Essays about Books Page 41

Fields of Fire, a historical novel by James Webb, was first published in 1978. The story takes place in 1969 during the Vietnam War and primarily follows three marines who find themselves in the same platoon: Robert E. Lee Hodges, “Snake,” and Will “Senator” Goodrich. While there are other significant characters, Webb focuses on these…

Facing Mount Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta, Vintage Books, February 12, 1962, $12.45 Jomo Kenyatta (1893 – 1978) was born among the Kikuyu tribe in British East Africa which is known to us as Kenya at a small village called Ichaweri in the district of Gatundu. His intitial name was Kamau wa Ngengi and later he took…

Noli metangere and El filibusterismo are the two marked novels of our national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal which are similar and different in some ways. The two novels are similar primarily in their author, Rizal. Another, in a way that they both talk about how Spaniards abused the Filipinos, the abuse of the church of…

I. Introductiona.i. Eddie lives an undistinguished life as a care adult male for the drives at the Ruby Pier amusement park. One twenty-four hours a mechanical failure causes a fatal accident. Eddie rescues a immature miss from her decease but in the attempt. he is killed. This is when the escapade begins. Eddie enters heaven…

Although Mary Mallon was the first healthy carrier identified, she was not the only healthy carrier to spread typhoid fever to others. It is estimated that about three percent of those who had typhoid became carriers, meaning 90-135 new carriers were created each year. Neither was Mary Mallon even the deadliest healthy carrier. Mary made…

Are you ready, boots? 1) “Are You Ready, Boots?” is a short story written by the London-born Australian author Maggie Alderson and was first published in 2005 in the short story collection “Ladies’ Night”. Maggie Alderson has written 4 novels, and all of them are dealing with girl-issues. This short story “Are You Ready, Boots?”…

Darkness, Be My Friend is the fourth book in John Marsden’s seriesconsisting of Tomorrow, When the War Began, In the Dead of theNight and The Third Day, The Frost, in which seven young peopleare thrown into the middle of a violent war zone. Ellie, Fi,Kevin, Lee, Homer, Robyn and Corrie set out on a camping…

The story “All the Broken Pieces” is about a 12-year-old Vietnamese boy named Matt who has nightmares and is troubled by his mother’s decision to give him away at age 10. He is confused as to why she did not do the same with his brother. Matt also wonders if his American parents will bring…

Introduction             Professor Fred Anderson is considerably one of the pioneering historians who commenced in giving light to the importance of historical events and incorporating these for the benefit of the contemporary society.  Due to his aim in exploring the unprecedented historical perspectives of America and the significance that it may have made to shape…

Short Summary Mr. Gradgrind is a man of “facts and calculations. ” He identifies a student, called Girl number twenty, who replies that her name is Sissy Jupe. Gradgrind corrects her that her name is Cecilia regardless of what her father calls her. Jupe’s father is involved in a horse-riding circus and this is not…