Essay on Underneath the Surface: Book Analysis

Don’t judge a book by it’s cover. This is a famous saying, and it is used many times when you are checking a book. But this saying also works for people. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee writes about life in Maycomb, and how many characters has some rumors that affected them negatively. Harper Lee also sends this message to the readers, that we can not judge people by their cover. We can not judge them by either, race, rumors, etc. Boo Radley, Tom Robinson, and Dolphus Raymond all had bad things said about them. Scout also sees that these people are truly not bad people. The theme is that outward appearances is not always accurate.

Chapter 21 of Everyone's An Author with Readings (Andrea Lunsford et al.) focuses on the synthetization of ideas from the author and the referenced work. The sources should be properly cited and tie into your argument or idea. In research based areas it's important to have sources that are able to support your stance. The sources can be from the same viewpoint or from another view. The origin of the sources should be credible in their area of expertise or from a credible source. By balancing both the stated argument can be improved. The chapter then gives an example of a Synthesis. War, Cartoons, and Society: Changes in Political Cartoons between World War II and the Iraq War by Julia Landauer is an essay from her second year writing course at Stanford University. It first starts by referencing a relative cartoon then tying it into the effects and uses of such cartoons. However, the chapter cuts it off as the essay starts to bring out the main questions it's analyzing.

In both Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 and Vonnegut’s “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow”, the authors show major concerns about the future. Bradbury’s major concern is the misuse of technology that leads to the corruption of society while Vonnegut’s major concern is overpopulation and the lack of natural resources for the future. Both authors show concerns that can turn out to be real if people do not do anything about the environment and about technology.

The novel, “One Foot in Eden” by Ron Rash, is an extravagant story that takes the reader into a tail of desperation, forgiveness and the inevitable change that comes with time. The novel is written in first person by four different novel characters who include: The High Sheriff Alexander, Deputy Bobby, Billy Holcombe, and his wife, Amy.

As a mother of a high school student, I feel as though it is a brilliant idea to let Mr. Ishmael Beah speak to the students. The fellow peers of your school need to value how lucky they are to be in such a sheltered atmosphere. Sensing the indisputable emotions of Mr. Beah telling his story of being a boy soldier is a lesson that should not be passed up. Understanding how atrocious it must have been to fight in a war solely based on supremacy and riches would help these teenagers understand what strength and determination really is.

It makes people think burn it; it is different burn it, but if it is fake and thinks for us keep it. These are the ideas expressed by Ray Bradbury in his novel Fahrenheit 451, where firemen burn books and tv is a person's "family." In Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury suggests television can take away people's ability to think freely and express themselves. He uses symbolism, characterization, and dialogue to demonstrate people are controlled by fear and technology thinks for people. In Fahrenheit 451, fire destroys, technology thinks, and people do nothing but follow the directions.

The fourth and final reading of Evicted tied up the rest of the stories, and Matt Desmond reveals his reasonings for writing the book. He also reveals displays shocking stats about eviction and poverty in the United States.

While reading The New Kids, a couple of things caught my attention: the memoirs the students wrote, the story of Ngawang, and the feeling of being at International High School. I think the author did a great job introducing the school and how the students come from all kinds of countries and backgrounds.

James Baldwin is a renowned and celebrated African American writer who came to prominence during the civil rights movement of the 1960’s. The Fire Next Time is often regarded as one of his best works and cemented his role as a leading spokesman for the African American community. Baldwin spoke out against all kinds of discrimination. Baldwin’s ultimate message was that the redeeming power of love, understanding and self-determination would free African Americans of the “Negro Problem” (a euphemism for racial tension at the time) and the mythical idea of white racial superiority (often held by whites). In The Fire Next Time, Baldwin dives deep into the African American experience with a bold,

On class SWK 319 we got to read Having My Say from Delany sisters and Hearth A. book. In the last day of class, we saw the movie of the same title. Now I will talk about the differences and the similarities of both, book and movie. It was very interesting to read the book and while reading I was imagining how they look, the place and the way they father talked to them all. The book was long in my opinion and was little confusing because it was back and forth. I have heard that sometimes the book is better than the movie, maybe because the movie doesn’t cover much of the information in the book. I really wanted to see the movie because it is the first time on read a book and then watch a movie. I was expecting to see everything that I read in the book, but it didn’t happen.

Books have enormous power, and are essential to society. They allow for the reader to enter new worlds, and view divergent ideas. Each story informs the reader of new ideas and beliefs, and transport them into a world that the author has either experience, or created. It’s because of the great power of books that certain books are looked upon with caution. Books explore things that can either relate to the reader, or confront the beliefs of the reader. A person might finish a book, and feel like their eyes have been opened to a new idea, or they might finish and feel offended by the material in the book. If the book offend a person, they might feel so strongly that they challenge the book by asking for it to be banned.

Society in the books and society today is a lot different, but always has worked the same way. If one person does something the rest of the people think it’s right to do it. People were thought to be witches, got in a lot of trouble for being an adulteress, and made fun of for having mental disabilities. None of these things today are a big deal like they were in the books, because society has changed a lot.

There are lots of books today that help a man achieve even more than success. This is because their topics give one the confidence as well as a very well planned track to follow if they wish to be successful. In fact, if one looks at the types of books and pieces of advice written today, becoming successful won’t be a problem at all.

Another way to simplify analysis is by ignoring important potential consequences of the possible policies, and also ignoring the values associated with those neglected consequences. Even if the exclusions are made at random, the policies may be formulated more intelligently than by attempting to achieve a comprehensiveness which is too extensive.

The book Room takes place in a shed where this mom Joy and her kid Jack live. They live in this shed because when joy was seventeen she was kidnapped by this man they call old nick. Nick has kept Joy in this shed for seven years. Nick has fathered a kid with joy (Jack) who is five. Later in the story the setting goes to Joys old house Where you meet grandma and grandpa.