Books & Authors - April 2007

To kill a mockingbird is one of my favorite books .. please share with me your experience with this book ... what elements of this story did you find especially memorable, humorous, or inspiring?

did any events in this book cause you to reconsider your childhood memories or experiences in a new light ?

2007-04-09 10:45:10 · 6 answers · asked by ambitious 1

They are different elements to use in a story, but what's the difference between them?

2007-04-09 10:38:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

What is the literary device used? and what does it do? In the poem "To a Stranger"

http://www.bartleby.com/142/52.html

2007-04-09 10:30:07 · 1 answers · asked by Muse 1

I'm looking for fellow writers to exchange and share work with. Like, I'll read yours if you read mine. I've tried www.greatwriting.co.uk and www.editred.com but nobody reads your work.

Suggestions?

2007-04-09 10:27:32 · 5 answers · asked by Tusk 1

I plan to be an author in the future but now I just LOVE writing for fun! Any coolio ideas to start a BEYOND AMAZING story?

2007-04-09 10:24:10 · 4 answers · asked by Twilight <33 3

my friend has a report due tomorrow, and really needs a book. hellpppp!

2007-04-09 10:19:04 · 14 answers · asked by k o 2

I'm writing a YA historical fiction novel and have done a lot of research. I use actual names, places, and events from the 1860s. Can descendants of the people object to my using their ancestors' names? How much freedom do I have in creating their private lives?

2007-04-09 10:17:16 · 8 answers · asked by Molly R. 4

from what i started reading about 3 yrs ago, there was this teen girl who lost here site and apparently her parents. so she goes to live with her realitives and they make her a room in the attic. even tho she is blind now she hears voices coming from an opem window and when she leans out, she gets the curtains wrapped around her and she can see little kids and other people she doesnt recognize. now i didnt get to read the whole book but i want to finish it so i can find out what happens because from what i got those people she saw were her family from a long time ago. if you know the name of the book plz tell me, and again...i say this alot, no answers saying you dont know.

2007-04-09 09:55:20 · 1 answers · asked by amander0506 1

Ok so I have a project and i have to pick a poem by e.e. cummings I need a poem that is appropriate for an 8th grade classs becvuase some of his poems were gross. And I need a poem that is easy to undestand by hime becuase some of them are confusing. so if you could show me some poems that are easy to understand and are good. I have tried s o hard to find a good one so can you help me?

2007-04-09 09:40:13 · 2 answers · asked by sfbdsfh f 1

I'm reading the book Undercurrents for my book club. I just would like to know some stuff that happens in the book. Can anyone help?

2007-04-09 09:00:07 · 1 answers · asked by ♥ilyTaylorLautner♥ 2

“To be great is to be misunderstood” Emerson refers to greatness often in his essay. In his essay he illustrates what one needs to be great and defines what that means. Emerson uses his aphorisms in Self Reliance to illiterate how society holds individuals back from greatness by making them fear self trust.
Emerson emphasizes on self trust. He expresses that self trust and individuality is the key to greatness. In the essay Emerson voice that people need to search for what’s good or bad according to them rather than let society tell them and live by the laws according to them. “He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness but must explore if it be goodness”. He tells us that we can’t let society hinder our ideas.

2007-04-09 08:57:33 · 2 answers · asked by bluebird_chica 2

2007-04-09 08:49:05 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Then the executioner descended, entered tie chapel, and reappeared leading Lucrezia, who was the first to suffer. At the foot of the scaffold he tied her hands behind her back, tore open the top of her corsage so as to uncover her shoulders, gave her the crucifix to kiss, and led her to the step ladder, which she ascended with great difficulty, on account of her extreme stoutness; then, on her reaching the platform, he removed the veil which covered her head. On this exposure of her features to the immense crowd, Lucrezia shuddered from head to foot; then, her eyes full of tears, she cried with a loud voice--

"O my God, have mercy upon me; and do you, brethren, pray for my soul!"

Having uttered these words, not knowing what was required of her, she turned to Alessandro, the [p. 409] chief executioner, and asked what she was to do; he told her to bestride the plank and lie prone upon it; which she did with great trouble and timidity;

2007-04-09 08:41:15 · 1 answers · asked by maravilla 3

if you do, why?

2007-04-09 08:05:53 · 6 answers · asked by ohhh 2

I have boxes of high quality soft and hard cover books that I don't want to read again. The subject matter is a broad range from the esoteric to the mundane and everything in between -- literature, mystery, romance, best-sellers of every possible category, novelty/gift books, books with DVDs, psychology, philosophy, religion, self-help...the list is endless! I don't care if I get money for them. I just don't want to trash them as I am sure somebody somewhere would enjoy reading some of them. My local library doesn't take donated books. I'm not up for organizing a garage sale. I'm not going to put myself through the trouble of ebay and I have already gone through them and resold what I could through Barnes and Noble. It was a ridiculous exercise, a waste of my time, and for the money I got, I'd rather just give these books a good home.

