Tyree Bailey SPM 230 Spring 2016 May 1, 2016 Book Review: Ray Lewis (I Feel Like Going on: Life, Game, and Glory) The book I chose to read about was from the legendary Baltimore Ravens linebacker and one of the greatest defensive players of his generation, Ray Lewis.…
Overall this book had a powerful message, and that message is let God be in control of your worries. Robbin Jones Gunn did a fantastic job on writing this book, it was the first book of the Katie Weldon Series, and by far a great way to start a new…
Samurai Champloo - This anime is significance to me as it reminds me of the creative ways that two distinct cultures can come together to make unique pieces of work. Ayn Rand’s Anthem and The Fountainhead - These books are significance to me lately as I found it interesting the way Ayn Rand used storytelling to present her complex ideology. Also the books make you question your personal beliefs regarding what is a individual ? Hilary Cottam: Social services are broken.…
Although he had made many mistakes on the way, without the journey that Cole took he would have never been able to look at the world from a different perspective. He would have never realized that the world doesn’t revolve around him. This book has opened my eyes to think about how I can improve myself and also look at the world from a different point of view. This book is a must read for every teenager because it shows the impact that their actions and words have on the people around them. It was a great reading experience and I would definitely recommend this book to many…
Three books that benefit and enhance the abilities of people are “Touching Spirit Bear”, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, and “Enders Game”. Literature helps people understand how things work, and helps people become better overtime. Without literature, there is no human complexity or sympathy. Literature enhances our ability to see and imagine human complexity. “Touching Spirit Bear”, by Ben Michaelson, explains how to trust, you must change perspective.…
The Book,"Crispin the Cross of Lead, by Avi is the first book of the series of Crispin books. It is about a child who's mom died and who doesn't know anything about himself. So he goes on a journey to find his true identity and finds some challenges along the way. He eventually finds a man who helps him find out his identity and a new important choice about freedom. This journey changed the way I thought about liberty and freedom because the boy had freedom of choice, he had the ability to bring freedom and he was a peasant and so know my Perception of freedom changed in the way that I now know that anyone can be a symbol of hope.…
We have all seen her, and perhaps we have all been her. She’s the girl on Instagram who has it all together—she’s smiling in every picture, and her hair is always on point. She’s the epitome of perfection to the naked eye. We see the shallow, happy days of her life, when things are going well— when she and her boyfriend are on great terms and he’s decided to finally treat her right.…
A Book that Shaped Me: Remember Me by Irene N. Watts Remember Me is about a girl named Marianne who is Jewish and is living at the time of the Holocaust (1939-1945). Marianne has to leave her parents and go with other children on a train called Kindertransport (Kindertransport were trains that brought Jewish children to safety in Britain during the Holocaust). When she gets to Britain, she has to go and live with a stranger named Mrs. Abercrombie Jones. Strangely, Mrs. Abercrombie Jones acts like a mother to Marianne even though she is very disappointed when she sees that she was to take Marianne into her home while she was expecting someone else.…
A book that strongly influenced me would be On Writing by Stephen King. Truthfully speaking, I initially picked up the book because of its title. I hated reading because it was always a requirement and rarely for leisure. I intended that by reading this book, it would improve my writing techniques. But, I was shaken by how much I enjoyed the book and the art of memoirs.…
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halas Anderson Do you think the characters/people and their problems/decisions/relationships are believable/realistic? Why or why not? I believe the book is believable, because the details show; that it is a common thing for nurses and doctors to do. The quote in the book, “After a few weeks of nursing the sick, and burying the dead.” (Anderson Page 176).…
Lutney Sagesse Freshman Year Seminar Between The World and Me Final The book “Between the World and Me has a lot of themes. One the themes are is knowing who you are through college. Just to pinpoint I will be highlighting Tanesha Coates which is the author of Between To the world and Me”.…
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, is a father’s letter to his son. He attempts to answer the questions “what is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it and find a way to live within it?” (Coates) He tells his son his experiences that helped him open up to see what his place in the world is. The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader about Ta-Nehisi Coates’ novel Between the World and Me.…
Me Before You Me Before You is an adapted romantic film from one of the bestselling novels of Jojo Moyes, a renowned English romance novelist, and is directed by Thea Sharrock, an English theater director, and film director. This film provides many interesting scenarios, the meaning of title itself “Me Before You” and demonstrates the unexpected romantic relationship that occurs in a small town in England between a young English woman and a wealthy paralyzed business man from London. Love between the couples who have different aspects, and how the story concludes itself.…
Different books can show you the importance of something that we’ve showed little attention too, or never thought of how different our lives could be without a certain thing or person. In two different books I’ve read it has showed me the importance of growing up with a father, and growing up without a father. Both books include a character that leads to success, one book also has a character that has a fallout and ends up with the opposite of success. The two books are Losing My Cool written by Thomas Chatterton Williams and the second is The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore. Having a father can give you someone to look up too, guide you, and help you throughout life.…
Many times, through our journey in life, we become impacted by something that we’ve either seen, heard, or maybe read that left a memorable imprint in our minds. Sometimes this could even be a reality check or a life learned lesson for us to do better. If I were to decide which two stories that I believe for most had a memorable impact to their life, I would say “New Boy” by Roddy Doley and “Lusus Naturae” by Margaret Atwood. Both stories share a powerful meaning behind them and deal with similar conflicts that we should learn from.. In the story written by Roddy Doley called “New Boy,” Doley shares a very realistic story about a refuge’s first day in class, named Joseph.…