After reading this book, I must say that I will see something on the news and think about what was said in this book. The author does a good job of laying out what type of people are most likely to engage in things like rape, murder, arson, bomb making, etc. ... The incident in Scotland when the book begins is a good example of this. ... He didn't read a bunch of case files and try to make a book. ... To minimize the number of lives lost, we have to try to learn more and figure out where and how we can make a difference, because we are all vulnerable, and not just when we are on the job. ...

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Poverty is what makes many of the people in Tom Joad's hometown to migrate into California to get jobs. 3. ... The man laughs and informs him that there are no jobs in California. ... Floyd also tells Pa that there are no jobs and that anyone who discusses going against the landowners, will be dragged off by police and labeled "red. " Men who attempt to go against them will be put on the "blacklist " and will never be able to find work. ... Reaction: The Grapes of Wrath was surprisingly an interesting book. ...

• Word Count: 1415
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

When the economy is low it leads to unemployment and most people loose their jobs. ... After divorce, women in particular have hard times finding a decent job to support her family. ... In the book, Women, Work, & Divorce, written by Richard Peterson, Peterson talks about how women are affected in the work force due to divorce. ... After the break up they have to find a decent job to support themselves. ... In the book, Coping With Divorce, Single Parenting, And Remarriage, edited by E. ...

• Word Count: 1325
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

This book took place right after the industrial revolution. ... This would improve a job task, and result in increased productivity. ... The book talk about how smart Frank, the father was. ... My job of discipline and education may be a little less complicated than Frank and Lillian's. ... This book was very inspirational. ...

• Word Count: 1862
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

A book of natural history followed, which he tried unsuccessfully to locate years later for his children (Contemporary Authors, 25). ... "By then I was broke and I got a job in West Texas skinning dead cattle that died from a prolonged drought. ... His next job was bailing hay in New Mexico's Pecos Valley, across the road from Billy the Kid's grave. ... During the mid-1980's, his novels crowded book store racks along with adult Westerns that he hated. ... He had no formal education, spent much of his youth wandering from job to job, and was over forty by the time he publishe...

• Word Count: 1689
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Grapes of Wrath Book Report When first released in 1939, The Grapes of Wrath, written by novelist John Steinbeck, created quite a stir among Americans still coping with the depression. ... After spending a month in the Weedpatch camp, the Joad men have not been able to find a job. ...

• Word Count: 1730
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• Grade Level: High School

Setting: The book starts out in Oklahoma, during the Dust Bowl of the 1930's. ... Description of Main Characters: Tom Joad, the first person we meet in the book, was put in the McAlester State Penitentiary for four years for the crime of manslaughter. At the beginning of the book he was the type that tried to stay out of other people's business, but that did not stay that way for long. As the family got less and less opportunities for good jobs, he got more agitated, and it finally came to a head. ... During the day, Pa, Al, and John unsuccessfully go to find a job, yet Tom do...

• Word Count: 2457
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

The book was written during the 1970's, while Shostak was interviewing !... Nisa was just one of those women, but her story captivated Shostak, making her wrtie the book. ... She told me how hard it is to take care of two kids and keep a job, in order to provide for the family. ... Three months have already passed, and she had to get back to her job, so she bought a pump, making milk bottles every day for her daughter. ... The matter of having children is pretty obscure in the book. ...

• Word Count: 2208
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

The biggest difference between the two of them is that Maggie could watch an learn how to do things, she was just not book smart and her family was just too poor for her to go to school. ... Zizi was book smart to the fact he could read and write, but he could not pick up on skills needed to hold a hard job. ... After unsuccessfully trying to get him to do the job they would just get something easier for him to do and do the job themselves. ...

• Word Count: 1355
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

However with the return of men from war women were no longer need to fill the jobs. Women were expected to quit their jobs and return to the home leaving job positions open for returning Veterans. Jobs that had been created to support the war ceased to exist. ... Those suffering from the disorder often had trouble functioning in their jobs and their personal relationships. ... Post war was a time where if you were physical able to work there was a job for you. ...

• Word Count: 2120
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In 1932, after graduation from Harvard he was offered a job with Fortune magazine (Kramer 21). Soon there after "Permit Me Voyage" was published, being his first published book. The publication of this book did not help his pessimistic outlook on life (Larsen 8). ... Next on Agee's list of jobs was Time where he worked during the mid-forties as a sensitive movie critic (Larsen 15). ... Another family member that can be paralleled from the book is Agee's mother. ...

• Word Count: 1898
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

According to the book "The Development of Children," the cost associated with raising a child in 1999 from birth to the age of 17 was $157,000. ... An informative book on the subject of single parenting is "Operating Instructions" by Anne Lamott. The book is a cumulative journal from Sam's (her son) birth to a year. ... Throughout the book Lamott constantly alludes to the desire that she would have a husband to help in raising her son, Sam. ... Regardless of her insecurities, Anne Lamott did a fine job in playing both roles of the mother and father to young Sam. ...

