I will fetch you a candle sir and in Heavens name get up Somebody has plotted something you cannot too soon find out who and what it is Jane Eyre page 169 In the book Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Bronte uses a great deal of imagery to help the reader visualize her scenes I chose this specific scene and quote because I believe the words Bronte uses are not only for visualization but to show a deeper meaning This quote is Jane exclaiming to Rochester that there is a fire in his bed and he must g
The text on the dust jacket of Jon Krakauers Into the Wild makes it clear that the thread of suspense running through this compelling book isnt necessarily tied to the fate of its subject In April 1992 a young man from a well to do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt McKinley the jacket reads His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless He had given 25 000 in savings to charity abandoned his car and most of his possessions burned all the cash in his walle
My opinion of a good text book would be Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Twilight is the first book in the Twilight Saga Twilight is a remarkably sensuous novel Although Twilight seems inspired by other vampire novels such as P C Cast Marked Stephenie Meyer certainly leaves her own imprint on the genre Her vampires are mysterious and alluring with powers that alternately confirm and contradict traditional vampire lore As a matter of fact her entire Twilight saga is well written The sci fi fantasy sp
The Tipping Point Gladwell Malcolm The Tipping Point New York Boston London Little Brown and Company 2000 2002 reprint Back Bay Books 301 pages Endnotes Acknowledgments Index Paperback Malcolm Gladwell is an excellent writer His writing style is very personal This book is clearly written for a general audience There is very little technical information and the things that he does write about are explained very clearly with lots of examples When writing the book Malcolm did alot of research hims
In Afghanistan young Amirs earliest memories of life in Kabul are blessed with a cultural heritage that values tradition blood ties and a deeply rooted cultural identity As an upper class Pashtun Amir enjoys the luxury of education material comfort and a constant playmate Hassan who is the son of his fathers longtime Hazara servant Ali Twice in his lifetime Amir is morally tested in his relationship with Hassan The first time a victim of his own arrogance Amir fails his companion Hiding behind
In the book The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Amir is one of the characters that had to face the conflict of colliding cultures particularly institutional During his childhood Amir had everything he wanted His father was rich and someone very important in Kabul When the Soviet war in Afghanistan began all of that no longer mattered and Amirs life was turned upside down Baba Amirs father experienced a cultural collision when they had to move from Kabul to Pakistan and then to the United States