I didn't know I had to read pudd'n head wilson and dances with wolves but during the summer I read New Moon that is a fantasy-romance novel by author Stephenie Meyer, and is the second book in the Twilight series. The book is about losing true love. The title refers to the darkest phase of the lunar cycle, indicating that New Moon is about the darkest time of the protagonist Bella's life.In this book Bella is in a lot of dangerous situations, because her boyfriend is a vampire. The brother of her boyfriend for example tried to kill her. So Edward, her boyfriend, wanted to save her from all the risks; but the only way to do that is to transform her into a vampire.I really liked this book because it was close to the teenager. I don’t really like fantasy books and everybody could think it is just a boring fantasy book about vampires, but it isn’t. It talk about and describes in all its details an amazing love story between two apparently different teenagers.
One of the books I read over the summer was Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. This is a supreme play about Julius Caesar's assasination, and the aftermath of his shocking death. I enjoyed this play for many reasons. At first, I remember feeling extremely overwhelmed by the language used. I didn't quite understand it, and I felt myself reading the words on the page, but not taking them in. After the first scene though, I began to realize the eloquence involved in Shakespeare's writing. Shakespeare utilized all kinds of literary devices to enhance his writing in this play (such as repetition during Mark Antony's eulogy). Overall I really enjoyed this masterfully written piece by Shakespeare.
The name of the book I read is Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. The book is about a group of conspirators, lead by Brutus, who think that Julius Caesar should die for the best of Rome. In the book all of the conspirators stab Caesar, killing him. Towards the end of the book Caesar’s good friend, Antony, and his son, Octavius, comes together to battle Brutus and the other conspirators. I didn’t like that book. I usually do not read book of this genre, so the book did not really capture my attention. This book did teach me a lot of new words, and I think that it was a good to read to learn about the Romans back then.
The play Julius Caesar was written by the famous author, William Shakespeare. It is a play about the Romans that fear that if Caesar becomes king, it will give him too much power. Shakespeare states early in the text that Brutus, Cassius, Casca, and Decius plot to kill Caesar. Although Mark Brutus is a close friend to Caesar, he believes that killing him is for the better of Rome. Caesar is warned to “beware of the Ides of March” (March 15th), but he is not careful and is killed on that night by the conspirators. After Caesar’s death, his son Octavius and loyal friend Anthony set out to avenge his death, which leads to a great battle between them and the conspirators. The play ends with Brutus and Cassius both killing themselves during the battle. I liked this book because I felt it was full of suspense and I was able to follow and understand the plot of the play. I also now have a great fascination with books ending in tragedy, so I really enjoyed reading this book during the summer.
Julius Caesar was a play about a group of conspirators that believed that Julius Caesar was ambitious and held too much power. Brutus, Cassius, Casca, and Decius decide that it would be best to kill him, and assassinates Julius Caesar. This angers the people, and with Octavius, Julius Caesar's son, and Mark Antony, a good friend of Julius Caesar, they go and seek revenge. A war is fought between Brutus and Cassius and Octavius and Mark Antony. Octavius and Mark Antony end up winning the battle, but many people have died. This book has showed me a different technique of writing and to always make sure that your friends are not deceptive.
Shakespeare Julius Caesar is an epic tale of one mans power and how it kills him. “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer” should be reversed in situation of this book. From Julius to Brutus every character has an important role in the assassination of Julius Caesar. Once the conspirators enter the story the book it is hard to put down. Cassius is a sly and conniving character that makes the plot rich. Famous quotes help make Julius Caesar one of or the best plays Shakespeare has ever written. Betrayal is one of the biggest themes that enter the book. The main theme that is portrayed in the book is betrayal. Brutus and Caesar have the strongest relationships but when Brutus becomes a conspirator and kills Caesar, Caesar feels betrayed. Shakespeare suggests this emotion when Caesar states “Et tu, Brute?” or (“You too, Brutus.”). Second Cassius betrays Brutus when he plots to turn Brutus against Caesar. Shakespeare suggest this when Cassuis states “ I will this night, In several hands , in at his window throw, As if they came from several citizens, Writings all tending to the great opinion That Rome holds of his name, wherein obscurely Caesar’s ambition shall be glanced at.” All of these statements prove that people are blinded by ambition and will do anything to have more power than someone else. After reading this book there are other plays, movies, and books that take the same type of themes and ideas that this book has. The Godfather takes the same plot and ideas from Julius Caesar it’s almost the exact same plot. Since Shakespeare was such a good author that you can look at movies of the past twentieth century that have sampled ideas and plots that are similar to Shakespeare’s plays.
Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is an epic tale of one mans power and how it kills him. “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer” should be reversed in situation of this book. From Julius to Brutus every character has an important role in the assassination of Caesar. Once the conspirators enter the story the book it is hard to put down. Cassius is a sly and conniving character that makes the plot rich. Famous quotes help make Julius Caesar one of or the best play Shakespeare has ever written. Betrayal is one of the biggest themes that enter the book. The main theme that is portrayed in the book is betrayal. Brutus and Caesar have the strongest relationships but when Brutus becomes a conspirator and kills Caesar, Caesar feels betrayed. Shakespeare suggests this emotion when Caesar states “Et tu, Brute?” or (“You too, Brutus.”). Second, Cassius betrays Brutus when he plots to turn Brutus against Caesar. Shakespeare suggest this when Cassuis states “ I will this night, In several hands , in at his window throw, As if they came from several citizens, Writings all tending to the great opinion That Rome holds of his name, wherein obscurely Caesar’s ambition shall be glanced at.” All of these statements prove that people are blinded by ambition and will do anything to have more power than someone else. After reading this book there are other plays, movies, and books that take the same type of themes and ideas that this book has. The Godfather takes the same plot and ideas from Julius Caesar it’s almost the exact same plot. Since Shakespeare was such a good author that you can look at movies of the past twentieth century that have sampled ideas and plots that are similar to Shakespeare’s plays.
The three main ideas in Julius Caesar are: tyranny, corruption and justice. We can see tyranny where Brutus was beginning to think that Caesar would become a tyrant. He was scared that the republic would fall apart. So, in his own twisted and freaky mind, he decided that Caesar had to die and then convinced other people that he had the right idea and they all needed to get rid of Caesar. We can see corruption with both Caesar and Brutus. In Caesar’s case it was his lust for power. In Brutus’ it was his ideas about the republic that turned him and his friends into killers. The idea of justice in Julius Caesar is that people should not be ruled by tyrants.
I did not like the way the play displayed its three main ideas. It was too long and the plot showed its ideas way too slowly. But I do think that the main ideas are important and we need to talk about them some more in class.
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare is a play. This play was about a group of conspirators who wanted to kill Caesar because they feared he had too much power over Rome. Four men Brutus, Casca, Cassius, and Decius killed Caesar. This caused new problems in Rome because now everyone is angered, including Mark Antony, and Octavius, Caesar’s Friend and son. Now there is war because of the death of Caesar between the conspirators and Caesar’s beloved friend and son. In the process of this war many died, but in the end Mark Antony and Octavius win. This book was at times difficult to understand, but I appreciate the fact that I did not know what was going to happen in the end, because in many books you can predict it. I am actually looking forward to reading more of Shakespeare.
Julius Caesar is play written by William Shakespeare in the 1600s.It is about deceit and murder when Caesar is announced ruler not everyone is happy including Brutus, Caesar’s best friend. A few people are quiet suspicious about these people’s feelings and they are right to be, because these unhappy people become conspirators in a plot to murder Caesar. Caesar is murdered and there is a bitter battled where Brutus, Cassius and Titinius all die. In the final scene Mark Antony gives a speech about how great Caesar was. I did not enjoy the book it was boring and too bloody for my taste.
Julius Caesar was a play written by William Shakespeare. The play deals with deception, jealousy, and envy. These traits are what made Cassius, Brutus, Casca, and Decius all conspire to kill Julius Caesar. Brutus only wants to kill Caesar for the good of Rome but the others just envy Caesar. All the conspirators stab Caesar, but it was Brutus' blow that finished him off. Afterwards Octavius and Antony come together to avenge Caesar's death. Then the conspirators commit suicide one by one to avoid capture. The play ends with Brutus and Cassius committing suicide. Overall i really liked the play it was very action packed.
The Title of this summers reading is Julius Cesar, By William Shakespere, and written in the 14th century. It is the tragic story of the murder of Julius Caesar and its aftermath. In Julius Cesar, there are 3 main themes, politics, love, and omens. Politics was the constant cornerstone of the book. Everyone of value in the story was a high ranking official with their own plans of control, and what better way to gain it than to get rid of the one person standing in their way? Love is also a big theme, Brutus loves Cesar and Cesar returns the feelings of brotherly love, but in the end the love for Cesar is trumped by the love of the Roman People. Omens also play a big part in this play, from the soothsayer and the ides of March, to Calpurnia and her attempts to keep Cesar home on the day of his murder because of a dream she had the previous night. Omens in this story both hint at what will happen and also what should have happened if these omens had not been ignored. I personally did not enjoy Julius Cesar, I thought it was a bit drawn out and pointless. Usually after the namesake of the book dies the book ends, but for some reason Shakespeare had to keep it going forever after his death. It was a bit of a let down considering Shakespeare’s other great works such as The Taming of the Shrew and The Tempest, but not every book can be perfect.
This summer I read Julius Caesar. I thought that I wouldn’t like it, but I ended up really enjoying it. It’s the story of the murdering of Julius Caesar, and how most of the leaders in Rome didn’t actually have Rome’s best interests at heart. Cassius and Casca kill Caesar only to get themselves a better political position. They persuaded Brutus that killing Caesar was necessary for the good of Rome. Brutus was the only conspirer who actually felt bad about killing Caesar. I thought that the saddest part was when Caesar said his final famous words, “Et tu Brute? Then fall, Caesar.” The most honorable character was Brutus, because he loved Caesar, but felt he had to kill him for the good of his country, even though the people in his country ended up hating him for it. This is a really good story that I think people my age and older would enjoy.
This summer I read Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. Throughout the play, Shakespeare conveyed ideas of conspiracy, jealousy, politics, war, and animosity. By the end of the play, Julius Caesar, a Roman general, was slain by nobles whom he befriended. Caesar was defending his homeland but was misconceived to be an ambitious dictator. Jealousy and animosity drove his conspirators, Brutus, Cassius, Casca, and Decius, to plan his demise. It turned out that they all suffered in the end. I somewhat enjoyed the book. It had a great deal of drama and that was a plus. On the other hand, some of the modern version was a bit baffling. Other than that, the book was worth the read.
Simply Shakespeare: Julius Caesar is written by the very famous writer William Shakespeare. A main idea that is depicted in Julius Caesar is the rise and fall of power. Another main idea in Julius Caesar is how a person acts differently in the public eye, then how they would act in private; this theme is shown through the character Brutus. I liked the book Julius Caesar because the characters in the book are not static; they change and have faults like any other person. My favorite part of Julius Caesar is when Caesar’s ego gets in the way when Calpurnia, his wife, tries to warn him that he is in danger and Decius changes Caesar’s mind. In that situation Caesar says, “How foolish do your fears seem now, Calpurnia! I am ashamed I did yield to them. Give me my robe, for I will go”, (Shakespeare p.100) meaning Caesar is ashamed that he listened to and gave into what Calpurnia said and he is going to accept his crown. This situation shows how Caesar is like a normal person and has flaws like everybody else.
Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare is about the conspiracy to assassinate the famous military and political leader of Rome whom this book is named after. The plotters felt he held too much power and wanted to prevent the start of a dictatorship and continue having Rome as a Republic. Different conspirators have different motives; the most noble was Brutus’s, who I believe wanted the best for Rome. After they assassinate Caesar, a war erupts between Caesar’s supporters, and the supporters of the conspirators. When we were assigned this book to read, I was wary because I was worried I wouldn’t find interest in it due to it not being relevant to the times today. I discovered it to be very thought-provoking when I started and I found it was easy to get into the Old English writing after a few pages. I enjoyed observing the characters confidence it their decisions waver as the book goes along. Overall, I’m glad I read Julius Caesar and I found out why this book is a classic.
This summer, I read The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain. The story is about a slave woman who switches her "black" son, Chambers, with a "white" son, Tom, in order to let him live a better life. As her son grows, she realizes how he has turned into an evil, heartless person. At the end of the novel, David 'Pudd'nhead' Wilson finds evidence that "Tom" has killed his father and the entire secret unravels. "Tom" is put to work on a slave plantation.
