One Day Book Report

Tony grew up with to the best upbringing and home life. When he was younger his father left him and his family behind and he has not had ay contact with

Unwind is a book filled with three main characters who are escaping their “fate” of being unwound. Unwinding is a process in which every part of a child between the ages thirteen to eighteen is removed and donated to others in need of a healthy limb or organ. Connor is one of the main characters, he found out that he was going to be unwound because he found a bill his parent’s paid to go to the Bahamas, without him. He decides to rebel against his destiny and runs away from home, encountering some other characters and conflicts along the way.

Speak is a book that makes you feel and think about your life in a different perspective. Melinda, the main character struggles through many difficulties from parents, to school, to friends, to rape and self hatred. Through the whole book Melinda finds her way to her own voice.

The last engine of the plan goes out as the crew of the “superman” hurls towards the ground; “Prepare for impact” was a understatement. An american biographical war thriller book, Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand describes Louis Zamperini life as he grows up from getting in trouble to becoming one of the most bravest and strongest people to date. In early childhood, Louis Zamperini grew up getting in trouble as much as possible, but as he grew older he became more of a man due to his new love for running. Running became such a passion and talent it brought him to the 1936 Summer olympics; unfortunately he only came in 8th. Louis later got drafted into the army where he became part of the “superman” crew in the United States Air Forces. Through traumatic events, he gets lost at sea and eventually gets captured to be sent to a camp of war. He faces many obstacles following the rest of the

The book Eleven Seconds by Travis Roy tells the story of how Travis Roy’s hockey career ended in eleven seconds. Travis broke his neck at a C4 level and became a quadriplegic at the age of 20. Throughout the book you learn about the physical and mental journey he takes as he learns to change his perspective to adjust to the world he now lives in.

The book Unwind by Neal Shusterman was about a future dystopian society that unwinds, or dismembers, teenagers between the ages of thirteen and eighteen. The act of unwinding leads to many of the unwinds to contemplate what life actually is and who they are in life. This is something I liked from the book; I like how Shusterman portrayed the thoughts of the many unwinds and how he was able to connect how they felt with how teenagers today feel. Connor Lassiter is paired with other boys in a crate to travel to the Graveyard, leading to the conversation of whether souls exist and how they work:

“He gave up drinking and smoking.” Louie did exactly this, because he knew the potential he had in running, and wanted to reach that potential. Louie is the main character in the book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. Almost the whole story revolves around him, and his magnificent life. Louie has grown from being a very troubled young boy, to being a very mature, giving, and humble young man.

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

Every single day I have to ride my bicycle throughout the city of Miami. The perks I would say is that it is safer for the environment by causing less pollution in the air and I get a good cardio workout every day. The negative outcome of not having a car however is that I almost get hit or what feels like killed every other hour on the street. But how the person perceives this situation is really what is at hand. I take the time every once in a while and stop near a park or by a lake and just admire nature in its vast beauty and how truly wonderful it is to be alive, most people do not see how much of a blessing it is to just wake up every single day and being healthy. Having to worry about the weather is another issue that I have to be constantly worrying about, but thankfully at the end of the day it is just a little rain, unless it is a tremendous storm which dramatically increases my chance of being killed while riding my bike.

The author’s purpose in writing The Eighth Day was to teach a lesson. Not everything comes to you as easy as you think. Throughout the book, the main character, Jax struggles to obtain his friendship with Evangeline. Jax is called a transitioner. That means that he has eight days in a week. Evangeline is what they call kin. In this book, kin means that she can only live 1 out of all 8 days. This is a struggle for Jax because, for everyone one of her days, he has seven more. Plus, Jax’s guardian, Riley, was trying to keep Jax away from Evangeline. Riley is her captor. He has trapped her in a house and is going to keep her there until she dies. Jax doesn’t realize this is for her own good, and he goes against Riley to get her out. Riley is

In the world of second language acquisition there are many factors that influence the outcome of the learners experience, these can either be an aid or a hindrance to the process. The specific factors that will be addressed for the purposes of this paper are those relating to individual differences (ID). Individual difference as they relate to language learning can refer to various factors, but here the focus will be on those related to emotions and language aptitude. The autobiography “Me Talk Pretty One Day” by David Sedaris will be used to illustrate how these particular factors can influence a language learner.

The book I read was The Eighth Day by Dianne K Salerni.The genre of this novel is fantasy adventure.This book is labeled as fantasy because of it’s magic a well as it’s interesting fictional plot. Adventure is also featured in the title because of all the unusual and exciting occurrences.This piece of literature mixes Ancient magic,Arthurian legend and a modern twist to bring an intriguing book.The complicated alliances and cold-hearted villains keeps the reader on their toes.

It is an amazing gift to be alive, but many people don't see it that way. Most people actually live their lives without really living. They put their lives in other people's hands. They are afraid to really live, and without really living, they don't experience. Without experience, they don't learn and grow. When we really live, we have so much love to give to others. With all that love, we experience what it means to fully live. To be a loving individual is an incredible experience, and the time to start the journey to having a beautiful, fulfilling life would be right now.

... there was to both outward patternings a hieroglyphic sense of concealed meaning, of an intent to communicate.There'd seemed no limit to what the printed circuit could have told her (if she had tried to find out) ...[2]

I stared in horror – that wall was stained with gruesome blood stains. What the smell was became all too obvious and I felt the need to vomit… that motion put away and forgotten in an instant when the shuffling of feet rustled behind me. Panic. I turned around in a blur, my eyes huge and watering. My stomach stirred in the slightest. A lamp? Indeed, a tall standing lamp radiated a warm light only a few metres in front of me. Was it real or a figment of my abused mind? Curiosity would get the best of me, lending me a tiny spurt of energy to boost me on my feet. Teetering footsteps led me forward cautiously, random tremors reminding me of my weakness. The lamp was close enough to touch, its friendly warmth the only hope in the world to me. Basking in it for some slow seconds, I wondered, maybe there were more things in the room that hadn’t been revealed to the naked eye? Turning sharp on my heel, I let out a blood curdling screech as I came face to face with the most horrific thing I had ever seen. Huge fly-like eyes took in my paling complexion, and a lopsided smile of stinking razor sharp teeth mocked me. Rancid skin that looked like the algae layer that sat upon a swamp bubbled and oozed, trickling down a sharply shaped ‘face’. Flight or fight reaction chose the obvious option and I turned back again to run. Where, I did not