wat is the book living up the street about
what are sum of the racial and class issues in the book
Who read living up the street?
rea the reviews and summary here and consider how they relate to race and class:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0440211700/ref=...
good luck
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Nineteen-Eighty Four . . The novel?
My question is, what are some common ideas presented in this novel?
Thank you for any answers : )
Nineteen-Eighty Four . . The novel?
The deterioration of language. In the novel it mostly has to do with mind control, how the Party manipulates it%26#039;s people into forcing them to not be able to think. That ones fairly important to the novel I think. I%26#039;m sure it%26#039;s something you can find happening somewhere in the world as well.
I guess today you could compare it to shorthand typing (ex. txt, ur, lol), like a lot of people tend to do nowadays. But that has more to do with lazy people rather than brainwashing (although it%26#039;s probably not too far off).
Nineteen-Eighty Four . . The novel?
Nineteen Eighty-four (also called 1984) by George Orwell
An English novel about life in authoritarian government
Winston Smith is main character who works for ministry of truth
Winston is arrested by the thought police and is degraded and tortured psychologically under the instructions of the totalitarian government called Oceania in the year of 1984.
Common ideas; %26quot;Big Brother is watching You%26quot; and Orwellian
originated from theis novel.
Constant surveillance and propganda controlling their citizens witrh re-education to the %26quot;The Party%26quot; truth ?
Reply:1. How easy it is to brainwash people.
2. How it%26#039;s human nature to betray other people when you are in danger. The quote below confirms this.
%26quot;Sometimes, they threaten you with something -- something you can%26#039;t stand up to, can%26#039;t even think about. And then you say, %26#039;Don%26#039;t do it to me, do it to somebody else, do it to so-and-so.%26#039; And perhaps you might pretend, afterwards, tat it was only a trick that you just said to make them stop and you didn%26#039;t really mean it. But that isn%26#039;t true. At the time when it happens you do mean it. You think there%26#039;s no other way of saving yourself and you%26#039;re quite ready to save yourself that way. You want it to happen to the other person. You don%26#039;t give a damn if they suffer, all you care about is yourself. And after that, you don%26#039;t feel the same toward the other person any longer.%26quot;
~~Julie, page 292
Reply:Themes
[edit]
Nationalism
Nineteen Eighty-Four expands upon the subjects summarised in the essay Notes on Nationalism (1945),[18] about the lack of vocabulary needed to explain the unrecognised phenomenon behind certain political forces; in Nineteen Eighty-Four Newspeak, the Party%26#039;s artificial, minimalist language, addresses the matter.
Positive nationalism: Oceanians’ perpetual love for Big Brother (who might not exist); Celtic Nationalism, Neo-Toryism, and British Zionism are defined by love.
Negative nationalism: Oceanians’ perpetual hatred for Emmanuel Goldstein (who might not exist); Stalinism, Anti-Semitism, and Anglophobia are defined by hatred.
Transferred nationalism: in mid-sentence, an orator changes the enemy of Oceania; the crowd instantly transfers their hatred to the new enemy. Transferred nationalism swiftly redirects emotions from one power unit to another, e.g. Communism, Pacifism, Color Feeling, and Class Feeling.
Thus, O%26#039;Brien conclusively describes: “The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power.”
[edit]
Sexual repression
The Party imposes antisexualism upon its members (e.g. the Junior Anti-Sex-League), because sexual attachments diminish loyalty to the Party. Julia describes Party fanaticism as %26quot;sex gone sour%26quot;; except during the liaison with Julia, Winston suffers an inflamed ankle (an allusion to Oedipus the King, symbolic of unhealthy sexual repression).[citation needed] In Part III, O%26#039;Brien tells Winston that neurologists are working to extinguish the orgasm; sufficient mental energy for prolonged worship requires repressing the libido, a vital instinct, e.g. externally-imposed sexual restriction by the authorities (civil, political, et cetera).
[edit]
Futurology
If Orwell meant the novel as prophecy is unknown, yet, O%26#039;Brien describes the future:
There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. But always—do not forget this, Winston—always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face … for ever.
—Part III, Chapter III
This starkly contrasts with his forecast essay England Your England, in The Lion and the Unicorn (1941):
The intellectuals who hope to see it Russianised or Germanised will be disappointed. The gentleness, the hypocrisy, the thoughtlessness, the reverence for law and the hatred of uniforms will remain, along with the suet puddings and the misty skies. It needs some very great disaster, such as prolonged subjugation by a foreign enemy, to destroy a national culture. The Stock Exchange will be pulled down, the horse plough will give way to the tractor, the country houses will be turned into children%26#039;s holiday camps, the Eton and Harrow match will be forgotten, but England will still be England, an everlasting animal stretching into the future and the past, and, like all living things, having the power to change out of recognition and yet remain the same.
Yet, Nineteen Eighty-Four%26#039;s geopolitical climate is like his précis of James Burnham%26#039;s ideas in the essay %26#039;James Burnham and the Managerial Revolution%26#039; [1] (1946).
These people will eliminate the old capitalist class, crush the working class, and so organize society that all power and economic privilege remain in their own hands. Private property rights will be abolished, but common ownership will not be established. The new %26#039;managerial%26#039; societies will not consist of a patchwork of small, independent states, but of great super-states grouped round the main industrial centres in Europe, Asia, and America. These super-states will fight among themselves for possession of the remaining uncaptured portions of the earth, but will probably be unable to conquer one another completely. Internally, each society will be hierarchical, with an aristocracy of talent at the top and a mass of semi-slaves at the bottom.
[edit]
Jews
The book was written in the immediate post-WWII period, when the horrors of the Holocaust had just been revealed to the world; it has several references to Jews, in widely differing contexts.
The name of Emmanuel Goldstein leaves little doubt that he is Jewish - as was Leon Trotsky on whom he is widely considered to be modeled. Aaronson, one of the three earlier leaders of the party who were ousted and destroyed by Big Brother, also has a clearly Jewish name.