I enjoyed reading the book. I particularly liked the author's use of language to make readers feel more connected to the characters. I do not understand why the novel is called The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson. It seems as though at the end of the novel, David Wilson has overcome the stereotype he was classifed in by the townspeople. To me, David Wilson's intellect was higher than the townspeople's and they, therefore, did not understand him. The fact that it was written so long after the civil war shows that Mark Twain still felt that feelings of racism lingered the America. Overall, I enjoyed reading the book more than I had expected to.
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare The main ideas of this book are you can never completely trust someone,and one person's success is another persons envy. In the book Cassius, Cinna, and Casca because of there envy and that they believe Julius is getting to powerful they plot to kill him. These were supposed to be his friend but instead the stabbed Julius Caesar in the back. I enjoyed the book because I felt it gave much action and questioned peoples morals but at times i felt the dialogue was to long and i could not understand.
Julius Caesar The book bJulius Caesar by William Shakespeare, is about the betrayal of the Roman people against Julius Caesar. The plot against Julius Caesar, starts slowly, the main idea is that if Julius Caesar becomes king then all the Romans citizens would be forced into being slaves, and not free people. Rome’s main idea was that they were all equal to each other, and that Julius Caesar was just the same as anyone else, but with Julius in power, he thought that he was superior and special, compared to everyone else. I would have to say, that overall, I did like the play, it include many details, and as I was reading, I could actually picture what I was reading in my head. I also liked how the play was written, William Shakespeare, in his writing used a type of style, that made it hard to understand but it also made you kind of comprehend.
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare The name of the book that I read over the summer was Julius Caesar. It was actually a play that was written by one of the greatest writers in history, William Shakespeare. The book is about the return of Julius Caesar to Rome and how the people wish for him to be king. A man named Cassius thinks that this is unfair because Caesar is no different then any of them. He forms a group of others that have been thinking the same thing. He was even able to convince the long time friend of Caesar, Brutus, who believes that what they are doing is for the good of Rome. The group conspires to kill Caesar on March 15, which is when the Senate meets. Many people warn him not to go. A soothsayer tells him “beware the ides of March”, his wife says “I had a dream where there was blood flowing from your statue and people were bathing in it”, and a man tries to give him a letter that explains everything, but it is never read. He goes to Senate, walking straight into his death. The book ends with all of the conspirators dying, being killed, or committing suicide. I enjoyed this book because even though I knew what was going to happen, it still kept my attention the whole way.
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, is an overall good book. Its main themes are of deceit, and trickery, and lies. This is because the main conspirator, Cassius, is jealous of Caesar, and so he makes one of Ceasar's friends, Brutus, feel as though the people want Caesar to die. Because of this, Brutus, Cassius, and other conspirators assassinate Caesar. The themes of this book are as they have been identified as earlier, because Cassius's lies and trickery to get Brutus onto his side anyway. Because of killing Caesar, some of Caesar's closer friends decide to wage a war on the conspirators that could have been avoided if Cassius had not been as greedy for Caesar's position as he was. Despite all of this, I thoroughly liked the play Julius Caesar. This is because it was well written and very descriptive. All in all, Julius Caesar was a good book about what I can imagine to be a really good play.
This summer I read Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. This play was about the assassination of Julius Caesar. I did not like this play. I thought that it was hard to understand. While I was reading the play I kept stumbling over the words and finding myself having to go back and re-read what I had just read. What I also did not like about this play was the plot. I thought that it was very gruesome and dark. The senators killed Caesar and then when he was dead they dipped their hands in his blood, and proceeded to shake hands with Antony. Also Brutus was one of Caesars must trusted friends and he killed him. Also Portia killed herself by swallowing burning coals. What was gruesome was how the plebeians killed Cinna the poet when they found out that his name was Cinna. The stage directions say that they attacked him. Although I did not like many aspects of this play, I did like the character Antony because he was a loyal friend to Caesar. When Caesar died he helped Augustus, and he remembered that Brutus was actually a good man despite the fact that he helped kill Caesar. These are some reasons why I did not like reading Julius Caesar.
Puddn' head wilson is a book by mark twain. The book is about a slave named Roxy who switches two children at birth. This switch changes the course of both children's life's entirely. No one knows about the switch until the end of the book when Dave Wilson uncovers the switch by way of discovering changed fingerprints. I thought this was a good book because it was well thought out and had good suspense at the end. I would recommend it to a friend.
I think that instead of talking about his life in the introduction of the book, Jay wrote about his life using the main characters instead. I say this because this made the reader more interested in the book. This kept the reader from becoming bored and disinterested because it didn't allow the reader to know everything about the story immediately. A great writer will incorporate his story using the characters to keep the story from becoming long and boring. When I read stories like this, I get excited about knowing what will happen at the end of the book because the writer makes it difficult to predict what will happen. My opinion is that readers should read more books where the author does not tell you what will happen in the introduction. It bores the reader and there is no real reason to read a story if you know what is going to happen. Making predictions while reading is the best part of reading a book because it keeps you interested in anticipating what will happen next.
A book that I read recently was Sundiata: an Epic of Old Mali by D.T. Niane. The book was about a young boy Sundiata whose father was a king and had three wives and six children. Sundiata could not walk but his destiny was rule Mali and become Emperor. His father’s first wife was jealous because her son was not chosen but he was strong and had all of the qualities to become Emperor. Sundiata’s mother carried the burden of her child’s disability with verbal abuse by the king’s first wife. One day Sundiata’s mother wanted Baobab leaves from the first wife and was given grief about it. Sundiata’s mother ran home and cried to her son and at that moment he realized that it was his time to fulfill his destiny. After Sundiata began to walk, the first wife exiled his family from Mali in fear that he would gain the power that he was destined to have. On his exile, Sundiata got stronger and joined the Army. When Sundiata got bad news that the present King had bad plans for Mali, Sundiata started his journey back home to fulfill his destiny by defeating the King. Sundiata won and was crowned Emperor of Mali. There and after, Mali was the strongest kingdom in Africa.
A story that I had over the summer was Julius Caesar by Willam Shakespere. This play took place in Ancent Rome, around 500 A.D. The main character was the emperor Julius Caesar and his gain of power. In the play, Caesar’s acwantences felt that Caesar’s power was getting too strong and they deside to kill him. After the murder took place, the people are in shock and revolt against the consperesors. Caesar’s noble friend Brutus has second thoughts about killing him. In the end, the common people fight againts the consperisors and kill them. I really like this book because Shakespere conveied a dark, tradgic story and the language that he used help make the sad feeling. The play was enjoyable as well as stimulating to the mind.
The last book I read is, The ,Secret. In this story, the author informs it’s audience that all of their wishes and desires can be fulfilled by following the law of attraction, also known as “the secret”. My first reaction to the book was that her ideas were so bizarre and that you can’t possibly get what you want, just by asking for it. But she provides many examples of previous people who have used the law of attraction and suceeded all throughout history. She even includes people like Albert Einstein, while bringing a scientific aspect to “the secret”. The book was very interesting and intriguing to me, especially because she persuades and proves her beliefs by intertwining them with historical figures and dates to show how it affected the course of history. After reading the book, the law of attraction seems very belivable and I have already started to use it my day to day life with much success.
Zora Neale Hurtson’s Their Eyes Were Watching God depicts the life of Janie Crawford, a black woman living in South Florida. She constantly attributes love and marriage with the beauty of nature, but she finds, despite the information from older women, that this idea she has contrived is indeed false. I enjoyed this book because of the southern dialect, the vivid and humorous figurative language, and Janie’s everdeveloping voice in the novel. Janie discovers that her ideas of love should not be the standard in a relationship; yet she should find the importance of being a woman that is recognized not by her relationship status, but as a strong individual.
Old Yeller is a book by Fred Gipson. It is a book I read over the summer, but it is also one of the very best books I have ever had the pleasure of reading. I do not normally enjoy reading much, yet with Old yeller I felt the acctual feel of the book. I felt as if I as the little boy in the story and Old Yeller was my real pet. I cryed when reading the story, partly because the whole time I was reading I was with my dog Copper. The story really made me feel like I was in the story itself, trespassing into another world of utter imagination. I remember sitting on a chair in the real world but feeling like I was somewhere else like I was high off of text. I like this book more than any other I have ever read, because it took me to another realm, it was the first book I acctually injoyed reading. It seemed to be a portal into the unknown world that was just waiting to be discovered.
This summer, I read Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare as a required reading for my Humanities I class. I found it very hard to enjoy this work because it was written in the vernacular form of Old English, which forced me to look to the opposite page whenever I did not understand a word. Sometimes, I would see a word that I recognized but did not seem to fit in the sentence, which especially frustrated me. Language woes aside, however, the plot, though it struck me as strange because of its format, was very good and the script was well written. Of course, Julius Caesar is actually a play, so by reading it I learned how to write a script; this skill has helped me several times already this year, whenever I have had to write a performance.
One of the most recent books I read was Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. I was recommended this book by a friend, and while I had not yet read it, I definitely had heard about it. The book follows Ender, a boy in a futuristic Earth ruled by a council that has kept the population scared of a supposedly forthcoming alien invasion. Ender is sent to a school that trains the leaders of Earth’s military, through daily simulations of battles and weekly competitions against other students. While the plotline is quite simple for someone who is just skimming the book, if you look deeper into the meaning you can find many different underlying meanings, often based on the future and morals, while the story that hides these questions keeps you wanting to finish the book with the use of symbolism and cliff hangers. What, for me, keeps the book together is this amount of deeper meaning, which means that the book attracts all ages and many different groups of people. This also makes you look deeper into the meaning of the book, and helps you stay focused on not just the story, but also the morals and ideas represented by the book.
The book that I have read most recently was Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan. This book was the fifth and final book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. This particular book chronicled Percy Jackson’s, the main character’s, journey across the United States. The purpose of his journey is to protect a summer camp for demigods that has become his home. What makes this book so interesting is that the evil that is threatening his home are infamous Greek Titans. Percy, who is the son of Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea, has been sent on a mission by the gods to prevent Kronos from rising from his prison in Tartarus. What I also found very interesting about this book is its fun references to Greek mythology, which I find fascinating. I would suggest this book to anyone, because it is a fun read and it also opens the reader up to the world of Greek mythology which is also very fun to learn about.
A story that I had over the summer was Julius Caesar by Willam Shakespere. This play took place in Ancent Rome, around 500 A.D. The main character was the emperor Julius Caesar and his gain of power. In the play, Caesar’s acwantences felt that Caesar’s power was getting too strong and they deside to kill him. After the murder took place, the people are in shock and revolt against the consperesors. Caesar’s noble friend Brutus has second thoughts about killing him. In the end, the common people fight againts the consperisors and kill them. I really like this book because Shakespere conveied a dark, tradgic story and the language that he used help make the sad feeling. The play was enjoyable as well as stimulating to the mind.
A book I read over the summer is a malay language book entitle Konserto Terakhir by Abdullah Hussain. This novel setting is in Malaysia. It is about a boy, Hilmi, from a poor family in the village that goes to the city to look for a new job and life. When he was at the city, he was given a place to stay in his uncle, Datuk Johari’s, home. His uncle is an highly influence man. But due to Hilmi poor education backgroud, Datuk Johari didn’t even try asking around his highly influence friends for a job for Hilmi because he is embarrass to have Hilmi a low educated boy in his family. Instead, Datuk Johari gave Hilmi a job as a gardener in his huge home. Hilmi worked hard, and he have a deep passion in music. Datuk Johari’s daughter, Hayati, is a musician and they have a really good piano at home. Once Hilmi played the piano, and he spoils it accidentaly, he needs to repay it. However, Hilmi is a determined man and became a famous musician at last. But before he became a famous musician, there is a lot of hardwork and pain that he suffers. At the end of the story, Hilmi passed away on the day of his most important performance as a conductor in his career. I really like how the story because it is so well plotted. It potrays the life of a village boy that have determination which makes him a succesful person at last even with his poor education.
This summer I read Julius Caesar by William Shakespear. It is about a man named Brutus in ancient Rome during the time of Julius Caesar. Brutus is good friends with Caesar but his other friend Cassius is jealos of his power and wants him killed so he turns Brutus, and others like him, against Caesar.Cassius lied to Brutus and told him that Caesar was going to accept the crown the next time his friend Mark Antony offered it to him. Brutus did not like the idea that Cassius had told him. So he and a handful of other conspirators killed Caesar on the way to the senate. As a result of this they calmed the people of Rome and made sure they knew it was for the best. Then, Mark Antony turned the people against the conspirators and a war broke out between Brutus and Cassius against Antony and Octavius (Caesar’s adopted son). In the end Cassius and Brutus both kill themselves. Brutus died never knowing that he had betrayed his friend Caesar over a lie told by Cassius. I liked this book a lot because not everyone in the story knew everything that was happening. It also had a profound underlying theme which was friendship versus duty. Brutus had to choose between his friendship with Caesar and his duty to the people of Rome because he could not let another king rule the Roman Empire. In the end Brutus chooses the path of duty because he knows the needs of Rome are more important then his feelings.
