Animal Farm, George Orwell's most popular book, is a fictional story based on the 1940's rise of Communism in the Soviet Union, a.k.a. ... Looking even deeper into the book, each battle can also be compared with Soviet battles, in which most of the battles were similar to those in World War II. ... Only under a deep inspection is one able to interpret the true meaning of this book. ... This book is Orwell's most popular book, and rightfully so, as it shows how communism will never work because there is no such thing as equality, and there can never be a successful totalitarian ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The book was even banned and challenged in some places in the United States. The book was banned in Strongsville, Ohio in 1972, but this decision was later overturned in 1976. ... I believe that the bans and the challenges of the book might have been justified back when the book was first published, but today I believe that we should not have them. The book itself only contains some cuss words, but nothing as bad as the ones we hear about today. ... I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys historical depictions of World War II. ...

• Word Count: 587
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• Grade Level: High School

A book can remind us to the life in World War II and also The Holocaust. The book has been rewarded by numerous awards, "The Book Thief". "The Book Thief" has been written by Markus Zusak, an Australian author. This book tells us about the life of a nine years-old girl living in Germany during World War II. ... She learned how to read with the first book that she stole from a grave digger. ...

• Word Count: 922
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The book "Montana 1948" shows us how people can be very dishonest and shows us that certain people will choose what they want to see and what they want to forget about. ... Wesley's suspicion of Frank grows greater as the book continues on. Towards the end of the book Frank murders Marie in the Hayden family home. ...

• Word Count: 591
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• Grade Level: High School

The film of All Quiet on the Western Front basically followed the plot of the book, but it cut off some of the scenes which are not very important in the book. ... However, I think the film did not have as many thoughts as the book had. ... The film did carry out the theme in the book, but since the absences some of the feelings in the book, the theme in the film was not as impressive as the book. But the actors in the book performed very much like the characters in the book, they showed each character's different personality properly. The film and the book did not make a very big diffe...

• Word Count: 1152
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

He uses irony and symbolism throughout the whole book. ... Themes are what make a book, and in this book there are three major themes. ... The horror of war is all throughout the book. ... The book has a huge amount of historical context. ... After the war he began to write a book about his time in the war. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The book is important because it is part of our United States history. ... This book recognizes the true valor and heroism of the men, even through danger and seemingly impossible circumstances. ... While reading this book, I felt honored to have these men step up and fight for our country. ... I feel I really got something out of this book. ...

• Word Count: 1593
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

My book is entitled A Separate Peace, written by John Knowles. The copyright date is 1959, and this book contains 196 pages. ... The plot is about a sixteen year old boy, Gene Forrester, the narrator of the book, returns to the Devon School, were he had graduated fifteen years ago. ... In the beginning of the book, I thought that Gene was a good, loving boy in toward of his best friend and cared about other people and his past. ... I discovered while reading this book that life is not always easy and fair, for example when Finny broke his leg, Gene felt guilty when he shouldn't have, s...

• Word Count: 708
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Farewell to Manzanar, by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston is the true story of a Japanese-American family's detention in California's Manzanar internment camp during World War II. Jeanne was seven when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and created the calamity that forced about 110,000 Japanese Americans to ...

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• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Briar Rose Book Review Briar Rose by Jane Yolen is a heart-wrenching story of Sleeping Beauty intertwined with the horrors of World War II. The novel contains all the elements of the classic Sleeping Beauty: the castle, thorns, princess, and a tale of death and awakening from eternal sleep. Y...

• Word Count: 809
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Cultural evolution, has been progressing rapidly, and has brought man to many major turning points in civilization, such as "the adoption of upright posture, early man's first use of tools, the development of language, culture as an adaptive strategy, food sharing, food production, social stratifica...

• Word Count: 2109
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

IB History Book Review: Hiroshima by John Hersey 1) This story relates to America dropping the A-bomb in Hiroshima in 1945. It tells the story, of six different inhabitants of Hiroshima, 2 doctors, 2 women, and 2 religious men. It tells the story from each of their points of view, from the daily...

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However this book does not met the criteria. ... However the book does not give the children an explanation as towards what is going on in this book. ... The book also has pretty good illustration, however the children may not be appealed to the book because of the dull colors in the illustrations and how boring it may look. ... Therefore the less likelihood of them picking up the book and reading it. ... In conclusion this book does not met the criteria. ...

