... 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 island. Most interesting character: The most interesting character to me was Jack. Jack has attitude and fights and stands up for what he wants. He's the antagonist in the book. He ends up turning evil and doing bad things and that intrigued me because it made me realize we all have a little bit of Jack in us. Passage One &apos ... do end up becoming savages and going crazy and kill people. Nothing about them is proper or elegant it's simply survival of the fittest. Would I recommend this book? Yes, I would definitely recommend this book because it really opens your eyes. It doesn't...

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... or surrounding and every encounter and memory that occurred on the journey. In the movie whilliam nd mary had only one child at the beginning, Tommie. In the book there were two Tommie and Georgie. On the morning of the Indian attack when john and whilliam went to work they did not go the field as in the ... to a fence and they worked on that instead. Then when the Indians attack cornel pattan does not behead one of the Indian attackers as he does in the book. instead he takes his sword and then is killed. In the movie, after the attack when bettie mary and Tommie are being taken to the I...

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... laws, life would be hard to live, filled with violence and war. Another theme of the book is survival. Survival plays an important role for the boys. There was very little I disliked about this book. Probably the one thing that could have been improved upon was William Golding's use of difficult ... words and terms that could confuse the reader, but this happened rarely. I think all serious readers would like this book. I also think readers who are interested in human behaviour would like this book because of the way it demonstrates the many sides of human nature, values, and morals. I r...

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I am reading the book Phone Calls by R.L. Stine. The book reflects how two best friends, Diane and Julie, get into a big argument over one phone call. Which the gets Diane's brother Toby, Ramar, Mick Wilson and Mick ... Toby, Julie and Ramar. Diane and Mick Wilson got along. Mick and Diane got along because Mick knew it was a misunderstanding. When I first started to read this book, I knew Diane was going to be my favorite character because in the beginning she was right and Julie was wrong. Julie thought Diane was trying to get her and ... all six were friends again. Julie kept playing jo...

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... robot and have the police arrest the evil scientist. The evil scientist confesses everything and tells them where Johnny can be found. How I felt about the book: I liked this book. I picked this book because I like mysteries. This book also had a lot of action like when the professor was figuring out how to turn off the robot so it wouldn't kill any more people. It ... was also scary at times like when the evil scientist was going to kill Johnny to get his eyes. The book was not boring it always kept me ... ...

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... . The act of jealousy is usually related to lovers, but Lawrence uses it to contribute to the effect of the abnormal relationships that make up the novel. The way the book is written, certain situations and people are neglected. For instance, it is rare that Arthur and Annie appear, and are not involved in the main gist of the story. Also ... me, love and hate are two very strong feelings and when experiencing one it is often difficult to experience the other especially when relating them to the same person. This book was a one-of-a-kind description of a family with many problems, mainly...

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... was written around 250 BC. The writer is anonymous other than referring to himself as a "teacher" and the son of King David. Throughout the book, the teacher explains how everything in life is meaningless. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless" (Eccles. 1:2). He also talks a lot about death, mentioning that those who are dead are living better ... ...

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... is a story by Elie Wiesel and his experiences in the death camps during the holocaust. Is Night a story of hope or despair? Night is a story of despair because throughout the book Elie lost so many things that it brought him down. Elie continually prayed before entering the death camps. He prays because "Man raises himself toward god by the questions he ... ...

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... by gloom, and ruthlessness, rare characteristics such as kindness, and compassion ever present. This novel displays an undercurrent of love, friendship and trust. People who love each other in this book are obviously Greg and Mikki who at the end of the novel marry, Eric and Susan are another couple represented in the ... book. The love that Susan had for her deceased brother Richard is the single reason that Susan became involved in the "Facility", as Richard had left some files which Susan had ... ...

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... to witness. I pray that this type of mass murder of a certain people will never happen again. If it does I believe it may be the end of existence on earth. This book and so many other books and movies have been written about the holocaust so it will never be forgotten, so it will never happen again, so that we can be ... ...

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... to witness. I pray that this type of mass murder of a certain people will never happen again. If it does I believe it may be the end of existence on earth. This book and so many other books and movies have been written about the holocaust so it will never be forgotten, so it will never happen again, so that we can be ... ...

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THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST The Importance Of Being Earnest written by Oscar Wilde is the type of book, which is very comical. This book takes place in London, a country house I Hertfordshire, and England; the 1890's. The book is mainly about two men dealing with their alter ego's. Jack Worthing a gentleman of the Manor House, ... like all books to me. My brother before he left for college left a lot of his stuff still at home. But, he told me to read this book. Of course, I looked at it, then but it back in the closet. While I was in the library, I asked my friend if she could name ... ...

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... good. To begin, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein offered no scientific explanation for this unrealistic book. The book is a fictional book, so the plot line can be completely unbelievable, but the story line must make sense. We are alerted during the book that the monster was created by using electricity to bring it to life. Even ... did not give us any explanation. The reason how the process works is not explained in the book. In many books, the writer tries to get the reader to feel that he/she is in the book. The writer normally tries to achieve this effect with action and suspense. Sadly...