A book I have recently read was Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali by D.T. Niani. This book is about the life and legacy of Sundiata. Sundiata was the son of the king of Mali. He was born with a major disability, he couldn’t walk. His mother was the ugliest woman from the city of Doa, whom his father married to fulfill a prophecy. Sundiata was prophesized to be a great king but he cannot walk, speak, or move, so people were very skeptical. After his father died he was supposed to take thrown. Instead, since he was disabled, his half brother took the thrown along with his evil stepmother. His brother and stepmother threw him along with his family out of the city when he was only ten. With his mother and other sibling, Sundiata was exiled. For many, many years they traveled from city to city meeting new kings, making new friends, learning new thinks, and making future alliances. Little did Sundiata’s brother know that throwing him out of the city was the best thing for Sundiata. He learned to be a warrior, great friend, he became immensely strong. In the end Sundiata used his friends, alliances, wit, and his new skills to defeat the king of Mali and take his city back.
The book, which I am currently reading, and which I really like so far is called The Giver and was written by Lois Lowery. It is about a Boy called Jonas, who lives in a imagine community. He lives there with his parents and his little sister called Lily. In the community, the children were adopted by the parents. I like the book so far, because it is really easy written and I can understand almost everything. Moreover, I like who the author describes the feeling of the persons in the book.
I recently read Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote. This short story is about a young writer’s friendship with a unique young woman who lived in his apartment building. I had first seen the movie and, interested by the charming characters, decided to read the original book, which I liked just as much as the movie. As it turns out, the book was much harsher, more real, than the movie. The characters were people rather than ideas of how people should interact, and so the story was more difficult to swallow than the movie. But Capote is a wonderful writer. He mixes pop culture and philosophy in a way that could entice any reader. His mastery of similes makes each paragraph a discovery, something to look forward to.
A book I recently enjoyed is Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. This book is about two friends who travel California looking for work during the Great Depression. I enjoy the book for its overarching realistic nature and its simplicity and brevity displayed through the plot, dialogue, and themes. The book ends abruptly, in a way that ties the story together wonderfully. It is an ending that is able to display the friendship between the two main characters, George and Lennie. The ending is what makes me appreciate the book so much. This ending might cause many people to dislike the book; this is not the case for me. I will always consider Of Mice and Men as a favorite book of mine.
A book that I have recently read is called Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. When I was first told I had to read this book it was intimidating, however I always knew the day would come when I would have to read Shakespeare. The book was very interesting, I liked how as the story was going on you did not know what to expect from it. All of the characters were different so it showed a variety of personalities through out the story. At times the plot was confusing with who everyone was and what side they were on. The end of the book was not my favorite ending, because of all the deaths. I knew that Shakespeare wrote tragedies, but I did not expect for everyone to die. Overall the book was exciting it would keep you wanting to read, also had a way where you did not know how it was going to end.
A really good book that I read this summer was a teen novel called Lock and Key by Sarah Densen. This book is about a 17 year old girl named Cassie, who has been through a lot with her mother. At an early age, Cassie was forced to grow up and act as the adult in the house. Her mother works hard, but in my opinion she could have done a lot better. When Cassie’s mother comes up missing she has no choice but to go with the social worker. Instead of becoming a ward of the state, Cassie goes to live with her older sister, whom she has not seen in over six years. Now Cassie lives a huge home, she goes to one of the top private schools in the nation, and she can going shopping anytime she wants. But, Cassie refuses to cooperate with her new lifestyle and just wants to go through her senior year quickly. Soon after, she falls in love with her next door neighbor, who also goes to her school. They soon fall for each other, despite both of their attempts, and start to go out. Throughout the novel, Cassie realizes that she has to let the past go in order to move on to a better future. I really enjoyed reading this book because the author was able to touch on so many themes in the novel. Becoming of age and self love were two of the main themes. I was able to relate myself to Cassie’s character throughout most of the novel. This book really helped me to realize who I am and how much I love myself.
Recently, I read a book titled Call It Sleep, by Henry Roth. It is about a boy named David who immigrates with his mother to America when he is very young. David struggles with his fear of his father, who gets angry easily and violently. As a result, David is often painfully shy, and stays at home with his mother rather than make friends with the other children on his street. In fact, his mother is overly protective of him, and he clings to her almost obsessively.Other characters, like his father’s friend and his mother’s sister, enter the story, only to fall prey to the father’s anger. As he grows up, David begins attending religious school, where he finally loses some of his fearfullness. Soon he is consumed by religious questions, and makes friends with a non-Jew because he thinks the other boy has magical religious protection. Throughout the book, David looks to his mother and his religion for safety from his angry father and the other children, who he by turns likes and dispises. At the book’s end David tries to receive power and protection by throwing a piece of metal onto a train track, releasing electricity that almost kills him. Call It Sleep is a fascinating story about the scared, confused thoughts that go on in the mind of a child.
One really good book that I have read is called Bottled Up by Jaye Muarry. This book is about a young male who is faced with a lot of problems. He is face with problems like, his achoolic step dad, his annoying little brother and his principal, whom of which is threatening to kick him after school if he doesn’t get his act together. Phil, or philip thinks that if he smokes, he will smoke all his problems away. When phil has a last chance his principal gives him a counselor. This book is a good book because it relates to some kids that are stress not olny at home but at school with friends or anything else. It shows kids that, if your are stress talk about it don’t let it sit there because it would come out or really hurt you. I think that everyone should read it.
The most recent book I read was Girl Interrupted by Sussana Kasen. The novel is based on true story dealing with Kasen’s experience in a rehabilitation center. She vividly describes each and every person she meets including hospital staff and patients (changing their names of course). Sussana Kasen does an excellent job writing and the reader falls in love with every character. Girl Interrupted is beautifully written, letting people know that underneath people’s addictions, they are everyday people. It really puts you through every single day that Kasen went through; from the day she was registered until the day she was discharged. Girl Interrupted deals with some harsh topics, so I recommend it to those ages fifteen and up, or anybody who likes drama and suspense.
I really enjoyed reading 1984 by George Orwell. It was about a man who was living in a world when the government controlled all. His heart was fighting against his conscience, whether to commit the crime of loving another person. It was interesting to imagine what the world might be like if the government did have that awesome power. One would not have the joy of reading literature, writing, or even in some ways possessing your own thoughts. Throughout the story, the government continued to make radical changes on society, making it more formalized with every change. For example, the government released a new dictionary every year making the language simpler, as to dull people’s perceptions of the world. I liked this book because it made me appreciative of the world I live in, and thankful that I have so many rights.
One book that I recently completed reading was The History of The United States by Howard Zinn. I was encourged to read this book by my step father, who was a big fan of the book and of the author. This book gives an honest perspective on controversial topics such as slavery, Christopher Columbus, Richard Nixon, to name a few. One topic that I found very interesting was the true story of what Christopher Columbus did to the original inhabitants of the island of Hispaniola. Another topic that I liked was the last chapter on Bill Clinton.
This year, I read a novel titled Breaking Dawn from a series of books called the Twilight saga written by Stephanie Meyer. There are currently four books in the series, Breaking Dawn being the fourth, and I believe the author is working on the fifth. The Twilight series is a science-fiction, romance story about a normal human teenage girl who falls in love with a modern-day vampire. The series has excitement, suspense, clever twists and nail-biting confrontations. I read all four 500-700 page books within a 6 week period. Everytime I opened the book, it would draw me in and give me the impression that I was a part of the story. The way the story pulls it’s readers in is the main reason why I love the series so much. The writer has a clear objective for every character and each character can be so easily depicted in the mind. There are two sides in the story which are based off of two main characters, Edward and Jacob. Edward is the human girl’s boyfriend who is very loyal and protective of her. Jacob is the human girl’s bestfriend who is very friendly and has secretly fell in love with her and wants nothing to do with her vampire boyfriend because of the long time rivalry between vampires and werewolfs. Many readers of the Twilight series have chosen their side and are loyal to either to vampire or werewolf. I am very much looking forward to see the movie of Breaking Dawn which is in production now.
Over the summer, I read the book The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls. It is a memoir of her childhood experiences leading up to her young adulthood. Her father was what you would call a character. She grew up bouncing around different towns all over the country, running into surprising situations and living life as it comes. I loved this book and have reread it a few times. The events that take place are always unexpected and you follow her and her family on their journey across America through the ups and downs. You get to know the characters and identify with their feelings; you actually feel a connection between the other characters and with yourself. This is one of the easiest books I have read to really get into the story. I would highly recommend this book to anyone in for an exciting story.
I read The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen. This book is about a teenage girl, Macy, who falls in love with a teenage boy, Wes, during the summertime. She recently faced the tragic death of her dad, who died while going on a run. Her and her father bonded by running and participating in track meets. She had stopped running ever since her dad died because it was too difficult to be reminded of him. The boy that she falls in love with, Wes, has also faced the tragic death of a parent. His mother died of a sickness and he had been going through the same experience as Macy. Macy and Wes didn’t click at first. He was known as the boy that every girl wanted to be with. She was known as the girl whose father died. Throughout the book, they get to know each other and eventually, they fall in love. I loved this book because I can relate to the main character, Macy. Not in the way that one of my parents died, but in a way that I am also a teenage girl figuring out whom I am and who I want to be. I also loved the romance part of the book. I always wanted to know what would happen next between her and Wes. In the end, they ended up together.
I loved the story Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. I loved how the characters used old English as they spoke. It truly set a royal tone to the characters, which apparently, the author was trying to accomplish. The book was about two lovers from apposing families. Romeo was of the Mortague family and Juliet, of the Corpulets. Both the families were enemies because of there long-last past. They met at the ball and fell in love. Once they knew of there opposing families they still loved each other. Soon, problems arose and Romeo was exiled, leaving Juliet to marry another. Therefore Juliet committed suicide. Once Romeo found out that his beloved Juliet was dead he kilt himself. This then showed both families that this fight must not continue, and could no longer affect their children. Romeo and Juliet, through their love for each other, changed the way things would happen in Rome forever. I certainly did not like how two lovers had to die for these royal families to realize this, but I did like how two people could change history and was touching to see to people die for the ones they love.
A book I have read recently is Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck; it is the story of the friendship of two migrant workers during the Great Depression. George is a small, dark man, and Lennie could be described as a gentle giant, with a mild mental disability. It is heartening to read about the devotion between the men. Although Lennie is simple and dependent upon George, it becomes clear that George is equally devoted to Lennie. Throughout the book conflict arises often, as a result of how Lennie’s actions are construed by those he does not know. Not many people understand them, and they make only a couple friends throughout their journey. I really enjoyed the powerful tale of commitment and how it left me thinking about the extents of friendship. It is a fairly short story that I would recommend as a classic piece of literature.
The book we are currently reading, Ragtime by E.L Doctorow, is actually very interesting and is hard to put down. Although I am not completely finished with the book, I am getting closer to its completion. From what I have read, I really enjoy the time setting and the overall plot. My first reaction to this book was ‘I hope this book is not long and dry’ and I was pleasantly surprised with how interesting it was and how I am so intrigued with each of the characters. One thing that is very interesting to me about the characters is that Houdini and Evelyn have never met, but they are both closely related with their relationship with Harry K. Thaw, the murderer of Stanford White, and Stanford White, a famous architect who was killed by Harry K. Evelyn was the wife of Harry K. and mistress of Stanford White. Houdini has a more distant relationship with the two men. Houdini met Harry K. when he went to the jail in order for him to perform more escapes. He saw Harry in Murders Row while he was escaping from a cell. Harry made fun of Houdini, a common thing that the rich and famous did to him. Houdini doesn’t really know Stanford White, but Houdini’s friend Mrs. Fish was a good friend of Mr. White. One question I have about the book is who exactly is the narrator? Is it the little boy in the beginning of the story that Houdini visits when his car broke down?
