Bunting, E., & Diaz, D. (1994). Smoky night. San Diego: Harcourt Brace. Summary: Daniel is a young boy living in an urban area where rioting is taking place. Smoky Night is the story of a scary, yet memorable night during the riots told from Daniel’s perspective. His story shares his thoughts and feelings as he and his mother and their racially divided neighborhood are directly affected by the riots. Daniel’s cat, Jasmine is a symbolic character in the story, as she makes an unlikely friend
urge to run out there, slip past the moving stabs of rock before they shut, flee the Glade.” I believe this book represents the hatred Dashner holds against child labor as he presented children working assomething bad. Moving on to the analysing, even though I thought this was a bad product, the way Dashner got the reader’s attention was great because of two different aspects. Firstly, the book starts off with Thomas waking up without his memory, trapped in a location called the Glade. Even though this
and less poet; therefore, not developing the souls of the young with virtuous characteristics. This paper will demonstrate that Socrates’ reiteration of Homer’s story of Chryses justifies his narrative use of content and forms. In the beginning of Book III, Socrates discusses how stories written by poets should encourage virtues in the soul of the young.1 Stories that are more poetic and don’t embody
Press, 2014. Summary/Reason for Choice of Book: This book is about a character named Donut disappointed that his story is finished, so creates sneaky ways to lengthen it. Finally, through his persistence one page extra is added to his story, but then once again ends because no more pages are left. I chose this book because many times when I read a really good novel, I also get sad that it ended so quickly or the conclusion wasn’t as satisfying as I wanted. Additionally, I chose this book because at
English 9 Book Card Format English 9 (50 Points) Book Card Format Title (1 point): The boy in the striped pajamas Author (1 point): John Boyne Original Publishing Date (1 point): When did the author first publish this book? January 5, 2006 Setting (2 points): Give the time and place in which this story unfolds The setting is Auschwitz and the time is during world war ll Narrator (2 points): Include the point-of-view and identify the narrator (is the narrator a character or not?) It is written in
Pleasantville INTRO/SUMMARY: Welcome to Pleasantville; a place where fire fighters only exist to save cats from trees; a place where it never rains and is a beautiful day every day; a place where the high school basketball team wins every single game; and a place where true love means holding hands. Would you live here in this “perfect” society? Pleasantville is about two teenage siblings, David and Jennifer from the 1990’s who are sucked into a 1950’s black and white sitcom called Pleasantville
Book Report Over The Radioactive Boy Scout I chose to read The Radioactive Boy Scout, written by Ken Silverstein, because I found it interesting how a simple Boy Scout could build an entire nuclear reactor in his backyard. I was confused before I read the book because, from what I’ve heard, Boy Scouts aren’t taught how to build a nuclear reactor. I knew something was a little off about that and wanted to learn why. I was also confused on how a boy could build a nuclear reactor without his parents
the French. This book takes place in the early 1800s in Portugal and portrays the life that a British rifleman experienced during that time of conflict. (2) The thesis is based on Matthew Dodd and his endeavors in Portugal but it also lies in the eyes of the Frenchman who explained their side of the story as well. Even though Matthew goes through hell and back, he maintains his courage and honor which show an example for any military individual to emulate. b. Summary of Key Arguments
educate the audience on 50 Shades of Grey from and unethical perspective and provide reasons why the movie production should be banned from theatres. Introduction: (asks audience) How many of you have read 50 Shades of Grey or have heard about the book? Let me tell you a bit about my first reaction after finishing the trilogy. I’m very much a sappy romantic so I immediately classified 50 shades of Grey as the perfect love story. An innocent virgin stumbles upon a wealthy handsome CEO, falls in love
character in “The Skin I’m In” is an insecure, thirteen-year-old girl named Maleeka who is in seventh grade. Maleeka is bullied every day from about how she is black. She spends her time either writing in her diary, or spending time with Char, the big bad mean girl, so that Char doesn’t bully her. Maleeka is a good kid who just hangs out with the wrong people just to not get bullied. SETTING: The setting in this story is located in a in a really not so safe neighborhood. The story mostly takes place