The Secret Life of a Spy “And just like that, my life became interesting.”(pg. 1) Spy School, by Stuart Gibbs, was an amazing book. It talks about the theme of always believing in yourself, and never give up. It shares a really good message and I learned more about the life and hard work of secret agents. Ben Ripley was a normal 12 year old boy, going to a normal school, with normal friends. Then one afternoon, a secret CIA agent showed up at his house. His name was Alexander Hale. Alexander told Ben that he was chosen for a secret spy academy, which was disguised as a science academy. Ben’s friends and family were told that he was going to a science boarding school, for top students. When Ben arrives at the school he is tested with an attack, and he has to stop it. He didn’t know what to do so he failed. The principle wasn’t impressed, and from that day on he hated Ben. Ben learned more and more but still failed many times, and he wasn’t afraid to get in trouble. For example, Ben purposely offended the principle to get into a highly protected room, that was used for criminals. He wanted this so he wouldn’t get killed by assassinators who were coming after him. Ben makes a new “friend” in the academy. Her name is Erica, and she’s Alexander’s …show more content…
But, he worked hard and learned from his mistakes to lead him to a great success at the end. For example, when Ben catches the mole, “there were shouts of “well done” and “Bravo!”(pg. 290) Another theme in this book is don’t judge a book by its cover, in a bad way. Ben really relied on Murray at the beginning because he was helping him so much. He thought Murray was the smartest boy in the school. But after many, many investigations, he found out that he was the mole for an “Evil” spy school. And Ben trusted him so much that he gave Murray all his information, which meant that Murray could easily track down
Personal Response-I thought the book I am a Seal Team Six Warrior by Howard Wasdin was very good and intense. The book was about a Seal Team Six Warrior named Howard Wasdin. It told how courageous Howard Wasdin had to be to survive being a Navy Seal.
The following review will focus on “The Secret Lives of Sgt John Wilson”, written by Louis Simmie. This review will elaborate on three particular components. Firstly, Louis Simmie’s purpose inn writing “The Secret Lives of Sg.t John Wilson” was to provide an accurate depiction of Saskatchewan history. Secondly, this review will ascertain whether the book “The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson is of any monetary value. Lastly this review will discuss whether the author Lois Simmie accomplished her overall goal in writing “The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson”
The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson, written by Lois Simmie, is a hybrid book featuring a nonfiction storyline with a personal, albeit fabricated, flare which gives us a glimpse into what the interior dialogue of the individuals involved the novel might have felt. The essence in focus centres around John Wilson, sometimes referred to as Jack, and the double life which he opts to play. Throughout the plot of the novel, personalities clash and emotions formerly unseen rise to the surface. One action is used as a recurring theme anchoring all of the chapters and events together, that being deception. Betrayal and deception by the hands of John Wilson were shown towards the main individuals of the novel, namely Polly, Elizabeth, and Jessie.
In “the spy who came in from the cold” a divided Germany, Alec Leamas is a British secret agent who becomes a double agent after losing an agent of his own. All goes according to plan until Leamas finds himself before a secret panel that seeks to expose him as a British spy. Leamas personal and professional loyalties start to come into play as he realizes that nothing is how it seems. The novel explores the danger of the cold war during that era. The novel displays a larger number of emotions throughout the book; from perspire fear to losing of a loved one. Throughout the book you see the storyline through Alec Leamas (a commander), who is trying to come home from the cold war for good but his job has other plans for him.
“The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson: A True Story of Love and Murder” is studied as a historical non-fiction novel, in which Lois Simmie shows the reader the actions of a man who sets his life up in a series of lies and betrayal. Her purpose is clear, to intrigue the audience with a true story of the murder of Polly Wilson, which had not yet been heard. Though not a lot of people had ever heard of John Wilson, the first ever Saskatchewan RNWMP officer who was found guilty of a crime, being that he killed his wife, and hung to his death. She writes her novel that is not only entertaining to her audience but also serves the purpose of educating fellow Canadians about the true life events that followed John Wilson and his fellow RNWMP officers.
In the book Slam!, a boy named Gregory Harris undergoes hardships. The book was interesting, and I thought it gave good life lessons. I would recommend the book to high schoolers who like life-like stories that could apply your own
There are innumerable conspiracies regarding the assassination of John F. Kennedy, but according to the film “Oswald’s Ghost”, after forty years none of the theories have panned out. Certainly, it is human nature to find solutions, to solve the mystery, and to have the answer pan out. That is why countless people have tried to solve the mystery by delving into the past of Lee Harvey Oswald to find out if he was the perfect assassin or if he was the perfect patsy.
