Hannah Harrison Book Report

On an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, Winfrey shares with her viewers “What a difference it makes in your world to go into some other life. It’s what I love most. I’m reading always to leave myself…behind” “That’s what reading is. You get to leave.” and in 1996, carrying this passion of hers, she began a self-titled book club to share the joy of literature with the public. Oprah’s Book Club was a huge hit from the start of the segment and over twenty million viewers were a part of this phenomenon. This increase in book popularity also had an immense increase on publishing companies. With the swift change brought by the book club, this was the largest change to benefit publishing companies in more than

In the essay, Disliking Books at an Early Age, Gerald Graff talks about his transition from being displeased and uninterested in literature, to having intellectual discussions about it and even teaching it. He did not begin to enjoy reading until he had discussions about the books that he read, which showed him a different perspective. Overall, his essay explains how readers can only enjoy literature if they turn it into a social activity by freely interpreting and discussing the pieces they have read.

Today, no one seems to give much value of literary works or reading. Not because it doesn’t give anything beneficiary, but because not everyone had the urged to at least finish a book. We now live in a world where social medias almost dominates our daily activities. It’s unlikely to have a place for us to consume a non-fiction or fiction book. As absurd as it sounds but that’s how people often think. We now live in an egalitarian society, where everyone is given the freedom and right of its own.

Hannah is a very talented, young girl who has a passion for playing the piano. Her family loves the way she plays, especially her aunt, Tante Rose. She has been living with Tante Rose for a while to focus on her piano career and only that. Hannah has the opportunity to go to New York where she can become an amazing pianist. Tante Rose believes Hannah could be a concert pianist. Throughout the story Hannah possess character traits such as being religious, mature and fearful. Hannah is said to be religious because she follows the Jewish Sabbath Holy Day. The Sabbath day was a day of relaxation. Hannah breaks this rule by riding a bike. This leads to how she possess a very mature character trait. Hannah stands up for what she believes in and

She does not understand why the older and well-known authors are not being read in high school. Prose uses a personal experience from her son’s sophomore English class. He had to read a “weeper and former bestseller by Judith Guest” (424), about a dysfunctional family dealing with a teenage son’s suicide attempt. “No instructor has ever asked my sons to read Alice Munro, who writes so lucidly and beautifully about the hypersensitivity that makes adolescence a hell,”(424). She again mentions books she approves of that should be read in English classes.

Hannah has experiences in the story that change her. In chapter three, Hannah drank watered down wine for the first time. Hannah also got drunk. “ Uncle Sam poured another quarter glass of wine into her glass, then filled it the way with water for the next blessing.” this was on page 16. This experience is a huge role in the story because it causes her to fall asleep and have to crazy dream. Another quote is when Hannah says “I'm not Chaya.” On page 34, “I'm from New Rochelle. And I'm not Chaya, I'm Hannah’ When Shmuel’s eyebrows rose up and lines furrowed his brow, he looked so fierce Hannah moved back a step” Rivka explains to Hannah that she was sick and probably forgot. Hannah has many experiences in the story that change her.

When I first met Hannah, she blew me away with her creativity, musical talent, and kindness. However, none of these things were the first thing she taught me. That would have to be my firm belief in patience. I’m the person who dreads standing in line, dealing with other people, and even handling myself. You could say that I am impatient, I prefer the term driven. Hannah is the total opposite. While I highly doubt anyone is likes waiting in lines, she is willing to pick up her phone to help anyone at any time and has so much patience for herself. To top that off, she puts up with me which requires more patience than I will ever have. Hannah teaches me

Hannah was a good story teller and told stories to her friends. They were always interested in the stories which took their minds off what they were doing. Hannah told some of these stories in the camp, took people's mind off the terror they were in.

Hannah begins to look at all of the different traditions that you can follow.People may say while she may want to

Hannah’s goals for the future was to pursue a career as an actress. She wanted to go to BYU or BYU Hawaii and then finish her education at Yale or the Juilliard. Another job she was interested in was an emergency responder because she wanted to be helpful. She also wanted to have a family of her own. It saddens us greatly that she never go to see this come true.

In the movie, Mulan goes into war disguised as a man in place of her father. This reminded me of Hannah because she also dressed up as a boy and did something for someone else. I think Hannah was very brave to do that and I also think it shows that men and women are equals.

Twelve-year-old Hannah Stern, is a Jewish girl from New Rochelle, NY. What started out as a normal traditional dinner called Seder, became an adventure of humiliation, survival, death, and a new found appreciation for her family and heritage. Hannah, during Seder dinner, was told to answer the door to see if someone was coming. When she opened the door she was suddenly transported back in time—to Poland in 1942. Her confusion grows deeper as she inhabits the life of Chaya Abramowicz. Not understanding if this is a dream, or if she is Hannah or Chaya, she and her new friends and family are then taken by the Nazis. The book details the horrific acts that happened at the concentration camps during WW2, and the message of never forgetting what

Hannah is a twenty year old girl from Egan. For the past 3 years she has spent her summers at a bible camp up north called Trout Lake Camps. The first time Hannah stepped foot at the camp she didn’t want to go. She spent the school year there working in the office. But now the thought of not stepping foot there makes her think about all the good times and bad times she had. From sleeping in chapel or getting stuck in a canoe, she can’t help but be thankful for being forced to go there.

Hannah is determined to not be like them when she grows up. She wants to do something different and do something she will be remembered

Actually, how we see ourselves does not come from who we really are, but rather from how we believe others see us.” This was true in Hannah’s case. Hannah’s low self-esteem was caused by her peers’ increasingly low opinion of her. She believed that her classmates saw her in a poor light, so she did as well. In the novel, Hannah said, “I have no excuse. I could have stopped it-end of story. But to stop it, I felt like I’d have to stop the entire world from spinning. Like things had been out of control for so long that whatever I did hardly mattered anymore”. She felt that her actions did not matter anymore because no one would see her differently at that point in time. Her reputation had been built up as someone who was “easy” and untrustworthy. Others’ perception of Hannah caused her to doubt and hate herself in the end. This caused severe changes in her self-identity.