the University on May 9‚ 1487 for endorsement. In 1490 this book was banned by Pope Paul IV. By the 15th century witchcraft had resurfaced and had its penalties‚ the Malleus was used as a judicial case-book for the detection and persecution of witches. It served as a guidebook and was designed to aid them in the identification‚persecution‚and the deaths of witches. It’s a way to tell
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