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Why I Never Recommend Young Adult Fictions to Young Adults
I have long known of fame The Giver (1993) by Lois Lowry garnered from all over the country. I have been meaning to read it for at least over the past two decades. What I did not know was that this book actually falls under Young Adult Fiction (YA) genre, the target audience being between the ages of 12 and 18. By the time that realization dawned upon me, I was already halfway through the book. Looking back, I should have known better. I had some inkling when I started reading the first few pages. I started experiencing this inexplicably weird sensations, such as having knots in my stomach, numbing, diffuse bouts of headache and irritability caused by having to fight against the urge to put the book down. Not only that, I was crinkling up my nose and shaking my head more often than I could care to count. Unbeknownst to me, somehow in my twisted, dystopian world, I was subconsciously talking myself into believing that the plot will turn out to be more complicated and insightful than what I had read so far, so much so that only mature audiences, like myself, will be able to understand. How utterly, undeniably wrong I was!
By Ji Na Khananisho3 years ago in Education
Book Review: 99 Personal Money Management Principles For Students – Cary Siegel
According to reputable companies like Forbes, eBay, Elite Daily, Bustle, etc., this book is a practical gift for High school or college students. Currently, it is among the 5-star selling books in the country. People go to school to learn about English, Mathematics, Science, Sociology, etc. but have little knowledge about financial management.
By Abass Quadri Olajide3 years ago in Education
Top 5 Books I’ve Read in the Last 365 Days
My reading list currently has over 60 entries. Which means two things. First, I’m a pretty organized reader. Second, the books I start reading better be good, or I’ll drop them and move on to the next one. I have no time to waste.
By Auriane Alix3 years ago in Education
A Weapon Disguised in Poetry
Poetry to the Romantics was exploring the complexities of life, death, music, society, and everything else they found intriguing, only using the words and resources they had at the time. The Romantic would focus on lasting and temporary, searching for the sublime feeling of being small in a vast world. The Romantic era was a response to the Industrial Revolution and how that was affecting Nature and society. Nature and society are connected through poetry when they usually are separated into two different categories. Romantic Poetry was meant to take the reader into what the world should be or what it could become. Poetry sheds light on the aspects of life and Nature that make life worth living, while also criticizing the evilness of humans that corrupt the good.
By Miss Ghoul3 years ago in Education
A Good Woman is Hard to Find
In “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor, the grandmother is the second villain of the short story, being the sole reason her family dies horrific deaths. The obvious villain is the murderer, but the grandmother is a product of her old values and norms, causing a rift in her family. Eventually, her lies and manipulation get the whole family murdered. Her selfishness caused an already somewhat dysfunctional family to face the ultimate doom. The grandmother is disillusioned with her position in life. Her own family does not want to spend time with her, so she has to impose on them. Although the grandmother is the main character, her characterization and the plot’s driving made her the villain. As her old values made her do as she did, the old values and norms died. The other females in the book were way less represented, dying with her, as the old values dragged down the newer generations.
By Miss Ghoul3 years ago in Education
Booker Prize 2021 - Why you should read the Six Short-listed Books
What is the Booker Prize and how has it changed? The Booker Prize was inaugurated in 1969 and for many years was presented to the book from the UK, Ireland or the Commonwealth that was deemed best of the year. In recent years this has been expanded to include any novel written in English published in the UK and Ireland in the past year.
By Wilkie Stewart3 years ago in Education
The Fifth Season Book Review
Where to even begin? I started this review many different ways, and none of them seemed to do The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin justice. How do I speak to something that is so far beyond my abilities as a writer? The world-building alone had me scraping my jaw off the floor from page one, not to mention the character development. That on its own is worthy of an essay on innovative thinking. Let's keep it simple, shall we?
By Cynthia Varady3 years ago in Education