Adrian Britt Taft becomes President; the narrator comments of the role of the consumption of food as a symbol of success. Evelyn Nesbit and Mother's Younger Brother make love often, but find little to speak about otherwise. When all of this happens, I feel as if the story is getting really complicated. And it starts to build tension over everything. Father and Peary hold very racist views about the Eskimos with whom they travel to the North Pole. Doctorow employs a narrative technique that partly reflects their attitudes and partly employs Doctorow's own ironic tone. He writes, Houdini makes constant efforts to perform what he considers the ultimate escape; however, none of his accomplishments seem to satisfy him. However, he soon begins to learn how to fly planes, which renews his enthusiasm. Hudini is very relevant aswell because his story is also being followed throughout the story.
One book I read over the summer was Blue Moon by Alyson Noel. This was a book about a young lady who had died in a car accident, but was brought back to life by an immortal. However, in the midst of being brought back, she was made immortal. Now she has to live out her life, keeping the secret of her immortality. I liked this book very much. This book is one book that fully keeps my attention. Once I began to read this book, it was hard for me to stop. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who would be willing to read it.
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau, is a story of two kids, a boy and a girl, that lived in an underground city called Ember. The city is slowly running out of power because its structure and power is ageing. Lena, the main protagonist, discovers a hidden message, that she must decode. In her quest to solve the directions, Lena and her friend Doon, find the passage to the outer world. By the time I finished the book, two days had passed. This means that the book was very fun and entertaining. Reading about this underground city was very entertaining. I really enjoyed myself with all the adventure and different way of life the story told. Jeanne DuPrau is a great writer and this story was like no other I had ever read, with such emotion and suspense.
The title of the book I read is “Crash”. This book is about a teenager that becomes friends with a boy that is not popular. I like it because the way the author tells the story it seems real. The main idea of the story is don’t discard your friends just because they are not cool. The author’s name is Mike Lupica.
This summer, I read The View From The Top by Hillary Frank. It was a short read, but it was entertaining. This book was about six teenagers who live in a tourist town, and what they do over the summer. Each chapter is narrated by a different character, so we get multiple points of view. I liked this book, because I could relate to the character and their problems. It was very realistic, and I could understand what the characters were going through, because I have similar problems. It was also interesting because the characters live in a completely different place than I do, so I was able to see what life was like for them. This book was good and well written, and I enjoyed it.
I read a book entitled Anne of the Green Gables this summer. The author of the book is L. M. Montgomery. The book was about a life of an orphan girl called Anne. Matthew family did not expect to get an orphan girl; instead they applied for a boy who can help them out on the farm. The station made a mistake and sent a girl, Anne to Matthew’s house. Matthew was shocked. But Anne impressed Matthew by her constant talk and the use of big vocabulary words. The family decided to keep her. Anne worked very hard at school. Several years later, Anne graduated from the top of her class and decided to stay with Maria, Matthew’s wife, after the deaths of Matthew. I like this book a lot. I was deeply inspired by Anne. She never gave up when faced conflict, never abandoned anything. She was an extremely competitive student and mastered in her studies. I was impressed by her.
This summer, I read one of what is currently one of my favorite books, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. This book had done a great job of summarizing events before the actual story; mandatory and crucial to having an understanding of what the story is about. The overall story was very well written as well. Basically, the book is about a post-apocalyptic North America that has risen from the ashes after a civil war between thirteen districts of the continent and the Capitol. The districts’ loss to the Capitol resulted in their permanent servitude to the Capitol and the bombing of District 13. The Capitol keeps the districts in line by sending one boy and one girl from each district to participate in the annual Hunger Games: a fight to the death in an arena where there can only be one victor. The story’s protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, takes her sister’s place in the Games. “Winning means fame and fortune, and losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun.” is the very memorable quote from the book. Something in the book that caught my eye was the author’s use of “I say” after Katniss’s dialogue instead of “I said”. This was a very unique use of speech I have only noticed in this novel. Every one of the chapters always end with a very suspenseful event, possessing me to read onward well into the hours of the night. The vivid accountings of her life inside and outside the arena created much realistic imagery. This is a truly amazing novel and is a must-read for all ages.
Lady of the Butterflies by Fiona Mountain is a book about a woman named first Eleanor Goodricke, then Eleanor Ashfield, and lastly Eleanor Glanville. She was raised by her strict Puritan father and as a girl, and all throughout her life she admired butterflies. After her father died, she married Edmund Ashfield. Soon Edmund died she became very depressed and turned to collecting butterflies as a distraction. She began collecting them, studying them, and through this process she met another man, younger than her but also a butterfly collector who became somewhat of a lover. However, Edmund had had a friend, Richard Glanville, whom Eleanor had always been intrigued by and ended up marrying with scandalous results. Because she was so fascinated by butterflies and collected them, people ended up seeing her as a witch and her life became a disaster. She and her husband fought, he claimed that she was dead and took over Tickenham Court, which she was the heiress to, and also kidnapped their son in an attempt to make him testify against his mother. I enjoyed this book because it was interesting to read about a woman in the late 1600s and how the fact that she was fond of butterflies and wanted to know everything about them was unheard of at that time. There was a lot of interesting historical context in the book and it was fascinating to learn about social life in the 1600s since we do not normally hear about life in England at that time.
This summer I read Hoot by Carl Hiaasen. The book is about a boy and his new friends saving burrow owls from becoming extinct from construction. Roy and his family move to Coconut Cave, Florida and Roy is the new kid at school. At first he has no friends but one day he saw a boy running with no shoes on. He assumed he was going to school but he wasn’t. One day he followed him and later he found out a girl named Beatrice was his sister and the boy’s name was Mullet Fingers. While running from a bully, Roy came across a construction site and saw that there were endangered burrow owls on the site. The kids tried to save the owls on their own but failed. They sabotaged the site and did everything they could but nothing worked. Finally Roy and a lot of kids from school stand up to the executives of Mother Paula’s Pancake House to protect the Burrow Owls. They succeed, the construction is stopped, and the owls are saved. I loved this book because it is about owls and I love owls. Also I like that it teaches that anyone can be a hero if they try hard.
One novel that I read during this summer was The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, which is all about a girl named Lily Owens going on a quest to find out all about her mother, whom was shot when she was just a little girl. Lily escapes with her close family friend, Rosaleen, to Tiburon, South Carolina, where she meets a trio of beekeepers whose logo was on one of her mothers only possessions. Lily becomes very close to the three sisters, May, June, and August, who fostered Lily's mother when she was only a girl. The novel ends with May committing suicide and Lily's dad storming in to Tiburon to take her back, although his plan ultimately fails. Lily stays in Tiburon with her new family, and begins to attend school with her friend Zach. I really enjoyed this novel because it was all about the social structures in this period, and in the end, although there were obstacles along the way, it ended up very happily and Lily realized that she did not need her mother back because she had so many new mothers to look after her. Furthermore, I also liked how the plot was very sad throughout the book because not a lot of books are that sad, and I liked how original the plot was. Lastly, I thought that this book was a great addition to my book collection because it is different from a lot of the books that I read and it had many characters that are easy to relate to.
This summer, I read a book called The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak. It is about the life of a girl named Liesel Meminger, who is growing up under Nazi rule. The story is set in Mulching, Germany, in the 1930s. The main theme of this novel is that words have great significance. It is reflected in the obsession the main character has with reading and words, the descriptions the author gives of how Hitler uses words to control people, and how a Jewish refugee named Max recognizes how powerful words can be. This book is now one of my favorite books. One of the reasons I liked it so much is that the author chose an uncommon narrator for the story, a personified version of Death. Death is able to narrate the story because he becomes fascinated with Liesel’s story and follows the events of her life. I also liked how the author incorporated Death’s perspective on the events of the story throughout the novel. For example, after witnessing a death that could have been easily prevented, death says, “It kills me sometimes, the way people die.” I found this novel was hard to put down. It is very profound, the characters are interesting and multi-dimensional, the story is gripping, and the style of writing is excellent. In addition, I also learned a lot about what life was like in Nazi Germany. I would read this book again in a heartbeat.
This summer I read “The Wish” by Gail Caron Levine. The theme was to be careful what you wish for. This theme relates to everyone’s lives. People usually wish for something to happen, thinking that the wish wouldn’t come true. But in this book, the girl’s wish did come true, and it taught me that I should be thankful for what I have. I like this book because it related to my life. When I read it, I just graduated from middle school, and in this book, the girl was about to graduate also. She wished for the same things I wished for. For example, I wished that I could just graduate, instead of waiting another week or so. I enjoyed the fact that this book taught me life lessons. She wished that she would become popular. When she asked to become popular, her wording was the only flaw. She wished she was popular at her school, but soon she would graduate and wouldn’t be at her school anymore, so the spell wouldn’t work. This told me that wording is very important. Someone can really misunderstand you if you say a sentence a certain way, but it you rearrange the words, you would be understood. I also like this book because it was a fiction novel. I like fiction because it seems to take me to another place instead of just reading the words on the page and not really getting into the book. This novel was one of my favorite books I read this year.
This summer I read “The Wish” by Gail Caron Levine. The theme was to be careful what you wish for. This theme relates to everyone’s lives. People usually wish for something to happen, thinking that the wish wouldn’t come true. But in this book, the girl’s wish did come true, and it taught me that I should be thankful for what I have. I like this book because it related to my life. When I read it, I just graduated from middle school, and in this book, the girl was about to graduate also. She wished for the same things I wished for. For example, I wished that I could just graduate, instead of waiting another week or so. I enjoyed the fact that this book taught me life lessons. She wished that she would become popular. When she asked to become popular, her wording was the only flaw. She wished she was popular at her school, but soon she would graduate and wouldn’t be at her school anymore, so the spell wouldn’t work. This told me that wording is very important. Someone can really misunderstand you if you say a sentence a certain way, but it you rearrange the words, you would be understood. I also like this book because it was a fiction novel. I like fiction because it seems to take me to another place instead of just reading the words on the page and not really getting into the book. This novel was one of my favorite books I read this year.
Dysis Scarlett Humanities I T/F P.2 /W P.4 Mr. Igoudjil 8 October 2010
Lockdown: Escape From Furnace- by Alexander Gordon Smith
The book, Lockdown: Escape From Furnace, is one of my favorites because it did not bore me, and it was just one of those books you cannot put down. The theme of this book was imprisonment, and how it can affect a person’s life. This book was about a boy, Alex, and how he was framed for murder of his best friend, Toby. He was framed by large men in black suits. He didn’t stand a chance in court and was immediately sent to a juvenile delinquent prison called “Furnace”. This was not your average juvenile delinquent prison though; this prison was a million miles under ground, and filled with numerous teenage boys who were framed by the same men in black suits. These men in black suits were cruel, malicious, and showed no mercy against these boys. If anyone tried to escape, they would be killed, or put in a solitary room for days, with no food or water; it made you go mad. Also, there were random selections of boys to go down into a chamber and be tested on. Once you were taken, you were never seen again. The only way in was an elevator, which was heavily guarded by men in black suits with large guns. There was no way you could escape. I definitely like this book because it was really out of the ordinary and intriguing. Even the cover of the book is interesting to look at. I can easily say that this is one of the best books I’ve ever read.
Three cups of tea By: Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin was about building schools in southwest Asia to promote peace. The overall theme of the book was peace and happiness. This is because Greg Mortenson goes around to poor uneducated towns in troubled parts of southwest Asia to attempt to bring peace to that are and promote the right of everyone having the ability to learn. I enjoyed this book because it showed how much one person could make a difference not just where they lived but in the world.
One of the books I read over the summer is in titled The Giver by Lois Lowery. First of all I like to say I had mixed emotions on the book, but by time I had reached the end I can conclude that over I liked the book. The main character in this book name was Jonas and as I read I can easily tell that he was a lot different from all the other people in these books so called perfect society. In the book the society Jonas was born in was basically what they believed as a perfect society were everyone was received the same treatment and was experienced to the same thing at around the same ages. Everyone celebrated there birthday on the same day, got new things on the same day and had the same type of homing experience, that is except for Jonas. He was the person chosen who was different from all around him such as getting being more free to learn and gain more knowledge than many. At the end he couldn’t take the society any more and eventually escaped. After my completion of my book I was very thankful for the family and society I was born into. Other societies in today’s world can be very controlling and don’t allow there people to express them selves in the way that is best for them. This is why I love my family and was I come from, because it could be a lot worst.
Three Cups of Tea By: Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin was about building schools in southwest Asia to promote peace. The overall theme of the book was peace and happiness. This is because Greg Mortenson goes around to poor uneducated towns in troubled parts of southwest Asia to attempt to bring peace to that are and promote the right of everyone having the ability to learn. I enjoyed this book because it showed how much one person could make a difference not just where they lived but in the world.
