... published in 1953 not long after World War II had ended. Bradbury had written a short story about Guy Montag, the main character in Fahrenheit 451 in 1951. Bradbury used this novel that was written as a science fiction to criticize the society of his time, and to warn of a ... for Bradbury to criticize the society in which he lived and to warn of upcoming danger of how society could become. Bradbury also used Fahrenheit 451 as a way to protest what he believed to be the invasiveness of editors who, through their strict control of the books they printed, impaired ... Fahrenheit 45I, itse...

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... Paul's friends let him one by one, Paul got alone, and finally died in peace at the end of the war. The theme of the whole book is the horror and violence of the war, and how the superior leaders using young soldiers as their tools to against each other in the war. The ... that showed out the author's point of view. All most in every single event that happened in this novel, Paul had his own feelings and thoughts, this book seemed like a Paul's little diary, which recorded his pain and suffering. The descriptions of Paul's feelings were very meticulous, and gave the readers a impressive ...

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... the others to join the army. It tricks them into thinking the war is great and everything the war really is not. The several themes in this book are relevant to what the other was trying to show all of his readers. Some of the new technology that they got were tanks, machine guns, ... they got deep into the war they began to ignore all of their feelings as tragedy struck them hard. The characters that survived towards the end of the book had a hard time returning to their everyday lives that they once lived. The things that they saw and losing people that they were really close to took ....

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... later overturned in 1976. It was also challenged by Dallas, Texas, Independent School District high school libraries in 1974 and in Snoqualmie, Washington in 1979. These states claimed that the book was "dangerous" because of the objectionable language, sexual situations or scenes, and the crude, black humor that is displayed throughout the novel. None of these bans or challenges has made ... the novel less popular and it is still a success today. I believe that the bans and the challenges of the book might have been justified back when the book was first published, but today I believe ...

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... war. Billy was an optometrist. Billy has no fear of dying. After each death in the story he says, "So it goes". The conflict in this book is that no one believes Billy about the Trafalmadores and how he was captured and taken through time. Every one thinks he is insane. They blame it on ... of his captivity on Trafalmadore or his ability to time travel to the past and to the future, this is the climax of the conflict. In this book German soldiers in World War II captured Billy Pilgrim. When he was released he was assigned to work hard labor in Dresden, Germany. While Billy was ... assas...

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... not just the Jews but the other ethnics as well. A book can remind us to the life in World War II and also The Holocaust. The book has been rewarded by numerous awards, "The Book Thief". "The Book Thief" has been written by Markus Zusak, an Australian author. This book tells us about the life of a nine years-old girl living ... in Germany during World War II. This book also tells us about the struggle and suffering of ... the teacher asked her to read. Even everyone laughing at her, she still has a desire to learn how to read and write. She learned how to read with the first book that ...

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... New Hampshire. It is the summer of 1942 (World War II) and America is at war. The plot is about a sixteen year old boy, Gene Forrester, the narrator of the book, returns to the Devon School, were he had graduated fifteen years ago. He walks to a tree near a river, and there, he once more becomes a student at the school, sixteen years ... best friend Phineas witch was great pain to Gene, because loosing your best friend at 17 years old is very hard to put up with. In the beginning of the book, I thought that Gene was a good, loving boy in toward of his best friend and cared about other p...

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The book "Montana 1948" shows us how people can be very dishonest and shows us that certain people will choose what they want to see and what they want to ... frightened that he was coming as she knew about Frank's past. She did not trust him at all. Wesley's suspicion of Frank grows greater as the book continues on. Towards the end of the book Frank murders Marie in the Hayden family home. This shows that Frank could not be trusted, not even by his own brother. Wesley confronts Frank bout this ... ...

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... how their relationships that lasted a lifetime were formed. These bonds are so strong, the men are willing to die for one another. The book is important because it is part of our United States history. Courageous men sacrificed their lives to put a halt to Hitler's evil and hatred in Europe. ... This book recognizes the true valor and heroism of the men, even through danger and seemingly impossible circumstances. They meant something to someone. They were part of ... life in the army can be and how trying the long challenging (both mental and physical) days can be away from one's country...

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IB History Book Review: Hiroshima by John Hersey 1) This story relates to America dropping the A-bomb in Hiroshima in 1945. It tells the story, of six different inhabitants of Hiroshima, 2 doctors, 2 women, and 2 ... that are shocking, controversial, and that will leave a lasting effect on me. Also if the story is related to something true, it catches me completely. Therefore, I very much enjoyed this book. I appreciated the way that Hersey told the story through these 6 characters, it created a sort of view from the inside, first-hand, of everything that was happening, from various differen...

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... until anyone perceives the potential problem, further delay until the problem is widely perceived, and still further delay until corrective action is taken." (Bodley p. 9) One of the objectives of the book is to look at the problems of the world through an anthropological perspective in order to get a good look at what is happening to our society. Bodley believes that the ... . The system is actually quite effective if there is enough land to allow sufficient fallow time, so that the surrounding land can recover. This system is also mentioned in Faust's book, and Faust agrees that the sw...

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... back, to find herself and to lose he shame she is forced to go back to Manzanar and remember the effect it had on her and her family. I liked the book and I think it is an interesting story. I learned many things. One of them is the difficult situation people can go through with the absence of a father. Also, how we have ... ...

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... subject of controversy, the evidence presented in The Rape of Nanking should put an end to this debate. For the second edition of the book, published on December 13, 1997 -- the 60th anniversary of the Rape of Nanking -- the authors carefully reviewed the records of Japanese military units ... of Japanese militarism in China and elsewhere has been systematically denied or distorted by the Japanese government. Only since the first publication of this book in 1996 has the historical controversy been widely reported in the West. Author Young argues, "We cannot allow ourselves to forget the...