However, there is no hint that the persecution of Goldstein and Aaronson is in any way motivated by antisemitism, and in fact %26quot;The Book%26quot; (which, whoever actually wrote it, seems to describe accurately the society of Oceania) states that %26quot;there is no racial discrimination... Jews, Negroes and South Americans of pure Indian blood are to be found in the highest ranks of the Party.%26quot;
Jews in a very different situation are shown in the newsreel from the Middle East which Smith watches in the cinema, where a boat full of Jewish refugees is being sunk by an Oceanian helicopter. Smith is deeply inspired by the Jewish mother%26#039;s brave - however futile - attempt to shield her child from the coming bullets. However, this scene, too, gives no hint that the people in the boat were targeted specifically because of being Jews.
The theme of Jewish refugees, suffering brutal treatment while on frail boats in the Mediterranean, was very familiar at the time of writing. The book was written scarcely a year after the saga of the ship %26quot;Exodus%26quot; drew world-wide attention and sympathy for the Jewish refugees on board and anger against the British treatment of them.
As known from his non-fiction writings, Orwell did not approve of Zionism and did not regard it a true solution for the Jews%26#039; problems. At the very time the book was being written, the state of Israel arose out of a year of bloody war. But in the world which Orwell envisioned, all nation-states would be consumed and trampled by the three competing superpowers, and a small newly-born one could hardly escape the same fate.
Moreover, the Middle East would become a battleground constantly passing from hand to hand, its inhabitants being used as a reservoir of forced labor by whichever power happened to rule them at the moment; Jews living there would evidently share this fate with their Arab neighbors.
The combination of all references to Jews scattered through the book leads to the conclusion that the world depicted by Orwell would be extremely harsh and oppressive to all human beings - but that unlike the time of the Second World War, Jews as such would not be specifically targeted or treated differently than other people.
[edit]
Censorship
A major theme of %26quot;Nineteen Eighty-Four%26quot; is censorship, which is displayed especially well in the ministry of truth, where photographs are doctored and public archives rewritten to rid them of %26quot;unpersons%26quot;. In the telescreens, figures for all types of production are doctored to indicate an ever-rising economy, where there is actually loss.
An excellent example of this is when Winston is charged with the task of eliminating reference to an unperson in a newspaper article. He proceeded to write an article about Comrade Ogilvy, an imaginary party member, who displayed great heroism by giving his life so that the important dispatches he was carrying would not fall into enemy hands.
Thank you for any answers : )
Nineteen-Eighty Four . . The novel?
The deterioration of language. In the novel it mostly has to do with mind control, how the Party manipulates it%26#039;s people into forcing them to not be able to think. That ones fairly important to the novel I think. I%26#039;m sure it%26#039;s something you can find happening somewhere in the world as well.
I guess today you could compare it to shorthand typing (ex. txt, ur, lol), like a lot of people tend to do nowadays. But that has more to do with lazy people rather than brainwashing (although it%26#039;s probably not too far off).
Nineteen-Eighty Four . . The novel?
Nineteen Eighty-four (also called 1984) by George Orwell
An English novel about life in authoritarian government
Winston Smith is main character who works for ministry of truth
Winston is arrested by the thought police and is degraded and tortured psychologically under the instructions of the totalitarian government called Oceania in the year of 1984.
Common ideas; %26quot;Big Brother is watching You%26quot; and Orwellian
originated from theis novel.
Constant surveillance and propganda controlling their citizens witrh re-education to the %26quot;The Party%26quot; truth ?
Reply:1. How easy it is to brainwash people.
2. How it%26#039;s human nature to betray other people when you are in danger. The quote below confirms this.
%26quot;Sometimes, they threaten you with something -- something you can%26#039;t stand up to, can%26#039;t even think about. And then you say, %26#039;Don%26#039;t do it to me, do it to somebody else, do it to so-and-so.%26#039; And perhaps you might pretend, afterwards, tat it was only a trick that you just said to make them stop and you didn%26#039;t really mean it. But that isn%26#039;t true. At the time when it happens you do mean it. You think there%26#039;s no other way of saving yourself and you%26#039;re quite ready to save yourself that way. You want it to happen to the other person. You don%26#039;t give a damn if they suffer, all you care about is yourself. And after that, you don%26#039;t feel the same toward the other person any longer.%26quot;
~~Julie, page 292
Reply:Themes
[edit]
Nationalism
Nineteen Eighty-Four expands upon the subjects summarised in the essay Notes on Nationalism (1945),[18] about the lack of vocabulary needed to explain the unrecognised phenomenon behind certain political forces; in Nineteen Eighty-Four Newspeak, the Party%26#039;s artificial, minimalist language, addresses the matter.
Positive nationalism: Oceanians’ perpetual love for Big Brother (who might not exist); Celtic Nationalism, Neo-Toryism, and British Zionism are defined by love.
Negative nationalism: Oceanians’ perpetual hatred for Emmanuel Goldstein (who might not exist); Stalinism, Anti-Semitism, and Anglophobia are defined by hatred.
Transferred nationalism: in mid-sentence, an orator changes the enemy of Oceania; the crowd instantly transfers their hatred to the new enemy. Transferred nationalism swiftly redirects emotions from one power unit to another, e.g. Communism, Pacifism, Color Feeling, and Class Feeling.
Thus, O%26#039;Brien conclusively describes: “The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power.”
[edit]
Sexual repression
The Party imposes antisexualism upon its members (e.g. the Junior Anti-Sex-League), because sexual attachments diminish loyalty to the Party. Julia describes Party fanaticism as %26quot;sex gone sour%26quot;; except during the liaison with Julia, Winston suffers an inflamed ankle (an allusion to Oedipus the King, symbolic of unhealthy sexual repression).[citation needed] In Part III, O%26#039;Brien tells Winston that neurologists are working to extinguish the orgasm; sufficient mental energy for prolonged worship requires repressing the libido, a vital instinct, e.g. externally-imposed sexual restriction by the authorities (civil, political, et cetera).
[edit]
Futurology
If Orwell meant the novel as prophecy is unknown, yet, O%26#039;Brien describes the future:
There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. But always—do not forget this, Winston—always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face … for ever.
