... two colours red and blue. There seemed to be no pictures, but at the beginning of every chapter, there were beautiful capital letters. On the front cover of the book there were two snakes biting each other's tails, one was light and the other was dark. They formed an oval and inside it could be read: The Neverending Story. As Bastian read this his heart pounded, he had to have ... he didn't understand at first, for the story began at a book-shop. Little by little he realised that it was his story from when he stole the book, to the point of where the Old Man began to read it from the be...

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... they have done." Anyone looking for insight into what makes a good teacher would greatly appreciate reading Tracy Kidder's Among Schoolchildren. This passage from the book exemplifies the importance of a role that a teacher plays in a child's life. Teachers have the ability to improve a child's life without even realizing it - a refreshing revelation for both new and old teachers who may often wonder if they have ever made a ... and confidence in all of her students throughout the book. One sees that not all of the goals she had set forth for each of them are met, but some students make...

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... ." Hester has been accused of adultery and the small child in her arms is illegitimate.   In the third chapter, a small, deformed man accompanied by an Indian is identified in the crowd. As Hester's eyes search the gathering of people, she recognizes him and a look of horror flashes across her face. Soon recognition appears in his face too, as he sees her standing plainly on the platform. As the book describes it, " his ... approaches, Pearl wonders fleetingly, before she goes off to play in the woods, if the Black Man has also met the reverend, and that the minister clutches his hand o...

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... of Eden In John Steinbeck's Book, East of Eden, he succeeds in recreating the Fall of Man. He does this by creating characters that emulate the characteristics, behaviors, attitudes, and relationships of the Serpent, Cain and Abel. Cathy represents the Serpent, Charles and Adam recreate the relationship between Cain and Abel, and Cal represents the relationship of Cain with God. The Fall of Man starts in Chapter Three of Genesis, but East of Eden recreates the Fall of Man ... who looks for the evil in each person and tries to draw it out and exploit it. Steinbeck says, "There was a time ...

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... claimed to have information indicating that over two hundred employees of the State Department were members of the Communist Party. So began the era of "McCarthyism," in which fears (later proved to be somewhat justified) of Russian spying on the U.S. served as the grounds for an unprecedented witch-hunt aimed at rooting out "Reds." During this time ... of evidence to suggest that while the idea may have been JFK's, the execution was mainly the work of Theodore Sorensen, one of his aides. "The concept of the book was Kennedy's," Sorensen would say later. "The responsibility for the book...

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• Grade Level: High School