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, was personally, perhaps one of the most moving and profound books I have read. Its unique writing style, voice, and various techniques are crafted in such a way as to open the eyes of the reader to examine one's own life, and follow with a new perspective life in Germany during World War II. Even though the pages are breathed with violence and at times touch sensitive topics, The Book Thief's underlying messages of perseverance, love, and the power of words make it a book certainly worthy of literary merit. Liesel, her books, and those closest to her collectively make this a story that lingers long after the final word is read.
One of the most persistent stereotypes of (dis)Abled individuals is that they are evil or villainous and as such are predisposed to criminality due to some type impairment. Nothing is farthest from the truth.. Although, people with intellectual disorders and mental health issues are a growing population within the criminal justice system, they are still more often than not victims of crime as a result of their circumstances. People with developmental and cognitive impairments or significant mental health issues in many cases lack impulse control or display inappropriate emotions that the criminal justice system may misinterpret, thus bringing criminal charges for such offenses as causing a disturbance or mischief. When the police are confronted with a situation that involves a cognitively impaired or mentally ill person the police do not know how to respond in an appropriate manner. This image is seen throughout the media over the past few years. One has to look at the tragic death of Sammy Yatim or Michael Eligon to see these image.
In society, there is a natural order of things. Teachers are authoritative figures to students, and bosses don’t fear their workers. This is simply how things are done, but when an environment of fear and pressure is applied to these structures, in the right circumstances, these social roles can flip. This behavior caused by stressful environmental changes is one of the reasons Bertolt Brecht wrote The Spy. In The Spy, a character called “the man” is a school teacher for students in the Hitler youth. The students are taught in the Hitler youth certain behaviors, “They deliberately encourage the kids to repeat everything.” (Bertolt Brecht, 4) the encouragement of this behavior has caused the students to have a sort of power over not only their teachers, but their parents as well. The power which is given to those who did not have it originally causes the social structure to reverse, essentially giving students the authority. This shift causes the original authority to fear the students, and sensor their selves around them. This will in turn stop the students from learning how possibly detrimental those they are blindly following can be. Additionally, in The Spy, the man and his wife have a maid servant who is also the block warden’s daughter. This expresses a social shift as well, because the same censorship is needed around an employee as well. The man expresses a distaste for the need for censorship in his own home due to his employee saying, “Have we got to have a maid whose father is the block warden?” (Bertolt Brecht, 2) the man’s concerns coming from what the maidservant may overhear, and report it back to her father. The wife replies to this questioning with, “We’ve been over that again and again. The last thing you said was that it had its advantages.” (Bertolt Brecht, 2) referring to the fact that their employing the block warden’s daughter will put them on his
Beep … Beep, that is what was heard throughout the classroom, and then we heard a beeping outside the window and it started and one beep per minute and that went on for about five minutes. Then it sped up to ten beeps per minute and then after that it just slowly kept speeding up, until the beeping was one solid tone. Then while walking back from lunch Mark yelled out “there is a bomb! ” and then the whole school heard him including John, and as soon as he heard that yelled he moved faster than the human eye can register he took off from his desk sending it flying into the air. When he reached the bomb he saw that it was more high tech than anything he has ever seen. He ran away with it but he wasn’t fast enough it blew up in his hands as he reached the middle school playground and all of a sudden we had kids in middle school who could fly, run faster than the eye can see, turn into metal, turn invisible, and kids who could control things with
Only hours ago, a freak event occurred at Devon School, a boy’s boarding school in New Hampshire. At this time, many of the students are preparing for war. However, two boys had their summer prioritized for different activities. Phineas (whose last name is undisclosed), the star-athlete at Devon School and Gene Forrester, an academic prodigy, created a society called the Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session. They begin every meeting by jumping off a tree into a lake at Devon School. Jumping off this tree is a well-known sign of courage all around the school. Older boys use it for war training, they pretend it is a torpedoed ship. Phineas is a fearless and daring boy who was able to convince Gene
Jake is described as an energetic third grader with a learning disability. Jake gets along with his classmates and excels academically during the 2 hours he gets to be in the general education classroom, but the other time his is in a special education classroom. Jake excels in his math work and his classmates consider him “one of the gang”. Also, Betty says he is an excellent reader. When Jake is in the general education he is not very organized and likes to be the center of attention and for these reasons, Betty, the gen ed teacher does not believe he can make it full time in a general education classroom. Sharon, the special education teacher, thinks Jake deserves a shot but the fact that Jake is unorganized and disrupts class outweighs
In the film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, family, friends, peers, and professionals contacts respond to Walter Mitty in various ways. People respond to Walter in different ways such as with antagonism, misunderstanding, or appreciation.
Le Carre, John. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold. New York: Pocket Books, 2001.