—Part III, Chapter III
This starkly contrasts with his forecast essay England Your England, in The Lion and the Unicorn (1941):
The intellectuals who hope to see it Russianised or Germanised will be disappointed. The gentleness, the hypocrisy, the thoughtlessness, the reverence for law and the hatred of uniforms will remain, along with the suet puddings and the misty skies. It needs some very great disaster, such as prolonged subjugation by a foreign enemy, to destroy a national culture. The Stock Exchange will be pulled down, the horse plough will give way to the tractor, the country houses will be turned into children%26#039;s holiday camps, the Eton and Harrow match will be forgotten, but England will still be England, an everlasting animal stretching into the future and the past, and, like all living things, having the power to change out of recognition and yet remain the same.
Yet, Nineteen Eighty-Four%26#039;s geopolitical climate is like his précis of James Burnham%26#039;s ideas in the essay %26#039;James Burnham and the Managerial Revolution%26#039; [1] (1946).
These people will eliminate the old capitalist class, crush the working class, and so organize society that all power and economic privilege remain in their own hands. Private property rights will be abolished, but common ownership will not be established. The new %26#039;managerial%26#039; societies will not consist of a patchwork of small, independent states, but of great super-states grouped round the main industrial centres in Europe, Asia, and America. These super-states will fight among themselves for possession of the remaining uncaptured portions of the earth, but will probably be unable to conquer one another completely. Internally, each society will be hierarchical, with an aristocracy of talent at the top and a mass of semi-slaves at the bottom.
[edit]
Jews
The book was written in the immediate post-WWII period, when the horrors of the Holocaust had just been revealed to the world; it has several references to Jews, in widely differing contexts.
The name of Emmanuel Goldstein leaves little doubt that he is Jewish - as was Leon Trotsky on whom he is widely considered to be modeled. Aaronson, one of the three earlier leaders of the party who were ousted and destroyed by Big Brother, also has a clearly Jewish name.
However, there is no hint that the persecution of Goldstein and Aaronson is in any way motivated by antisemitism, and in fact %26quot;The Book%26quot; (which, whoever actually wrote it, seems to describe accurately the society of Oceania) states that %26quot;there is no racial discrimination... Jews, Negroes and South Americans of pure Indian blood are to be found in the highest ranks of the Party.%26quot;
Jews in a very different situation are shown in the newsreel from the Middle East which Smith watches in the cinema, where a boat full of Jewish refugees is being sunk by an Oceanian helicopter. Smith is deeply inspired by the Jewish mother%26#039;s brave - however futile - attempt to shield her child from the coming bullets. However, this scene, too, gives no hint that the people in the boat were targeted specifically because of being Jews.
The theme of Jewish refugees, suffering brutal treatment while on frail boats in the Mediterranean, was very familiar at the time of writing. The book was written scarcely a year after the saga of the ship %26quot;Exodus%26quot; drew world-wide attention and sympathy for the Jewish refugees on board and anger against the British treatment of them.
As known from his non-fiction writings, Orwell did not approve of Zionism and did not regard it a true solution for the Jews%26#039; problems. At the very time the book was being written, the state of Israel arose out of a year of bloody war. But in the world which Orwell envisioned, all nation-states would be consumed and trampled by the three competing superpowers, and a small newly-born one could hardly escape the same fate.
Moreover, the Middle East would become a battleground constantly passing from hand to hand, its inhabitants being used as a reservoir of forced labor by whichever power happened to rule them at the moment; Jews living there would evidently share this fate with their Arab neighbors.
The combination of all references to Jews scattered through the book leads to the conclusion that the world depicted by Orwell would be extremely harsh and oppressive to all human beings - but that unlike the time of the Second World War, Jews as such would not be specifically targeted or treated differently than other people.
[edit]
Censorship
A major theme of %26quot;Nineteen Eighty-Four%26quot; is censorship, which is displayed especially well in the ministry of truth, where photographs are doctored and public archives rewritten to rid them of %26quot;unpersons%26quot;. In the telescreens, figures for all types of production are doctored to indicate an ever-rising economy, where there is actually loss.
An excellent example of this is when Winston is charged with the task of eliminating reference to an unperson in a newspaper article. He proceeded to write an article about Comrade Ogilvy, an imaginary party member, who displayed great heroism by giving his life so that the important dispatches he was carrying would not fall into enemy hands.
Forgot a book title. Can anyone help plz!?
It was about a young guy who moves into a hugo old house. He starts getting mountains on catologues every day. Toy catologues. Eventually he orders some and it turns out theyre living. Its a strange book but i really need to know the title.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Grapes of Wrath Help?
I was assigned a study guide for the movie/book and there are a few questions I cant answer.
First person to answer at least 2 of them will earn 10 points, I really need some help here.
The people in this story repersent groups of society, what do the following characters repersent.
Connie-
Grampa-
Ma-
Tom-
Rose of Sharon-
The endings (movie.book) are markedly different. How are they different?
How does Grampa%26#039;s graoes %26quot;scrounge around in em%26quot; reference function as foreshadowing?
Grapes of Wrath Help?
you should check out the source at the bottom, I think it%26#039;ll be very helpful for you
Grapes of Wrath Help?
this book was horrible. i didn%26#039;t read it i just listened in class.
i know rose of sharon is a figure of the %26quot;mother%26quot;
ma is like the %26quot;encourager happy upbeat%26quot;\
tom %26quot;hero%26quot;
grampa%26quot;the old ways%26quot;
put those in whatever words you like
sorry i couldn%26#039;t help that much
but like said that book was a stinker.
First person to answer at least 2 of them will earn 10 points, I really need some help here.
The people in this story repersent groups of society, what do the following characters repersent.
Connie-
Grampa-
Ma-
Tom-
Rose of Sharon-
The endings (movie.book) are markedly different. How are they different?
How does Grampa%26#039;s graoes %26quot;scrounge around in em%26quot; reference function as foreshadowing?
