My reading Life Myself as a reader is very political. I like to incriminate the bad character and discriminate against others as well. I think it’s a habit I’ve picked up because of watching so many crime TV shows and wanting to become a lawyer when I grow up so I’m very political and against many things. Favorite Book and Author Don’t give up don’t give in is my favorite book, it's based of the movie Unbroken and it the third book of a “series” revolving around Louis Zamperini’s life. The book starts off with Louis as a troubled young boy in California with a town already hating him and his family not because of all the mischief he’s done but because he is from a family of Italian Immigrants, since Louis is a troubled young boy he is used to getting caught by the police and running away. One day his older brother sees how fast he can run and makes him turn his life around and join the track team with him, once he does he only gets better from there. Getting first place beating kids who are twice his age and height. One day Louis runs so fast he qualifies for an Olympic trial time and while he was at the Olympic trials he makes it to the Olympics and is soon expected to run at the Olympics. But sadly he’s insisted in WWII and is shipped of to fight against Japan in the seas, but his plane crashes and he is forced to spend 47 days with no food, water, or shelter in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with only one other person. He is saved but not by America but by Japan and
The book I choose is Unbroken By Lauren Hillenbrand. This book is the life story of Louie Zamperini. Lauren Hillenbrand had wrote a book before and it was about Seabiscuit and When she first interviewed Louis he said “Don’t worry I’ll be easier to talk to than a horse”. Louis Zamperini ran in the 1936 Olympics, The 1936 Olympics were in Germany .He ran the 5000 meter he got 8th place. Though he got 8th place he did have a very fast finish. So fast it caught the attention Adolf hitler. After the olympics Louie became an actor. One day while he was acting he got a letter from the USAAF (United States Army Air Force) in September of 1941 wanting to enlist him for World War II. He earned Commission as Second Lieutenant and was a bombardier. During
The book Unbroken is the compelling story of Louis Zamperini and his life that was full of trials and tribulations. In the beginning Louis grew up in Torrance, California and was a troubled kid who was always getting in trouble in every possible way. He was really unmotivated in his early years but developed a lot of street skills growing up in a poor immigrant family. His brother Pete decided that Louis needed some motivation and goals to keep him off the streets so he had Louis do track and field. Louis wasn’t very motivated to do well at track and field until Pete started training him to make him great. Louis quickly began to realize
Chapter 13 was about how most writing is political. It was about how writers secretly put their political point of views into their stories. Usually political writing is boring and vague. Some writing is more political than others, but nearly all writing is political on some level.
Almost all writing is political. It can even come in the form of everyday situations
I’m not really involved or extremely interested in politics, I never really have been. When I realized this book was going to be a book about politics I wasn’t too happy. Then I actually read the book and realized that hearing the stories
Nearly all writing contains political elements, because an author usually includes the world around them when writing. Authors will embrace society in their writing by showing the political injustices, such as civil rights, power structures, different classes in the society, and many more. When authors bring in what’s going on around them into their writing, they are most likely bringing in political elements as well.
A writer should use politics to help and explain the work, and not revolve the work around the politics. (Foster 116). The novel uses politics as an explanatory mechanism to convey the actual societal problems in the world while using it in the hospital. But political writing can be entertaining when writing about human problems: social and political. (Foster
The biography Unbroken written by Laura Hillenbrand follows the life of Louis Zamperini, a young Olympic runner. He started as an immature and reckless young boy who found a love for running when his older brother Pete helped him turn his life around and channel all of his anger into the sport. Louie was repeatedly caught misbehaving and was banned from participating in any school sports, until Pete suggested that he was held back a year in order to run track. After placing last in his first race, Louie was humiliated and decided that he would never run again. Pete, however did not take no for an answer and continued to train him every day. Louie began to break record after record and that’s when he set his sights on the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany.
“Choosing a Map for Life,” by M. Scott Peck, “The Allegory of the Cave,” by Plato, The Truman Show and “Salvation” by Langston Hughes describe the true reality in our world. They make us think about wherever that is true or false. Also, in order to find the truth, we have to get out, discover the world around and revise it.
“Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie first appeared in “The Most Wonderful Books: Writers on Discovering the pleasures of Reading.” Sherman Alexie is a well-known Native American writer that publishes short stories, novels, and poetry. Out of the three narratives, I found myself connect with this story more than the others. Alexie tells us about his childhood as an Indian boy that grew up on the Reservation. His father was a big reader so as a kid he’s always had an interest in books and eventually it became a passion. As he advanced in reading at an early age, peers would have difficulty with the content that he’s already achieved. Other kids would frown upon him because it was out of the ordinary for an Indian to be smart. Children on the Reservation were expected to be unsuccessful, but Alexie refused to let himself fail. Throughout his obstacles in life, he ended up becoming a writer and now, visits the Reservation to make sure children get as much education as possible. Reading saved his life and he believed it could save theirs as well. Sherman Alexie uses multiple techniques throughout his narrative to inform the audience about how he saved his life through literacy by tieing in his personal perspectives.
The book I chose to reflect on is The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen. The book focuses on a character named Jessica who was a star runner who suffers a tragic loss of her leg from a car accident. She goes through a journey of struggling and hardship, but fights through it with the help of her track team.
Sometimes I read something and I would think “hey that makes sense, i like that” but then I would counter myself and tell myself that I don’t believe that. I didn’t know where I stood and that really bothered me. I felt like having a strong set of political ideas was incredibly important when finding who you are, and I had none. I felt
Everything that we do requires words. Even when we think we create our memories out of words. One reason why we do not remember stuff when we are young is because we don’t have the words to put the information into to store it. Writing is very important because writing means everything, and if we didn 't have writing, we wouldn 't be able to spread ideas. The local and world news are in writing also so we need to be able to read the information. Also directions on how to use something or directions to go somewhere for transportation are also written in words. It is unimaginable how many roles writing plays in our lifestyles and we don’t even think about it.
The Capital Punishment is important for consideration is intergovernmental relations. This paper analyzes this particular policy issue in New Jersey and compares it to other states. I will introduce the policy, followed by an analysis. I will discuss how it is cheaper for New Jersey to hold inmates in maximum security versus putting a criminal to death. I will compare the difference between California, Texas and Florida and how it costs these three states so much money to keep their death penalty policy active. Finally, I will provide recommendations in regards to the implementation of the death penalty.
Diversification is entering the new markets with new products and different from those in which the firm is currently engaged in. It is helpful to divide diversification into ‘related’ diversification and ‘unrelated’ diversification. Related diversification is when a business adds or expands its existing product markets. The company starts manufacturing a new product or through new market related to its business activity. For example, a phone company that adds or expands its wireless products or services by purchasing another wireless company is engaging in related diversification. Under related diversification, companies want to make easier the consumption of its products by producing complementing goods or offering complementing services. In a related diversification the resulting combined business should able to improve return on investment (ROI) because of increased revenues, decrease costs and reduced investment.