The Reader

The reading in “A Peace Reader” that I decided to pick is one that is titled “War is no way to start a career.” This story talks about the struggles that veterans go through after they are finished surviving time in the military. They more specifically tackle it after two wars: The Vietnam War and World War 2. After World War 2, Male-Veterans out-earned none veterans by 10-20 percent, but Soldiers from the Vietnam war were out earned by none veterans by the same amount. According to the article,…

My initial experience with being a reader began with a Dr. Seuss book when I was a very young boy, a colorful book with walking-talking cats and dogs, treehouses, and a party. I am not incredibly confident that I indeed am able of correctly recalling the details of the book that got read to me or by me when no one else would just about every day for what might have been a whole year or just a few short months of obsession, either way the memory of reading that Dr. Seuss book stuck in such a way…

was excited to start reading, I remember going to the library anywhere from two to three times a day during my “free time” in 3rd grade. Reaching my accelerated reader goal was one of the many things I enjoyed about reading, it was my motivation. I would always be the first in my class to reach my goal, and the little accelerated reader trips we were awarded with were something I always had to look forward to. As I grew older my desire to read began to disseminate. I went from reading several…

In the book, “The Suburb Reader” by Becky W. Nicolaides and Andrew Wiese, while reading chapter 9, Postwar America, there were many things that got my attention while reading it. This chapter talks about how there was many Americans that move from the city to the suburban areas during that Great Depression and the World War II because of the economy status during this time. These wars made the housing shortage in a very crisis levels. During this time because of the need that all these Americans…

regulations and now as a lead engineer responsible for directing others in the maintenance and operation of equipment aboard a 225 feet buoy tender. As rewarding as many of these opportunities have been, few compare to the opportunity to serve as Unit Lay Reader; a voluntary position responsible for providing worship opportunities and discipleship training to fellow shipmates while at sea. After serving in this capacity at three different units I have…

young readers. Whatever is written on these books influences the way these young readers think and behave. They are the children’s main sources on how to conduct themselves appropriately, next only to their parents and teachers. As Toçi & Aliu (2013) said, these children’s books “create an image of what is tolerable in a society” (p. 32). A quality evaluation of these books then, is crucial. Quality evaluation means that aside from the usual criteria (content, illustrations, medium and…

actual moral values. Others may be better at it, but there are still mistakes. You are still human. Being a person of non-integrity and being a that makes mistakes are two very different things though. The mistake I made was,” Cheating on Accelerated Reader by taking tests on books that are the same knowledge that I have but I did not read the books.” That is just lying and stealing. It is nothing like integrity and shows my weakness. It shows I am a lazy , arrogant , lying , dumb slop and no…

Mind Reader Paisley is a regular girl, until her 7th birthday she walks into class and can hear many thoughts, but the thing is, is that they aren’t her thoughts, after a few days she realizes that she has been given a special gift. She can read minds. Years later on her 16th birthday, she is waiting at the bus stop when one her of classmates walks up. Sage makes an extremely rude comment about Paisley’s dress. “Thank you” Paisley says in a sarcastic tone. “Is there something wrong with you…

Viewer and Characters Sympathy is a confusing emotion felt when one tries to relate with another; when looking at it in a subjective point of view, one may actually begin to rationalize with another by relating to their scenarios. In the movie “The Reader”, directed by Stephen Daldry, the characters help develop the audiences’ mutual similarities with the cast by letting viewers witness the hardships that characters have to go through. When looking at the character that is Hannah Schmitz, one…

seven-hundred and forty-six, four-hundred and ninety-one, thirteen, three. Without units, these values serve no purpose. Without an explanation, a title serves no purpose. The value and the title are meaningless. Flipping through the chapter index of The Body Reader, I searched for an article title that immediately grasped my attention. Though few immediately truly told their story, the most simplistic one reached toward me begging for my attention: “Scars”. Personally, I am very familiar with…