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 269 of 269I didn't know I had to read pudd'n head wilson and dances with wolves but during the summer I read New Moon that is a fantasy-romance novel by author Stephenie Meyer, and is the second book in the Twilight series. The book is about losing true love. The title refers to the darkest phase of the lunar cycle, indicating that New Moon is about the darkest time of the protagonist Bella's life.In this book Bella is in a lot of dangerous situations, because her boyfriend is a vampire. The brother of her boyfriend for example tried to kill her. So Edward, her boyfriend, wanted to save her from all the risks; but the only way to do that is to transform her into a vampire.I really liked this book because it was close to the teenager. I don’t really like fantasy books and everybody could think it is just a boring fantasy book about vampires, but it isn’t. It talk about and describes in all its details an amazing love story between two apparently different teenagers.
One of the books I read over the summer was Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. This is a supreme play about Julius Caesar's assasination, and the aftermath of his shocking death. I enjoyed this play for many reasons. At first, I remember feeling extremely overwhelmed by the language used. I didn't quite understand it, and I felt myself reading the words on the page, but not taking them in. After the first scene though, I began to realize the eloquence involved in Shakespeare's writing. Shakespeare utilized all kinds of literary devices to enhance his writing in this play (such as repetition during Mark Antony's eulogy). Overall I really enjoyed this masterfully written piece by Shakespeare.
The name of the book I read is Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. The book is about a group of conspirators, lead by Brutus, who think that Julius Caesar should die for the best of Rome. In the book all of the conspirators stab Caesar, killing him. Towards the end of the book Caesar’s good friend, Antony, and his son, Octavius, comes together to battle Brutus and the other conspirators. I didn’t like that book. I usually do not read book of this genre, so the book did not really capture my attention. This book did teach me a lot of new words, and I think that it was a good to read to learn about the Romans back then.
The play Julius Caesar was written by the famous author, William Shakespeare. It is a play about the Romans that fear that if Caesar becomes king, it will give him too much power. Shakespeare states early in the text that Brutus, Cassius, Casca, and Decius plot to kill Caesar. Although Mark Brutus is a close friend to Caesar, he believes that killing him is for the better of Rome. Caesar is warned to “beware of the Ides of March” (March 15th), but he is not careful and is killed on that night by the conspirators. After Caesar’s death, his son Octavius and loyal friend Anthony set out to avenge his death, which leads to a great battle between them and the conspirators. The play ends with Brutus and Cassius both killing themselves during the battle. I liked this book because I felt it was full of suspense and I was able to follow and understand the plot of the play. I also now have a great fascination with books ending in tragedy, so I really enjoyed reading this book during the summer.
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar was a play about a group of conspirators that believed that Julius Caesar was ambitious and held too much power. Brutus, Cassius, Casca, and Decius decide that it would be best to kill him, and assassinates Julius Caesar. This angers the people, and with Octavius, Julius Caesar's son, and Mark Antony, a good friend of Julius Caesar, they go and seek revenge. A war is fought between Brutus and Cassius and Octavius and Mark Antony. Octavius and Mark Antony end up winning the battle, but many people have died. This book has showed me a different technique of writing and to always make sure that your friends are not deceptive.
Shakespeare Julius Caesar is an epic tale of one mans power and how it kills him. “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer” should be reversed in situation of this book. From Julius to Brutus every character has an important role in the assassination of Julius Caesar. Once the conspirators enter the story the book it is hard to put down. Cassius is a sly and conniving character that makes the plot rich. Famous quotes help make Julius Caesar one of or the best plays Shakespeare has ever written. Betrayal is one of the biggest themes that enter the book. The main theme that is portrayed in the book is betrayal. Brutus and Caesar have the strongest relationships but when Brutus becomes a conspirator and kills Caesar, Caesar feels betrayed. Shakespeare suggests this emotion when Caesar states “Et tu, Brute?” or (“You too, Brutus.”). Second Cassius betrays Brutus when he plots to turn Brutus against Caesar. Shakespeare suggest this when Cassuis states “ I will this night, In several hands , in at his window throw, As if they came from several citizens, Writings all tending to the great opinion That Rome holds of his name, wherein obscurely Caesar’s ambition shall be glanced at.” All of these statements prove that people are blinded by ambition and will do anything to have more power than someone else. After reading this book there are other plays, movies, and books that take the same type of themes and ideas that this book has. The Godfather takes the same plot and ideas from Julius Caesar it’s almost the exact same plot. Since Shakespeare was such a good author that you can look at movies of the past twentieth century that have sampled ideas and plots that are similar to Shakespeare’s plays.
Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is an epic tale of one mans power and how it kills him. “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer” should be reversed in situation of this book. From Julius to Brutus every character has an important role in the assassination of Caesar. Once the conspirators enter the story the book it is hard to put down. Cassius is a sly and conniving character that makes the plot rich. Famous quotes help make Julius Caesar one of or the best play Shakespeare has ever written. Betrayal is one of the biggest themes that enter the book. The main theme that is portrayed in the book is betrayal. Brutus and Caesar have the strongest relationships but when Brutus becomes a conspirator and kills Caesar, Caesar feels betrayed. Shakespeare suggests this emotion when Caesar states “Et tu, Brute?” or (“You too, Brutus.”). Second, Cassius betrays Brutus when he plots to turn Brutus against Caesar. Shakespeare suggest this when Cassuis states “ I will this night, In several hands , in at his window throw, As if they came from several citizens, Writings all tending to the great opinion That Rome holds of his name, wherein obscurely Caesar’s ambition shall be glanced at.” All of these statements prove that people are blinded by ambition and will do anything to have more power than someone else. After reading this book there are other plays, movies, and books that take the same type of themes and ideas that this book has. The Godfather takes the same plot and ideas from Julius Caesar it’s almost the exact same plot. Since Shakespeare was such a good author that you can look at movies of the past twentieth century that have sampled ideas and plots that are similar to Shakespeare’s plays.
The three main ideas in Julius Caesar are: tyranny, corruption and justice. We can see tyranny where Brutus was beginning to think that Caesar would become a tyrant. He was scared that the republic would fall apart. So, in his own twisted and freaky mind, he decided that Caesar had to die and then convinced other people that he had the right idea and they all needed to get rid of Caesar. We can see corruption with both Caesar and Brutus. In Caesar’s case it was his lust for power. In Brutus’ it was his ideas about the republic that turned him and his friends into killers. The idea of justice in Julius Caesar is that people should not be ruled by tyrants.
I did not like the way the play displayed its three main ideas. It was too long and the plot showed its ideas way too slowly. But I do think that the main ideas are important and we need to talk about them some more in class.
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Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare is a play. This play was about a group of conspirators who wanted to kill Caesar because they feared he had too much power over Rome. Four men Brutus, Casca, Cassius, and Decius killed Caesar. This caused new problems in Rome because now everyone is angered, including Mark Antony, and Octavius, Caesar’s Friend and son. Now there is war because of the death of Caesar between the conspirators and Caesar’s beloved friend and son. In the process of this war many died, but in the end Mark Antony and Octavius win. This book was at times difficult to understand, but I appreciate the fact that I did not know what was going to happen in the end, because in many books you can predict it. I am actually looking forward to reading more of Shakespeare.
Julius Caesar is play written by William Shakespeare in the 1600s.It is about deceit and murder when Caesar is announced ruler not everyone is happy including Brutus, Caesar’s best friend. A few people are quiet suspicious about these people’s feelings and they are right to be, because these unhappy people become conspirators in a plot to murder Caesar. Caesar is murdered and there is a bitter battled where Brutus, Cassius and Titinius all die. In the final scene Mark Antony gives a speech about how great Caesar was. I did not enjoy the book it was boring and too bloody for my taste.
Julius Caesar was a play written by William Shakespeare. The play deals with deception, jealousy, and envy. These traits are what made Cassius, Brutus, Casca, and Decius all conspire to kill Julius Caesar. Brutus only wants to kill Caesar for the good of Rome but the others just envy Caesar. All the conspirators stab Caesar, but it was Brutus' blow that finished him off. Afterwards Octavius and Antony come together to avenge Caesar's death. Then the conspirators commit suicide one by one to avoid capture. The play ends with Brutus and Cassius committing suicide. Overall i really liked the play it was very action packed.
The Title of this summers reading is Julius Cesar, By William Shakespere, and written in the 14th century. It is the tragic story of the murder of Julius Caesar and its aftermath. In Julius Cesar, there are 3 main themes, politics, love, and omens. Politics was the constant cornerstone of the book. Everyone of value in the story was a high ranking official with their own plans of control, and what better way to gain it than to get rid of the one person standing in their way? Love is also a big theme, Brutus loves Cesar and Cesar returns the feelings of brotherly love, but in the end the love for Cesar is trumped by the love of the Roman People. Omens also play a big part in this play, from the soothsayer and the ides of March, to Calpurnia and her attempts to keep Cesar home on the day of his murder because of a dream she had the previous night. Omens in this story both hint at what will happen and also what should have happened if these omens had not been ignored. I personally did not enjoy Julius Cesar, I thought it was a bit drawn out and pointless. Usually after the namesake of the book dies the book ends, but for some reason Shakespeare had to keep it going forever after his death. It was a bit of a let down considering Shakespeare’s other great works such as The Taming of the Shrew and The Tempest, but not every book can be perfect.
This summer I read Julius Caesar. I thought that I wouldn’t like it, but I ended up really enjoying it. It’s the story of the murdering of Julius Caesar, and how most of the leaders in Rome didn’t actually have Rome’s best interests at heart. Cassius and Casca kill Caesar only to get themselves a better political position. They persuaded Brutus that killing Caesar was necessary for the good of Rome. Brutus was the only conspirer who actually felt bad about killing Caesar. I thought that the saddest part was when Caesar said his final famous words, “Et tu Brute? Then fall, Caesar.” The most honorable character was Brutus, because he loved Caesar, but felt he had to kill him for the good of his country, even though the people in his country ended up hating him for it. This is a really good story that I think people my age and older would enjoy.
This summer I read Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. Throughout the play, Shakespeare conveyed ideas of conspiracy, jealousy, politics, war, and animosity. By the end of the play, Julius Caesar, a Roman general, was slain by nobles whom he befriended. Caesar was defending his homeland but was misconceived to be an ambitious dictator. Jealousy and animosity drove his conspirators, Brutus, Cassius, Casca, and Decius, to plan his demise. It turned out that they all suffered in the end. I somewhat enjoyed the book. It had a great deal of drama and that was a plus. On the other hand, some of the modern version was a bit baffling. Other than that, the book was worth the read.
Simply Shakespeare: Julius Caesar is written by the very famous writer William Shakespeare. A main idea that is depicted in Julius Caesar is the rise and fall of power. Another main idea in Julius Caesar is how a person acts differently in the public eye, then how they would act in private; this theme is shown through the character Brutus. I liked the book Julius Caesar because the characters in the book are not static; they change and have faults like any other person. My favorite part of Julius Caesar is when Caesar’s ego gets in the way when Calpurnia, his wife, tries to warn him that he is in danger and Decius changes Caesar’s mind. In that situation Caesar says, “How foolish do your fears seem now, Calpurnia! I am ashamed I did yield to them. Give me my robe, for I will go”, (Shakespeare p.100) meaning Caesar is ashamed that he listened to and gave into what Calpurnia said and he is going to accept his crown. This situation shows how Caesar is like a normal person and has flaws like everybody else.
Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare is about the conspiracy to assassinate the famous military and political leader of Rome whom this book is named after. The plotters felt he held too much power and wanted to prevent the start of a dictatorship and continue having Rome as a Republic. Different conspirators have different motives; the most noble was Brutus’s, who I believe wanted the best for Rome. After they assassinate Caesar, a war erupts between Caesar’s supporters, and the supporters of the conspirators. When we were assigned this book to read, I was wary because I was worried I wouldn’t find interest in it due to it not being relevant to the times today. I discovered it to be very thought-provoking when I started and I found it was easy to get into the Old English writing after a few pages. I enjoyed observing the characters confidence it their decisions waver as the book goes along. Overall, I’m glad I read Julius Caesar and I found out why this book is a classic.
This summer, I read The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain. The story is about a slave woman who switches her "black" son, Chambers, with a "white" son, Tom, in order to let him live a better life. As her son grows, she realizes how he has turned into an evil, heartless person. At the end of the novel, David 'Pudd'nhead' Wilson finds evidence that "Tom" has killed his father and the entire secret unravels. "Tom" is put to work on a slave plantation.
