The post-apocalyptic setting has become one of the most prevalent settings in modern film making and literature. The extreme situations strip the human race of morals and beliefs. The civilization of the world is reduced to an animalistic survival scenario. These worlds offer an ideal stage for a co...
Not until the very end of the book do the characters meet, and does the book come to a great ending. Really, this book is a fictional book in a non-fictional world, filled with a whole bunch of real life situations; it is what road these characters take and how they handle these problems is what makes this book so interesting. ... This book is a book that a reader could compare to a novel such as The Corrections. I personally liked this book a lot. One might say that if you have read the book, Slaughter House Five, by Kurt Vonnegut, then you would definitely like this book. ...
Lord of the Flies This was a very interesting book. ... I think Lord of the Flies is a great book. ... In the time that this book was written there was a war going on and William Golding took that into account in writing the book. ... There was very little I disliked about this book. ... I will probably read this book again. ...
The book The Jungle by Upton Sinclair was published by Grossett and Dunlap in New York, 1906. The purpose of this book is to understand the importance of adult care and teaching. ... This book was easier to read than I thought it would have been considering how the names were a little odd. ... Although this book doesn't have an index it is barely needed. I enjoyed reading this book and wish that others have the chance to read it as well as I did. ...
The style of this book is biblical, it is also a documentary. ... The book is also a conversion narrative, in the sense that he went from slavery to freedom. ... The book is stating that slavery was a system, an institution of rank exploitation. ... During the book Douglass makes comments saying that Slaves were treated like animals in the sense that they were less then human. ... In the later part of the book Douglass is cursed with a double consciousness, called Euphemistism. ...
Book IX in The Republic by Plato is mainly an argument to prove justice is better than injustice. Throughout the first part of Book IX, Socrates speaks about tyranny and the tyrannical man. ... This is the first example that proves justice is better than injustice in Book IX. ... Overall, Socrates" argument for the just man in Book IX makes sense, more so than the argument set forth in Book II. ... Perhaps with the argument of the tyrannical man, presented in the early part of Book IX, this makes the most sense. ...
The Structure of Homo Faber If you open up the book to the third page you will notice that the book, "Homo Faber", is a report and is definietly the most appropiate expression for the structure of the text. The book is set to express and tell us past memories of Walter Faber. ... The book consists of two large parts. ... There are remarks which he only admits to at the later stages of the book. ... This makes one have to remember the flashbacks, to be able to follow the text properly, making the book seem very confusing but the different types of structure of text throughtout the book is ve...
Review of Man's Search For Meaning Victor E. Frankl was born in Vienna, Austria, "Frankl was educated at the University of Vienna, where he earned a medical degree in 1930. In 1942 Frankl and his family, who were Jewish, were arrested by the Nazis and imprisoned in concentration camps. Frankl's m...
My impression from the book: I enjoyed the book. ... I think it's a very smart and interesting book, which can teach us a lot. ... The book was easy to understand. ... I learned from the book many things. ... I would recommend the book to my friends and family. ...
It depends on whom one is to say if the book is needed. ... Anything extra like the tables, maps and pictures, made the book more understandable, and easier to follow. I can honestly say that this book was not entertaining . ... While I was reading the book, I was usually uninterested. ... I do not think that reading this book was a total waste of my time. ...
There are many reasons why this book means so much more than that to our society. ... The second part of the book shows that the town is ignorant and prejudiced. ... The mockingbird obviously has a lot of meaning in this book. ... Boo Radley is one of the most important symbols in this book. ... She wrote the book as a memoir more than a classic piece of literature. ...
The success of their Graphic Novel can be understood through Scott McCloud's book Understanding Comics. ... The non-textual content in the book progresses the story and gives the reader insight through the use of images. ... Further on in the book in chapter nine, Laurie travels to Mars with Jon. ... Watchmen overall is a fantastic book and can be proven by McCloud to be an extraordinary piece of art. ... The unique characters and their depictions through images along with text made this book a pleasure to read....
The boys on the island, in this book, are extremely self-centered. ... In a society, if there are not people with these below characteristics, it will fail, and not many of the boys in this book had all or any. ... In this book, a majority of the characters are not dedicated. ... Not many of the boys in this book could say that for themselves. ... That is why some of the boys turned savage throughout this book. ...
