Monster: A Book Review The book I selected to read is Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member. At first I was extremely excited to read this autobiography and learn about the gang culture. Having lived in Southern California my entire life, I have heard a great deal about the Crips and the Bloods and their rivalry. My perception of the gangs was something completely different from what it actually is. I learned that it is such an organized and strategic group and that the members were
Hemingway is typically discussed under the mantle of modernism and ranks as one of the great American short story writers and novelists, whereas Ernest Gaines is usually discussed under the category of African American and/or Southern literature. It is my purpose to demonstrate how the two writers can be read and taught together, as they are linked by many common themes and stylistic elements. However, their differences are even more instructive in that they allow the reader to compare and contrast the
The book Gandhi An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth is a book that is written in a way that does not narrate Mohmand Gandhi’s life; but rather, it shapes a more interactive approach to not only educate readers, but to teach them the importance behind his philosophies. The book is structured in a way that shows readers the challenges that Gandhi faced and how these formulated his outlook on life. Moreover, he writes his book from a self-realization standpoint on how his teachings
those that just take advantage of everything, and that never ends positively. Humility is one of the most important ideas that we should be taught in life, but it does not always seem that people engage in behaviors that show humility. I know that my parents have always told me to be humble no matter what the situation. Whether
which gave me a chance to “live his life” instead of just reading about it. The book is funny and honest, and it’s filled with personality. It includes magic tricks, amusing little footnotes that comment on his own writing, fake death scenarios, letters from friends, and recipes for Harris’s favorite drinks and foods, giving the reader a different kind of insight to his life that most biographies won’t include. The format of the autobiography highlights Harris’s charm and humorous personality. Some
from Mary Shelly’s novel Frankenstein and Benjamin Franklin from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. The construction and representation of masculine identity in these two works are vastly different. In this essay I will be arguing that Benjamin Franklin’s construction and representation of masculine identity is that of trust and sincerity while Frankenstein’s is rational yet highly emotional. The narrator in The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, follows in the traditional autobiographical
took a more peaceful approach towards whites in his later years. This change in his legacy did not last for long however, as he was killed by gunmen. These statements are practically a summary of my initial understanding of Malcolm X as a civil rights activist. However, after reading “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”, I learnt that there was more to him as a person and what defined his character throughout the different
progressive thinkers and public figures. He was one of the greatest scientist if encyclopedic knowledge, brilliant promoter of educational ideas and active member of the bourgeois revolution. One of Franklin’s most famous work was his "Autobiography". Franklin’s Autobiography shows us how he, relying only on their own strength, came to the attention and glory. Franklin talks about his life, his fortune and criticizes his mistakes. “Having emerged from the poverty and obscurity in which I was born and
Agassi is an inspiring and motivating autobiography, Andre Agassi really does open up in the book and talks about all the important and life changing experiences that made him who he is right now. It isn’t like a typical celebrity autobiography, in this book he does not hide anything from the audience and what he wrote in the book are things, which we would hide from ourselves, but he is telling the whole world. My favorite types of book are autobiographies and this one is by far the best one I have
separated from their relations and sold , leaving individuals with no point of familiarity ; forced into slavery , on a new continent without kin or social contacts . “ In “ Steal Away “ , and “ Autobiography of Frederick Douglass “ , they both express the misery and desolation of slaves. “ The Autobiography of Frederick Douglass “ and the poem “ Steal Away explores song of African American slaves and the connection to sorrow. This idea is illustrated through a first person perspective .