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... again!"p.15. This moment got me very interested because I started to wonder why his grandfather tried to kill him. Another thing that got me interested in this book is when Jack started to see someone invisible, like the time Jack was in his grand father's funeral and some one was whispering "what goes around comes ... mother talking to someone invisible. At that moment, I started to wonder why couldn't he see that person. The third thing that made me interested in this book, when Jack went to war. I thought he went back in time to save his mother not go to war and get killed. One thing t...

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... were told what type of a society Waknuk and the surrounding areas were. It was smart by the author to make some type of controversy very early in the book like he did. For example when he had David meet Sophie and have him figure out that she is a blasphemy. Once David didn't do anything about this ... normal" people would, it showed the reader that David was not worried about looks and more worried about personality. Having David find something out so early in the book meant only one thing. He was going to find out more things and not tell anyone about them. This beginning made me want...

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... he hates Martha for what she has done. Jimmy Cross" change in character is just the beginning of The Things They Carried. As the book continues to document what happened to the men O"Brien fought alongside, the reader continues to notice the peculiar way men change when faced with extremes ... forces him to revisit Vietnam, or, more specifically, the place where he killed the man, to finally achieve peace. Throughout the rest of the book, O"Brien continues to extract emotions from the men he marched alongside. Continues to recall certain small details of a large war that changed men ......

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... Later her feelings changed and she fell in love with the man she really loved; which was her genie, Gino. 2. A) The second main character in the book would be Gino the genie. Gino was made a genie for two thousand years because he was half mortal and half genie. He would have to be a servant ... shouldn't matter to him Elliot's mother mistreated Megan. It shouldn't matter to him she was going to marry Elliot and make a big mistake. C) Throughout the book Gino has changed by finding out what love is. He finds out that love is stronger than magical powers. In the begging he was centered on ...

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... ;ance. These factors stimulated the plot and made the movie more intriguing. The movie was better because it included the séance and romance, which the book didn't have. This helped visualize the attitude of the movie better, even though it was lacking suspense. The scenario with Barrymore snooping around was different in ... , and the cause of his death is in the mystery it is. This scene makes the movie awe, which gets the audience's attention. Although the book omitted séance and much of the romance, it contained the suspense that was left out by the movie. The scene in the movie whe...

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... he could have had in his closet is a machine that dresses him without him having to lift a finger. Another difference is when they describe Myrtle in the book they describe her as being a portly woman but the way they show her in the movie she is a twig. So in your head you would think that she ... if he wouldn't want u to know? It would have just been boring without all the description the author put into it. Another thing that makes reading the book better is that you use your imagination. When you read how big Gatsby's house is you picture in your head many thing such as nice cars, s...

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... Lights By H.G. Bissinger Friday Night Lights: A team, a town, a dream is the story of the 1988 Permian High School football team in Odessa, Texas. The book covers a year in the life of the team, from the ending of the 1987 season through the conclusion of the 1988 season. It displays the fanatical behavior of the ... this novel, is because the way the writer talks about football, it reminds me of our football team at Las Cruces High. This book has a lot of excitement and a definite plot. The narrator of the book is H.G. Bissinger; he talks about all the ups and downs the football team go...

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... to see what happened next. Although Fallen Angles is one of the longer books that we have read this year in English, it was the most enjoyable book. The book was so enjoyable because it had to do with a topic I am interested in and it was very well written and easy to read. Fallen Angles was ... present time. Although reading books is not my favorite thing to do, and I usually only read books because I have a quiz or test over them, Fallen Angles was a book that I could really get into and I ended up reading every chance I had because it was so intense and I wanted to see what was going...

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... very odd men and will show the result of being drug attics. Both Raul and Dr. Gonzo would be considered " tweakers". Some of the conflicts in the book are man vs. nature (drugs). Raul is trying to report on an important event. The Mint 400. He will encounter some problems accomplishing this task thanks to ... with his task. It seems as if he used Raul's job as an excuse to go to Las Vegas and get high. The main theme of this book is that Raul is supposed to report the historical, biggest motorcycle event ever. The Mint 400. Raul will have some problems accomplishing this task thanks to Dr...

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... the stakes out of the ground. This physic property is the definition of power in numbers. The power in numbers is also seen within my favorite book series Bazil Brokentail. Through-out the series of books the evil people of Pasmodeda live by this theme, power in number whenever they send a force ... to overcome the good people of the Argonath they always send their army at about a hundred to one ratio to the force of good. Within the second book of Gulliver's Travels we see a different theme of power witnessed by the reader as power of greater. When I say greater I mean of greater size ...

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... God, how I hated him." This passage shows that he almost never has anything nice to say to people. Another thing that Holden is constantly doing throughout the book is lying. On page 54, when he is talking to the mother on the subway he says," "Rudolf Schmidt," I told her. I didn't feel like ... close attention to Phoebe and the way her hair looks, not something an older brother would usually do. Another person who he speaks highly of in this book is his deceased brother, Allie. Holden doesn't mention Allie until the 5th chapter. In this chapter, he is writing an observation paper for ...

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