Grapes of Wrath Help?
you should check out the source at the bottom, I think it%26#039;ll be very helpful for you
Grapes of Wrath Help?
this book was horrible. i didn%26#039;t read it i just listened in class.
i know rose of sharon is a figure of the %26quot;mother%26quot;
ma is like the %26quot;encourager happy upbeat%26quot;\
tom %26quot;hero%26quot;
grampa%26quot;the old ways%26quot;
put those in whatever words you like
sorry i couldn%26#039;t help that much
but like said that book was a stinker.
Where and when did the story of the book "The outsiders" by S.E Hintin take place?
Where and when did the story of the book %26quot;The outsiders%26quot; by S.E Hintin take place?
Where and when did the story of the book %26quot;The outsiders%26quot; by S.E Hintin take place?
In ancient England, outside Hadrian%26#039;s Wall during Roman times
Where and when did the story of the book %26quot;The outsiders%26quot; by S.E Hintin take place?
In ancient England, outside Hadrian%26#039;s Wall during Roman times!
Reply:in tulsa, oklahoma sometime in the early 60%26#039;s. i love that book and movie!
Reply:Tulsa, Oklahoma in fall of 1966.
Reply:tulsa oaklahoma in fall of 1966 which reminds me of downtown chattanooga tennesee lol
Where and when did the story of the book %26quot;The outsiders%26quot; by S.E Hintin take place?
In ancient England, outside Hadrian%26#039;s Wall during Roman times
Where and when did the story of the book %26quot;The outsiders%26quot; by S.E Hintin take place?
In ancient England, outside Hadrian%26#039;s Wall during Roman times!
Reply:in tulsa, oklahoma sometime in the early 60%26#039;s. i love that book and movie!
Reply:Tulsa, Oklahoma in fall of 1966.
Reply:tulsa oaklahoma in fall of 1966 which reminds me of downtown chattanooga tennesee lol
I have been trying to find the name of this book I read as a kid...?
I read a book as a kid (back in the 80%26#039;s) and all I remember of the plot was that a family hired a Nanny who had these supernatural powers. The kids were a boy and a girl. And I remember one chapter where she had these men over to the house who represented the weather and she planned out the next season%26#039;s weather (one the men was rain, one sunny etc...) Her powers worked when she removed her glasses. Does anyone else remember this book? Name? Author?
I have been trying to find the name of this book I read as a kid...?
Nanny McPhee?
I have been trying to find the name of this book I read as a kid...?
I don%26#039;t know that story well but it sounds like Nanny Mcphee to me.
Good luck!
I have been trying to find the name of this book I read as a kid...?
Nanny McPhee?
I have been trying to find the name of this book I read as a kid...?
I don%26#039;t know that story well but it sounds like Nanny Mcphee to me.
Good luck!
Where can I read "InuYasha dj - Peace!" online?
It%26#039;s http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?...
I can%26#039;t find it on MangaFox or whatever but it says that the book is completely scanlated by ShoujoMagic or something. Do you know where I can find it and read it online?
Where can I read %26quot;InuYasha dj - Peace!%26quot; online?
Try: readmanga.com
Maybe they have it there.
I can%26#039;t find it on MangaFox or whatever but it says that the book is completely scanlated by ShoujoMagic or something. Do you know where I can find it and read it online?
Where can I read %26quot;InuYasha dj - Peace!%26quot; online?
Try: readmanga.com
Maybe they have it there.
In Johnny Tremain does it mention anything about Lavinia Lyte's mother?
I%26#039;ve already read the book, so I know that she doesn%26#039;t have a mother.
What I want to know is what happened to her...? Is she dead or what?
In Johnny Tremain does it mention anything about Lavinia Lyte%26#039;s mother?
No, it doesn%26#039;t mention anything about Lavinia%26#039;s mother in the book. I think she%26#039;s dead. We probably have to infer because the author doesn%26#039;t tell us straight out!! I love that book! I like Celia alot!! :)
What I want to know is what happened to her...? Is she dead or what?
In Johnny Tremain does it mention anything about Lavinia Lyte%26#039;s mother?
No, it doesn%26#039;t mention anything about Lavinia%26#039;s mother in the book. I think she%26#039;s dead. We probably have to infer because the author doesn%26#039;t tell us straight out!! I love that book! I like Celia alot!! :)
Chick Lit?
I%26#039;ve been getting into a lot of Chick Lit over the past year and am looking for another author in the genre. I%26#039;ve read Helen Fielding, Meg Cabot, Evelyn Weisenberger, Sophie Kinsella already. Any suggestions?
Chick Lit?
am pretty sure you%26#039;d like the twilight series
Chick Lit?
Try these authors:
Cara Lockwood (I Do but i dont, i did but i wouldnt now)
Sarah Mlynowski (as seen on tv, milkrun, fishbowl)
gemma townley (little white lies, learning curves, when in rome)
jane green (the other woman, second chance)
emily giffin (something borrowed series, baby proof)
beth harbison (shoe addicts anonymous)
madeleine wickham (gatecrasher) this is sophie kinsella%26#039;s other writing name
donna kauffman (sleeping with beauty)
megan mcafferty (sloppy firsts, second helpings, charmed thirds, fourth comings)
Reply:You should absolutely try the Twilight series. They are very quick reads despite their size. There are three books currently in the series but the fourth and last is scheduled to be released in the beginning of August.
Twilight is about a girl (human) that falls in love with a vampire. I can%26#039;t stand science fiction but this book still really interested me. Actually I couldn%26#039;t put it down.
But if you want a non vampire choice, I suggest: The Jane Austin Book Club, Garden Spells, and of course there%26#039;s always Pride and Prejudice!
Reply:Ellen Hopkins. Her lit is AMAZING. No joke, I am -addicted- to her books. My two favorite books [CRANK %26amp; GLASS] are a starting point of a series, about a girl named Kristina [18] who has a die-hard addiction to meth-amphetamine. The over all aspect of the book may be overwhelming with the drug content, but her story is truly touching. I wish everyone could hear her story. If you read those two books, I promise you will never regret it.
