Mary Fragalla Mrs. Teague Honors American Literature 10 December 2015 Reading Portfolio Assignment Author’s Background and Purpose John Knowles wrote his novel "A Separate Peace" after his memories from his years at the Phillips Exter Academy in New Hampshire. John Knowles grew up in a small town in Fairmont, West Virginia. He came from a wealthy family.
Caleb’s Crossing, by Geraldine Brooks, explores the life of Bethia Mayfield and how she grew up in a New England settlement where she befriended the Wampanoag Indian Caleb who later comes to an english University. The American Pageant, by David M. Kennedy and Lizabeth Cohen, gives detailed information on the history and interactions between the New World settlers and the Natives that lived there for centuries. In Caleb’s Crossing the Indians and English settlers form close ties with one another even during major conflict, but in The American Pageant as soon as conflict starts the Indians and English forsake each other and a horrific war ensues. Caleb’s Crossing also gives a more in depth view of the personal relationship between Indians and
The novel calls attention to the destruction war can bring to the lives of all, especially young adults. A recurring thread running through
Pulitzer Prizes are given for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature, and musical composition to North American authors. Therefore, with her use of vivid sensory details, her use of appropriate figurative language, and her use of artful syntax, Rawlings was able to acquire the Pulitzer Prize for her tale, The Yearling. Rawling’s
“Don’t Call Me Ishmael”, written by Michael Gerard Bauer is a humorous novel that interacts with the readers especially young readers by exploring what high school is like for those who are being bullied and harassed but it also explores different stages of how friendships first develops. The protagonist who is a 9th grader named Ishmael Lesseur is sticking to the shadows and staying out of everyone’s way especially Barry Bagsley who has target Ishmael and has been harassing him since first day of year 8 at St Daniels Boys Collage. Throughout the book Ishmael struggles with identifying who he is and what he is worth. Michael Gerard Bauer has added sarcasm, irony, puns, embarrassing and humorous moments in the book to keep all the readers engrossed
My longform has appeared in The Denton Record Chronicle and The Dallas Observer, among others. I hold an MFA in nonfiction from the University of Iowa where I was an Iowa Arts Fellow and am pursuing a PhD in English and creative writing at the University of North Texas. Thank you so much for your consideration. I’ll include some links to my work below, and I can be reached by return e-mail or telephoned at (615)
David Laskin—a graduate from Harvard College in 1975 and Oxford University in 1977—earned a degree in history and literature as well as a master’s in English. He has devoted twenty-five years of his life to writing nonfiction and producing articles for various magazines, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, among others. As an author and freelance writer, he has produced numerous, notorious works, including his latest title, The Children’s Blizzard, which earned him the Washington State Book Award as well as the Midwest Booksellers Choice Award in 2004. Among his other famous works lies The Long Way Home: An American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War. The monograph focuses on the lives of twelve renowned
Atwell, Debby. (2003). The Thanksgiving door. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Trinity falls is the kind of perfect, All- American town, that is plastered on postcards and idolized by snobby people all over the world. However as everyone knows, nothing is ever that perfect, it will always have flaws. In the book The Streams of Babel by Carol Plum-Ucci, a bizarre occurrence leaves the perfect little town in an almost perfect mess. Carol Plum-Ucci wrote this novel in 2008, and it strongly portrays the paranoia of the American people after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Carol Plum-Ucci is 59 year old novelist, currently living in New Jersey.
“The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice” (Mark Twain). The United States of America has undergone numerous impediments that have impacted our country's history eternally. America has resolved a spattering of these obstacles, and others sweep remaining obstacles under the rug. An assortment of America's turmoils is never-healing wounds that have become infectious. The three novels talk of these wounds and give the underlying details about the misfortune they have enkindled.
Rachel Bermingham Behind a successful man is a successful woman, but whom do we accredit behind the success of the Australian writer Rachel Birmingham! The name clearly does remind us of her four-bestseller books, but a little, we know about the journey of this Australian source of inspiration. Rachel started as a hairdresser and her journey has been filled with vicissitudes throughout. It has been a rather heroic and unique thing that someone who styled hairs in salon is today among one of the most popular entrepreneurs of the world, who happens to be a mentor of thousands of people across the globe. A public speaker who has spoken boldly about various different causes and topics, Rachel Bermingham Quotes are often the ones from which budding
Holes In 1998, Louis Sachar’s book Holes was published. In 1999, the book won the John Newbery Award. In order to win an honor such as the Newbery Award, a book must meet certain criteria and stand apart from all other books.
Every day humans have incredible experiences. It is no secret that without close connections to others, these miracles might not exist, and each person’s life would not be the same. No two people have the same exact morals, values, beliefs, or experiences. This is what makes each human unique. While some might argue or disagree with others on which set of ideals is better, they each teach different and important knowledge.
The most influential novel that I read this year is The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. Walls’s memoir had moving themes of strength, perseverance and forgiveness. It also caused me to have passionate reactions. Finally, The Glass Castle impacted me the most because it forced me to reconsider my opinion of homeless people. This novel was a beneficial reading experience.
The Spokane Indian Reservation in Washington State was where Alexie first began to cultivate his love and understanding of reading. Although his parents were never able to obtain a consistently paying occupation, they were able to find an assortment of minimum wage jobs. This, by reservation standards, made his family middle class, and enabled his father to purchase numerous books that continued to fuel his love for reading. As a three year old toddler, Alexie made the defining decision to love books due to his love for his father who zealously pursued knowledge and reading.