I enjoyed reading the book. I particularly liked the author's use of language to make readers feel more connected to the characters. I do not understand why the novel is called The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson. It seems as though at the end of the novel, David Wilson has overcome the stereotype he was classifed in by the townspeople. To me, David Wilson's intellect was higher than the townspeople's and they, therefore, did not understand him. The fact that it was written so long after the civil war shows that Mark Twain still felt that feelings of racism lingered the America. Overall, I enjoyed reading the book more than I had expected to.
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare The main ideas of this book are you can never completely trust someone,and one person's success is another persons envy. In the book Cassius, Cinna, and Casca because of there envy and that they believe Julius is getting to powerful they plot to kill him. These were supposed to be his friend but instead the stabbed Julius Caesar in the back. I enjoyed the book because I felt it gave much action and questioned peoples morals but at times i felt the dialogue was to long and i could not understand.
Julius Caesar
The book bJulius Caesar by William Shakespeare, is about the betrayal of the Roman people against Julius Caesar. The plot against Julius Caesar, starts slowly, the main idea is that if Julius Caesar becomes king then all the Romans citizens would be forced into being slaves, and not free people. Rome’s main idea was that they were all equal to each other, and that Julius Caesar was just the same as anyone else, but with Julius in power, he thought that he was superior and special, compared to everyone else. I would have to say, that overall, I did like the play, it include many details, and as I was reading, I could actually picture what I was reading in my head. I also liked how the play was written, William Shakespeare, in his writing used a type of style, that made it hard to understand but it also made you kind of comprehend.
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
The name of the book that I read over the summer was Julius Caesar. It was actually a play that was written by one of the greatest writers in history, William Shakespeare. The book is about the return of Julius Caesar to Rome and how the people wish for him to be king. A man named Cassius thinks that this is unfair because Caesar is no different then any of them. He forms a group of others that have been thinking the same thing. He was even able to convince the long time friend of Caesar, Brutus, who believes that what they are doing is for the good of Rome. The group conspires to kill Caesar on March 15, which is when the Senate meets. Many people warn him not to go. A soothsayer tells him “beware the ides of March”, his wife says “I had a dream where there was blood flowing from your statue and people were bathing in it”, and a man tries to give him a letter that explains everything, but it is never read. He goes to Senate, walking straight into his death. The book ends with all of the conspirators dying, being killed, or committing suicide. I enjoyed this book because even though I knew what was going to happen, it still kept my attention the whole way.
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, is an overall good book. Its main themes are of deceit, and trickery, and lies. This is because the main conspirator, Cassius, is jealous of Caesar, and so he makes one of Ceasar's friends, Brutus, feel as though the people want Caesar to die. Because of this, Brutus, Cassius, and other conspirators assassinate Caesar. The themes of this book are as they have been identified as earlier, because Cassius's lies and trickery to get Brutus onto his side anyway. Because of killing Caesar, some of Caesar's closer friends decide to wage a war on the conspirators that could have been avoided if Cassius had not been as greedy for Caesar's position as he was. Despite all of this, I thoroughly liked the play Julius Caesar. This is because it was well written and very descriptive. All in all, Julius Caesar was a good book about what I can imagine to be a really good play.
This summer I read Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. This play was about the
assassination of Julius Caesar. I did not like this play. I thought that it was hard to
understand. While I was reading the play I kept stumbling over the words and finding
myself having to go back and re-read what I had just read. What I also did not like about
this play was the plot. I thought that it was very gruesome and dark. The senators killed
Caesar and then when he was dead they dipped their hands in his blood, and proceeded to
shake hands with Antony. Also Brutus was one of Caesars must trusted friends and he
killed him. Also Portia killed herself by swallowing burning coals. What was
gruesome was how the plebeians killed Cinna the poet when they found out that
his name was Cinna. The stage directions say that they attacked him. Although I did not
like many aspects of this play, I did like the character Antony because he was a loyal
friend to Caesar. When Caesar died he helped Augustus, and he remembered that Brutus
was actually a good man despite the fact that he helped kill Caesar. These are some
reasons why I did not like reading Julius Caesar.
Puddn' head wilson is a book by mark twain. The book is about a slave named Roxy who switches two children at birth. This switch changes the course of both children's life's entirely. No one knows about the switch until the end of the book when Dave Wilson uncovers the switch by way of discovering changed fingerprints. I thought this was a good book because it was well thought out and had good suspense at the end. I would recommend it to a friend.
I think that instead of talking about his life in the introduction of the book, Jay wrote about his life using the main characters instead. I say this because this made the reader more interested in the book. This kept the reader from becoming bored and disinterested because it didn't allow the reader to know everything about the story immediately. A great writer will incorporate his story using the characters to keep the story from becoming long and boring. When I read stories like this, I get excited about knowing what will happen at the end of the book because the writer makes it difficult to predict what will happen. My opinion is that readers should read more books where the author does not tell you what will happen in the introduction. It bores the reader and there is no real reason to read a story if you know what is going to happen. Making predictions while reading is the best part of reading a book because it keeps you interested in anticipating what will happen next.
A book that I read recently was Sundiata: an Epic of Old Mali by D.T. Niane. The book was about a young boy Sundiata whose father was a king and had three wives and six children. Sundiata could not walk but his destiny was rule Mali and become Emperor. His father’s first wife was jealous because her son was not chosen but he was strong and had all of the qualities to become Emperor. Sundiata’s mother carried the burden of her child’s disability with verbal abuse by the king’s first wife. One day Sundiata’s mother wanted Baobab leaves from the first wife and was given grief about it. Sundiata’s mother ran home and cried to her son and at that moment he realized that it was his time to fulfill his destiny. After Sundiata began to walk, the first wife exiled his family from Mali in fear that he would gain the power that he was destined to have. On his exile, Sundiata got stronger and joined the Army. When Sundiata got bad news that the present King had bad plans for Mali, Sundiata started his journey back home to fulfill his destiny by defeating the King. Sundiata won and was crowned Emperor of Mali. There and after, Mali was the strongest kingdom in Africa.
A story that I had over the summer was Julius Caesar by Willam Shakespere. This play took place in Ancent Rome, around 500 A.D. The main character was the emperor Julius Caesar and his gain of power. In the play, Caesar’s acwantences felt that Caesar’s power was getting too strong and they deside to kill him. After the murder took place, the people are in shock and revolt against the consperesors. Caesar’s noble friend Brutus has second thoughts about killing him. In the end, the common people fight againts the consperisors and kill them. I really like this book because Shakespere conveied a dark, tradgic story and the language that he used help make the sad feeling. The play was enjoyable as well as stimulating to the mind.
The last book I read is, The ,Secret. In this story, the author informs it’s audience that all of their wishes and desires can be fulfilled by following the law of attraction, also known as “the secret”. My first reaction to the book was that her ideas were so bizarre and that you can’t possibly get what you want, just by asking for it. But she provides many examples of previous people who have used the law of attraction and suceeded all throughout history. She even includes people like Albert Einstein, while bringing a scientific aspect to “the secret”. The book was very interesting and intriguing to me, especially because she persuades and proves her beliefs by intertwining them with historical figures and dates to show how it affected the course of history. After reading the book, the law of attraction seems very belivable and I have already started to use it my day to day life with much success.
Zora Neale Hurtson’s Their Eyes Were Watching God depicts the life of Janie Crawford, a black woman living in South Florida. She constantly attributes love and marriage with the beauty of nature, but she finds, despite the information from older women, that this idea she has contrived is indeed false. I enjoyed this book because of the southern dialect, the vivid and humorous figurative language, and Janie’s everdeveloping voice in the novel. Janie discovers that her ideas of love should not be the standard in a relationship; yet she should find the importance of being a woman that is recognized not by her relationship status, but as a strong individual.
Old Yeller is a book by Fred Gipson. It is a book I read over the summer, but it is also one of the very best books I have ever had the pleasure of reading. I do not normally enjoy reading much, yet with Old yeller I felt the acctual feel of the book. I felt as if I as the little boy in the story and Old Yeller was my real pet. I cryed when reading the story, partly because the whole time I was reading I was with my dog Copper. The story really made me feel like I was in the story itself, trespassing into another world of utter imagination. I remember sitting on a chair in the real world but feeling like I was somewhere else like I was high off of text. I like this book more than any other I have ever read, because it took me to another realm, it was the first book I acctually injoyed reading. It seemed to be a portal into the unknown world that was just waiting to be discovered.
This summer, I read Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare as a required reading for my Humanities I class. I found it very hard to enjoy this work because it was written in the vernacular form of Old English, which forced me to look to the opposite page whenever I did not understand a word. Sometimes, I would see a word that I recognized but did not seem to fit in the sentence, which especially frustrated me. Language woes aside, however, the plot, though it struck me as strange because of its format, was very good and the script was well written. Of course, Julius Caesar is actually a play, so by reading it I learned how to write a script; this skill has helped me several times already this year, whenever I have had to write a performance.
One of the most recent books I read was Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. I was recommended this book by a friend, and while I had not yet read it, I definitely had heard about it. The book follows Ender, a boy in a futuristic Earth ruled by a council that has kept the population scared of a supposedly forthcoming alien invasion. Ender is sent to a school that trains the leaders of Earth’s military, through daily simulations of battles and weekly competitions against other students. While the plotline is quite simple for someone who is just skimming the book, if you look deeper into the meaning you can find many different underlying meanings, often based on the future and morals, while the story that hides these questions keeps you wanting to finish the book with the use of symbolism and cliff hangers. What, for me, keeps the book together is this amount of deeper meaning, which means that the book attracts all ages and many different groups of people. This also makes you look deeper into the meaning of the book, and helps you stay focused on not just the story, but also the morals and ideas represented by the book.
The book that I have read most recently was Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan. This book was the fifth and final book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. This particular book chronicled Percy Jackson’s, the main character’s, journey across the United States. The purpose of his journey is to protect a summer camp for demigods that has become his home. What makes this book so interesting is that the evil that is threatening his home are infamous Greek Titans. Percy, who is the son of Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea, has been sent on a mission by the gods to prevent Kronos from rising from his prison in Tartarus. What I also found very interesting about this book is its fun references to Greek mythology, which I find fascinating. I would suggest this book to anyone, because it is a fun read and it also opens the reader up to the world of Greek mythology which is also very fun to learn about.
A story that I had over the summer was Julius Caesar by Willam Shakespere. This play took place in Ancent Rome, around 500 A.D. The main character was the emperor Julius Caesar and his gain of power. In the play, Caesar’s acwantences felt that Caesar’s power was getting too strong and they deside to kill him. After the murder took place, the people are in shock and revolt against the consperesors. Caesar’s noble friend Brutus has second thoughts about killing him. In the end, the common people fight againts the consperisors and kill them. I really like this book because Shakespere conveied a dark, tradgic story and the language that he used help make the sad feeling. The play was enjoyable as well as stimulating to the mind.
A book I read over the summer is a malay language book entitle Konserto Terakhir by Abdullah Hussain. This novel setting is in Malaysia. It is about a boy, Hilmi, from a poor family in the village that goes to the city to look for a new job and life. When he was at the city, he was given a place to stay in his uncle, Datuk Johari’s, home. His uncle is an highly influence man. But due to Hilmi poor education backgroud, Datuk Johari didn’t even try asking around his highly influence friends for a job for Hilmi because he is embarrass to have Hilmi a low educated boy in his family. Instead, Datuk Johari gave Hilmi a job as a gardener in his huge home. Hilmi worked hard, and he have a deep passion in music. Datuk Johari’s daughter, Hayati, is a musician and they have a really good piano at home. Once Hilmi played the piano, and he spoils it accidentaly, he needs to repay it. However, Hilmi is a determined man and became a famous musician at last. But before he became a famous musician, there is a lot of hardwork and pain that he suffers. At the end of the story, Hilmi passed away on the day of his most important performance as a conductor in his career. I really like how the story because it is so well plotted. It potrays the life of a village boy that have determination which makes him a succesful person at last even with his poor education.