Reply:Have you read all of Sophie Kinsella%26#039;s books? She has 4 Shopaholic books plus 3 non-Shopaholic books, all of which are wonderful. There is one that just came out called %26quot;Remember Me?%26quot; which I think is my favorite of hers.
Some recent chick lit I%26#039;ve read and liked:
The Lipstick Jungle - Candace Bushnell
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio - Terry Ryan
Angry Housewives Eating BonBons - Lorna Landvik
The Little Lady Agency - Hester Browne
God Save the Sweet Potato Queens (multi-book series) - Jill Connor Brown
The Mermaid Chair - Sue Monk Kidd
The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
Everyone Worth Knowing - Lauren Weisenberger
I have heard good things about Jennifer Weiner but haven%26#039;t read any of her works yet.
Reply:Anything/everything by Jane Green...start with Jemima J
Chick Lit?
am pretty sure you%26#039;d like the twilight series
Chick Lit?
Try these authors:
Cara Lockwood (I Do but i dont, i did but i wouldnt now)
Sarah Mlynowski (as seen on tv, milkrun, fishbowl)
gemma townley (little white lies, learning curves, when in rome)
jane green (the other woman, second chance)
emily giffin (something borrowed series, baby proof)
beth harbison (shoe addicts anonymous)
madeleine wickham (gatecrasher) this is sophie kinsella%26#039;s other writing name
donna kauffman (sleeping with beauty)
megan mcafferty (sloppy firsts, second helpings, charmed thirds, fourth comings)
Reply:You should absolutely try the Twilight series. They are very quick reads despite their size. There are three books currently in the series but the fourth and last is scheduled to be released in the beginning of August.
Twilight is about a girl (human) that falls in love with a vampire. I can%26#039;t stand science fiction but this book still really interested me. Actually I couldn%26#039;t put it down.
But if you want a non vampire choice, I suggest: The Jane Austin Book Club, Garden Spells, and of course there%26#039;s always Pride and Prejudice!
Reply:Ellen Hopkins. Her lit is AMAZING. No joke, I am -addicted- to her books. My two favorite books [CRANK %26amp; GLASS] are a starting point of a series, about a girl named Kristina [18] who has a die-hard addiction to meth-amphetamine. The over all aspect of the book may be overwhelming with the drug content, but her story is truly touching. I wish everyone could hear her story. If you read those two books, I promise you will never regret it.
Reply:Have you read all of Sophie Kinsella%26#039;s books? She has 4 Shopaholic books plus 3 non-Shopaholic books, all of which are wonderful. There is one that just came out called %26quot;Remember Me?%26quot; which I think is my favorite of hers.
Some recent chick lit I%26#039;ve read and liked:
The Lipstick Jungle - Candace Bushnell
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio - Terry Ryan
Angry Housewives Eating BonBons - Lorna Landvik
The Little Lady Agency - Hester Browne
God Save the Sweet Potato Queens (multi-book series) - Jill Connor Brown
The Mermaid Chair - Sue Monk Kidd
The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
Everyone Worth Knowing - Lauren Weisenberger
I have heard good things about Jennifer Weiner but haven%26#039;t read any of her works yet.
Reply:Anything/everything by Jane Green...start with Jemima J
How big was the marlin Santiago caught in the book The Old Man and the Sea?
I cant find the answer anyhwhere in the book. Thank you!
How big was the marlin Santiago caught in the book The Old Man and the Sea?
Bigger than Santiago%26#039;s boat
How big was the marlin Santiago caught in the book The Old Man and the Sea?
18 feeettt.
i hate that book.
How big was the marlin Santiago caught in the book The Old Man and the Sea?
Bigger than Santiago%26#039;s boat
How big was the marlin Santiago caught in the book The Old Man and the Sea?
18 feeettt.
i hate that book.
Macbeth question?
where we are. there%26#039;s no daggers in men%26#039;s smiles, the near in blood, the nearer bloody. (donalbain act 2, scene 3)
what did donalbain mean?
naught%26#039;s had all spent where our desire is got without content. tis safer to be that which we destroy. than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy. (lady macbeth act 3, scene 2)
what did lady macbeth mean?
Macbeth question?
The line is-
There are daggers in men%26#039;s smiles: the near in blood,
the nearer bloody
It means that there is a level of subterfuge going on. People are playing nice and smiling while planning bloody things. %26quot;the near in blood%26quot; - someone close to the event %26quot;the nearer bloody%26quot; - is most likely responsible
Lady MacBeth%26#039;s line:
Nought%26#039;s had, all%26#039;s spent,
Where our desire is got without content;
%26#039;Tis safer to be that which we destroy
Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.
This basically is saying it would better to be dead than to live in this sort of unknowing if they%26#039;ll be found out state.
Line by line its sorta roughly translated:
the deed is done for nothing
what we desired didn%26#039;t make us happy
it would be better to be dead like the king we destroyed
than by killing him live in unsure happiness
what did donalbain mean?
naught%26#039;s had all spent where our desire is got without content. tis safer to be that which we destroy. than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy. (lady macbeth act 3, scene 2)
what did lady macbeth mean?
Macbeth question?
The line is-
There are daggers in men%26#039;s smiles: the near in blood,
the nearer bloody
It means that there is a level of subterfuge going on. People are playing nice and smiling while planning bloody things. %26quot;the near in blood%26quot; - someone close to the event %26quot;the nearer bloody%26quot; - is most likely responsible
Lady MacBeth%26#039;s line:
Nought%26#039;s had, all%26#039;s spent,
Where our desire is got without content;
%26#039;Tis safer to be that which we destroy
Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.
This basically is saying it would better to be dead than to live in this sort of unknowing if they%26#039;ll be found out state.
Line by line its sorta roughly translated:
the deed is done for nothing
what we desired didn%26#039;t make us happy
it would be better to be dead like the king we destroyed
than by killing him live in unsure happiness
What is a book where some one kills them self because some 1 else dies?
I need a book where some one kills them self because some one they loved died any book idc
What is a book where some one kills them self because some 1 else dies?
