The Kane Chronicles

James Altucher is an American best-selling author. He has written and published eleven books so far. Many of Altucher’s writing have appeared in publications such as the Financial times, Wall Street Journal, and the Forbes. James Altucher wrote a book in 2011 called I Was Blind but Now I see reached number one in Amazon.com’s motivational books section in 2011. USA Today also named Altucher’s Choose Yourself among the twelve best business books of all time. James Altucher is a very successful writer today. Altucher have not been a very successful writer in his early years. In 2004 Altucher wrote the book called Trade like a Hedge Fund. When the book came out it was very controversial. This was a good thing for Altucher. It became a best-selling book in 2004. Barrons made it one of their books of the year. The stock trader Almanac’s named it the top book of the year. His book sold 14,074 copies. With that being said, that was a best seller for finance books. Soon Altucher’s luck would change. His second book that he wrote was about how Warren Buffet was a more active trader than anyone believed. The name of his second book is titled Trade like Warren Buffet. When James Altuchers book came out, it ended up being a complete failure. In all of the years the book has been out it only sold around 6552 copies. That book was a huge letdown. James thought that the religion of Warren Buffet would kick in someday, and his followers would purchase the book. Unfortunately…

The book I read and will write about is The Kane Chronicles: The Red Pyramid. In the book The Red Pyramid, Carter Kane is a 12-year-old boy traveling with his father, but a trip changes everything. The book The Red Pyramid is about siblings who discover they are magicians. Not only are they magicians, but they are the blood of pharaohs, and hosting gods, and Set- an evil god who wants to destroy the world- is free from his eternal prison. There is a lot of development for many characters, I will…

Citizen Kane (1941) by Orson Welles. Citizen Kane, directed and starred by Hollywood outcast Orson Welles, is according to most experts and film aficionados, the greatest movie ever made. The 1941’s classic of the silver screen depicts with avant-garde narrative techniques the life of the publishing tycoon, Charles Foster Kane. Although the film was not a box office hit in its first release, it is considered a cinematographic masterpiece of direction, film editing and lightning techniques. The…

After viewing Citizen Kane I was really blown away by the editing techniques which play a huge role in the story telling of a newspaper tycoon who was given the power from a very young age, but in fact all he wanted was love. The continuity editing technique is present from start to finish in this piece which moves the story along without spoon feeding the viewer about the events taking place. The use of montage and fading from one scene to the other allows the viewer one last glance or breath…

The typical reader of fantasy literature wouldn’t expect to find symbols for Christianity in a book. But a reader of a work by C.S Lewis can expect just that. Lewis was a poet, scholar, and above all, one of the most renowned authors of fantasy literature during the 20th century. He was best known for The Chronicles of Narnia series, and specifically, The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. He was a devout Christian and was a defender and teacher of the faith. His faith and life experiences had a…

Finally, Lewis uses his Biblical understanding of Heaven to signify that Heaven is immeasurably more important when in comparison to either Earth or Hell. The substance of Heaven is truer and the reality of Heaven much deeper than the temporal substance of Earth. Lewis demonstrates this through his description of Heaven and the corresponding description of Hell. He writes; I had the sense of being in a larger space, perhaps even a larger sort of space, than I had ever known before: as if the sky…

ourselves in danger. Yes, the drones offer the families of soldiers to not have to worry about the death of their loved one but the soldiers know what could happen. In a way they are prepared for the worst. If the drones were sent out and maybe hacked because there is no rider in them they could be used against us and innocent people die. Or the drones are copied by another nation, such as the ones that we use the drones on and out of rage they use it against us. Technology has the ability to…

The book I read was Edgewater by Courtney Sheinmel. It has 317 pages. The main characters are Lorrie Hollander, her sister Susannah, their aunt Gigi, Lennox, and Charlie Copeland. The story takes place in Idlewild, New York. The main conficlict is that Lorrie and her sister are completely out of money and all traces of their trust fund were completely erased. Lorrie i stelling the story. The first day of every month, Lorrie's mother transfers money into her daughters trust fund, enough to…

Clive Staples Lewis, better known as C.S. Lewis, is one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. He was a British author and noted Christian apologist, meaning defender of the Christian faith, and is most well known for writing the “Screwtape Letters” and The Chronicles of Narnia series. Known as the ‘Father of Modern Fantasy’, Lewis was an author of many talents and was able to write anything, from fiction to nonfiction, from children’s books to adult novels, there was…

C.S. Lewis In The Chronicles of Narnia, there is a quote that says, “One day, you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again” This is a quote that people could take many ways, which is where the adventure starts with C.S. Lewis. The world of literature wouldn’t be the same without having one of the most well known authors. Clive Staples Lewis was an important and legendary literary author because of his early life and religion’s, his middle life and struggles being in the war, and his…