People of the Book

Have you ever wondered why there are people in the world that challenge the rules and go against them? The reason why people do that is is that they want to change something around them that they do not like. Also, people will do, anything in there power to show people that what they believe is right. In the novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury uses the character of Montag, figurative language, and a distrustful tone to reinforce the theme that people should challenge the rules if they believe…

and scripted dialogues are taking over the minds of the masses. Books have slowly evolved into work, not pleasure. It is hard to find children who spend their time reading a Dr. Seuss book rather than playing Flappy Birds on an iPad. People used to line up to snatch a newly released novel; now people wait in line to watch the next Fast and Furious movie. As other forms of media become more and more popular, the importance and use of books are becoming less and less significant. The saying…

school library more and checked out a book called Wait till Helen Comes. It is a mystery novel by Mary Downings about a girl who’s father,stepmother, brother, and stepsister all move into an old church in a small town down in the country. I fell in love with it immediately, I fell in love with mystery novels, especially ones that have sequels because I love the suspense of a good mystery. I was really sad when I couldn 't find anymore of Mary Downing’s books in my school 's library so I decided…

The book of Hebrews is a letter written by an anonymous author offering guidance in God’s ways. Similar to the letter’s of Paul, such as that to the Galatians where he offered explanation to God’s ways, therefore delineating their flaws, this letter serves to delineate not only guidance but also to point out flaws and the results of inequity. As distinction can be made between these to letters as the letter to the Galatians is directed to group of people residing in one same city; in the…

Last Voyage of Columbus, by Martin Dugard is a historical nonfiction book that discussed Christopher colobuses’ journey as an explorer. From his time in Hispaniola, to his forth and final voyage throughout the Caribbean which ended only 2 years prior to his death this book covers many important moments. I have never been someone who excels at history, because of this one reason I chose this book is because prior to reading this book I had a decent amount of knowledge about Christopher Columbus…

In the book In The After the author uses methods in the book that have importance and significance to the plot. Demitria Lunetta, the author of the book, uses flashback throughout the book, and uses the word "Them" to describe the Floraes. She also includes that the characters use sign language in order to communicate and survive the After. This important tools brings mystery and suspense to the book and makes the reader want to find out what will happen throughout the main character's…

and what the book talks about of the story “The Freedom Writers.” Me personally i think that the movie is better because i am seeing it with my own eyes. I can visually understand it. Personally i like to watch movies better than reading books so that might be why i like the movie more. I don’t really have patience for reading a book, i’d rather watch a movie, it’s more interesting to me. One of the differences that the movie has is that it goes into less detail than the book. The book goes more…

Alexie had difficulties in school because of their skin color. They were not educated and did not have the any knowledge about their culture and their history because their schools would only focus on Caucasian history. However, they became educated people by teaching themselves. Malcolm X, the author of “learning to read”, had attended to school, yet he did not receive the knowledge he wanted. When he was in prison, he became educated because “Prison enabled me to study far more intensively”…

the American Library Association 11,300 books have been challenged since 1982. The school board has banned many books for no reason. The novel The House on Mango Street is an example of one of these many banned books. The TUSD board banned this book because it “promotes the overthrow of the US government, promotes resentment to a race or class of people, and is designed primarily for one ethnic group.” Clearly you can tell that the school board banned this book without doing their research,…

I have learned many things after reading the book Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli. I have learned you can't judge a book by its cover especially with people. I have also learned something deeper than judging a book by its cover. I learned you can't judge a book by what chapter you walk in on. This saying is also especially important when it comes to people. People aren't always good at realizing that the reason someone is doing something is probably because of something that happened earlier in their…