Romeo and Juliet (a play, not a book I know)
What is a book where some one kills them self because some 1 else dies?
Romeo and Juliet?
I%26#039;d look up joint suicide or suicide pacts.
Reply:The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall. It%26#039;s a fantastic book but it%26#039;s pretty long. One woman gets sick and dies and the same night her lover kills herself out of grief. I think it happens around page 450.
Reply:Romeo and Juliet
New Moon
Reply:Well, Romeo and Juliet....
Yep.. that is all that i can think of. I am sure there are more, I just don%26#039;t know them...
Good luck
Reply:i have no idea.
What is a book where some one kills them self because some 1 else dies?
Romeo and Juliet (a play, not a book I know)
What is a book where some one kills them self because some 1 else dies?
Romeo and Juliet?
I%26#039;d look up joint suicide or suicide pacts.
Reply:The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall. It%26#039;s a fantastic book but it%26#039;s pretty long. One woman gets sick and dies and the same night her lover kills herself out of grief. I think it happens around page 450.
Reply:Romeo and Juliet
New Moon
Reply:Well, Romeo and Juliet....
Yep.. that is all that i can think of. I am sure there are more, I just don%26#039;t know them...
Good luck
Reply:i have no idea.
Questions From: A Tale of Two Cities?
Chronolog
1.) Dr.Manette is freed from--
2.) He is %26quot;recalled to life%26quot; by --
3.) Charles Darnay is saved at his trial by --
4.) Darnay renounces--
5.) Darnay tells Dr.Manette that--
6.) Sydney Carton revels--
7.) The French peasants are oppressed by--
8.) Gaspard murders--
9.) The revolution begins with--
10.) Defarge searches--
11.) Darnay goes to Paris to--
12.) In Paris, Darnay is seized to--
13.) Darnay is released with help of--
14.) At a second trial, Darnay is convicted because of--
15.) Darnay is sentenced to --
16.) Sydney Carton froces Barsad to--
17.) Carton switches places with--
18.) Madame Defarge dies in a struggle with--
19.) Charles Darnay escapes to --
20.) Sydney Carton dies in place of--
Please Help me
Please
It%26#039;s Really Urgent
Questions From: A Tale of Two Cities?
1.) Dr.Manette is freed from jail.
2.) He is %26quot;recalled to life%26quot; by his mom
3.) Charles Darnay is saved at his trial by his brother
4.) Darnay renounces the French
5.) Darnay tells Dr.Manette that he doesn%26#039;t have enough money to pay for his services
6.) Sydney Carton revels in life
7.) The French peasants are oppressed by the sun
8.) Gaspard murders a song.
9.) The revolution begins with a kiss
10.) Defarge searches for his keys
11.) Darnay goes to Paris to ride the Metro
12.) In Paris, Darnay is seized by the fierce urgency of now
13.) Darnay is released with help of his sister
14.) At a second trial, Darnay is convicted because of his lying ways.
15.) Darnay is sentenced to a life of ease.
16.) Sydney Carton froces Barsad to teach him French
17.) Carton switches places with Darnay
18.) Madame Defarge dies in a struggle with her butler
19.) Charles Darnay escapes to Rome
20.) Sydney Carton dies in place of his birth
1.) Dr.Manette is freed from--
2.) He is %26quot;recalled to life%26quot; by --
3.) Charles Darnay is saved at his trial by --
4.) Darnay renounces--
5.) Darnay tells Dr.Manette that--
6.) Sydney Carton revels--
7.) The French peasants are oppressed by--
8.) Gaspard murders--
9.) The revolution begins with--
10.) Defarge searches--
11.) Darnay goes to Paris to--
12.) In Paris, Darnay is seized to--
13.) Darnay is released with help of--
14.) At a second trial, Darnay is convicted because of--
15.) Darnay is sentenced to --
16.) Sydney Carton froces Barsad to--
17.) Carton switches places with--
18.) Madame Defarge dies in a struggle with--
19.) Charles Darnay escapes to --
20.) Sydney Carton dies in place of--
Please Help me
Please
It%26#039;s Really Urgent
Questions From: A Tale of Two Cities?
1.) Dr.Manette is freed from jail.
2.) He is %26quot;recalled to life%26quot; by his mom
3.) Charles Darnay is saved at his trial by his brother
4.) Darnay renounces the French
5.) Darnay tells Dr.Manette that he doesn%26#039;t have enough money to pay for his services
6.) Sydney Carton revels in life
7.) The French peasants are oppressed by the sun
8.) Gaspard murders a song.
9.) The revolution begins with a kiss
10.) Defarge searches for his keys
11.) Darnay goes to Paris to ride the Metro
12.) In Paris, Darnay is seized by the fierce urgency of now
13.) Darnay is released with help of his sister
14.) At a second trial, Darnay is convicted because of his lying ways.
15.) Darnay is sentenced to a life of ease.
16.) Sydney Carton froces Barsad to teach him French
17.) Carton switches places with Darnay
18.) Madame Defarge dies in a struggle with her butler
19.) Charles Darnay escapes to Rome
20.) Sydney Carton dies in place of his birth
Children's novel about two boys camping on an island for the summer?
I read this book when I was a kid and now I can%26#039;t remember the title. It was about two boys who go to an island close to their house to spend the summer. They borrow a tent from one of their uncles that looks like a gingerbread house. On the island they discover that there are a couple of girls also staying on the island in the company of an adult woman (can%26#039;t remember her relation to the girls). The boys and the girls start a summer war. The boys then find an ally in the form of a middle aged man who lives on the island in a treehouse where he is writing a novel.
I can remember just about everything about this book except for the title. Can anyone help me?
Children%26#039;s novel about two boys camping on an island for the summer?
sorry man.no luck
Children%26#039;s novel about two boys camping on an island for the summer?
This Island Isn%26#039;t Big Enough For the Four of Us by Gery Greer. I remember how funny it was when the boys -- Peter and Scott, I think -- saw the tent that they were supposed to be %26#039;testing%26#039; for the uncle :)
Reply:I agree with the person who said %26quot;This Island Isn%26#039;t Big Enough For the Four of Us%26quot;. I loved that book when I was a kid.