Where or to whom have you donated books? It seems like a total waste for me to put them out with the trash. I would appreciate your ideas.

2007-04-09 07:51:51 · 26 answers · asked by margot 5

PLEASE READ THIS AND SUGGEST WHAT THE THESIS SHOULD BE.
In Harper Lee’s novel to Kill a Mockingbird Scout Finch is the narrator and protagonist of the story. She narrates the story in first person, telling the readers what she hears and sees through her experiences. She is also known as Jean Louise Finch . At the beginning of the story set in the mid 1930s, Scout is an innocent five year old child who lives in the town of Maycomb, Alabama. Scout is the youngest in her family, living with her father Atticus, brother Jem, and the cooker Capurina. Throughout the beginning of the novel, Scout acts more of a tomboy by wearing overalls and learning how to climb trees rather than wearing dresses and learning manners. In this book Scout is a intelligent, confident, and a thoughtful character.

2007-04-09 07:39:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-09 06:46:01 · 2 answers · asked by mrs.hearn 1

2007-04-09 06:21:27 · 2 answers · asked by that's hawt 3

I think Harry Potter will be the last horcrux becasue voledemort gave part of his sole to Harry when he tried to kill him, so he will have to kill himself to defeat voldemort.

I also think that Dumbledore will come back and save Harry.

Do you think Harry will die?

2007-04-09 05:59:47 · 49 answers · asked by me 4

Any great books except sci-fi and like harry potter typee books. not really into that kind of books

2007-04-09 05:39:26 · 17 answers · asked by laurenelizabeth_x0 2

Does anyone know the names and authors of books about Pearl Harbor, the Attack on Pearl Harbor, or how it influenced America? It must be nonficiton.

2007-04-09 05:37:37 · 2 answers · asked by Flower L 2

2007-04-09 05:05:21 · 18 answers · asked by Jackie Oh! 7

And what should I buy??

2007-04-09 04:41:26 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

This is a list of some of the books I read, so you won't give me names of books I've already dealt with.
Please help. I need to read!!!!!!!!!!!!
Read and loved
1. Harry Potter
2. Artemis Fowl and anything else by Eoin Coifer
3. Inheritance Trilogy
4. His Dark Materials
5. Pendragon
6. A great and terrible beauty and sequel
7. Twilight and sequel
8. Bartimaeus Trilogy
9. Inkheart and sequel
10. Heir Apparent
11. Children of the Lamp
12. The Last Apprentice
13. Magyk and sequels
14. The Giver
15. Alex Rider if it counts as fantasy. A teen working for MI6

Read and Hated
1. Anything by Tamora Pierce
2. Stephen King
3. Faerie Wars
4. Abarat
5. Eye of the World
6. Dark is Rising
7. Hitchhiker’s Guide
8. Leven Thumps
9. The Capture

Read and didn’t like nor love
1. Lord of the Rings
2. Charlie Bone
3. The Four Ancestors
4. Gregor the Overlander
5. Redwall
6. A Wizard of Earthsea

2007-04-09 04:23:57 · 16 answers · asked by Michelle A 2

2007-04-09 04:18:46 · 15 answers · asked by Eyad M 1

2007-04-09 03:59:13 · 17 answers · asked by andi_jc 1

I've read both and i liked them very much,but i would like to know what do you think. Are you a fan of this books or not? And i would like you to put more questions for me and everybody else to answer them! Please!

2007-04-09 03:54:51 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

My understanding is that 'Lord of the Flies' was not written for children, and I'm looking for a specific reference to back this up, e.g. an interview with the author.

2007-04-09 03:48:20 · 23 answers · asked by Lyn 1

I felt a funeral in my brain

2007-04-09 02:09:09 · 3 answers · asked by Marcos T 1

I am setting up Swaprock.com.au which will allow people to swap these items that they no longer use. It is not up yet, but not far away.
Just list the items you dont use, send them to someone when they ask for them, then you get credit to request stuff you want from others!!
I think it could be very popular, especially with uni people for books, and gamers would love it too. Dvd and Cd collectors would get into it I reckon also, but I NEED INPUT FROM PEOPLE.
If you would like more info drop me an email at swaprock@yahoo.com.au I am starting beta testing in April 07 and need some people to give it a try.

2007-04-08 22:54:49 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous