In the book Black Hearts: One Platoon’s Descent into Madness in Iraq’s Triangle of Death, author Jim Frederick explores the events during the deployment of the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division and more specifically the actions of 1st Platoon, Bravo Company. Bravo Company, along with the rest of 1st Battalion faced grueling circumstances of inadequate supplies and personnel, poor living quarters, and a near constant barrage of enemy attacks during their 2005-2006 deployment to the poignantly named, “Triangle of Death” of southern Baghdad, Iraq. In the midst of that chaos, four men committed one of the most well publicized and heinous war crimes committed by U.S. forces in modern warfare. Four men from 1st Platoon,…
This is not to say that the reader will not enjoy this book, but he or she may not fully be aware of what they are getting into when they pick up this…
This is a great book to use in the classroom because although this series is overly fictionalized, the story form helps make the…
Book review: warriors don’t cry Melba Beals wrote warriors don’t cry telling the story about her and nine other students were the first African-American students to be integrated into the central high school. fighting for their freedom and education, putting their life in dangers everyday for going to a white people high school were most teenager spend their time having fun, they were escaping the hanging rope and other harm way the white mob would use to stop them from going to central high school, But just like a warrior they kept fight for better education and equal right and never shade a tear because warrior don’t cry. Bealis started a book with moment form the present as an alumni going back to central high school for reunion, to the…
Terry Fallis Versus Rick Yancey Literature, the heart of all languages, embedded in our minds. Recently, the Internet has been the place for authors demonstrating their mastery of the seven elements of cognitive design: structure, setting, characterization, tone, tropology, rhetoric and narrative perspective. Terry Fallis shows his knowledge on cognitive design in his book, The Best Laid Plans. Similarly, The 5th Wave written by Rick Yancey. While they may use the same approach to setting and characterization it only makes sense that Fallis and Yancey would come up with two different themes.…
In Graceling, the author uses to conflict to teach us that if you’re afraid of yourself, then it could mess with the way you image yourself which provides the theme of this story. For example, Katsa suffers from having to do all the Kings killings. Katsa doesn’t know how to control her anger and she becomes afraid. Katsa had to go out and kill the people that betrayed the King; but Katsa didn’t like doing this,and she couldn’t keep her temper.…
I read by The 100 by Kass Morgan and I finished all 323 pages. This book was about 100 juvenile criminals from a space station that are sent to Earth after a nuclear war makes Earth unlivable for decades. They are sent to Earth much earlier than expected, because of a faulty air seal on the space station. This book is focusing on their struggles and their conflicts with anarchy and love. I am reading Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi and I am on page 456.…
In public places, we are often told to be wary and cautious. We are told that we never know who the person sitting next to us actually is. For all we know they could be a wanted criminal or a very important person. So we usually mind our business then talking to others or helping them. In the story ‘Gate A-4’ by Naomi Shihab Nye, Naomi’s plane is delayed and she decides to help a palestinian woman in a wary and cautious situation at airport gate.…
In this summary, chapter 20 will be discussed, providing detailed explanation of how the New Waves progressed over time. Furthermore, one of the major ideas that is crucial to know was what is happening to the film industry during the new waves. For instance, in the late 1940s people attending Hollywood film declined but in other places, audience attending to watch Hollywood did not decrease until later years. Then, television was introduced providing cheap entertainment and producers aimed to have more audience watch film. Furthermore, new tends were becoming more popular with the economic boom, which strengthened an urban, leisure class lifestyle.…
The world is filled with diversity and culture. These differences are what make the Earth beautiful. Without culture or communication, the world would be filled with mindless animals. This type of dystopian world is the main setting in the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. The story is set in the mystical future with out-of-this-world technology such as mechanical hounds and reverse fire poles.…
As a personal who person who originally thought that nonfiction novels were boring, I am surprised was surprised that I acutally enjoyed this book. I found it to be enjoyable because the topics that Gladwell wrote about was interesting and surprising. I gained more knowledge about how things become epidemics and reach a “tipping point”. I would give the praise the book for have credible sources for backing up its points. I would critize the book for sometimes having too many examples and sometimes being repetitive.…
When you fall, they say brush yourself off and try again. Nevertheless, like most things in life, to do so is easier said than done. Especially with a history such as those of the First Nations people. To recount such a history is beyond imagination, one dark and desolate; to try recount words such as torture… scorn… mockery… disdain…hatred are impeccable examples. Regardless of the animosity and malice directed at the First Nations, many discovered the power within themselves to overcome the horrors that were their lives, as well as to find the strength to move on.…
The book is highly readable and well-written in an entertaining manner, and the first six…
At often times, the overbearing reality pushes an individual to escape. In The Wars, Timothy Findley embarks on the idea that a war is more than just a physical battle; it battles emotionally also. Findley emphasizes the development of desiring to escape the harsh reality. The protagonist, Robert Ross goes through this as he develops hardships internally and externally during the first World War. In the beginning of the novel, the distress of losing his sister appear to spark his new desire to escape from reality.…
Aliens come and inhabits humans, while trying to take over the Earth. This is the book, The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey, which became a movie in January 2016, directed by J Blakeson. Cassiopeia Sullivan is a 16-year-old girl with a fairly normal life, until the Others came. There have been 4 waves to their invasion, and everyone who is left is suffering through the 5th. Like most books turned into movies, The 5th Wave book is better than the movie because it has more detail, better characterization, and the actual plot line.…