Challenges and obstacles are things that everyone has to face. But, in the book Chinese Cinderella Adeline, faces different kinds of challenges help her be a better person. Adeline"s challenges benefit her. Some of those challenges benefit her. Some of challenges are: Adeline's has brothers and ...
A Boy At War I chose the book A Boy At War written by Harry Mazer for my book report. The main character in the book A Boy At War is a boy named Adam. ... At the time this book was written, Adam and his family had just moved to Honolulu, Hawaii. ...
I can see why Jerry Spinelli won the Newberry Award for his mondern classic, Maniac Magee. It has everything I like in a young adult book:fascinating characters, believable dialogue, humor, and a strong theme. Maniac (Jeffery) Magee is one of the most refreshing and memorable characters in ...
Summery of the Story The book Night, takes place in 1941. In a town of Sighest, Transylvania there lived a typical family. Elie Wiesel, the narrator, lived with his father Chlomo, his mother, and three sisters Tzipora, Hilda, and Bea. In the beginning of the story, Elie is 12 years old, and i...
Briar Rose Book Review Briar Rose by Jane Yolen is a heart-wrenching story of Sleeping Beauty intertwined with the horrors of World War II. The novel contains all the elements of the classic Sleeping Beauty: the castle, thorns, princess, and a tale of death and awakening from eternal sleep. Y...
Grapes of Wrath Book Report When first released in 1939, The Grapes of Wrath, written by novelist John Steinbeck, created quite a stir among Americans still coping with the depression. It tells the story of the Joad family from the time of their eviction on their farm in Oklahoma, to their first w...
They said this book tells children that it's normal to have sex with one another, and this book is full of profanities. ... This book will not be able to affect children a lot. ... Afterwards, they can discuss the problems from the book. ... The book will encourage children's growth. Children experience other people's lifestyles from the book. ...
The Vietnam government banned this book from the country because of the all encompassing political aspects included in the book. ... This book was banned because it went against what a government hopes to portray to their people. ... I would like to address the Book Paradise of the Blind by Duong Thu Huong. ... The food in the book allows for a better understanding of the situation. ... Paradise of the Blind is an interesting book that taught me a lot about your culture. ...
The book was written first, so the movie is simply an interpretation of the book. ... In the book he seemed the type that was a dreamer that was tired of being stuck in a dead end job. ... The book made a point to show that he was not always a mean selfish husband. ... Reading the book aloud brings a different feel. ... Yet amidst all the differences, a common theme rang though in both the book and the movie. ...
Dear Cynthia Voigt, I am writing this letter about your book, Homecoming. ... Also, I would like to make some suggestions on improving this book. I really enjoyed the book Homecoming, but I thought the book could use a few changes. ... Another change for this book is that not enough was wrote about Maybeth and Sammy. ... These feelings should have been explained and expressed more throughout the book. ...
This book is based on a true story, told from the author's perspective. ... The book tells how he overcame his family problems and became a better person because of it. The book starts when he is five years old and continues until he is seventeen. ... I thought it was a great book with an ending that made you want to read more. ... This truly was an excellent book and I enjoyed reading it. ...
This book was great because it not only went over everything we did in class but gave options on how to deals with each situation. I had no conflict with this book and actually became more compassionate toward old people after reading this book. I would recommend this book for the class and for nursing home applicant's families especially. Overall, the theme of this book was that family is essential when a loved one is put in a nursing home. This book depicted moral issues and problems that a family must be involved in so that a loved remains sane and maintains their dignity. ...
My Antonia The book My Antonia is about a young boy named Jimmy and his long time friend Antonia. ... (Chapter X, Book 1) On January 22, Jimmy finds that Antonia's father; Mr. ... (Pg 83 Chapter XVIII Book I). ... So in chapter III Book II Antonia gets acquainted with the Harlings. ... Jim goes off to college in Lincoln in Book III. ...
The book's plot is not all humourous but is lightened by Nagarkar's style of writing. He manages to keep a pace in the book with black humour, wit and satire. ... The book is mostly devoid of feeling- which makes the emotions in the book stand out all the better. ... There is also a great amount of lust depicted in the book- mostly in unpleasant colours. ... Bringing them together was the dream world of Nagarkar's book. ...
