Sherman Alexie’s short essay “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me” is about Alexie’s personal struggles and joys of literacy. Early in the essay Alexie explains how he started to learn to read by first understanding how paragraphs worked. Alexie started using the analogy that his reservation was a small paragraph within the United States just like a paragraph is a small part of a much larger story. Once he understood paragraphs, he then moved to Superman comics. Alexie also read from his father's vast collection of books, which were acquired mostly from pawnshops and second hand stores since paychecks were far and few between on the reservation.
Markus Zusak is still very much alive and has another wonderful book called, The Book Thief. In the book I am the Messenger, Ed, Thomas O’Reilly and Marv show how to make a small but big influence on society. This novel is recommended for anyone if you want to rethink your life and the choices you have made or could make. This novel is a must read, and does show, in a significant way, how to make a change in society. References 1.
This book is an inspirational book that can show you how to change your way of life through a body and mind perspective. Although it contains a lot of insight and that I thoroughly enjoyed that Bible verses were used, there are some drawbacks that discouraged me while reading the book. In the poem, In the Morning Fog, there was a line that stated, “I am the little I AM!” that I was confused on what it meant and was eager to know what it meant. I, personally, enjoyed the book, Time To Move, and would recommend it to anyone who needs to be inspired with whatever they need to be enthused
Peer reviews were difficult for me, because I do not think of myself as a very critical person, but the course overall was very helpful. The first, and my personal favorite would be the explanatory essay. I enjoy reading, and I liked the fact that I could reflect on the book as a whole, giving my thoughts on the events as they were unfolding. The more I wrote, the more defined my opinions became, and the more confident my writing grew. Where I stated, “I believe this novel was Bronte’s life work, masterpiece, and what she felt about this world in general,” is a prime example of my explanation of the novel.
Comparison of writing: Droughtlanders and Awakenings Both Awakenings and The Droughtlanders are great books, though they might have differences in certain aspects, they are also really similar. Almost all ‘aspects’ of these books are comparable; their writing style is very similar, using the Omniscient narrative point of view. Their development is also similar in a way too, because both books make their main characters personalities change drastically; either by having the protagonist become the antagonist or vise versa. It is safe to say that these books are very comparable, not only in those aspects but many others, in other words, yes; both of these books are very similar. One of the major similarities between these two books is the writing style, although The Droughtlanders and Awakenings both use an omniscient style of narration, the number of perspectives is different.
But other than that I have really loved this book mainly because of the mystery behind the story. I couldn’t let the book down since I started reading it. It puts you at the edge of your seat which made me love it so much. I would rate this book a 10 out of 10. I also liked one quote from this novel “That’s what being crazy was, wasn’t it?
I wasn’t really bored at all, through the book. I really liked the character, setting, storyline, and diction. There were few things I didn’t like. I didn’t like the length and the beginning. I think that Knowles’ should have made it longer.
At the end his story, he uses the hot-air balloon to emphasize his success of smoking; it releases him from mental disorders. It shows that he cures his disease by himself. Sedaris understands smoking’s health risk, but this is the most useful choice to help him be normal because he lacks of supports of others.
In a town where reading was shunned, Atticus always promoted it. Atticus used to be a sharp shooter and one of the best in the county. However, he gave all that up for books, novels, and work. Only a truly intelligent man and humble character would have chosen his
Even with its strengths and weaknesses it was still a fantastic read. The plot was engaging, but could have been even more so. Also the amount of characters and settings was quite