Brief Summary Of The Book 'Day'

Brazilian Guided Tour Daytripper, by brothers Fabio Moon and Gabriel Bá was my first graphic novel of any length. As someone who has not been a fan of comic books or graphic novels, I’d have to say I enjoyed Daytripper more than I thought I would. Initially, I found the storyline hard to follow and was surprised at the death in the first chapter of who appeared to be the main character. After delving into the second chapter, I became more comfortable with the story line, helped along by the beautiful illustrations that helped me visualize the content of the story more fully. The ability to convey emotions and expressions through their graphics helped me to better understand the dialogue and storyline and pulled me in etching for more.

Dien Cai Dau by Yusef Komunyakaa, is a book of poems in which Komunyakaa talks about the hardships of the Vietnam War and his service to the American Army. These poems not only talks about what the soldier have went through but the families of the soldiers as well. This book allows the reader to feel for the soldiers because it vividly describes the harsh reality of being a soldier and how the war can change a person physically and emotionally.

In the film Number Our Days, Barbara Myerhoff studies a community of elderly Jews in Venice, CA. This ethnography contrasts much of Myerhoff’s earlier work and the work of many anthropologists as she studies members of her own ethnic group. This raises some interesting points since Myerhoff is not fully an “outsider” of their community. The audience likely received more information from the interviewees because Myerhoff had a greater instant rapport with them and was able to gain their trust. Furthermore, the tone of the film was made more personable as she tried to find her own identity and sense of belonging throughout her fieldwork.

In this society, everyone was deemed equal to each other so no one could find out new things or talk about the past. No one was allowed to think as an individual. They had to use the word "we" instead of "I". Everyone always had to be in a group and male and female worked apart from each other. In the novel, the government chose who went with whom and whom they had to mate with. They couldn't choose because than they would be punished and be sent to a corrective center (jail/prison). No one rebelled because of this. In our society, we are allowed to choose who we want to be with and with who we want to start a family with. In the novel, the government is bad because no one is allowed to speak out. They didn't have a democratic environment. In our world, we have a democratic government and the right to freedom of speech, without getting punished. On the contrary, we have to speak out to make our community better and safer to live.

The society in this book is just an imagination of a perfect world, yet to exist on this planet. The government is changing and making an organization by the ministry of truth that changes all files and history depending on what Big Brother wants. Everyone now has an idea that whatever Big Brother says is right, therefore

Ready Player One hits some of the same situations as in the holocaust or for the book that we read “Night” like taking people spread out over a good area and combining them into a small dense area. They both also touch on the topic of how when someone is killed or something is blown up now one raises an eyebrow or if they do no one does anything about it.

In the quote, Woolf is discussing the confidence of women. Since the job of a woman is basically to be inferior to men, women are losing confidence. Women are constantly struggling to do what they want as they require, “gigantic courage and strength”. Wolf believes that men have purposefully made women inferior in order to reinforce their own confidence. Thus, this lack of confidence not only led to lack of quality life for women but also led to a lack of writing. However, even with this lack confidence women continue to persist and do everything they can to write. Woolf believes that if women did have more money and confidence, then they would not have to be so inferior and get married to men so early on. Woolf believes she could have done what she wanted as she would have been financially stable and not be reliant on others. Thus, Woolf could have been the boss of herself with freedom and time. With this freedom and time, Woolf and other women could have had the opportunities to produce the works they wanted to and get it published.

In the book, the government made all of the decisions for everyone, making sure that in some way they contributed to their community. One example of this is when Equality 7-2521 wasn’t given a choice in the job he had. Although it wasn’t his ideal job, it was still given to him with the purpose of it helping out his community. The final technique which stood out amongst the others is limit of knowledge. The government withheld information from the Unmentionable Times from the rest of the community.

The theme of poverty is brought up in the narrative many of times in the book “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”. Poverty play a very important role in the lives of Henrietta Lacks and her family. Nevertheless, because the Lacks family lived in poverty Henrietta Lacks and the Lacks family were kind of taken advantage of. For example the sample taken from Henrietta Lacks was unauthorized and the family was never told why you ask, because they never really had a reason to. This was because the Lacks family was poor and really didn’t have any money so even if they did find out they wouldn’t really be able to sue because of money reasons and plus they had little to no education to support themselves in any way. Nonetheless, the Lacks family

In the book, Day by Elie Wiesel, the author talks about a man name Eliezer who is faced with issues weather if he can embrace his holocaust survival. Eliezer is a survivor from the holocaust who faces emotional struggle with life or death. This will begin his journey in which he will embark challenges he shall face. A challenge that’s a major part in this novel is having to deal with physical and metal issues which were conflicted by the world he once lived thru that causes suicidal thoughts and an end to his life.

What if today was it? Would you be ready for no tomorrow? In the novel, If There’s no Tomorrow, author, Jennifer L. Armentrout, addresses the importance of tomorrow. This novel twists through the tragic events throughout the main character’s life. Lena was just the typical teenager at the beginning.

Meinke states, “The trick is, to live your days / as if each one may be your last” (1-2). In these lines the author states, never waste a day. Live life to the fullest every day so you don’t have to worry about death when your time comes. As well as, when your time comes you will have a sense of completion with your life. Carpe diem, “Seize the day.”

Lady Sharmane Day first spoke on her dark days and I must say that this was the most depressing part of the presentation. My eyes were wide open in disbelief as she spoke; I felt her pain and anger when she was speaking on her experience with family abuse and being raped as a child. I thought that she was telling a fictional story when she was speaking, I could not believe that one person could have went through so much emotional pain and distress at such a young age. As she grew older, she became depressed and upset. She continued to experience abusive relationship with men and it wasn’t until after an incident at her college where she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Arlene Day later relieved that she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder

The novel, Darkness at Noon, clearly references Stalin’s purges and the show trials that occurred during the late 1930s. Although not explicitly mentioned, it is clear that this is what the novel is truly about. By reading the book, one can gain a further understanding of the time period. The novel, Darkness at Noon, can contribute to a further understanding of the 30s in the Soviet Union through its themes of old vs. new and the use of historical fiction.

The short story “A Great Day” is written by the New Zealander Frank Sargeson, one of New Zealand’s leading authors. He wrote this novel during The Great Depression in the mid 1930s. New Zealand was one of the countries that were affected by The Great Depression. Unemployment reached 12 percent at its worst and New Zealand’s national income decreased severely. The author explicitly emphasises this by bringing up the unemployment of both of the characters, Fred and Ken.