• Word Count: 430
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Fehrenbacher is very qualified to write a book on Abraham Lincoln. ... The book Prelude to Greatness wasn't that well organized, it was a little complicated to follow at times. This book was more of a book that concentrated during his pre-presidential life then a biography of his life. A lot of the material in this book was scattered and hard to find, I think this book was a little difficult to follow. ... He didn't quote anybody for his book....

• Word Count: 357
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

The Holocaust The title of my book is Number the Stars by Lois Lowry and it is a historical fiction. ... I selected this book because it was by Lois Lowry and I read other books by her so I thought that this book would be good. I also chose this book because it was a Newberry award winner. ... My book takes place during the german occupation of Denmark in 1943. ... It talks about the holocaust and has a lot of info while still being a fiction book....

• Word Count: 498
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The Holocaust The title of my book is Number the Stars by Lois Lowry and it is a historical fiction. ... I selected this book because it was by Lois Lowry and I read other books by her so I thought that this book would be good. I also chose this book because it was a Newberry award winner. ... My book takes place during the german occupation of Denmark in 1943. ... I would recommend this book because it shows how the holocaust affected everybody and how wrong it was. ...

• Word Count: 498
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

People should read this book for many reasons. ... Although the book is not very entertaining in this area, the rest of the book is amazing. Overall, Unbroken is a great book in many ways. ... Although one book is pretty similar. That book is Life Of Pi, by Yann Martel. ...

• Word Count: 726
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

While reading the book, Night written by Elie Wiesel, I found it to be a very moving, but disturbing piece. ... He focuses a good portion of the book on God Himself. ... His faith slowly diminishes as the book proceeds. ... As I read the book, my heart ached with pain and agony because I know this is a book based on real, tragic events. ... Not only is this book historic in nature, but it is also very emotional. ...

• Word Count: 1299
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The main theme of this book is a personal narrative from his war experiences. Most of the book covers the trench warfare that his a part of, either as a soldier or as a Lieutenant. ... The beginning of the book Junger tells about his early experiences as an infantry man. ... The book did a couple things that really impressed me. ... The book clearly explains how rigorous and challenging the first World War was. ...

• Word Count: 460
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

He is famous for writing a book called "Lord of the Flies". ... He was honored with the title of "The British Commander of the seas" and he also wrote a book about it. ... Then he decided and started writing a book only for himself. The theme of the book was "Mans inhumanity to Man". The book was rejected by twenty-one publishers but a publishing house called Faber & Faber decided to publish the book. ...

• Word Count: 390
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

This book was the first book that dealt with Vietnam reasonably and it gave people a sense of what the war was like. ... A Rumor of War was an amazing book that went into detail about Vietnam. ... As the book progresses, so does the war. ... The book then describes the everyday lives of the Marines at Headquarters. ... In my perspective the major theme of this book was the effect of war upon man. ...

• Word Count: 2306
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Before coming across this book, I had no idea what a geisha was. After reading this book, I have been fairly well informed of the life of a geisha. ... Speaking of historical events, I'd like to criticize the organization of this book. ... Many dates were used throughout the book, years, in particular. I've never seen so many years used in a historical fiction book in my life. ...

• Word Count: 1570
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

After the ending of Lord Of The Flies, people wonder did Willam Golding just close the door on his book and leave it be? Or was the book made to just end the reader's journey of the boys on the island. ... The aspects of the book were phenomenal, unfortunately the conclusion is unfortunately horribly written. ... All in all the book lord of the flies ending was quite horribly cut off by a british soldier glaring at his battleship. ... All in all the book was an excellent read, just a horrible ending. ...

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In this book, art seems to imitate life. The book talks about many things that are possible. ... In a way the book mimics this because the Jews were considered to be at the bottom of society similarly the prowls were in the same boat. ... Another parallel the book has to real life is the rationing that was going on in this novel. ... Similarly in the book the country has continued to stay in was for many years. ...

• Word Count: 518
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The author, Kurt Vonnegut, wrote this book in a non-sequential manner. ... Every page in the book can bring you to a different time or circumstance in Billy's life. ... There is a fictitious element to this book - the idea of time travel. ... The book has four main settings. ... This book was written to be an antiwar narrative. ...

• Word Count: 1466
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School