Book report

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption Is the story of an Olympic runner, bombardier in WWII and a Pacific prisoner of war, Louis Zamperini. The book takes you from Louie’s birth, through his childhood and brilliant career as an Olympic track star, to his stories as a bombardier and a prisoner of war, along with his lengthy recovery at his home in California. Louis Silvie Zamperini was born in 1917 to Anthony and Louise, both who were Italian immigrants who…

The Crucible Loretta True Keiser University “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller accurately depicts the proceedings of the Salem Witch Trials back in 1692. These trails are acclaimed to be some of the most controversial events occurring during this time period because of the unclear amount of truly guilty people facing these sentences with the mass hysteria of the devil lurking in Puritan society. Hysteria usually brought out by fear of the devil and higher authorities should not be looked at as a…

Personal Response: The book Uglies is a great book for middle and high schoolers that are looking for an easy fun read. Uglies is a very dramatic book with a lot of drama. I personally think it takes away from the plot line, but other students could like it. Plot: The book starts out with the main character Tally, in a futuristic time period where at age 16 everyone gets an operation to make them “pretty”. The city is divided into 3 sectors, new pretty town, uglyville, and the township for the…

My first experience while reading frankenstein was very interesting.I thought the book was to confusing and the switching back between characters was a little difficult to follow. I also did not enjoy this book because at first , most of the book was on victor, instead of the monster.My first main question for this book was, Is the monster real? I did not know if victor just had a psychological problem or if the monster was just a shadow or a ghost.I also questioned how the author transitioned…

1984 Novel Project. George Orwell published his dystopian novel 1984 in 1949. 1984 is set in Airstrip One, which is a province in Oceania, one of the three superstates that Orwell created for the book. Oceania is littered with war, heavy government surveillance, and public manipulation. Winston Smith is a member of the Outer Party, he works within the system of Big Brother. His job is to re-write history in order to fool the public and make them more supportive of the totalitarian politics.…

“I have a dream that one day my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged for the color of their skin but by the content of their character”. -Martin Luther King Jr. In this essay I will talk about the novel “The Outsiders”, which was my favorite part, character, what I think about it and more. The Outsiders is a novel written by Susan Eloise Hinton in 1965 and the Viking Press publisher published it in 1967. The Outsiders begins with Ponyboy Curtis, the…

Into the Wild Into the Wild is a book about a man named Alex, Chris was his name before then he changed it. It is a biography of him, and it tells about what Alex has written in his journal during his adventures. This book talks about his life and all the troubles he gets through, up until he dies. Alex is a traveler that travels throughout everywhere. He is a hitchhiker and does not need material things or money. Into the wild, by Jon Krakauer. This is a book that a man reads a journal about…

Throughout the books Allegiant by Veronica Roth and The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks, love is present. I have read through the end of the book Allegiant, and part of The Longest Ride. Throughout Allegiant Tris and Tobias had developed an unconditional love for each other, but when Tris decides to take her brother’s place so he does not get killed, things change. While on the mission, Tris gets shot and passes away. Tobias does not find out until a little while later, and is very sad and angry…

This little read library was inspired by the book Whirligig by Paul Fleischman. Whirligig starts out with Brent, who is a wannabe popular high schooler going to a party. Brent was invited and didn't follow the theme of the party. Brent begun to get picked on and then got shunned by his affection (his crush). Once brent had gotten shunned he had felt the rage inside of him and he left the party. He felt like his life was over because of humiliation, so his solution was to take his hands off the…

I am reading Toxin by Robin Cook and I am on page 222. This portion of the novel is about a cardiac surgeon named Kim. Kim seems to be found in a mid life crisis, recently being divorced, and struggling to pay for his house and other prized belongings. He also has a young daughter named Becky, and since he is divorced he doesn’t get much time to spend with her. After finishing a operation on a patients heart, Kim headed over to his ex-wife’s house to pick up his daughter Becky, because it was…