1/29/13 The Journey of Horrifying Nights In the past couple of weeks, as a class we have been reading and discussing the book Night written by, Elie Wiesel. It’s a nonfictional book, based on a real life story about, a young boy’s journey through the holocaust and how he survived. The significance of reading this book is that, younger generations need to read real life stories like this, so that they can learn the mistakes people made in the past and learn to correct or to prevent anything like the Holocaust from happening ever again. As humans, we all make mistakes and to prevent ourselves from doing and repeating mistakes, we should read and understand history so that we can figure out what went wrong and teach it to teach it to others so that they won’t also repeat the mistake in the future. In this book Elie Wiesel uses the figurative languages of Simile, Imagery, and Metaphor to enhance the reader’s experience while reading the book.
He reads an excerpt of “Dover Beach” to Mildred and her friends, and this can be an extremely dangerous thing to do because he has a book. It takes extreme courage to break the law at all for the purpose of a good cause, which is what Montag was doing. ‘Behind each of these books, there's a man. That's what interests me.’ This quote can mean several things, but what sticks out the most is that Montag is actually trying to read them instead of just following everyone else, and burning the books. All throughout the book, Guy Montag stands up for what he believes is right and not like the dystopian government that takes place during that time.
Their friendship, however, does not last very long and Liesel soon turns to thievery. To steal books from Ilsa’s library, Liesel waited for the right moment when she could gain access through “the open window that breathed a slice of air in” (286). By gaining this access, Liesel is exposed to words that eventually save her life from a bombing caused by the Fuhrer. Like Liesel, Hans Hubermann also had an incident with a window of the Nazi Party. It all started when the Jews were beginning to be terrorized.
Throughout the novel the narrator refers back to the certain symbols on multiple occasions. Among other symbols, Salinger makes it obvious that the museum, the ducks and Allie all have made a big impact on Holden’s life. The novel takes place in New York City during the 1950’s as one could assume by the various outdated slang words in Holden’s vocabulary. Allie, Holden's young brother who died several years beforehand is a major symbol throughout the novel. When Holden remembers incidents from his past involving him, his attitude changes, such as when he writes the composition about Allie's baseball glove or when Holden remembers breaking his hand after punching all of the windows after Allie’s passing.
Malcolm X was an articulate hustler in the streets. He was very popular when he was speaking but very frustrated with himself when it came to writing what he talked about. His biggest problem was his hillbilly language, Malcolm always used slang words, and knew if he would write the same way he spoke then no one would be able to read or understand what he was talking about. Malcolm was a very good speaker, people who heard him speak would be in shock when finding out he only had an eighth grade education, not knowing how much he had taught himself in prison. In the Charlestown Prison a man named Bimbi made Malcolm realize his knowledge.
Steinbeck uses the technique of an asyndeton sentence structure. “Feverishly he followed in periodicals the Dadist movements and schism, the strangely feminine jealousies and religiousness, the obscurantism of the forming and breaking schools.” (Steinbeck 5). Steinbeck uses an asyndeton sentence structure to be able to put more information about Henri. This makes the reader feel as if they know Henri a little more since they just learned that he was a very busy man since he was involved with many things. He also uses the technique of a polysyndeton style sentence.
English 073 My View by reading Malcolm X Malcolm X changed his life by reading a lot of books. He was just a street man before. The good thing is for him to be consent that prison was the first thing that made his life to be changed. By reading every kind of books he learned a lot for people, places, and events for history. It was very hard for him to read in the prison because he couldn’t read late nights.
Mark Otto IDS 201 Butcher Research Paper November 14, 2012 Gideon and the Midianites Reading the book of Judges there was one story that pulled me in. Judges 7 with Gideon and his night battle. Dr. Mangano always says that the key to a good story is when you can pull a reader in, and they can imagine and compare to their lives. Well that is exactly what had happened to me, I was reading and this story just pulled me in and had me wanting to know so much more. Why does trumpets and torches cause panic throughout the camp?
Alexie, himself, is telling the story about how he learned to read through comics, but is also explaining how it helped him understand. He goes into detail about how his house was full of books because his father loved to read. He was surrounded by books and things to read and could grasp the concept of reading. The main point, I believe, the author is trying to make in this article, is that there are many ways to learn new things without actually going to school. He learned from his fathers books, and comic books, and applied himself step by step.
Describe and explain how the society of “The Book Thief” impacted on Liesel. “The Book Thief,” an amazing and descriptive novel written by Marcus Zusak, gives a particularly good insight into the poor and vulnerable Germans of the Nazi German era. Liesel had the extreme hardship of witnessing the world of Nazi Germany turn to chaos, with almost everyone who she loved dying or suffering as a result. Liesel was affected immensely by the society, both physically and mentally, and her opinions were changed throughout the book. From the beginning to the end of the book Liesel has had to face many challenges, resulting only in herself being a good person and showing the good side of Germany.