We saw in the book, the story of Moses unfold, born into a family of amazing faith; he died a man of amazing faith. ... Meyer died in 1929 yet the publication date of Moses: the Journey of Faith dated 1954. ... One such idea, "And out of the whole story there comes to us this lesson: we must never suppose that the difficulties which confront us indicate that we are not on God's path, and doing his work" (47). ... This book lends itself to introspection at many points; a suggested pattern of reading would include moments of silence interspersed between the chapters for reflection on the ...

• Word Count: 1340
• Approx Pages: 5
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• Grade Level: High School

In the novel, A Lesson Before Dying, discrimination is a major predicament throughout and the story takes place during a particularly racial time period, but is there an even greater problem that the two men are faced with? ... The people are asking a lot from a man who knows he is going to die shortly. ...

• Word Count: 1045
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• Grade Level: High School

I quickly scanned over this book several times before I remembered a friend telling me that it was one of his favorite books. ... My summer course teacher discuss the book with us during the lesson which really helped me to get through the book easier. ... He seems to just stay in place like he is ready to die. ... Most people stopped reading books long before they were ever burned. ...

• Word Count: 1276
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Before this, Jim "had been merely drifting." ... During "a long afternoon unloading ammunition-boxes," the men in "D company" learn the cruel lesson that "even an invisible enemy could kill." ... A few days later Jim goes to visit Eric in hospital, where he is confronted with the truth that not everything "has a place in the world," as he believed before the war. ... They are born, they flourish for a moment and then die. ...

• Word Count: 1373
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• Grade Level: High School

Theodore Roosevelt was a naturalist, a writer, a hunter, a ranchman, and a soldier all before becoming a politician. ... Asthma and diarrhea stricken young Teddy worse than ever before. ... The had progressed much as the one before, only now the weights on his gym equipment were much heavier. Teddy began receiving lessons in English, French, German, and Latin (34). The languages did not interest Teddy though but his lessons in taxidermy did. ...

• Word Count: 2441
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The book of Genesis is the beginning of many things. It is the first book of the Christian Bible and the Hebrew Tanak. It also is the first book of the Pentateuch, or the Torah. Within its text lie stories of creation, the beginning of all things, and stories of the beginnings of the people of I...

• Word Count: 3285
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

For centuries there has been a distinct rift between the white man and the black man. The white man ostracizes and looks down on the black man, whom he views as beneath him. The blacks are not completely uncivilized, they are just perceived as savage to the white man. When the white man enters into ...

• Word Count: 2335
• Approx Pages: 9
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• Grade Level: High School

In the world of hip hop, Tupac Shakur's name is laid among the most infamous to have ever lay their hands on a microphone. Tupac lived a life that was covered in controversy and overshadowed in the gangster lifestyle. Simply, Tupac was the epitome of a gangster rapper. He lived by the gun and h...

• Word Count: 3526
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Though he was sure that his writing would bring him the fame and recognition of the causes that he championed, he wrote the following to Victor Gollancz shortly before the book was revised for the last time "I would prefer the book to be published pseudonymously. ... In 1945 his wife died during an operation, and he went off to Europe to be a reporter. ... ("Orwell-2) Eric Blair died in January 1950 of a tuberculosis hemorrhage, having just finished 1984. ...

• Word Count: 8146
• Approx Pages: 33
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The beginning chapter sets up the problems of the entire novel with great efficiency. It tells us what is going on at present with Obi's trial and backtracks to the past in order to reveal what kind of man Obi is: an educated man, a young man who is Nigerian but who has studied in England. Most sign...

• Word Count: 7844
• Approx Pages: 31
• Grade Level: High School