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    Book Review: Cold Mountain

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    Cold mountain book review Cold Mountain is a historical novel during the civil war and two people who love each other are caught in the middle of it. Inman is a damage war soldier takes a journey across america after being injured in a battle and now tries to find the woman she loves Ada a young farmer girl. While Inman was in the hospital mainly looking out the window staring at the mountains.The view brought old memories from his past back home in black cove with his love Ada. He…

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    before he left. “‘I think you’ve always been ready, Liesel. From the moment you arrived here, clinging to that gate, you were meant to have this.’ Rosa gave her the book from Max.” (Zusak 43) Lastly, the boy with the hair the color of lemon, Rudy Steiner. Rudy has bony legs, scrawny and sharp teeth, and gangly blue eyes. Just like Liesel, he is mischievous, too. Because of the food rationing during that time, he and Liesel had to steal food from other people who can afford to lose little of what…

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    suffered. “[Rudy] does something to me, that boy. Every time. It’s his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry” (Zusak 531). During the event where Rudy died, Death tells how he is crushed by everything Rudy has done, and how he has to leave like this. When Death says that Rudy stepped on his heart and made him cry, it truly shows that Death feels survivor’s guilt. He is devastated by the death of Rudy, and how he has to leave like this, which shows why Death feels guilty of why…

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    Liesel Meminger could see […] that her younger brother, Werner, was now sideways and dead. His blue eyes stared at the floor. Seeing nothing” (Zusak 20). Her climbing partners are Hans, her father, Max, the Jew, and Rudy, a boy who loves her. Hans gave her love and support, Max and Rudy were her best friends. She reaches the summit when she learns the power of words. She starts her descent when Max leaves her. When she reaches the foot again, she realizes that everyone was dead and she did not…

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    Houston Rockets are on target on its playoff run this season. They hold the best win-loss record last December winning 15 games with two losses. And now, in order to maintain their momentum, reports are suggesting that they should consider of adding Rudy Gay to their roster to boost up their chances in the postseason. Gay has been productive for the Sacramento Kings this season. He is second in points (18.5), rebounds (6.3) and even in blocks (0.67) for the team behind DeMarcus Cousins while…

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    happening is okay. When something of this manner is reported, it may be argued as false because it is coming from a child who could have indeed suffered abuse but could be wrong about specific events and even about the person accused (Goodman, Bottoms, Rudy, Davis, & Schwartz-Kenney, 2001). Children tend to have fogy memories, especially traumatic ones. In the United States alone, more than 8 million children have at least one parent who is involved in substance abuse (Donohue et al, 2014).…

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    Throughout the book Liesel shows courage by doing things most people wouldn’t. One thing that shows courage is that Liesel and Rudy were given bread to the jews in the street. “If we go fast. We won’t get caught. He started distributing the bread. “So move it Saumensch” (Zusak, 440). When Liesel and Rudy were distributing the bread she knew they could of been in lots of trouble and very badly punished. Liesle showed a lot of courage because she’s also seen the punishing…

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    this, Zusak also personifies the narrator as compassionate. An example of this occurs after Death foreshadows the death of Rudy Steiner, as even Death is hurt by the young boy’s mortality. Death tells readers, “taking a boy like Rudy was robbery-- so much life, so much to live for” (Zuzak 242). The empathetic character of Death is evident in this quote since Death believes Rudy did not deserve his harsh fate. The metaphor of comparing Rudy’s death to a theft reveals Death’s compassionate…

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    significant commonalities. For example, the two both anthropomorphize animals to justify their sexual relations, either through objectification or through people giving animals certain human characteristics, such as the ability to love and to consent to sex (Rudy, 606). Research on zoophilia is primarily done through interviews and questionnaires with an emphasis on anonymity, acknowledging the influence of the Internet and online forums (Miletski; Navarro and Tewksbury; Williams and Weinberg).…

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    decided to get him presents from outside, such as pinecones, feathers, and a candy wrapper. She decides that she is going to read her book to Max until he wakes up, but he never wakes up. Since she finished the other book, she decides to go back with Rudy to the mayor’s house and get another book. Finding the window open, she goes into the library and get the book “The Dream Carrier.” It is believe by death that Ilsa keeps the window unlocked in hopes that Liesel will come and steal more…

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