In the text “ How to read literature like a professor” Five chapter help represent the story joy luck club. Chapter one tells that the main chapter quest/goal tells how it led up by telling important things about the characters . This applies to the joy luck club because, in the joy luck club, the first backstory talks about how the whole joy luck club started. During the sino japanese war and all the chaos it started, suyuan, jing mei late-mother, made the joy luck club to bring some joy during the devastated time. It tells that suyuan is a hardworking person and also have a competitive personality.…
Part 1: The Hearth and the Salamander 1. As the story opens, what are the forces acting upon the protagonist, Montag, and what other forces help Montag in the recognition of his dilemma? One of the forces acting upon Montag as the story opens is his job.…
Fever 1793 || Fiction Laurie Halse Anderson Why do you think the author chose the title he/she did? Analyze its deeper meaning. If it is an obvious title, rename it something more symbolic and explain your rationale.…
One of the assets which the author possesses is phrasing and choice of words. Her sentence structures flowed very nicely and did not run on too much. It was pleasing to read and wasn’t too complicated to understand. Furthermore, the author of this book also used great detail in her story. In order for a story to be enjoyable to read, the writer should be able to take you to a whole new world through his or her own words.…
Database Unit 1 was quite fair I have a few friends who are doing database. So they have been asking me if I have started doing database as yet since my first course. I only started studying for Databases two days before the start of the Term. I am normally a week ahead but this time when I finished Term 1 I was exhausted and burnt out so I took a break and only started preparing two days before the start of the Term.…
Title of Book: A Small White Scar Author’s name: K.A. Nuzum Number of pages: 192 The exposition of the book introduces us to the main characters of the book, fifteen year olds Will and Denny Bennon. The setting of the book is in Colorado by a town called La Junta during the 1940’s. Will and Denny live on a cattle ranch with their father.…
No matter how many times one reads a piece of literature, one will have a different perspective of any writing in comparison to other readers and the author themself. To get an enhanced understanding of the book 419, I noted Will Ferguson’s perspectives of his novel and his motives for writing the novel by watching his interview with Steve Paikin. I know truly appreciate not only the quality, but the quantity of the work and planning Ferguson put into this project. As solely a reader of the novel, we fail to acknowledge the author’s reasons for specific character details and plotlines. After watching his interview, readers understand his motives behind certain choices he made to enhance the authenticity of the novel.…
“The love of my life” by Sheryl Strayed I would like to start the discussion with the introduction of the author, Sheryl Strayed. Sheryl was born in Pennsylvania in 1968, where she only spent first 5 years of her life, after that the family moved to Minnesota. This is where Sheryl got her education, got married, and resided; until her mother's death from lung cancer in 1991 turned her whole life upside down. This was a pivotal moment, when her life old shattered; so she had to burn all the bridges, and reinvent herself. This was Sheryl's moment of genesis.…
Wise Blood, the first novel written by Flannery O’ Connor, it has been recognized by many readers and philosophers as an unusual piece and strangest novel. It deals with religions, Jesus Christ, people seeking for religion and redemption. Many writers have analyzed the novel and have many different points of view towards it. They have also pointed out that Wise Blood, does not have a plot. Meaning there was no question in the beginning, and no answer left at the end of it.…
A Tale of Two Cities, “is a story primarily designed to move the reader emotionally through a sympathetic identification with its characters” (Allingham). The readers feel emotional when reading about the tragedy that the Seamstress went…
Hysteria As Demonstrated In The Crucible And 1950’s America In 1950’s America the war on communism had reached a high point and anti-communist feelings were overwhelmingly common. In response to the anti-communist hysteria occurring around him, Arthur Miller, a well known playwright, wrote The Crucible to demonstrate the hysteria surrounding the American citizens and their government. By analyzing the usage of the causes of hysteria and individual rationalization of actions that are commonplace in The Crucible, a reader can see how hysteria starts in a society and what prevents and keeps hysteria from occurring.…
Before I was told that it was like Romeo and Juliet, I thought I would resent this book. When I started reading, it was so boring so I thought that I was right but when I got past the rocky start, the book captured my attention. But even with the shaky start personally, I enjoyed the book.…
I like the book I like that Buck found a home with John Thornton and John Thornton is happy with Buck,but at first Buck lived with the Judge miller place he was happy, but then he was stolen by Manuel they choked him with a rope to get him to move then they arrived at the Dyea beach where he was sold to Francois and Perrault Francois loved him to death, but Perrault didn’t like him, he loved Spitz. Spitz is one of the “sol-leks” that means [angry one] Spitz is the sled dog leader, but the other dog’s don’t like him because he is mean,he bites, and he stills the other dogs food even bucks food. Then one day buck killed Spitz I was happy because that way Spitz don’t bite the other dogs and don’t still the food, but Francois had another dog’s pull the sled. His name was Dave,but buck wants to pull the sled I would of, because if he killed Spitz then he would be strong enough to pull the sled.…
However, because she has driven straight into a police car, suggesting that she may have committed suicide, especially given the fact that the night was also the anniversary of her mother's death, the boys are left wondering if her death was, in fact, due to intoxication, or Alaska's attempt to find a way out of "the labyrinth. " In the end, Miles finds himself returning to Francois Rabelais’s dying reflection of the "Great Perhaps" as he searches for the meaning of Alaska's death. “....I would never know her well enough to know her thoughts in those last minutes, would never know if she left us on purpose. But the not-knowing would not keep me from caring, and I would always love Alaska Young, my crooked neighbor, with all my crooked heart.”…
Summary by Farrukh Shadzad MBA 2 – Evening Program I, before reading this book saw the movie, which motivated me to read the book as well. The name of this book is “The Pursuit of HappYness” written by Chris Garden. The two desires I had when beginning this book were: 1. That it would for the most part be the same story as told in the motion picture with a couple changes that were made for realistic impact - (like no Rubik's 3D square, no night spent in the tram restroom, and no appearing for the meeting shirtless and secured in paint, and so on... 2. That I would not care for Chris Gardner.…