This summer I read Julius Caesar by William Shakespear. It is about a man named Brutus in ancient Rome during the time of Julius Caesar. Brutus is good friends with Caesar but his other friend Cassius is jealos of his power and wants him killed so he turns Brutus, and others like him, against Caesar.Cassius lied to Brutus and told him that Caesar was going to accept the crown the next time his friend Mark Antony offered it to him. Brutus did not like the idea that Cassius had told him. So he and a handful of other conspirators killed Caesar on the way to the senate. As a result of this they calmed the people of Rome and made sure they knew it was for the best. Then, Mark Antony turned the people against the conspirators and a war broke out between Brutus and Cassius against Antony and Octavius (Caesar’s adopted son). In the end Cassius and Brutus both kill themselves. Brutus died never knowing that he had betrayed his friend Caesar over a lie told by Cassius. I liked this book a lot because not everyone in the story knew everything that was happening. It also had a profound underlying theme which was friendship versus duty. Brutus had to choose between his friendship with Caesar and his duty to the people of Rome because he could not let another king rule the Roman Empire. In the end Brutus chooses the path of duty because he knows the needs of Rome are more important then his feelings.
A book I have recently read was Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali by D.T. Niani. This book is about the life and legacy of Sundiata. Sundiata was the son of the king of Mali. He was born with a major disability, he couldn’t walk. His mother was the ugliest woman from the city of Doa, whom his father married to fulfill a prophecy. Sundiata was prophesized to be a great king but he cannot walk, speak, or move, so people were very skeptical. After his father died he was supposed to take thrown. Instead, since he was disabled, his half brother took the thrown along with his evil stepmother. His brother and stepmother threw him along with his family out of the city when he was only ten. With his mother and other sibling, Sundiata was exiled. For many, many years they traveled from city to city meeting new kings, making new friends, learning new thinks, and making future alliances. Little did Sundiata’s brother know that throwing him out of the city was the best thing for Sundiata. He learned to be a warrior, great friend, he became immensely strong. In the end Sundiata used his friends, alliances, wit, and his new skills to defeat the king of Mali and take his city back.
The book, which I am currently reading, and which I really like so far is called The Giver and was written by Lois Lowery. It is about a Boy called Jonas, who lives in a imagine community. He lives there with his parents and his little sister called Lily. In the community, the children were adopted by the parents. I like the book so far, because it is really easy written and I can understand almost everything. Moreover, I like who the author describes the feeling of the persons in the book.
I recently read Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote. This short story is about a young writer’s friendship with a unique young woman who lived in his apartment building. I had first seen the movie and, interested by the charming characters, decided to read the original book, which I liked just as much as the movie. As it turns out, the book was much harsher, more real, than the movie. The characters were people rather than ideas of how people should interact, and so the story was more difficult to swallow than the movie. But Capote is a wonderful writer. He mixes pop culture and philosophy in a way that could entice any reader. His mastery of similes makes each paragraph a discovery, something to look forward to.
A book I recently enjoyed is Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. This book is about two friends who travel California looking for work during the Great Depression. I enjoy the book for its overarching realistic nature and its simplicity and brevity displayed through the plot, dialogue, and themes. The book ends abruptly, in a way that ties the story together wonderfully. It is an ending that is able to display the friendship between the two main characters, George and Lennie. The ending is what makes me appreciate the book so much. This ending might cause many people to dislike the book; this is not the case for me. I will always consider Of Mice and Men as a favorite book of mine.
A book that I have recently read is called Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. When I was first told I had to read this book it was intimidating, however I always knew the day would come when I would have to read Shakespeare. The book was very interesting, I liked how as the story was going on you did not know what to expect from it. All of the characters were different so it showed a variety of personalities through out the story. At times the plot was confusing with who everyone was and what side they were on. The end of the book was not my favorite ending, because of all the deaths. I knew that Shakespeare wrote tragedies, but I did not expect for everyone to die. Overall the book was exciting it would keep you wanting to read, also had a way where you did not know how it was going to end.
A really good book that I read this summer was a teen novel called Lock and Key by Sarah Densen. This book is about a 17 year old girl named Cassie, who has been through a lot with her mother. At an early age, Cassie was forced to grow up and act as the adult in the house. Her mother works hard, but in my opinion she could have done a lot better. When Cassie’s mother comes up missing she has no choice but to go with the social worker. Instead of becoming a ward of the state, Cassie goes to live with her older sister, whom she has not seen in over six years. Now Cassie lives a huge home, she goes to one of the top private schools in the nation, and she can going shopping anytime she wants. But, Cassie refuses to cooperate with her new lifestyle and just wants to go through her senior year quickly. Soon after, she falls in love with her next door neighbor, who also goes to her school. They soon fall for each other, despite both of their attempts, and start to go out. Throughout the novel, Cassie realizes that she has to let the past go in order to move on to a better future. I really enjoyed reading this book because the author was able to touch on so many themes in the novel. Becoming of age and self love were two of the main themes. I was able to relate myself to Cassie’s character throughout most of the novel. This book really helped me to realize who I am and how much I love myself.
Recently, I read a book titled Call It Sleep, by Henry Roth. It is about a boy named David who immigrates with his mother to America when he is very young. David struggles with his fear of his father, who gets angry easily and violently. As a result, David is often painfully shy, and stays at home with his mother rather than make friends with the other children on his street. In fact, his mother is overly protective of him, and he clings to her almost obsessively.Other characters, like his father’s friend and his mother’s sister, enter the story, only to fall prey to the father’s anger. As he grows up, David begins attending religious school, where he finally loses some of his fearfullness. Soon he is consumed by religious questions, and makes friends with a non-Jew because he thinks the other boy has magical religious protection. Throughout the book, David looks to his mother and his religion for safety from his angry father and the other children, who he by turns likes and dispises. At the book’s end David tries to receive power and protection by throwing a piece of metal onto a train track, releasing electricity that almost kills him. Call It Sleep is a fascinating story about the scared, confused thoughts that go on in the mind of a child.
One really good book that I have read is called Bottled Up by Jaye Muarry. This book is about a young male who is faced with a lot of problems. He is face with problems like, his achoolic step dad, his annoying little brother and his principal, whom of which is threatening to kick him after school if he doesn’t get his act together. Phil, or philip thinks that if he smokes, he will smoke all his problems away. When phil has a last chance his principal gives him a counselor.
This book is a good book because it relates to some kids that are stress not olny at home but at school with friends or anything else. It shows kids that, if your are stress talk about it don’t let it sit there because it would come out or really hurt you. I think that everyone should read it.
The most recent book I read was Girl Interrupted by Sussana Kasen. The novel is based on true story dealing with Kasen’s experience in a rehabilitation center. She vividly describes each and every person she meets including hospital staff and patients (changing their names of course). Sussana Kasen does an excellent job writing and the reader falls in love with every character. Girl Interrupted is beautifully written, letting people know that underneath people’s addictions, they are everyday people. It really puts you through every single day that Kasen went through; from the day she was registered until the day she was discharged. Girl Interrupted deals with some harsh topics, so I recommend it to those ages fifteen and up, or anybody who likes drama and suspense.
I really enjoyed reading 1984 by George Orwell. It was about a man who was living in a world when the government controlled all. His heart was fighting against his conscience, whether to commit the crime of loving another person. It was interesting to imagine what the world might be like if the government did have that awesome power. One would not have the joy of reading literature, writing, or even in some ways possessing your own thoughts. Throughout the story, the government continued to make radical changes on society, making it more formalized with every change. For example, the government released a new dictionary every year making the language simpler, as to dull people’s perceptions of the world. I liked this book because it made me appreciative of the world I live in, and thankful that I have so many rights.
One book that I recently completed reading was The History of The United States by Howard Zinn. I was encourged to read this book by my step father, who was a big fan of the book and of the author. This book gives an honest perspective on controversial topics such as slavery, Christopher Columbus, Richard Nixon, to name a few. One topic that I found very interesting was the true story of what Christopher Columbus did to the original inhabitants of the island of Hispaniola. Another topic that I liked was the last chapter on Bill Clinton.
This year, I read a novel titled Breaking Dawn from a series of books called the Twilight saga written by Stephanie Meyer. There are currently four books in the series, Breaking Dawn being the fourth, and I believe the author is working on the fifth. The Twilight series is a science-fiction, romance story about a normal human teenage girl who falls in love with a modern-day vampire. The series has excitement, suspense, clever twists and nail-biting confrontations. I read all four 500-700 page books within a 6 week period. Everytime I opened the book, it would draw me in and give me the impression that I was a part of the story. The way the story pulls it’s readers in is the main reason why I love the series so much. The writer has a clear objective for every character and each character can be so easily depicted in the mind. There are two sides in the story which are based off of two main characters, Edward and Jacob. Edward is the human girl’s boyfriend who is very loyal and protective of her. Jacob is the human girl’s bestfriend who is very friendly and has secretly fell in love with her and wants nothing to do with her vampire boyfriend because of the long time rivalry between vampires and werewolfs. Many readers of the Twilight series have chosen their side and are loyal to either to vampire or werewolf. I am very much looking forward to see the movie of Breaking Dawn which is in production now.
Over the summer, I read the book The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls. It is a memoir of her childhood experiences leading up to her young adulthood. Her father was what you would call a character. She grew up bouncing around different towns all over the country, running into surprising situations and living life as it comes. I loved this book and have reread it a few times. The events that take place are always unexpected and you follow her and her family on their journey across America through the ups and downs. You get to know the characters and identify with their feelings; you actually feel a connection between the other characters and with yourself. This is one of the easiest books I have read to really get into the story. I would highly recommend this book to anyone in for an exciting story.
I read The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen. This book is about a teenage girl, Macy, who falls in love with a teenage boy, Wes, during the summertime. She recently faced the tragic death of her dad, who died while going on a run. Her and her father bonded by running and participating in track meets. She had stopped running ever since her dad died because it was too difficult to be reminded of him. The boy that she falls in love with, Wes, has also faced the tragic death of a parent. His mother died of a sickness and he had been going through the same experience as Macy. Macy and Wes didn’t click at first. He was known as the boy that every girl wanted to be with. She was known as the girl whose father died. Throughout the book, they get to know each other and eventually, they fall in love. I loved this book because I can relate to the main character, Macy. Not in the way that one of my parents died, but in a way that I am also a teenage girl figuring out whom I am and who I want to be. I also loved the romance part of the book. I always wanted to know what would happen next between her and Wes. In the end, they ended up together.
I loved the story Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. I loved how the characters used old English as they spoke. It truly set a royal tone to the characters, which apparently, the author was trying to accomplish. The book was about two lovers from apposing families. Romeo was of the Mortague family and Juliet, of the Corpulets. Both the families were enemies because of there long-last past. They met at the ball and fell in love. Once they knew of there opposing families they still loved each other. Soon, problems arose and Romeo was exiled, leaving Juliet to marry another. Therefore Juliet committed suicide. Once Romeo found out that his beloved Juliet was dead he kilt himself. This then showed both families that this fight must not continue, and could no longer affect their children. Romeo and Juliet, through their love for each other, changed the way things would happen in Rome forever. I certainly did not like how two lovers had to die for these royal families to realize this, but I did like how two people could change history and was touching to see to people die for the ones they love.
A book I have read recently is Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck; it is the story of the friendship of two migrant workers during the Great Depression. George is a small, dark man, and Lennie could be described as a gentle giant, with a mild mental disability. It is heartening to read about the devotion between the men. Although Lennie is simple and dependent upon George, it becomes clear that George is equally devoted to Lennie. Throughout the book conflict arises often, as a result of how Lennie’s actions are construed by those he does not know. Not many people understand them, and they make only a couple friends throughout their journey. I really enjoyed the powerful tale of commitment and how it left me thinking about the extents of friendship. It is a fairly short story that I would recommend as a classic piece of literature.
The book we are currently reading, Ragtime by E.L Doctorow, is actually very interesting and is hard to put down. Although I am not completely finished with the book, I am getting closer to its completion. From what I have read, I really enjoy the time setting and the overall plot. My first reaction to this book was ‘I hope this book is not long and dry’ and I was pleasantly surprised with how interesting it was and how I am so intrigued with each of the characters. One thing that is very interesting to me about the characters is that Houdini and Evelyn have never met, but they are both closely related with their relationship with Harry K. Thaw, the murderer of Stanford White, and Stanford White, a famous architect who was killed by Harry K. Evelyn was the wife of Harry K. and mistress of Stanford White. Houdini has a more distant relationship with the two men. Houdini met Harry K. when he went to the jail in order for him to perform more escapes. He saw Harry in Murders Row while he was escaping from a cell. Harry made fun of Houdini, a common thing that the rich and famous did to him. Houdini doesn’t really know Stanford White, but Houdini’s friend Mrs. Fish was a good friend of Mr. White. One question I have about the book is who exactly is the narrator? Is it the little boy in the beginning of the story that Houdini visits when his car broke down?
