Nowadays, most of people either read a book or watch a movie at their free time, for entertainment purposes. Printed books and movies have some similarities and differences. Some people argue that books are better than movies and visa versa. However, this is a controversial issue that has been discussed a lot recently. Imagination plays a very important role when we speak of books and movies. Reading allows us to imagine the situation, environment, characters and their personality. Basically, movies...
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Books are the first reason why humanity created computers in the first place. The history of the book is long and colorful. It does not start with the first-ever printed book by the Gutenberg Press around the 15th century as many people think. The history of the book is dating 5000 years back from today to the first book artifact to be ever found in Egypt. Also, again in Egyptian lands, it has been discovered to have been the first-ever...
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Introduction to Books and Movies Nowadays, there are various ways for people to spend their leisure time such as reading books and watching movies. One might ask, what does reading books even benefits us in sorts of way? How about watching movie? What I might be answering with is why not both? Before that let’s get on about book, there are many types of books such as fiction and non-fiction then broken down into many types. For the fiction part,...
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The debate among English teachers in Bataan Peninsula State University-Balanga Campus whether it is the standard to use literary theory to teach the literature for undergraduate with the specialization of English. In a mandated curriculum for undergraduate English majors there are typical textbooks for literature class. Those different textbook have almost the same structure, bibliographical information about the author, brief introduction and explanations of language work. Most of the time, language teacher uses approach that is not linked to any...
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That isn't real reading my mother would always tell me when she would see me walking around with my headphones in listening to The Martian, Harry Potter, or The Name of the Wind. Audiobooks have become a daily addiction for me. Whether it is on my commute to school everyday or walking between classes I almost always have an audiobook going anytime I get a spare few minutes to myself. I would always tell her that I am getting a...
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Computers or books? What deserves more attention? What is more important in our lives? I am genuinely surprised by the people who are still trying to choose something better for these two essential things, more importantly. I do not understand how one can choose between the two most reputable sources of information of all time. Therefore, I believe that both the book and the computer in the near future will not surrender their positions and will occupy equally important places...
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Introduction to the Novels and Their Similarities The novels, Water for Elephants and Riding Lessons by Sara Gruen, are both outstanding books and share some similarities. Not only are these novels similar, but they also withhold their own differences. Some similarities and differences to compare Water for Elephants to Riding Lessons include the characters, theme, and last but not least, the setting. Character Comparison: Jacob and Dan When comparing the two novels, similarities were found between the characters Sara Gruen...
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There is a man who is known for the tales he has sown, told to children young and almost full-grown. One is a cat that wears a hat, another a Horton that hears a who, and a Grinch who stole Christmas got a new heart, too. He was a Dr. named Seuss, but not a doctor at all. Just a man who loved writing for big and small. No one really knows the man behind the famous books of rhyme...
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This person is a prominent, well-respected poet, writer (playwright), and actor. The use of language and words in their work is masterful and exudes brilliance. Their works are classics that are consistently studied, which also changed how elements of stories are developed and entwined together. Their name is Judith Shakespeare (sister of William Shakespeare). Regretfully, this individual only exists through the words and pages of the essay by Virginia Woolf, “A Room of One’s Own.” Woolf in the essay uses...
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The setting is in the hotel room in which the narrator sees different things like the picture of a clown, which she said: “It was a print of a detailed and lifelike painting of a smiling clown’s head, made out of vegetables” (Dillard 10). The power of perception came to mind when she said, “It was a painting of the sort which you do not intend to look at, and which, alas, you never forget. Some tasteless fate presses it...
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Chapter 1 (summary/ important events) Throughout these pages, he dreams about his birth and in that dream he had specific people in it. Later on, he asked his mom if the people he had in his dream were actually there. His mom said yes, but was a concern in why he was asking so many questions This dream kinda made me believe that he has some kind of gift. Maybe a gift of remembering things from the past by using...
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The books read in class: All Quiet on the Western Front (by Erich Maria Remarque), and Things Fall Apart (by Chinua Achebe), are books that both demonstrate the different reasons why people engage in wars. People engage in wars for reasons such as their want to display patriotism, many others believe it is the right thing to do, and the last few do not know. As we come to understand through these two readings, there are many cases where two...
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“The Yellow Wallpaper” is a short story by Charlotte Gilman that was published in the year 1892 in The New England Magazine. This short story mainly discusses the life of the woman who is the narrator and all the issues she faces. Many of these issues were common during the 19th century so it is important to analyze the life of women during this time. Women were not equal to men and they were seen as weak. They were only...
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In Defence of History by Richard J Evans was first published in Great Britain by Granta Books in 1997. The copy of the book I read was published with (quite an extensive) afterword by the author in 2000. I had not heard of the author of the book before so was unsure of who he was. Having looked him up online I established that Richard J. Grant not only was appointed Knight Bachelor in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in...
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Contemporary society claims that the publishing industry is dying and the innovation of e-books will eventually cause printed books to death. Articles and books critical of the Internet, including the Internet’s impact on reading, have increased in recent years. The digital revolution has significantly impacted the ways of publishing. Most people are reading very differently today than they were in the past. Currently, the book industry is engaged in an active debate about how the use of eBook channels will...
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Inhumane ” without compassion for misery or suffering; cruel”. The Nazis presented propaganda to the world but Wiesel explains to the world what really happened. The documentary, The Fuhrer Gives the Jews a City and the novel Night by Wiesel demonstrate the circumstances the Jewish people encountered by the Germans these circumstances were slightly different and barbarous. The book Night by Elie Wiesel demonstrates how badly the Germans treated the Jews and how horrible the Germans were as people. For...
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How books changed my life I was an imaginative child. I was the type of child who would stay up late thinking of castles and dragons. I loved daydreaming and creating scenarios in my head. Over time, that changed. The same kid who would spend hours creating fiction no longer could, the imagination and subsequently, the magic faded. That’s what happens when you grow up; you have obligations and bills, and all that magic kind of disappears as you begin...
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The title of the book is, The Alchemist and it is a novel type of book. It is a fiction and it was published in the year 1992. This novel, The Alchemist was written by Paulo Coelho. “Paulo grew up with his family in the town, of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His dad is an engineer and wanted Paulo to follow his footprints as well. Paulo kept on to his dream of being a writer, despite his father’s wishes. After...
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From a tender age, I have always been fascinated by libraries' silent, hallowed halls. The serene ambiance, the rows of books with their myriad worlds contained within, and the quiet pursuit of knowledge have always held a special allure for me. My aspiration to become a librarian stems from a deep-rooted love for books, a passion for knowledge, and a desire to be a custodian of information. In this essay, I will explore why I aspire to pursue this noble...
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Reading Ladder (Hardest to Easiest) This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo Where She Went by Gayle Forman Why this order? I found This Is Where It Ends to be the most challenging book out of the five I read this quarter. Often times I choose to read books told by only one narrator, however,...
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