Personal Response: The book We Fought Back by Allan Zullo was a very interesting book. The book was a non-fiction and different stories from different teenagers in every chapter. They explained what their experiences were during World War II. I enjoyed reading this book and I hope to find a second book similar to this one.…
Billy Colman, now a grown man, reflects back on the year he got his dogs and the events that happened afterwards. Billy, a ten-year old boy from the Ozarks, has an unyielding desire to have two hunting hounds of his own. He repeatedly asks his parents for the dogs, but considering their financial situation, they have to tell Billy no. Hunting hounds are too expensive and Papa has a farm to take care of, as well as Mama, Billy, and Billy's three sisters. One day while out in the woods, Billy finds a fisherman's catalogue.…
Chapter one The hard times A man name max his wife and his little girl are going through a rough time. Money and hope is Low. Max has no choice to go travel to a different city and look for a job.…
In 1776 Samuel was set out alone to live in the wilderness and survive for himself. He has to survive for himself now, because one day he was on a hunting trip and when he returned back to the small settlement all the houses were burnt down, and a few of the people were lying there dead. With Samuel’s tracking skills, he finds out that his parents were not killed they were taking by the people. Samuel also found out that British soldiers escorted by Iroquois indians is who attacked his settlement.…
Personal Response-I Survived The Nazi Invasion, 1944 I enjoyed the story because I like reading about the Holocaust. Learning more about all that happened is cool. Horrible things took place and I think it’s cool how the Nazis were killed after it was all done. Plot-…
Imagine the Super bowl is on the line your defense is on the goal line your defense need to prevent the offense from crossing the line to score a touchdown. Then the opponent snaps the ball the QB throw the ball next second interception in the End zone the game over your team win the Super bowl. When I thought about my topic this was one of the first things that pop into my mind. I didn't watch sport until seventh grade. NFL was the sport that crossed my eye because it is like a chess game.…
God Provides, The Hiding Place Corrie Ten Boom was a lady who was in a concentration camp and was released due to a clerical error. She continued on to spread her story and prove that God works miracles even today. She even wrote a book which the 7th grade class at Mile High Adventist Academy read over the past few months. The name of the book is the Hiding Place. The book explains her story and relates it to how we should always trust in God even in the darkest of times, which is a message I personally agree with.…
Story Lone wanderers, Whopper and his pet Chauncey found their home in the underground mine of Quartertown. A small place in the world of Arcadia, travelers are of plenty which is why the boy loves it here to his pet's dismay. Where ever there is a story to be told or something to be learned, this kid will find it in…
Zinkoff is a little kid, who you never to notice him. But as usual, his parents really love him. At the beginning of this story, Zinkoff startes his first day of school. Zinkoff’s first grade life is kind of getting in trouble. His parents, his classmates and his first grade teacher: Miss Meeks.…
Rain of Gold is a story about two mexican families living during the time of the mexican revolution and points out how the Indians were mistreated. The story begins with an Indian tribe who find a cliff face of gold. Than through a series of greedy deals are swindled out of it by greedy merchants and eventually white men from america who enslaved the mexican people forcing them to work the mines. And a revolution began. The story jumps to a girl named Lupe living in a lean to with her mother, three sisters, and a brother her father having left to find work in the lowlands.…
In the story as a reader you feel as though Rainsford is playing a game in which he cannot win. The setting, characters, and plot differed tremendously however this is what ultimately led to two very different and interesting versions of a great…
Writing is an effective way for people to cope with tragedy. In Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, three characters, Oskar Schell, his grandmother, and his grandfather are each experiencing grief and are trying to cope with their personal tragedies. Written after the events of September 11th, readers of this novel are exposed to a melancholic yet intricate story about dealing with any sort of tragedy. The first main character in the novel is Oskar Schell, a nine-year-old genius. The plot of his storyline is about his journey to find out the purpose of a key he finds that belonged to his father.…
The main character was in a relationship with a girl and they broke up and when they did the man decided that he would leave and he let into the forest. Before entering a man tried to give him advice about going in there alone and he decided not to listen to him even though he told him and told him he decide to make his own decision and he went it to the forest. Then while he was there he meet a dog and she was with him and he tried to built a fire and he couldn't because he decided to build it under a tree and there the last one he couldn't keep the fire going because his hands were frozen. Then the man died and the dog left him to go look for warmth. The main character thinks that he can do everything himself…
1. In the middle of the night Poe was asleep. He was suddenly awaken by a knocking at his room door. The knock was gentle and quiet and Poe hardly heard it.…
Rainsford, in the story, starts to lose sanity throughout the story. His world is completely turned upside down. Rainsford has to live for three days in the jungle trying to not be killed by a crazy hunter that enjoys human suffering. He was just on a yacht trip to Rio de Janeiro to go hunting in the amazon. When he falls of and has to fight for survival.…