Project Arrowhead Book Report

Picture yourself being a teenager who lives in a dangerous environment, and going through depression with an abusive parents. What would you do? Are you going to join the gang environment or find solution to survive? Well if you are not able to answer this question, and going through the same situation. Therefore, I highly recommend for you to read a book titled, "Unchained", by L.B tillit, this book might change your life or the way you view the world.

After reading 80 pages of, “Skud,” by Dennis Foon, I felt motivated by the actions and determination shown by the main characters of the story, especially Andy. In the book, all the characters had a goal or objective and worked hard to reach that goal. Although most people would not advise someone to center their life around one certain thing, I think that when one finds a purpose or objective in life they should always do their best to reach this goal regardless of what others say or thinks of it. In the book, Andy dream was to become a popular actor.Although the possibility of getting cast is low and although he was hurt and unwell, Andy still went to the audition because of that small possibility. After reading about this, I felt determined and motivated by actions like this.

Many people have to go through difficult times, but many do not have to face what Louie Zamperini faced. Louie Zamperini was an Olympic athlete in WWII. While on a bombing run, he crashed in the Pacific Ocean and was stranded for 47 days at sea. He was captured, beaten, and torchered by the Japanese for two years. In Laura Hillenbrand’s book, Unbroken, Louie Zamperini showed rebelliousness and resistance while at the harsh POW camps, but uses these traits to survive the Japanese’s mind games and beatings.

I’ve participated in 3 sports teams since freshman year. I tried out for and joined Cross-Country in August of 2015 and was put on the Freshman-Sophomore team. This year I made it to the 2016 IHSA 2A Cross Country Sectional Champions. I tried out for and joined the women’s basketball team in October of 2015 and this year I was nominated for and became captain of the Junior Varsity team. I tried out for and joined Track & Field in March of 2015 and I have been on the Varsity team since freshman year. I participate in the 100 and 200 meter dashes, low and high hurdles, long jump, triple jump, and shot put. I made it to the 2017 Indoor City Championships for long and triple jump. I am in Key Club, African-Culture and Dance, Recycling Club, Science Olympiad, and Latin Honor Society.

Unbroken, A book written by Louie Hillenbrand, is the story that follows Louie Zamperini’s life. He was a troublemaker at the beginning of his life, but, when a friend that his brother was tutoring was deemed feeble-minded, he decided to change his ways.

It is a rough path going from being an Olympic runner to a war hero. In the biography Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, the main character, Louie, goes through the struggles of running as well as the struggles through war. His struggles began when he was younger and continued on to when he was flying in the war. He overcame all these struggles and became a very passionate person who loved life. The way he overcame these struggles and continued to live his life is why I believe everyone needs to read the book.

The Buffalo Creek is in the Appalachians in West Virginia and this area was named buffalo Creek because the hunters were coming in this area to hunt the buffalo and as long as the hunters were killing the buffalo and there had no more the buffalo in this area. When the hunters realized that there had no more buffalos in that place and then the people start to build the houses in Buffalo Creek that is how the story of Buffalo Creek had began. The people of Buffalo were coal minors, and coal mining was their life, they didn’t have another job besides coal mining everybody in the Buffalo community never envies to go do another job, and also Buffalo Creek was reputed cause coal mine. They were depended for a living to coal miming, and

The pasts few months have been a challenge, becoming a dad to my first child. Making a major move for my family and myself. Moving halfway across the country, starting a new career, and going to college too. There was so much worry and stress. I did not know if I would do good in my job or my schooling. My family and I made the decision to give it all to God. He

During the Holocaust, many townspeople were aware of the events occurring within the concentration camps. In the book, Night by Elie Wiesel, the townspeople remained complacent with the Nazis. Some people even went as far as taunting the Jews when they were transported through towns. The Nazis during that time had a very strong influence and used fear to incite citizens to remain cooperative.

Although competition is something that can drive one to the top of a mountain, sometimes there can be an enormous negative consequence that no one can handle. Middletown High School, where Brendan Lawlor and Gary Searle both attend, holds an extremely high competitive atmosphere. In particular, this school puts the most drive into their football players and wrestlers. “Everyone around here knows the football players. Either they see them at the games or they read about them in the newspaper” (78). However, as shown in this book competitiveness may lead to a complicated result, in this case a shooting. As a result of the power put into the athlete at Middletown High School, the athletes and the academic students receive contrasting treatment

LunchTime: A Slow-casual Game for Long-term Dietary Behavior Change is a book concerning the epidemic of obesity and how it is growing across the United States. It shows a few examples of the many risks and disadvantages obesity has, such as an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, and economic and social handicap. The book also talks about what is recommended in order to stop being obese and to start having a healthy lifestyle. Eating and physical activities in a person’s lifestyle are affected because if a person isn’t eating healthy and exercising then they will slowly become obese. Individuals have the right to choose whether they want to have a burger for lunch, or a salad instead. Fast food industries aren’t forcing you to eat their

“Washington… was a ‘promised land’ to many a freeman… it was the capital of the nation– that is, of the North that had set them free.”

The book, Wayfinders by Wade Davis, talks about ancient wisdom that many people may think has been lost, but Davis says that it has not. What really happened to it is that the cultures—mostly European—who explored the world and found ancient native people made their wisdom seem like it was not as intelligent as their own wisdom. They made it seem unimportant and not worth learning. So, in some ways it has been lost, but it was not lost like a person loses his house key through a hole in his pocket. The ancient wisdom that it no longer part of the body of knowledge in the world was thrown away by the explorers who thought they were smarter than the natives. Now we know that the explorers were not smarter, just more powerful. Davis talks about

Why is it that we think the way we do; how do we deduce what a person is like before we even talk to them? Blink, written by psychologist Malcolm Gladwell explains the answers to these question, and provides much more. He educates readers about snap judgements, thin slicing, the power of rapid cognition, etc. All the different stories- ranging from marriage compatibility to war to food- in this book come together to support the bigger picture while also picking varying points on the subject of rapid cognition. A passage about a musical revolution exemplifies the topic of rapid cognition having a huge influence on every individual’s life, additionally making the reader self-aware of the functions of their mind.

Matt and I were put into a vault with lots of people who also lived in Boston with us. Matt and I got chosen as runners. The runner's job was to find caps, clothing, food and purified water. We got missions and other jobs from the overseer and other people who needed help. When we were looking for supplies and doing missions we came across two dogs, one that was named Dogmeat and another dog that we named Sparky. Matt and I walk through two big hills and saw lots of big things that we called deathclaws. Deathclaws are really big ugly things that have really big claws. It took a long time to kill these guys because they are really strong and powerful. Good thing we had a mini nuke and a really nice rocket launcher called a fatman.