I can remember just about everything about this book except for the title. Can anyone help me?
Children%26#039;s novel about two boys camping on an island for the summer?
sorry man.no luck
Children%26#039;s novel about two boys camping on an island for the summer?
This Island Isn%26#039;t Big Enough For the Four of Us by Gery Greer. I remember how funny it was when the boys -- Peter and Scott, I think -- saw the tent that they were supposed to be %26#039;testing%26#039; for the uncle :)
Reply:I agree with the person who said %26quot;This Island Isn%26#039;t Big Enough For the Four of Us%26quot;. I loved that book when I was a kid.
What is the name of the percy jackson and the olympians book 5?
i do not no what the name is sooooooo do u no it
What is the name of the percy jackson and the olympians book 5?
It%26#039;s not out yet. It probably won%26#039;t be for a long time.
What is the name of the percy jackson and the olympians book 5?
It%26#039;s not out yet. It probably won%26#039;t be for a long time.
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer?
I just read it i finnished in 2 days! I could not put it down! Infact i was stupid and chose to read it instead of studying for my exams!
Anyway...
I was wondering if the other 2 in the series are worth reading.
Are they any good or do they just ruin the first one?
I HATE when a sequel is so bad that it ruins the original book.
Also, is her new book The Host any good?
~Thanks
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer?
new moon to me was (sort of sort of)
but i loved eclipse!!!! u must read it
the host i have yet to read it but will soon ^^
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer?
yes they are good read em.
Reply:YES YES YES YES YES!!!! you should definetely read them!!
(sorry I have not read the Host)
Reply:I just finished reading the third book yesterday, and it was pretty good. As for The Host, I don%26#039;t think it%26#039;ll be THAT good, because it%26#039;s science fiction, but that%26#039;s just me.
Reply:Ha! It is funny. It seems to me that 45% of the questions on this site are dedicated to Stephanie Meyer or her books. It seems that every day 1000s of people finish the first book and crave more. Definetly read New Moon, it%26#039;s slow but the end makes it worthwile. Eclipse is great.
Reply:the other two are great!! i cant wait for the next one to come out this summer!! no it doesnt ruin it at all. havent read the host tho...
Reply:LOL...it must be that kind of book. My daughter (19) read it in 2 days also and the world stopped until she was done.
She immediately requested (from the library) the next two in the series and enjoyed them as well....and is eagerly awaiting the next in the series that is due out this August or September I think.
I know I read that some people did not like the ending of the last book but my daughter did....I won%26#039;t say more than that.
Don%26#039;t know much about THE HOST, but I was thinking of reading it myself...but my daughter doesn%26#039;t want to read it because she%26#039;s afraid it will be to %26quot;science fiction-ey%26quot; for her.
I read the reviews on amazon and they seem pretty favorable.
Good luck,
Peace,
Nancy
Reply:Ok. You HAVE to read New Moon! It%26#039;s a bit painful at first, and through the middle, but don%26#039;t give up! It%26#039;s a great ending. And then Eclipse is AWESOME!!!!!!! It%26#039;s the best, in my opinion. PLEASE read ALL of the series!!! No matter what%26#039;s happening, KEEP READING! and then a fourth book called Breaking Dawn is ocming out. I love the host too!
Reply:omg, i did the exact same thing, i read the whole book on the day before a maths exam (i just passed in with 2% :P) i could not put it down.
New moon%26#039;s alright but eclipse is better, cant wait for the new one to come out :)
Reply:YES!! I LOVE Twilight!! You have to read New Moon and Eclipse. They are both amazing. Personally, I hate it when a sequel is bad, but these two books did not upset me at all! I dare to say that Eclipse was even better than Twilight!! I%26#039;m currently in the middle of reading The Host, and I absoloutely cannot put it down!! It%26#039;s so good. I better get back to reading :)
Reply:OOOh yes! You should definitely read the next two. It gets a bit strange in the 3rd book, but there%26#039;s such good parts that it would be a shame to miss them! Also, I personally was depressed for most of the second book, but it has a very good ending.
The Host I haven%26#039;t read, mostly %26#039;cause the general story idea sounds depressing to me. Vague %26quot;destruction of all humanity%26quot; thing. Maybe I%26#039;m crazy, and please don%26#039;t hurt me anyone, but I don%26#039;t think that Stephenie%26#039;s a great author so much as she is very creative and has good ideas.
Also, it%26#039;s very thick and I have my own exams to worry about. ;)
Reply:New Moon (the second book) is amazing, but very very very sad. I was bawling through the entire thing, but it was still very good.
Eclipse (the third book) is almost as amazing as Twilight! Oh my gosh, it was SSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOO good!!!!!! Definitely read New Moon then this one!
Also, The Host is good, but not as good as the Twilight saga. I recommend it though. It%26#039;s very slow in the beginning, but then it gets fairly good also!
Reply:new moon had a different feel to it but i still liked it, but i prefer Jacob to Edward.
Eclipse is great so you have to read new moon to understand eclipse - they are both defiantly worth reading.
and the Host is amazing actually i didn%26#039;t the same hing as you - read instead of exam studying!
also if you get through them try the house of night novels as well,
Marked
Betrayed
Chosen
by PC Cast and Kristin Cast
hope you enjoy your reading to come!
cant wait foe Breaking Dawn!
Reply:omg! yes! new moon was really good to me =D and i just ordered eclipse 4rm amazon and i havent gotten it yet but i cant wait!
Reply:yes the y are
if you liked twilight you%26#039;d love the rest o ft theme
Reply:yeah i agree
new moon isn%26#039;t as great as eclipse because Edward i gone for the whole time
eclipse is awesome though you have to read it
both are worth reading
the host is really good as well it takes a while to get into but once you are done it is awesome %26#039;
breaking dawn the new one is coming out on august second as well
happy reading :)
Reply:The other two are amazing. even better than the first because you get to see more of Bella and Edward growing and new challenges they face
Reply:Yes, Twilight has that effect on people. I finished it in two days as well! And I immediately had to buy the next one. I%26#039;m still finishing up Eclipse (even though I already know what happens).
