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22 October 2018 Informative Speech Outline: Napoleon Hill Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the success and life of Napoleon Hill, greatest writer of success books and mostly known for his book “Think and Grow Rich”. Central Idea: Napoleon Hill was born in 1883 in poverty, became an attorney/journalist and later became the greatest … Read more
Heroism in the Harry Potter series Berndt, Katrin., and Lena Steveker. Heroism in the Harry Potter Series. Ashgate, 2011. This book looks to examine and identify heroism and how it is defined within the twenty-first century. It also looks into Harry Potter and the themes and tropes used to define and explain masculinity and heroism. … Read more
Firstly, to be considered effective, a leader must deliver outcomes that meet the needs of the overall group. The leader must care about the entire group and not just about himself. Some argue that it is impossible to please everybody. However, effective leaders will make decisions based on the group’s most urgent needs. In the … Read more
The epic poem the Iliad by Homer is centralized around the conflict between Achilles and Agamemnon during the Trojan War. Besides Achilles, the main character shown to be defiant against someone of higher power, Homer depicts numerous instances where characters speak against the war and the leadership. However, the reactions these characters receive for their … Read more
Lord of the Flies – Summer Reading Assignment 2018 Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell Piggy, Ralph, and Jack are all starkly different characters that, although unique, represent common archetypes. Piggy is a short and fat boy with glasses who is sheltered, innocent, and naive. He consistently mentions his aunt and his asthma in … Read more
In Son of Man by Paraguayan author Augusto Roa Bastos, Bastos demonstrates through his characters that his country’s government plagues the country with perpetual, insurmountable oppression. This oppression that permeates Paraguay, as literary and Paraguayan history expert Patricia G. Montenegro brilliantly points out, stems from Dr. Jose Rodriguez de Francia’s harsh, isolationist dictatorship seventy years … Read more
Basic Information Margaret Atwood wrote The Handmaid’s Tale from the years of 1984 to 1985, and since its publication the book has never been out of print. She was born on the 18th of November,1939 in Ottawa, Canada (Atwood, par. 4). Being the daughter of a forest entomologist, she spent her childhood in the woods … Read more
Husband and wife Jane Ziegelman and Andrew Coe are both authors with backgrounds in culinary history. A Square Meal is the couple’s first meal together. Ziegelman is the director of the Tenement Museum’s culinary center, while Coe is described as an “independent scholar specializing in culinary history” (bookreporter.com). A square meal was published a little … Read more
In How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization, Franklin Foer discusses the connection between the interdependence of soccer and the increasingly globalized economy through his deliberate usage of historical anecdotes and evidence. In order to provide a logical and cohesive argument, Foer applies the criteria of considering overlooked or undervalued alternative explanations … Read more
Among the foremost references on the American Revolution, this book has been extensively researched and was thoroughly and carefully written. Intended for audiences with an interest in the revolution, it’s versatile enough to be read by anyone, ranging from those receiving an introduction to the subject to those well-versed and wanting more information. It focuses … Read more
Reading summary: The Two Constitutional Presidencies In this essay, Jeffrey Tulis theorizes that there are “two constitutional presidencies.” The first being the “Constitutional presidency” – the traditional concept of the presidency as outlined in the Constitution. The second being the lowercase “constitutional presidency” – a contemporary understanding of the role that relies much more on … Read more
Mayor Nutter Questions 1. Mayor Nutter refers to his time at the Prep in several places. Discuss how he was influenced by the school. What lessons did he take away from being a student here? Nutter talks about St. Joe’s Prep in various ways at the start of the book. He mainly saw Philadelphia from … Read more
This book is essentially a historical survey of the Roman Empire, from its beginnings in the womb of Troy, to its founding by the brothers Romulus and Remus, through the ascendancy of Augustus to the imperial throne and the birth of Christ. Augustine herein focuses especially on the bloody conflicts and calamities endured by Rome, … Read more
Storyline: This book tells about Alexander and his journey as king. It explains the wars and land he conquered. Main Characters: Alexander the Great- Alexander the Great was conceived in July, 356 B.C., his parents was Phillip the ll and third spouse Olympias, they were macedonian.He was known as a conqueror, but his real motive … Read more
It Still Takes A Candidate is an updated version of the book, It Takes A Candidate. This book is based on a study that reveal the way in which gender affects political ambition. The data was taken from the Citizen Political Ambition Panel Study in which sixty-eight hundred eligible women and men took a survey … Read more
