In 1793 a fever infected Philadelphia that killed 10% of its population. The book Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson is a historical fiction from a young girl named Matilda’s perspective. The book is about her experience dealing with the Yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. She learned many lessons and one of them was that fear can control you. Some of the reasons fear can control you is how it can make you leave what you know, it can make you turn on people, and it can make you vulnerable.
Book Paper: 37 Words I had the opportunity to read the book “37 Words: Title IX and Fifty Years of Fighting Sex Discrimination,” by Sherry Boschert. In this book, Boschert presents the story of women working in higher education in the 1960s and fighting for gender equity. These women realized that their frustrating experiences at work were not isolated incidents but rather part of a larger system of discrimination against women. Their activism led to the passing of Title IX in 1972, which prohibited discrimination on the basis of gender in all schools receiving federal funding.
Discovering Herself Deadly by Julie Chibbaro is about a young girl named Prudence, that follows her ambition to become a scientist, in New York, 1906. Prudence desires to become a scientist to stop the many illness and deaths she has seen. She gets a job as an assistant to a scientist and works to track down the Typhoid disease. It was being spread by a healthy carrier, Mary, who is too stubborn to believe she is spreading the disease. This job takes Prudence through many journeys like her first love and a terrifying court trial.
At that time, I did not particularly like reading because my parents always forced me to read over the summer. Like most children, I would have rather liked to have been playing outside. But as the months and years progressed at Notre Dame de Sion, Emma and I shaped a beautiful friendship around literature. At the start
“Gore”: A Compelling Story! In the short story “Gore” by Sarah Ellis, we see a compelling story between two siblings, which results in a very good short story. Firstly, while reading the story, the author has a very descriptive and unique writing style which helps engage the reader. We can see this when Amy claims, “I am a stealth bomber with no aviation fuel”
In Sarah Ellis’s “Gore”, she uses its significance in the story, and evidently creates a compelling dramatic irony. The narrator’s use of a dramatic irony unfairly implies a negative image of the story’s antagonist, Lucas as opposed and when compared to Amy. Lucas began doubting his instincts and “[his] voice [had shrunk],” when he anxiously told Amy to “quit it.” Either way, the narrator provided the reader with a negative image of Lucas which supposedly portrayed him as a foolish, and ignorant man from his actions earlier. The narrator tends to portray his stupidity acknowledging the fact that Lucas is lacking the knowledge of Amy’s act, which was hidden from him for an intended purpose.
Through depicting the murder of Julie by Maddie and the subsequent burden that she forever has to carry, Elizabeth Wein demonstrates that while Maddie had good intentions, it doesn’t classify her act as ethical because it goes against her human nature. One of the most common ethical principles explains that the “ends don’t justify the means”. This conveys that you can not do an immoral act for a future greater good, one of the reasons being that you do not know what will happen in the future. Maddie murders Julie which goes against the human nature to preserve our own life and the lives of others. This action brought on unwanted consequences to Maddie, one of which is having to live with her friend’s blood on her hands.
I read magazines. I read anything that had words and paragraphs.” Even though Alexie was reading all these things for entertainment, ke knew that there was something deeper in his reading, which was he was “trying to save his life.” The previously mentioned quote, “I read with equal parts joy and desperation,” has an overall impact to an important part of the story, Alexie’s experience in learning how to read. Once he begins to read, Alexie understands how much more advanced
Throughout the story, Henry was unable to read his favorite magazines and novels due to his cluttered life. But since he was by himself in the torn-down library, he finally had the chance to do it. He steadied away and began to enjoy
Adams and her friends read books together and helped each other to learn how to properly read and write, since she had never fully learned from her real school experience. When her friends could no longer do her any good, she turned to her sister’s husband, Richard Cranch. “Richard was the first perosn who put proper Bookes into my hands, who taught me to love the Poets and to distinguish their Merrits”(Holton 10). Cranch was the person that really taught everything that Adams
This creates a feeling of compassion in the reader and draws them in. She also at the end talks about how even though english was not her strong suit she still became a successful writer. In this section she is mirroring the common rags to riches story that is so prominent in our culture. This makes the piece end on a slightly brighter tone and leaves the reader feeling
The Erlking by Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum confused me, even though the interpretation sounded interesting and fantastical. At first, I wondered if my confusion dealt with me not reading or hearing about “Der Erlkönig” before. After thinking that, I read the poem online; I really liked the poem because of creepy it is. I saw some correlations with Bynum’s version, but confusion still lingered in my head. I’m thinking a combination of the story structure and the lore (the fairies and elves) didn’t mix well with me.
Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America was written by Mamie Till-Mobley, a supporter of equal opportunities for different ethnicities. Christopher Benson, a writer and lawyer, assisted Mamie Till-Mobley as a co-author in her personal biography. Death of Innocence was published in the year 2003 by Random House in New York. This memoir has 290 pages, including seven pages of Christopher Benson’s personal experiences with Mamie Till-Mobley in the afterword. Death of Innocence is categorized as an adult nonfiction book.
Practically everyone read one or two books, and then there was the occasional student who 'd managed to thumb through five or six. I was one of the last to be called on. “Kayla?” Mrs. Fisher said, prepared to tack on a book or two more. “Twenty-seven,” I’d said, and smoothed out my filled-up reading log.
Bioengineering is deliberately modifying certain characteristics of an organism by changing its genetic makeup. It is commonly used all around the world, especially in the agricultural and medical fields. Recently however, there has been a new idea introduced. Scientists want to start modifying animals. This proposal is both morally and ethically wrong.