I didn%26#039;t feel as though New Moon or Eclipse destroyed what Twilight was. If anything, it added more to the story because it becomes a good sort of complicated. There are more characters to love (particularly Jacob Black who is my favorite). New Moon is mostly about losing the one you love. Eclipse is very different from the other two, but still very enjoyable. I%26#039;m interested now in what%26#039;s going to happen in Breaking Dawn.
I haven%26#039;t read The Host yet, but it sounded interesting.
Anyway...
I was wondering if the other 2 in the series are worth reading.
Are they any good or do they just ruin the first one?
I HATE when a sequel is so bad that it ruins the original book.
Also, is her new book The Host any good?
~Thanks
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer?
new moon to me was (sort of sort of)
but i loved eclipse!!!! u must read it
the host i have yet to read it but will soon ^^
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer?
yes they are good read em.
Reply:YES YES YES YES YES!!!! you should definetely read them!!
(sorry I have not read the Host)
Reply:I just finished reading the third book yesterday, and it was pretty good. As for The Host, I don%26#039;t think it%26#039;ll be THAT good, because it%26#039;s science fiction, but that%26#039;s just me.
Reply:Ha! It is funny. It seems to me that 45% of the questions on this site are dedicated to Stephanie Meyer or her books. It seems that every day 1000s of people finish the first book and crave more. Definetly read New Moon, it%26#039;s slow but the end makes it worthwile. Eclipse is great.
Reply:the other two are great!! i cant wait for the next one to come out this summer!! no it doesnt ruin it at all. havent read the host tho...
Reply:LOL...it must be that kind of book. My daughter (19) read it in 2 days also and the world stopped until she was done.
She immediately requested (from the library) the next two in the series and enjoyed them as well....and is eagerly awaiting the next in the series that is due out this August or September I think.
I know I read that some people did not like the ending of the last book but my daughter did....I won%26#039;t say more than that.
Don%26#039;t know much about THE HOST, but I was thinking of reading it myself...but my daughter doesn%26#039;t want to read it because she%26#039;s afraid it will be to %26quot;science fiction-ey%26quot; for her.
I read the reviews on amazon and they seem pretty favorable.
Good luck,
Peace,
Nancy
Reply:Ok. You HAVE to read New Moon! It%26#039;s a bit painful at first, and through the middle, but don%26#039;t give up! It%26#039;s a great ending. And then Eclipse is AWESOME!!!!!!! It%26#039;s the best, in my opinion. PLEASE read ALL of the series!!! No matter what%26#039;s happening, KEEP READING! and then a fourth book called Breaking Dawn is ocming out. I love the host too!
Reply:omg, i did the exact same thing, i read the whole book on the day before a maths exam (i just passed in with 2% :P) i could not put it down.
New moon%26#039;s alright but eclipse is better, cant wait for the new one to come out :)
Reply:YES!! I LOVE Twilight!! You have to read New Moon and Eclipse. They are both amazing. Personally, I hate it when a sequel is bad, but these two books did not upset me at all! I dare to say that Eclipse was even better than Twilight!! I%26#039;m currently in the middle of reading The Host, and I absoloutely cannot put it down!! It%26#039;s so good. I better get back to reading :)
Reply:OOOh yes! You should definitely read the next two. It gets a bit strange in the 3rd book, but there%26#039;s such good parts that it would be a shame to miss them! Also, I personally was depressed for most of the second book, but it has a very good ending.
The Host I haven%26#039;t read, mostly %26#039;cause the general story idea sounds depressing to me. Vague %26quot;destruction of all humanity%26quot; thing. Maybe I%26#039;m crazy, and please don%26#039;t hurt me anyone, but I don%26#039;t think that Stephenie%26#039;s a great author so much as she is very creative and has good ideas.
Also, it%26#039;s very thick and I have my own exams to worry about. ;)
Reply:New Moon (the second book) is amazing, but very very very sad. I was bawling through the entire thing, but it was still very good.
Eclipse (the third book) is almost as amazing as Twilight! Oh my gosh, it was SSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOO good!!!!!! Definitely read New Moon then this one!
Also, The Host is good, but not as good as the Twilight saga. I recommend it though. It%26#039;s very slow in the beginning, but then it gets fairly good also!
Reply:new moon had a different feel to it but i still liked it, but i prefer Jacob to Edward.
Eclipse is great so you have to read new moon to understand eclipse - they are both defiantly worth reading.
and the Host is amazing actually i didn%26#039;t the same hing as you - read instead of exam studying!
also if you get through them try the house of night novels as well,
Marked
Betrayed
Chosen
by PC Cast and Kristin Cast
hope you enjoy your reading to come!
cant wait foe Breaking Dawn!
Reply:omg! yes! new moon was really good to me =D and i just ordered eclipse 4rm amazon and i havent gotten it yet but i cant wait!
Reply:yes the y are
if you liked twilight you%26#039;d love the rest o ft theme
Reply:yeah i agree
new moon isn%26#039;t as great as eclipse because Edward i gone for the whole time
eclipse is awesome though you have to read it
both are worth reading
the host is really good as well it takes a while to get into but once you are done it is awesome %26#039;
breaking dawn the new one is coming out on august second as well
happy reading :)
Reply:The other two are amazing. even better than the first because you get to see more of Bella and Edward growing and new challenges they face
Reply:Yes, Twilight has that effect on people. I finished it in two days as well! And I immediately had to buy the next one. I%26#039;m still finishing up Eclipse (even though I already know what happens).
I didn%26#039;t feel as though New Moon or Eclipse destroyed what Twilight was. If anything, it added more to the story because it becomes a good sort of complicated. There are more characters to love (particularly Jacob Black who is my favorite). New Moon is mostly about losing the one you love. Eclipse is very different from the other two, but still very enjoyable. I%26#039;m interested now in what%26#039;s going to happen in Breaking Dawn.
I haven%26#039;t read The Host yet, but it sounded interesting.
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