Book Summary: The Legend Trilogy

In The Birth of the Republic, Morgan tells the story of the birth of America and its road to independence, as well as the period after the Revolutionary War, in a blunt and concise manner. He begins by describing an era in which American civilians lived happily, enjoying an appropriate amount of freedom under the ruling of England; their owned

When one hears the title I Am Legend being mentioned, they usually associate it with Will Smith and the terrific job he did in portraying the protagonist of the story Robert Neville. However, what they typically leave out is the equally terrific job done by author Richard Matheson coming up with the storyline and writing the original book version. While Richard Matheson’s post-apocalyptic science fiction book, I Am Legend, and Francis Lawrence’s post-apocalyptic science fiction movie, I Am Legend, both have similarities and differences, in the end, the original book version prevails mainly because the movie version alters the original storyline too much.

History is the framework of every nation. It describes what life was like in a nation, hundreds perhaps thousands of years previously. With history, many citizens are able to examine what lead to a crisis in a nation such as the Stock Market Crash of 1929 or the Civil War in the 1800s in the United States of America. Likewise, the moments of growth and economic success are looked at. From these past endeavors, the people can examine what went wrong and what went right and determine how they can stop themselves from making similar mistakes or act in a way that has been proven to work. In Eve Kornfeld’s “Creating an American Culture 1775-1800,” many different areas of national identity are discussed, including the beginnings of documenting the history of America as an independent nation. This was especially hard for Americans to create a singular national identity because there was bias in the early works, the different colonies or states were extremely diverse, and many intellectuals had different perspectives on the American identity.

Tension of The 1920’s Following the First World War, the United States went in search of a, “return to normalcy,” which many agreed was exactly what it needed. However, to the dismay of many, all the United States could find was a significant amount of tension that had developed between, “Old America,” and, “New America.” All in all, this tension that arose between old and new traditions and ideas did so in the form of religion, conflicts within society, and cultural values.

The central theme of Legend by Marie Lu is to never judge a person by their appearance or by how other people view the person. This is the theme because we see many occurrences where the theme is evident in the book and in real life. In real life, we see this theme all around us. In stores, employees ignore a questioning customer simply because they have tattoos or piercings. People should not have problems with tattoos or piercings, because they’re just human beings like the rest of us.

In today’s American society, the every day lives and routines of American citizens are impacted, affected, and ruled by the government. By studying the lives of people beginning in eighteenth century France, it is easy to see how the ruling government system impacts the everyday lives and routines of it‘s citizens. It is also easy to compare this society to the European civilization under the rule of Napoleon I, the American civilization under the rule of Woodrow Wilson, and Adolf Hitler.

Charles Murray’s American Exceptionalism invokes ideas I had not considered before. The way he describes America in its early life is unrecognizable to me. Murray discusses the geographic setting, American ideology, the traits of the American people, and the operation of the American political system. Now, centuries later than the time he described, it is like America had gone on a rapidly fast down torrent. I agree with Murray’s ideas of the exceptional traits America exuded, however, the traits I observe now, and as Murray talks about later on in the book, have taken on a different meaning. It is almost as if the once amazing concepts have been reduced to nearly half their worth. I am in no way stating America is no longer exceptional, but

Just as a child may go on to become a powerful and independent adult, the 1790-to-1820’s was a period for the United States of America that reflected much of the same principles of growth and self-actualization. It was during these years that the whole of America was able to find a sincere sense of who they wanted to be, and how they would be just that, hence developing a greater perception of independence and self-sufficiency. Over the course of those 30 years, the United States not only transformed physically through the Louisiana Purchase but politically and socially through the “Jacksonian Era” and the rise of the “common man”.

Professor and Class, When World War 1 began in 1914, the United States was neutral and wanted to remain that way because their chief objective was to continue doing business with Great Britain, France and Russia (Keene, Cornell & O’Donnell, 2013). By remaining neutral, America would benefit from all sides.

Over the past few weeks of class, we have covered the first five chapters of our textbook, written by George Brown Tindell and David Emory Shi called, “America, A Narrative History.” Each chapter told the reader a narration of the history of America, as opposed to an expository version of America’s history. Each chapter had its own main idea over a portion of history, along with many details that cover the importance of the main idea. As a reader, one may obtain a deeper appreciation for the country 's history, prior to entering the class on the first day. The most important aspect of history, besides the battles that are fought, is the different cultures that make up today’s modern America.

The Dragonkin Trilogy Box Set Wytchfire: In the dragon-haunted land of Ruun, Rowen Locke has been many things: orphan, gravedigger, mercenary. All he ever wanted was to become a Knight of Crane and wield a kingsteel sword against horrors he's known since childhood.

Previously Lawrence has directed, (highly ranked do not even cover it; worshiped by critics) movies such as “The Hunger Games” and “Water for Elephants”. This gave current “Francis Lawrence” fans outrageous expectations and therefore this movie was not taken with an ease. The fact that Lawrence has worked to obtain a higher standard definitely reflects on the movie screen. “I am legend” is a movie directed with every thought centered on the viewer’s experience towards the movie.

As one of the most significant works in philosophy, The Republic has been one of the most historically and intellectually influential basis of many political theories and philosophical approaches since its first appearance. It is also crucial to mention that the book contains both Plato’s and Socrates’ arguments of life and the view of the Athenian Democracy in the ancient Greek world. Therefore, it can be confusing and complicated to decide to which philosopher the arguments belong. The main focus of the book is to find the definition and the whereabouts of order, justice and to establish a just state, as well as to prove that a just man is happier than the unjust man by providing examples. The true importance of The Republic lies in the fact that everything has meaning in it, not only the arguments, but also the people who act as metaphors for the different kind of roles, which they fulfill in the Athenian society, furthermore the way they speak symbolizes those roles and every one of them embodies a part of the soul and the city-state. Even though it is not obvious, Plato / Socrates criticizes the Athenian society and tries to establish a new, ideal one with the different people he meets and talks to in the book.

Reading Journal The book I am reading is called “Legend” by Marie Lu. This is the first book in the “Legend” series. The genre of this book is Science Fiction.

For the privilege of marrying Laban's beautiful youngest daughter Rachel, Jacob labored for seven years on Laban's land. Despite Jacob's years of faithful service, Laban tricked Jacob into first marrying his less attractive older daughter, Leah, and then demanded seven more years of hard work before finally agreeing to hand over Rachel to Jacob. Feeling frustrated with Laban's deceptiveness after his second seven-year tenure of hard work, Jacob gathered up all of his personal belongings, including Leah and Rachel, and fled to the hill country of Gilead. Laban chased after him. When Laban finally caught up with him, Laban scolded Jacob, saying," You have deceived me, and you've carried off my daughters like captives in war."