Importance of Books Essay

Why the Printing Press is Critical to Western Civilization Many people today would be horrified if they were not able to update their Instagram account every few hours, not be able to read the daily newspaper, or if they broke their Snapchat streak. Before the invention of the printing press, these normal things would seem impossible. Johannes Gutenberg’s invention is critical to all these activities and Western Civilization. The invention of the printing press was vital to Western Civilization…

Puppy’s Find by Heather Payer-Smith is the first wordless picture book I chose to evaluate. The book has a sequentially organized plot that provides a framework for children who are just developing their own organizational skills. The book walks the reader through a dog going outside to berry a bone and come back inside the house. The depth of detail is appropriate for the level of children it is simple pictures with lots of colors to catch the child’s attention. If the child is a pet owner,…

It's been a long awhile since Rudy has died from the huge bombing. Rudy finally got his kiss the one he always wanted from the book Thief (Liesel). But for Liesel she lost something special that she thought she would never need. Now I have Rudy in my hands and taking him to where he will be living for ever in the dark. But I will take Liesel soon so Rudy will see the Book thief and I will finally have her in my hands. Rudy POV: “I hear Liesel calling RUDY! RUDY! Where are you?” “Rudy are you…

I am reading the science fiction book Amulet The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi. This book has 187 pages. According to Jeff Smith the creator of BONE, “Five-no three pages into this book you will be hooked.” I think this book is for struggling reader. I say this because this book is a graphic novel. The protagonist in the book is Emily. She has this amulet that can shoot this weird lightning like power if she focus. She is brave and wants to find her mom because the antagonist took her mom…

in past years have done this through the use of the book To Kill a Mockingbird. But because of use of certain language in the book it was pulled from some school curriculum. In the case of the Drake school their copies of the book were burned. Author of the book Kurt Vonnegut responded by writing a letter to the Drake School Board about how “...angered, sickened, and saddened,” he was by their actions (Vonnegut). I think the copies of the book should not have been burned, and should have been…

The book “Deaf Hearing Boy” is way more than just a story about a hearing boy. It has a really big and important meaning to it about how deaf people used to be treated, but also how they still are treated. This book is a story about R. H. Miller’s life story and the complications he had to face being one of the four brothers all whom were hearing and his parents being deaf. His parents had a hard life to try and make it through. They loved the urban life. They felt as if the deaf community was…

Printing Press Assignment Printing presses have increased drastically by 1,260% from 1471 to 1500 due to a drop in the price of printing press and an increasing interest in spreading more ideas through books and other documents. Printing press has influenced both the Reformation and the Age of Exploration in different ways. It helped influence the Reformation by how Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on a church wall in Wittenberg, Germany on October 31, 1517. His ideas were spread throughout…

self-improvement books related to business management and corporate world. Unfortunately, a considerable amount of them was not appealing to me due to either the authors’ style of covering topics or unsuccessful choices of the topics. On the other hand, They Don’t Teach Corporate in College by Alexandra Levit was truly a game changer for me. Years of Levit’s experience in the corporate world and her writing talent combined together produced a phenomenal roadmap for starters as myself. The book…

her Harry Potter book and while she was reading, she noticed something. Everyone in the story was white! She got up, went to the library, and looked for books that contained main characters that looked like her. After searching throughout the whole library, she came to the conclusion that the majority of children’s and teens book have white protagonists. Many books lack diversity. Therefore, the research question is: How can authors improve the lack of diversity in children’s books so that…

In the chapter “The Floating Book (Part II)” of the novel The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Rudy and Liesel stroll around town, with Liesel holding the stolen copy of The Whistler. The pair run into Viktor Chemmel, the most recent hated leader of the apple stealing group, and Viktor takes Liesel’s copy of The Whistler. He offers it back if Rudy and Liesel give him a large amount of money. However, once he understands how much it truly means to Liesel, he throws The Whistler into the Amper River…