Over the long period of summer I read two books that, despite their Genre are based on the same theme. Both “The Radioactive Boy Scout” by Ken Silverstein and “The High Lord” by Trudi Canavan are both about a protagonist fighting to achieve an almost impossible goal. Ken Silverstein brings forth an obsessive character, “David Hahn”, utilizing science, to enlighten the reader of the unique characteristics of a true whiz kid and a scientist, on the other hand, Trudi Canavan, produces a black magician's era to tell a story of one (Sonea) who fights to better society. David Hahn takes is own initiative to do what he wants to do. While, Sonea is dragged into the context of the fight between good and evil.
“The Radioactive Boy Scout” is written in the modern era, which makes the book more scientific, and the language used is more modern-day like. Whereas, “The High Lord” is written in a imaginary era, which is probably in the past, and the language used is more antediluvian. Eg. “... as set down by law is execution, We the Higher Magicians, have debated the appropriateness of this pe...
"Why did you read all four books?" a peer asked me after I revealed my summer reading list. "Well," I said, "I thought they would punish me if I didn't." Was this a total lie to get someone off my back, or was it the truth? While it was probably a combination of both, I decided I read for myself. I read to find out about the issues I had been struggling with, like time and humanity. To have feelings that I have never experienced and to escape. With these books I was no longer a scared middle-class
Over the course of this summer I read four books. The books I read were Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J K Rowling, The Giver by Lois Lowry, Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix, and Number the Stars by Lois Lowry again. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J K Rowling was the first book I read this summer and I really liked it. I decided to read the 5th Harry Potter book because I had it and I never really got a chance to read it. The book begins were it had left
During the summer of 1999, I have chosen to read the book, Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Reading this book will better prepare me for my upcoming course of global studies because it deals with many of the regions and time periods we will be studying in class. Although this book was a classic that I thought I had known so much about, reading it and paying attention to the setting and surroundings of the young boy’s life, I noticed many historical events and customs from his time period. The following
As a young student in India, every June, the first day of school, I was asked to write an essay that was always titled: "How I spent my summer vacation". "And make it interesting," my teachers would advise. I assumed that mere recountings of my days spent reading Nancy Drews would not qualify as "interesting". Neither would my detailed accounts of making paper straws and trying to blow bubbles with glycerin solution. So I always made something uplike visits to fairly exotic locales like Poona. I
This summer I choose to explore the book Rocket Boys, by Homer Hickam jr., this book was a jump outside my comfort zone, and I am very glad I took it. One of my reasons for reading Rocket boys was I had a vacation planned for Florida and we had tickets to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitors complex, what better book to use as a comparison! Another reason I was interested in Rocket boys is because it was different and surely a challenge. I assumed from the title that it was going to be a sci-fi based
through its use of sonnet form and personificatio. The first line in quatrain 1 'shall I compare thee to a summer's day?' introduces the comparison between his love and a summer's day with a rhetorical question. he then writes that his love is 'more lovely and more temperate' which further establishes the idea of love and states that his love is more lovely in comparison to a summer's day. The structure of quatrain 2 develops the theme of the sonnet and clearly makes readers understand that Shakespear
“so when does summer vacation begin”? I, for one, was excited to see what senior had to offer and what was to come. As June approached I was ready for summer vacation. I was ready for no more homework, no more essays and tests and no more waking up at 6 in the morning. Summer vacation is a time for students to relax and recharge from their nine months of school so they could be recharged for the next nine months to come. However, there are debates on how vacation impacts learning summer and health development
rhyme. This combination of sense and sound exist in Frost’s poem “Ghost House” from the collection, A Boy’s Will. Here, the first two lines of the poem meet Frost’s two requirements easily, “I dwell in a lonely house I know That vanished many a summer ago” (Frost 15). Generally speaking, most people can recall a vision of an abandoned home, maybe even an older home that sits empty for a while after a grandparent dies. The smell of the old wood floors, the sight of the overgrown yard or the creaking
friend's handsomness with a common symbol of beauty, a fine summer's day. However, Shakespeare actually provides a pragmatic critique of the conventions of love poetry in his doing so. He not only exposes the flaws of the love poetry through the comparison but also suggests the merits of it in conveying the idea of his everlasting love, and the ability of verse to immortalise both love and beauty. “Sonnet 18” is written in typical Shakespearan sonnet form, comprising of three distinguishable quatrains
life eventually comes to an end, but does love? Time passes and days must end. It is in "Sonnet 18", by Shakespeare, that we see a challenge to the idea that love is finite. Shakespeare shows us how some love is eternal and will live on forever in comparison to a beautiful summer's day. Shakespeare has a way of keeping love alive in "Sonnet 18", and he uses a variety of techniques to demonstrate how love is more brilliant and everlasting than a summer's day. The first technique Shakespeare uses to
Why do we still defend the brain on summer vacation? topic 1 by Abimael Nunez When it comes to debating efficiency in the educational system of the United States, summer vacations have been viewed by some as a deterrent in educating the youth. The time off between switching grade levels is believed to degrade a student's academic ability as they are not continuing these intellectual pursuits over their break. Yet, those who believe so may want to yield such claim as there is little evidence that
poem is said to be somewhat of a translation of Shakespeare’s in a more modern language. However, when looking at the two poems you can see although the subject matter a is the same there is some major differences. While reading Moss’s poem it reads more dry and dull almost like reading from a dictionary whereas Shakespeare’s when read almost feels as though it was meant for the reader to picture it in their mind like a movie. In this paper I will compare and contrast both of the poems while breaking
many others. It is doubtless to say that Sonnet 18 by william shakespeare is one of the most famous and well-known poems, and for good reason. This poem truly is a beautiful piece of work. William Shakespeare utilizes many things to help enhance the reading experience. Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare draws the reader in through the use of several poetic techniques including rhyme and rhythm, personification, and metaphor. To begin with, a Shakespearean sonnet, which Sonnet 18 is, by definition is, “a
As the lion has the potential power and strength but now the Lion is sleeping and harmless just like the City is harmless when no work has started. From reading the sonnets from the three great authors; I have learned so much but in particular I have to say my favourite was ‘Shall I compare thee to a Summers day?’. As before reading this sonnet I could not relate to Shakespeare, but from the sonnet and the background to the sonnet, I seen both the love the lady had for her son and the love
beloved. Shakespeare begins with a rhetorical question and then he is referring and answering the question in the rest of the sonnet by listing many respects of a summer day. I think he is comparing to the summer is because he is implying the passion that the speaker has for his beloved. Also, he is confident that the people would keep reading his verse and would be forever live in people’s memory. In addition, Shakespeare uses metaphor to compare and imply their common characteristics between two objects