• Word Count: 1340
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The book The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros takes place on a run down street in Chicago called Mango Street. The main character of this book is a 13 or 14-year-old girl named Esperanza. Throughout this book she is faced with many different feelings and learns a lot of lessons in life. ... Throughout this book Esperanza views many different ways that your life can become a trap. ... She decides that she wants to get a good education, then a job and move out of Mango Street and buy a house to be proud of....

• Word Count: 1279
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

She brought out this pink little baby book and handed it to me. ... I wouldn't help but smile looking at the pictures and how much my parents recorded my life down in this little book, all for me. I guess it's shocking for me because I told Sharon that my adopted parents never kept a journal or baby book of me. ... In the book they wrote, "We love kids, however Brianna is our daughter and she will only be our only child.... In their response letter I learned a lot about them, they had said that they moved to Florida because of a job transfer, and they also told me a little story...

• Word Count: 1585
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Rosa Lee The book "Rosa Lee- by Leon Dash touched me very deeply. ... Since neither of the familiy members had a salaried, regular job, they lived on welfare. ... They lead a "normal- life and both have jobs that let them earn enogh money to have a house and feed a family. ...

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

I came upon the decision to be an au pair one day while I was just browsing the internet looking for a better job. ... After I got my luggage we headed to the R's home which would be my new home away from home and my new job. ... She is an avid reader, and lent me the book "The Nanny Diaries". This book is about a girl that worked for a rich family that didn't care for their children and left them for the nanny to care for. Sandy's experience was very similar to this book. ...

• Word Count: 1807
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Unlike their parents, they are quite a functional family, with Quick sustaining a job at the police force and Rose being a responsible mother. ... As a result Rose has become independent and self sustaining, which is shown when she receives a job at the "switch", working as a telephone operator. ... Their ability to provide for their family and their jobs also shows us their personalities. ... Later Sam regains some of his respect, when he finds a job at the Perth Mint. ... The family in the end will come to some kind of loving conclusion as shown over the 20 years this book was based on. ...

• Word Count: 1583
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

This was another important part of the book because Maya seems very confused. ... Bailey moved away, taking a job with the railroad, so Maya fights for job as a streetcar conductor and becomes the first black female ever to be hired as a streetcar conductor. ... Throughout the book, Maya had throbbed for a sense of belonging, but unfortunately, she only received rejection. ...

• Word Count: 1681
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

He wanted me to work more hours at my after school job and cut back on my extracurricular activities. ... "In school the science had explained what superstition was, and then held science book up for the class to see the true source of explanations."" ... "You know, everything had to begin, and this is how it was:- This sentence is the beginning of Rainy Mountain and solidifies the whole book in one sentence. This book tells the creation and evolution of the Kiowa's. ...

• Word Count: 1461
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• Grade Level: High School

Both of my parents were involved, and my father was very helpful; even though he had a job and two other kids to take care of while my mother was taking care of me. ... According to the book I was an average baby. ... I was also much attached to my dad as well; even though he had a job, he still took care of me and brought me everything a baby would want. ...

• Word Count: 1387
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• Grade Level: High School

The Way Some Show Love I saw the fist as it proceeded to hit me, right below my right eye "Ouch!- I didn't know what to do or better yet I, didn't know what I could do. What were my rights? The next day I went to school (at this time I was a senior attending Alain LeRoy Locke High School). I...

• Word Count: 1283
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• Grade Level: High School

The first was a book entitled: "Chasing the Blood Tie: Surrogate Mothers, Adoptive Mothers, and Fathers," by Helena Ragone, which centers on the motivations for all those involved. ... (Fricks. 1) Fricks is commenting on her job as a psychotherapist and the emotional side related to her work. ...

• Word Count: 1259
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography

While their day was spent on HR matters concerning the business, my role was to manage the diary of my boss, book meeting venues and write letters on her behalf. ... I could handle this, I didn't take the job to try and make new friends. ... Secretly, I began looking for new jobs. ...

• Word Count: 2272
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Recently people have been postponing marriage until they are older, which reflects a decision by young people to live independently as they pursue higher education or job opportunities. ... According to John Robinson and Geoffrey Godbey, the authors of a surprising new book entitled "Time for Life," Americans have more leisure time as many of them are retiring younger and having fewer time-devouring children than they did in the 1960s. ... She juggles all the housework, her job and childcare activities, and she does it without a husband. ...

• Word Count: 1873
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The Joys of Motherhood Summary: The story starts out in the year 1934 in Nigeria. In the chapter The Mother we are introduced to the main character Nnu Ego. She is running down the streets of Lagos with tears running down her face. Nnu Ego is twenty- five years old and her firstborn son has die...

• Word Count: 2054
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School