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... and Representative Director is Nobuyuki Idei, the President, COO and Representative Director is Kunitake Ando and the Executive Deputy President, CFO and Representative Director is Teruhisa Tokunaka. Their capital is 451,550,454,641 yen as of March 31,2000. The Sony Corporation develops, produces and sells electronic equipment, instruments and devices for consumer and professional markets. Sony also produces, manufactures ... ...

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... St. (you can call 487-8722 for help), and another place that you could go for karate is Salt City karate in 500 old Liverpool Rd. and you can call 451-4244 for help. 4.) Time/ benefit: To practice Karate all you need to do is just three times a week. In which each session would only be about thirty minuets to an ... ...

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... sniper mainly torments and teases the Marines, not doing severe harm. After serving as a leader he becomes the Assistant Adjutant at the Headquarters base camp. The book then describes the everyday lives of the Marines at Headquarters. After a while, Caputo goes back to being a Platoon leader, and the war involves much more ... after Caputo's experience in this tragic war. It received numerous reviews, most of which were good. According to www.barnesandnoble.com, it was the book that shattered America's deliberate indifference to the fate of the men it sent to fight in the jungles of Vie...

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... ON "A SEPARATE PEACE" John Knowle's A Separate Peace is novel that focuses in on characters and their reaction to the world around them. Since the book was written in the forties the reader knows that the backdrop is WWII. The author uses the backdrop of war to show how young boys develop bonds of ... ON "A SEPARATE PEACE" John Knowle's A Separate Peace is novel that focuses in on characters and their reaction to the world around them. Since the book was written in the forties the reader knows that the backdrop is WWII. The author uses the backdrop of war to show how young boys develop ...

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... from the 1880's to relative present, dividing the periods into "power," "culture," and "economics." I will begin by presenting a brief summary of the book, followed by a critique on the information presented and the way it was presented. I will conclude my paper with a conclusion of how the information Iriye ... the 1930's. He does however touch on the "cultural" propoganda that Japan spread throughout occupied Chinese Territory. The third major section of the book focuses on the economic ties between the two countries. Japan was disarmed by the occupation forces, preventing that avenue o...

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... while stranded for many weeks. Unbroken is a story of survival, that tests Zamperini's will to live, and is very inspiring. There are many times during the book when Zamperini comes close to death, from crashing over the Pacific, to wrestling sharks, or dodging multiple ambushes by a japanese plane well floating on a inflatable raft ... at, and succeeded. It shows you can achieve your goals if you fight for them and never give up. One of the reasons that the book is so good to read is because of the characters. For example some of the best characters are Louis Zamperini, and Pete Zamperi...

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... The novel is narrated from the point of view of Sayuri Nitta, a retired geisha, whom the author had interviewed. Furthermore, as for the purpose of this book, the author states that, "There may well be no better record of the strange life of a geisha than the one Sayuri offers" (2). The setting of ... (294). After having become the Chairman's mistress, she was no longer considered a geisha, and that was where the "freedom" comes in. Overall, the book does a good job at informing the reader about what the life of a geisha was like. The author obviously had done extensive research on gei...

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... of World War I was like. The author describes his upbringing his training his exploits in the air, colorful stories in his time off. The layout of the book keeps the reader interested and its usage of vocabulary is for laymen. One should approach this work with a neutral mind and allow the piece to fall where they ... may. Anyone who can read can have the experiences that author had during his life in the time of the war. This book is straightforward, blunt style of writing allows the pages to flow quickly. The author mainly uses his own life experience to express his view and involveme...

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... aspect of the numerous diverse stand points was that it made the event more endearing, because it was based on experiences by real people, rather than a history book. I normally hate books about war, although the topic is a great interest of mine, because the books are generally not good at keeping my interest. ... , it covered only December 7th. His style of writing was neither popular nor scholarly, one unique to Walter Lord. The only problem I felt the book had was that when he was describing the attacks, he switched the stand points of people so much you almost got cheated of informa...

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... is the general public that would like to learn something about the Japanese during WWII. Second, I think that Jeanne covered a variety of topics in her book. She goes from talking about how the Japanese Immigrants were treated, to her stay at Manazar, and life after. While she does have many topics of ... talk about she does organize them well and makes them easy to read and understand. She splits the book into three parts, one dealing with a certain issues and ties them together well. She covers a time span of about thirty years or so, first starting ... think that she does tackle all ...

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... her parents. Ellen appears in the story at the beginning also. Ellen a jew, who is Annemarie's friend is forced to hide with Annemaries family. My book takes place during the german occupation of Denmark in 1943. It is in Copenhagen during the fall weather. The Germans are relocating all the jews in Denmark ... and Annes family are hiding from the nazis to prevent them from being relocated. The diary of Anne Frank takes place in Amsterdam, Holland and my book both takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1943. Ellen pretends to be part of her friends family in hiding but in annes diary she ...

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... story, the readers develop within themselves a sense of darkness and fear, and at the same time a feeling of the surroundings and the tone of this book. Anthony Burgess suggests that a controlling government will cause a dark, turbulent, gloomy future using mood, using music, and using violence. A passionate lover of ... destroyed an angel," (CLC 61). Another of the elements used in Burgess's novel was the component of violence. An ever present topic in the book, violence is mostly what gives the novel its dark, pessimistic, somewhat "ghetto" mood, most probably more than the music or t...

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