A little while later, I started to get bored and looked around. A few of my classmates sat behind me and were concentrated in reading. ... Often at night, I would put my blanket underneath the closed door to cover the gap so they wouldnt find out that I was still up reading my novels, or placed my novels between textbooks, misleading them into believing that I was studying. ... Although English isnt my native language, through reading, I have improved my vocabulary, as well as learned the cultures or backgrounds of other times or places. Reading is also a method to hide from reality, esp...

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Many students would think that reading a historical novel would just be like reading any old history book, but reading this novel was much easier than reading a history textbook. ... Different countries, different people, and different situations were described so vividly that mental pictures were placed in ones mind as the reading progressed. ... One minute the reader is reading about Leopold II and in the blink of an eye, he or she is reading about Sanford. ... There were a few places where the Nazis were mentioned, but the Nazis were not around for about another 100 years later. ... It...

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He did more than his share of reading, particularly G.A. ... His serious reading began at twelve with a collection of biographies titled The Genius of Solitude. ... While wandering about the West, he joined a circus in Phoenix, leaving three weeks later to El Paso. ... The name was later shortened to Rama when the bird was found to be male. ... Two years later, in 1953, Hondo, his first novel published under his own name, appeared. ...

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In reading Tale of Two Cities there are many contributors to necessary elements that are needed to create a novel and they are the plot, setting, group of characters, mood and the theme. ... It is obvious that through reading novels that characters are essential to the development of the plot of this novel as any other. ... The novel takes place in England and France during the late seventeen hundreds. ...

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Later in the novel, Montag asks Mildred if she has seen Clarisse anywhere, and Mildred responds that the "Whole family moved out somewhere. ... Faber loves learning new things and reading books, which is illegal in their society. ... He is afraid of other people because he is peculiar and he has to live in fear and horror that someday he will get caught reading books. ... She later informs the firemen that he is reading books, and they punish him. ... Montag has to lose so many things and has to commit crimes in order to keep reading books. ...

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However, later on Beloved begins to go crazy and tries to overrun Sethe to where the whole family is suffering. ... The lexile level of the book is 870 which falls around eighth grade reading levels. ... There was one case in particular that stated that it gave her son nightmares after reading it and she didn't want this to happen to any other kids. ... In closing, Beloved is a phenomenal reading that was banned by parents who most likely haven't read a chapter of the book. ... The parents that banned this book gave petty reasons such as the reading level to bulk their argument whe...

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Though I understand it must have been considered new and moving in its time, to my eyes nearly a hundred years later was uninteresting. ... While reading the work I felt as though the story consisted mainly of a bunch of dull events. Aside from an anticipated breakup, a few heart attacks, and the general build up towards Ganon's final reunification with Mary and departure, I felt that I was stuck reading a dry uneventful piece. ... Thus, I am left to conclude that though this work would not be one of my preferred readings, it did very well at getting its point across....

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Of course I was reading pretty quickly to finish this novel due to the fact that I really took my time at the beginning so I did not miss important information. ... Figuring that this too would be explained later, I read on. ... I am also very interested in reading his other novels and out of all the novels we have read, I did like this the most because it truely spawned very much interest in this novel and his other ones. ...

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Book Review A Lesson Before Dying A Lesson Before Dying was written by Ernest J. Gaines. The novel takes place in the late 1940s. It is about a man named Jefferson who witnessed a shoot out in a liquor store. He is the only survivor so the town automatically assumes it was his fault. He is sente...

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These books were later put together to form the novel The Catcher in the Rye. ... After reading the novel, then reading about J.D. ... Even from reading just the first couple chapters, I began to get sick of how much Holden complained and just viewing everything from the same way he saw life. ... Some people, however, think that he is just spends his time in there reading or meditating (Morrill). ...

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He later learns that the victim in the crime is his best friend Henry Clerval. ... He later discovers that Elizabeth was killed by the monster and this crushes him. ... One example of this is when the monster becomes educated and learns to speak and read through observing the DeLacy family and reading a few books that they own. ... The reader must use a willing suspension of disbelief when reading this novel, and if they do, they will find it to be a very enjoyable story. ...

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His mother's philosophy of suffering to wait for a later reward is equally stagnating -- to Bigger it appears that she is weak and will not fight to live. ... Just as Bigger later hides himself amidst the catacombs of the old buildings, many people hide themselves deep within their minds in order to bear the ordeal of life and the oppression of an uncaring society. ... His own mother believes in him no more than the billboard reading "you can't win" that he sees each day outside his apartment. ... When he says, upon reading the paper "No! ...