Table of Contents Part 1 Making Connections 1. What are your feelings after reading the opening chapter(s) of this book? After reading half the book? After finishing the book? 2-3 2. What connections are there between the book and your life? .3 3. In what ways are you ...
Students shouldn't have the book taken away from them but parents should be able to have their child not read it. ... One of the most controversial things Junior says is in the beginning of the book. ... Language is another big problem in the book. The language and profanity used in the book is what some people in society talk like but a lot of parents don't allow. ... If the parent doesn't what their child speaking like the characters in the book than they wouldn't want them reading about the profanity that is in the book. ...
This is book is called Twin Sisters by Janice Harrell. The book first takes place in France where one of the sisters is living with her mother, and then takes place in the suburbs of a nice town in California. ... The two main characters in this book are Liz and Elizabeth (Iz). ... I really enjoyed the book a lot. ... I would highly recommend this book to anybody who likes mystery horror fiction books. ...
To most it was a necessity, while some people considered reading a long book a job. ... When I finished a long good book, I felt satisfied that I had finished the book, but there was also an empty almost sad feeling. You wish the book could go on longer, in order for you to keep reading. These days that feeling is lost to you youngsters, being as every book now has a video counterpart. ...
Pere Goriot by Honoré de Balzac, is a compelling and interesting book. ... The book manages to illustrate both the cruelty and the hope that exist within its pages. ... By the end of the book the innocence that once covered his eyes is gone and left behind is the cruel reality that is society. ... Through the whole book he maintains his undying love and would give them anything he has, until nothing remains. ... At the end of the book Eugéne returns to have dinner with Goriot's daughter Madame de Nucingen, but he returns with his eyes open to the brutality that exists i...
In Leo's book he shows even more ways dehumanization occurred. ... The book Leap Into Darkness is a very valuable book to read in a course based on the Holocaust. ... This book allows a person to see the book as real life and not just of an event being taught. ... It is not just a book about Jews, it is a book about victims surviving and not having sorrow but instead having strength. ... And there are many questions that stayed in my mind while reading this book. ...
The title of my book is The Island by Gary Paulsen. The main character in this book is Wil Neuton. ... I think the theme of this book is the importance of knowing who you are and saving the environment because Wil would never leave trash behind and he never hurt any thing on the island. This was a good book. ... Most of the book took place on the island. ...
A good example of this is in the book Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo is cast out of his tribe Umofia and he goes to his mothers" homeland Mbanta. ... Through out the book Okonkwo and his tribe Umofia stress the importance of family, but the he kills Ikemefuna who is supposed to be his step son. ... In the beginning of the book it says the Unoka, "In his day was lazy and improvident- (Achebe 4) Okonkwo sees this in Nwoye later in the book and he says, "I will not have a son who cannot hold up his head in the gathering of the clan." ... Conflict also stands out in the book. The conflict of the boo...
After reading the book, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" I thought a lot about what the book was trying to explain. ... I do believe that this book belongs among the classic works read by young adults. ... Young adults reading this book would be able to understand how badly this would affect the life of someone like Maya. ... Teenagers who read this book will feel more proud to have such an easy life. ... Now that I have read this book I will have a greater respect and a newer understanding for those with hard lives and be thankful for the easy life I"ve been living....
A good example of this is in the book Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo is cast out of his tribe Umofia and he goes to his mothers" homeland Mbanta. ... Through out the book Okonkwo and his tribe Umofia stress the importance of family, but the he kills Ikemefuna who is supposed to be his step son. ... In the beginning of the book it says the Unoka, "In his day was lazy and improvident- (Achebe 4) Okonkwo sees this in Nwoye later in the book and he says, "I will not have a son who cannot hold up his head in the gathering of the clan." ... Conflict also stands out in the book. The conflict of the book ...
I think that the author is omniscient because throughout the book the author described the mountains very vividly. ... There are places in the book where the author described something so well that I had to stop reading my book to actually stop and picture it in my head. ... I think that the author chose this setting because that was about the time setting that she was in when she wrote the book. ... At this point in the book she is not confused anymore because she knows that, that is where she belongs. ... A detail in the book that supports this opinion is that at the end of the book ...
