The Rapture of Canaan Speech Outline

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I chose this topic because honestly, I am not someone who stays on top of political views and I do not have anyone in my life who inspires me. But I do have a love for books and to be able to speak about a book that I have read fifty times seemed to be the right topic for me. I figured that if I have to make a speech it needed to be about something I knew about so when I begin to mess up and forget what I wrote I could just wing it. The first time that I heard about this book was in 2001; I was pregnant with my first child and I was extremely moody. I needed a hobby other than sitting around crying about everything, so my mom made the suggestion I shut up and read a book. This book was there in wal-mart on the shelf, so without reading the back cover, I picked it up and tossed it in the cart. I figured it couldn’t be too bad Oprah recommends it in her book club, why not if Oprah read and liked it then maybe I would too. So began me reading the novel The Rapture of Canaan. I. This book was originally written in 1999 by Sheri Reynolds. A. The Rapture of Canaan did not become popular until 2001 when Oprah picked it up on her book club list. B. The title is deceiving to most; leading people not to read it. Due to possible overly religious views or concepts. II. The book starts off with a very religious family who no longer believes that they should send their children to school. They believe that if they continue to send their children to school they will no longer live with gods word. A. Truth be told keeping them home in an enclosed environment leads to questions and controversy in the family. B. Ninah one of 33 grandchildren to live on this enclosed farm becomes pregnant, but by who? III. Once the baby boy is born, family/cult members start to believe the baby is of

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