Before I read this book, I thought I knew how this story went. ... I felt the beginning of the book was somewhat hard to follow and slow-moving. ... When this finally happened I started getting sucked into the book a little bit more, although it seemed Victor had a tendency to ramble. My favorite part of the book was when the monster explained to Victor his story and explained how he had been living his life while he had been on his own. ...
In the book the main character "Pi" loses his family members to a ship sink, where he was the only survivor. ... Towards the end of the book, I think that the tiger and Pi developed a close companionship. ... It's ironic because in the beginning of the book Pi's father shows him how dangerous tigers are by putting a goat into the cage where one was. ... Richard Parker helping Pi stay alive reminds me of a book called "The Humans" by Matt Heig. The book is about a man who just lost a job and is being put through several other hardships in his life, the main point ...
The book touches fragile aspects of crime, love, poverty, and the meaning of life and death. ... This book has well over a thousand themes. Each one uniquely different towards the reader, but there is a principal message behind the book, the Miserable's name is mankind. ...
Frankenstein There is a tight relationship between humans and machines in the book, Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley. I believe one of the main points Mary Shelley tried to get across through this book is that humans and machines are intertwined if not the same. ... I rarely get worked up over a book, but this one is helping me to realize the dark side of human nature, and how hate, prejudice, and fear can turn anyone into a monster....
BOOK I LINES 776-779 Aeneas could have easily taken the easier route. ... BOOK I LINES 776-779 From this example it is easy to see how much influence humans still have on fate. ... BOOK V LINES 888-889 The gods can also turn life for the better as Aeneas joyfully encounters "a few companions, whom the black hurricane had driven far over the sea," BOOK I LINES 695-697 whom of course were lost, but returned at the mercy of the god of the sea, Neptune. ... When he sees what the future holds he "[fires] his love of glory in the years to come" BOOK VI LINES 1205-1207 and continues to push on. ...
Just reading the book makes you feel that it's all real, but how much of what the novel portrays could really happen. Of course anyone would say that it'd never happen, after all the book is only fiction. ... Yes, these situations are hardly on the same level as that of the one portrayed in the book but the concept is the same. The book has many situations in it that would be unlikely to occur, however I believe that this is just a way to make the point stronger. ... After reading the book it is quite evident one would go too far. ...
You had to constantly ask yourself, "Now what does this nonsense have to do with the book?" But, all that jibberish and weirdness makes the book the intriguing tale that it was. The book carried my interest because of its peculiarness. ... I think that the book gave a humerous approach to the political views of Vonnegut. ... I enjoyed reading this book. ...
Lord Of The Flies-Character Evaluation The book Lord Of The Flies is a novel with many unique characters. These characters and their distinctive personalities add an aura of enjoyment and certain mystery to the book itself. ... Golding shows in his book Lord Of The Flies that Piggy is intelligent. ...
This book has taught me that the thought process before the action can and will truly change the reaction. ... " The final chapter of this book is "Serenity". ... Reading this book brings that saying to a much more profound level. ... In conclusion, I would like to say that this book is amazing. ... This is definitely a book that makes you think outside of what you've been thinking. ...
The many of the symbols in this book deal with sin, punishment and redemption. ... The symbols used in this book are the scarlet letter, Pearl, and the rosebush next to the rusted prison door. ... Even though Pearl served many purposes in this book, her primary function was as a symbol. ... The symbols used in this book are the scarlet letter, Pearl, and the rosebush next to the rusted prison door. ...
Throughout the book Santiago the man character shows honesty and respect towards the fish whom he is trying to kill, and the ocean where he fishes everyday. ... The words he uses in the sentence ar different from most of the sentences in this book. ... This great book written by Ernest Hemingway portrays everything a person should strive to be. There are several valuable lessons from this book that will make a person better. ...
This was maybe the best book I ever read. I think what makes it such an incredible book is on top of the fact that it was written during probably the biggest disaster in human history, she was only a young teenager still discovering herself, and locked indoors for two years she was forced to think a lot. ... The book stops unfinished when Nazis finally found their hide out. It's truly the saddest book I've ever read. ...
