The Fortune Cookie Chronicles

Personal Response: I thought this was a good book and it got right to the point. I liked how the author made Lucas 's family a part of the fire department. It gave it an inside look on how the firefighters were affected. I really liked that there were facts about the real September 11th at the very end of the book.

At a time when basic religious beliefs and traditions were being questioned by academia, author Shirley Jackson penned a poignant attack against those who blindly accepted values and traditions in her short story, “The Lottery.” The Lottery is presented as an event that has always occurred throughout the region's history without any opposition. Nonchalantly, the entire village commits homicide at the finale. Finally, aspects of the traditional lottery evolved without notice or were forgotten by the villagers. Within “The Lottery,” author Shirley Jackson embeds the theme of blindly accepting traditions as illustrated by the actions of the villagers.

Copper Sun was very well thought out and detailed. Although it is not a book i would pick out for myself i did enjoy the read. I liked how Sharon made a connection with the reader. When reading i felt how Amari felt from how well she described the events happening. The descriptive writing lets you go into Amaris world which was appreciated.

I also think this book would not be suited for someone that hasn’t read a lot of historical books mainly since as a reader you have to the information sorted in your head as you read. Spence was also coming from a Western perspective and while I think he was able to articulate his main points and the information without sounding too biased in his writing there will always be in some form. I would recommend this book if someone would like to further their knowledge of the Chinese Taiping Rebellion and has an existing knowledge of Chinese

The short stories, “Fortune Cookie” by Avi and “Raymond's Run” by Toni Cade Bambara, are about two disrespectful kids named Parker and Squeaky that act nasty to others. They don't understand that in life, they have to appreciate others point of view. The ways that this is true is in the way the characters don't understand how others feel, in the way the characters are disrespectful to others, and in the way the characters only think about their feelings. The first way that the stories suggest that in life, you should appreciate others point of view is in the way the characters don't understand how others feel ¨“Hey, you never said anything about money,” I said.

The following essay will be about a few books that I have read over the course of my life. Of course not all of the books will be included, only the ones that stood out to me the most. The books I chose are Chicken Noodle Soup for the Teenage Soul, the Twilight series, 50 Shades of Grey, Perfect, Breaking Rules, Promise You Won’t Tell, and Unbreak Me. I chose these books because they either stood out to me or helped me through a hard time. Mostly because they are the only ones that kept my attention long enough.

The experiences related and recorded in the novels The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, Monkey Bridge by Lan Cao, and Obasan by Joy Kogawa give great insight to the internal and external struggles East-Asian immigrants face in the Western World, specifically Chinese-Americans, Vietnamese-Americans, and Japanese-Canadians. Although the situations have certainly improved since the mid twentieth century, many of the issues and struggles the characters in the novels face are still real and ever-expanding for over five percent of the U.S. population. To

I personally like the way the females are in my family. It has taught me to be independent and showed me that if I want something, I have to get it myself. Besides that aspect, I do agree with how the Latino culture that was presented in the book.   After reading this book, I feel like I have not been as diverse as I have wanted.

The book “Our Guerrillas, Our Sidewalks” by Herbert Braun was a really eye opening book in many ways. This book shows some great examples in how your life can change in minutes, and to never take anything for granted. Jake was a really good man, and employed hundreds of people. You would think fate would have blessed this man and not have anything bad happen to him, but as everything in life everything bad happens to the people that do good. As you proceed in reading this book you kind of get suck into to story, as if you were there.

It was a warm and windy morning in the month of June 2007. I was 7 years old and my family planned a big trip to go to Hershey park. I was so excited it made me want to scream at the top of my lungs. But I didn’t. This trip was going to be the best trip of the summer.

It’s a really good book to read, because it will change the view that we have as citizens, living us with many questions without answer for the

Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery is an example of a classic book based on its ability to stand the test of time by continuing to be a bestseller, even though it was published over 100 years ago because it is a reminder of

Sui Sin Far’s work I found most appealing because of her parents background and how being mixed effected her and her siblings up bringing. Past reading materials have covered different races and culture, but this week is the first we’re seeing children from two different races. Sui Sin Far was treated like a science project growing up, even grown adults took a second look at her and her siblings because her parents different races.

The book is about the history of the world. It tells us the main ideas and events that took place since the Earth was born. Some

Charles Duhigg, a New York Times reporter is also the author of “The Power of Habit”. This scientific yet easy to read book is a true exposure of the science of productivity, self-discipline and belief in our daily actions. It focuses on why habits exist and how individuals can change them. As a result, Charles explains each exploration in a short story that embodies his research and passion for the topic. In order to change a habit loop, Charles states that an individual must understand that habits exist, and believe that he/she is in control of changing it.