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The novel lets the reader know the boys have made it out of the village, but does not inform the reader what occurs later. ... The reason for her decision and realization is Ma and Luo reading novels to her, and her exploring what is beyond just the village. ... Ma later meets up with Luo and shows him a video of when he visited the village. ... Even though the same town they were reeducated in is being flooded they have both good and bad memories from it, such as carrying buckets of waste on their back or going through mines or reading to the seamstress. ...

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When Tom Robinson's jail cell got changed, Atticus feared that people will try to kill Tom so he sat outside the jail cell reading his newspaper. As he was reading the newspaper, the lynching mob came; "He closed it, folded it deliberately, dropped it in his lap, and pushed his hat to the back of his head. ... Later in the novel another remarkable act was then shown by Jem when he refuses to leave his father and instead stay with him in front of the jail cell until the lynching mob leaves. ... When the mob later leaves because of Scout actions, Atticus realizes that it was actually J...

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His mother's philosophy of suffering to wait for a later reward is equally stagnating -- to Bigger it appears that she is weak and will not fight to live. ... Just as Bigger later hides himself amidst the catacombs of the old buildings, many people hide themselves deep within their minds in order to bear the ordeal of life and the oppression of an uncaring society. ... His own mother believes in him no more than the billboard reading "you can't win" that he sees each day outside his apartment. ... When he says, upon reading the paper "No! ...

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This would influence him in his love life later. ... This reading would be a critical part of David's friendship with James Steerforth. It was David's recollection of these stories that intrigued Steerforth enough to ask him to stay up late with him. ... This becomes very important later in David's tale. ...

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Phoebe appears in person very late in the book, but she plays a central role in Holden's thoughts, and has much influence on what happens to him at the 2end of the novel. ... In both reading and living, one must delve at times to see intended meaning. ...

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The report gets to the general too late. ... Then later on the reader found out more detail about the character, which pulled the whole story together. I enjoyed reading this novel even though I was hoping for a better ending. ...

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Later on in the year sixteen hundred and fifteen Cervantes published Part II of Don Quixote as well as Eight Plays and Eight Interludes. ... Paul's school and then later at Christian College in Cambridge (http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/jmilton.htm). ... A few years later on November 8, 1674 John Milton died (http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/jmilton.htm). ... The novel Don Quixote takes place in the late fifteen hundreds to the mid sixteen hundreds. ... Most people, although have reading these works, have not found the contrast between the two. ...

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He helped the De Lacey family by giving them food and wood, but he was later beaten and thrown out of the house. ... The reader had to know that these alchemists wrote about ideas that were at least three hundred years old in order to understand why these readings were rejected by the professors at the university. ... This novel incorporated all of these aspects to make its reading more enjoyable for everyday people. ... Frankenstein later went to the university and created his monster in Ingolstadt, Germany. ... This story took in modern time in order to stress the use of modern science ...

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When reading the novel, the text does not disappear, and it does not become a transparent medium or vehicle through which experience can be seized and understood. ... Three main reasons why the reader cannot have a representative experience while reading this novel is the foul and distracting language, the individuals deliberate emptiness, and the materialistic consummation (characters are consumed in worldly immoral things). ... Later on in the film, Ben finds a picture of him and his wife and son. ...

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But it does seem to me to be a little late now, after we've waited three years, and I've just gotten my divorce. ... This allows the reader to relate to Jacob and keeps them reading on. Jacob's narration really affected my view of the novel and allowed me to easily comprehend what I was reading....

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By reading the novel, I can say that Ruth is God's gift to Idgie and so as Ninny is to Evelyn. ... After I finished reading the novel, I recall all my unhappy and pleasant memory of a friend. ... But when I came to the place I would rather say "Why didn't you call me earlier, what happened if I were late?" ...

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As I was reading the passage when Montang figures out that Mildred had taken too many pills, I really didnt pity Mildred. ... The fact that 17- year old left was a blow in itself, but when you find yourself reading so much on how this affects Guy's life and how nobody seemed to care, you feel sympathetic towards Clairsse and to Montang also. ... Bradbury might have been trying to point out that sometimes we dont know what's important to us until it's too late. ...

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In the end, he discovers the true source of evil, the Lord of the Flies, and is later betrayed by his friends. ... I spent five days reading this book and only put it down during work and school. ...

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• Grade Level: High School