Book report
The book I read is called “Life At The Top” written by John
Braine. It is a continuation to a novel “Room At The Top”. It is
all set 20th century , England .
The main characters are Joe Lampton, an ambitious man of humble
origins, his gorgeous upper- class wife Susan , two children Harry and Barbara . Barbara is Joe´s dearest treasure . Harry is a lot like Joe
– he wants to please everybody and he wants so be his own master,
too. There are also Mr. Brown who is Susan´s father , her wife
Margaret Brown, Susan´s cousins Mark and Sybil, a number of
businesspartners , Joe´s secretary Hilda and two lovely ladies Norah
Hauxley and Jean.
Joe has an executive job in his father-in-law firm and
everything what should satisfy his needs . Yet, Joe is still a
Reading reflection 12/19/06 Title: The Way Home Writer: Sue Leather This book is about eight journeys which change lives forever. Every story is touched and helps me think more about the meanings of life. The Way Home: Alex had a nice husband she went on many trips from time to time. In one of her journeys, she bumped into an attractive man, Stefano. After a nice talk, he asked her to stay at the same hotel and the same room. At the time she agreed, it just began her betrayal and she didn't know how to stop it
· Writers task is to record facts, systems of behaviour, living conditions, never revealing any natural unbiased (completely natural) · Point of view: amoral-outside the category of morality, neither good or bad · Naturalist find it absurd to blame the wicked. These criminals are doing what nature, environment, their unconscious tells them to do. Naturalists do not judge their characters, they simply report. Try to describe facts like they are. Naturalists depict the lower, coarser forms of life. · Drab, squallid set of scene. Revolting, disgusting · Characters are people with strong animal desires · Neurotic characters unable to understand the forces that control them · By the end of the 18th century the naturalism depicts in europe, but stars to become the literature method no 1 in america
Tallinna Inglise Kolledz THE HORSE WHISPERER BOOK REPORT Alice Tärk, 9b. Title: The Horse Whisperer Author: Nicholas Evans Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd Year: 1991 Number of pages: 97 Genre: fiction The setting: Takes place in Montana The Time Period: 1995 Goal: Some are going to be okay, some are not. The main character is Grace, who is thirteen years old and lives with her mother and father in New York. She is a usual teenager until she loses
Author William Shakespeare Genre play, tragedy Setting time between 1489 and 1571 Setting place Venice and Cyprus Topics miscommunication, jealousy, revenge, hatred Othello was written in the 17th century and it is based on the Italian short story "Un Capitano Moro" (A Moorish Captain) by Cinthio (Giovanni Battista Giraldi). It was first published in 1565. The main characters of the play are Othello, Desdemona, Cassio and Iago. The play in this book has 91 pages and this book is published in 1996 by Dover Publications. Characters: Major characters: Othello he is the play's protagonist and hero. He has risen to high military prestige in Venice, after defeating the Turks and other enemies in battle. He is well-liked and honored, despite his racial difference. He moves to Cyprus after becoming a general and he marries Desdemona. He falls victim to Iago's plan causing Othello to believe his wife has
Part 8 Stiva gets the job he desired so much, and Karenin takes custody of baby Annie. A group of Russian volunteers, including Vronsky, who does not plan to return alive, depart from Russia to fight in the Orthodox Serbian revolt that has broken out against the Turks. Meanwhile, amid the joys and fears of fatherhood, Levin no longer feels he lacks Christian faith; he decides to give his life its own meaning through acts of goodness. Part 1, Chapters 1-6 The first line of the book is one of the most famous in literature: "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." The line leads into a household crisis between a wife and husband, Dolly and Stiva, but also forecasts the issues that will arise throughout the rest of the book, all of them having to do with personal relationships and family structures: especially those of Stiva and Dolly, Anna and Karenin, and Anna and Count Vronsky. Stiva's habits are described in detail. To avoid
Escaping persecution from church leadership and the King, they came to America. Of Plymouth Plantation Of Plymouth Plantation is the single most complete authority for the story of the Pilgrims and the early years of the Colony they founded. Written between 1620 and 1647, the journal describes the story of the Pilgrims from 1608, when they settled in the Netherlands, through the 1620 Mayflower voyage, until the year 1647. The book ends with a list, written in 1650, of Mayflower passengers and what happened to them. The Age of Reason The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology , a deistic treatise written by eighteenth-century British radical and American revolutionary Thomas Paine, critiques institutionalized religion and challenges the inerrancy of the Bible. Published in
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