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Taft becomes President; the narrator comments of the role of the consumption of food as a symbol of success. Evelyn Nesbit and Mother's Younger Brother make love often, but find little to speak about otherwise. When all of this happens, I feel as if the story is getting really complicated. And it starts to build tension over everything. Father and Peary hold very racist views about the Eskimos with whom they travel to the North Pole. Doctorow employs a narrative technique that partly reflects their attitudes and partly employs Doctorow's own ironic tone. He writes, Houdini makes constant efforts to perform what he considers the ultimate escape; however, none of his accomplishments seem to satisfy him. However, he soon begins to learn how to fly planes, which renews his enthusiasm. Hudini is very relevant aswell because his story is also being followed throughout the story.
One book I read over the summer was Blue Moon by Alyson Noel. This was a book about a young lady who had died in a car accident, but was brought back to life by an immortal. However, in the midst of being brought back, she was made immortal. Now she has to live out her life, keeping the secret of her immortality. I liked this book very much. This book is one book that fully keeps my attention. Once I began to read this book, it was hard for me to stop. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who would be willing to read it.
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau, is a story of two kids, a boy and a girl, that lived in an underground city called Ember. The city is slowly running out of power because its structure and power is ageing. Lena, the main protagonist, discovers a hidden message, that she must decode. In her quest to solve the directions, Lena and her friend Doon, find the passage to the outer world. By the time I finished the book, two days had passed. This means that the book was very fun and entertaining. Reading about this underground city was very entertaining. I really enjoyed myself with all the adventure and different way of life the story told. Jeanne DuPrau is a great writer and this story was like no other I had ever read, with such emotion and suspense.
The title of the book I read is “Crash”. This book is about a teenager that becomes friends with a boy that is not popular. I like it because the way the author tells the story it seems real. The main idea of the story is don’t discard your friends just because they are not cool. The author’s name is Mike Lupica.
This summer, I read The View From The Top by Hillary Frank. It was a short read, but it was entertaining. This book was about six teenagers who live in a tourist town, and what they do over the summer. Each chapter is narrated by a different character, so we get multiple points of view. I liked this book, because I could relate to the character and their problems. It was very realistic, and I could understand what the characters were going through, because I have similar problems. It was also interesting because the characters live in a completely different place than I do, so I was able to see what life was like for them. This book was good and well written, and I enjoyed it.
I read a book entitled Anne of the Green Gables this summer. The author of the book is L. M. Montgomery. The book was about a life of an orphan girl called Anne. Matthew family did not expect to get an orphan girl; instead they applied for a boy who can help them out on the farm. The station made a mistake and sent a girl, Anne to Matthew’s house. Matthew was shocked. But Anne impressed Matthew by her constant talk and the use of big vocabulary words. The family decided to keep her. Anne worked very hard at school. Several years later, Anne graduated from the top of her class and decided to stay with Maria, Matthew’s wife, after the deaths of Matthew. I like this book a lot. I was deeply inspired by Anne. She never gave up when faced conflict, never abandoned anything. She was an extremely competitive student and mastered in her studies. I was impressed by her.
This summer, I read one of what is currently one of my favorite books, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. This book had done a great job of summarizing events before the actual story; mandatory and crucial to having an understanding of what the story is about. The overall story was very well written as well. Basically, the book is about a post-apocalyptic North America that has risen from the ashes after a civil war between thirteen districts of the continent and the Capitol. The districts’ loss to the Capitol resulted in their permanent servitude to the Capitol and the bombing of District 13. The Capitol keeps the districts in line by sending one boy and one girl from each district to participate in the annual Hunger Games: a fight to the death in an arena where there can only be one victor. The story’s protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, takes her sister’s place in the Games. “Winning means fame and fortune, and losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun.” is the very memorable quote from the book. Something in the book that caught my eye was the author’s use of “I say” after Katniss’s dialogue instead of “I said”. This was a very unique use of speech I have only noticed in this novel. Every one of the chapters always end with a very suspenseful event, possessing me to read onward well into the hours of the night. The vivid accountings of her life inside and outside the arena created much realistic imagery. This is a truly amazing novel and is a must-read for all ages.
Lady of the Butterflies by Fiona Mountain is a book about a woman named first Eleanor Goodricke, then Eleanor Ashfield, and lastly Eleanor Glanville. She was raised by her strict Puritan father and as a girl, and all throughout her life she admired butterflies. After her father died, she married Edmund Ashfield. Soon Edmund died she became very depressed and turned to collecting butterflies as a distraction. She began collecting them, studying them, and through this process she met another man, younger than her but also a butterfly collector who became somewhat of a lover. However, Edmund had had a friend, Richard Glanville, whom Eleanor had always been intrigued by and ended up marrying with scandalous results. Because she was so fascinated by butterflies and collected them, people ended up seeing her as a witch and her life became a disaster. She and her husband fought, he claimed that she was dead and took over Tickenham Court, which she was the heiress to, and also kidnapped their son in an attempt to make him testify against his mother. I enjoyed this book because it was interesting to read about a woman in the late 1600s and how the fact that she was fond of butterflies and wanted to know everything about them was unheard of at that time. There was a lot of interesting historical context in the book and it was fascinating to learn about social life in the 1600s since we do not normally hear about life in England at that time.
This summer I read Hoot by Carl Hiaasen. The book is about a boy and his new friends saving burrow owls from becoming extinct from construction. Roy and his family move to Coconut Cave, Florida and Roy is the new kid at school. At first he has no friends but one day he saw a boy running with no shoes on. He assumed he was going to school but he wasn’t. One day he followed him and later he found out a girl named Beatrice was his sister and the boy’s name was Mullet Fingers. While running from a bully, Roy came across a construction site and saw that there were endangered burrow owls on the site. The kids tried to save the owls on their own but failed. They sabotaged the site and did everything they could but nothing worked. Finally Roy and a lot of kids from school stand up to the executives of Mother Paula’s Pancake House to protect the Burrow Owls. They succeed, the construction is stopped, and the owls are saved. I loved this book because it is about owls and I love owls. Also I like that it teaches that anyone can be a hero if they try hard.
One novel that I read during this summer was The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, which is all about a girl named Lily Owens going on a quest to find out all about her mother, whom was shot when she was just a little girl. Lily escapes with her close family friend, Rosaleen, to Tiburon, South Carolina, where she meets a trio of beekeepers whose logo was on one of her mothers only possessions. Lily becomes very close to the three sisters, May, June, and August, who fostered Lily's mother when she was only a girl. The novel ends with May committing suicide and Lily's dad storming in to Tiburon to take her back, although his plan ultimately fails. Lily stays in Tiburon with her new family, and begins to attend school with her friend Zach. I really enjoyed this novel because it was all about the social structures in this period, and in the end, although there were obstacles along the way, it ended up very happily and Lily realized that she did not need her mother back because she had so many new mothers to look after her. Furthermore, I also liked how the plot was very sad throughout the book because not a lot of books are that sad, and I liked how original the plot was. Lastly, I thought that this book was a great addition to my book collection because it is different from a lot of the books that I read and it had many characters that are easy to relate to.
This summer, I read a book called The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak. It is about the life of a girl named Liesel Meminger, who is growing up under Nazi rule. The story is set in Mulching, Germany, in the 1930s. The main theme of this novel is that words have great significance. It is reflected in the obsession the main character has with reading and words, the descriptions the author gives of how Hitler uses words to control people, and how a Jewish refugee named Max recognizes how powerful words can be. This book is now one of my favorite books. One of the reasons I liked it so much is that the author chose an uncommon narrator for the story, a personified version of Death. Death is able to narrate the story because he becomes fascinated with Liesel’s story and follows the events of her life. I also liked how the author incorporated Death’s perspective on the events of the story throughout the novel. For example, after witnessing a death that could have been easily prevented, death says, “It kills me sometimes, the way people die.” I found this novel was hard to put down. It is very profound, the characters are interesting and multi-dimensional, the story is gripping, and the style of writing is excellent. In addition, I also learned a lot about what life was like in Nazi Germany. I would read this book again in a heartbeat.
This summer I read “The Wish” by Gail Caron Levine. The theme was to be careful what you wish for. This theme relates to everyone’s lives. People usually wish for something to happen, thinking that the wish wouldn’t come true. But in this book, the girl’s wish did come true, and it taught me that I should be thankful for what I have. I like this book because it related to my life. When I read it, I just graduated from middle school, and in this book, the girl was about to graduate also. She wished for the same things I wished for. For example, I wished that I could just graduate, instead of waiting another week or so. I enjoyed the fact that this book taught me life lessons. She wished that she would become popular. When she asked to become popular, her wording was the only flaw. She wished she was popular at her school, but soon she would graduate and wouldn’t be at her school anymore, so the spell wouldn’t work. This told me that wording is very important. Someone can really misunderstand you if you say a sentence a certain way, but it you rearrange the words, you would be understood. I also like this book because it was a fiction novel. I like fiction because it seems to take me to another place instead of just reading the words on the page and not really getting into the book. This novel was one of my favorite books I read this year.
This summer I read “The Wish” by Gail Caron Levine. The theme was to be careful what you wish for. This theme relates to everyone’s lives. People usually wish for something to happen, thinking that the wish wouldn’t come true. But in this book, the girl’s wish did come true, and it taught me that I should be thankful for what I have. I like this book because it related to my life. When I read it, I just graduated from middle school, and in this book, the girl was about to graduate also. She wished for the same things I wished for. For example, I wished that I could just graduate, instead of waiting another week or so. I enjoyed the fact that this book taught me life lessons. She wished that she would become popular. When she asked to become popular, her wording was the only flaw. She wished she was popular at her school, but soon she would graduate and wouldn’t be at her school anymore, so the spell wouldn’t work. This told me that wording is very important. Someone can really misunderstand you if you say a sentence a certain way, but it you rearrange the words, you would be understood. I also like this book because it was a fiction novel. I like fiction because it seems to take me to another place instead of just reading the words on the page and not really getting into the book. This novel was one of my favorite books I read this year.
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8 October 2010
Lockdown: Escape From Furnace- by Alexander Gordon Smith
The book, Lockdown: Escape From Furnace, is one of my favorites because it did not bore me, and it was just one of those books you cannot put down. The theme of this book was imprisonment, and how it can affect a person’s life. This book was about a boy, Alex, and how he was framed for murder of his best friend, Toby. He was framed by large men in black suits. He didn’t stand a chance in court and was immediately sent to a juvenile delinquent prison called “Furnace”. This was not your average juvenile delinquent prison though; this prison was a million miles under ground, and filled with numerous teenage boys who were framed by the same men in black suits. These men in black suits were cruel, malicious, and showed no mercy against these boys. If anyone tried to escape, they would be killed, or put in a solitary room for days, with no food or water; it made you go mad. Also, there were random selections of boys to go down into a chamber and be tested on. Once you were taken, you were never seen again. The only way in was an elevator, which was heavily guarded by men in black suits with large guns. There was no way you could escape. I definitely like this book because it was really out of the ordinary and intriguing. Even the cover of the book is interesting to look at. I can easily say that this is one of the best books I’ve ever read.
Three cups of tea By: Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin was about building schools in southwest Asia to promote peace. The overall theme of the book was peace and happiness. This is because Greg Mortenson goes around to poor uneducated towns in troubled parts of southwest Asia to attempt to bring peace to that are and promote the right of everyone having the ability to learn. I enjoyed this book because it showed how much one person could make a difference not just where they lived but in the world.
One of the books I read over the summer is in titled The Giver by Lois Lowery. First of all I like to say I had mixed emotions on the book, but by time I had reached the end I can conclude that over I liked the book. The main character in this book name was Jonas and as I read I can easily tell that he was a lot different from all the other people in these books so called perfect society. In the book the society Jonas was born in was basically what they believed as a perfect society were everyone was received the same treatment and was experienced to the same thing at around the same ages. Everyone celebrated there birthday on the same day, got new things on the same day and had the same type of homing experience, that is except for Jonas. He was the person chosen who was different from all around him such as getting being more free to learn and gain more knowledge than many. At the end he couldn’t take the society any more and eventually escaped. After my completion of my book I was very thankful for the family and society I was born into. Other societies in today’s world can be very controlling and don’t allow there people to express them selves in the way that is best for them. This is why I love my family and was I come from, because it could be a lot worst.
Three Cups of Tea By: Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin was about building schools in southwest Asia to promote peace. The overall theme of the book was peace and happiness. This is because Greg Mortenson goes around to poor uneducated towns in troubled parts of southwest Asia to attempt to bring peace to that are and promote the right of everyone having the ability to learn. I enjoyed this book because it showed how much one person could make a difference not just where they lived but in the world.
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