David Benioff is an American author and screenwriter who wrote an outstanding book titled City of Thieves. He attended Dartmouth University, University of California, and Trinity College in Dublin. He is a Master of Fine Arts and has a degree in creative writing. Benioff never received an award for any of his books. However his first book The 25th Hour was adapted into a movie. Benioff is a great author to write a book about the life in Russia during the Second World War because his grandfather lived in that time period. City of Thieves is also about his grandfathers’ life and that makes him an undoubtedly reliable author.
The first theme of the book was Lev’s transformation from a boy into a man. Lev wanted to be a man above everything. “I wasn’t leaving Piter. I was a man, I would defend my city” (8). Lev, at the time of the story, was just a teenager and he was already telling himself that he was a man. His aspiration to prove to himself that he is a man just shows how badly he wants to be a grown up. Lev also wanted to show to himself and others that he is a man when he told Timofei that he shaves. However, he also said, “I shaved my mustache…. It grows slower in the winter”(95). By lying and saying that his mustache grows slower in the winter he just proves that he does anything to make other people see him as a man.
Another theme that was present throughout the novel was the cruelty of mankind. When life was hard people went crazy, there was no sense of morale or what is right and what is wrong. The first example of human cruelty, which gave the novel its starting point, was when the colonel put the lives of Lev and Kolya in danger only for ten eggs. This is very cruel towards Lev and Kolya because their lives are at a gun...
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...tellar novel that described the phenomenal and tragic lives the people endured during World War 2. This marvelous book talked about a journey of an adolescent, which became a man in all his glory. All in all the themes that were presented in this book which were, a boy becoming a man, the cruelty of mankind, and the hardships of life during that time period. Benioff is a great author who deserved a medal for this wonderful book that told an amazing story. For me this text was very strong because it showed me how my ancestry lived in the Soviet Union. This makes me want to respect them more for what they have endured and for raising such great children, my grandparents. I would recommend this book to everyone because the content of this book is so strong that it left me speechless. All in all I think City of Thieves was a great success and a wonderful read for me.
In 1776, David McCullough gives a vivid portrayal of the Continental Army from October 1775 through January 1777, with sharp focus on the leadership of America’s greatest hero, George Washington. McCullough’s thesis is that had not the right man (George Washington) been leading the Continental Army in 1776, the American Revolution would have resulted in a vastly different outcome. He supports his argument with a critical analysis of Washington’s leadership during the period from the Siege of Boston, through the disastrous defense of New York City, the desperate yet, well ordered retreat through New Jersey against overwhelming odds, and concludes with the inspiring victories of Trenton and Princeton. By keeping his army intact and persevering through 1776, Washington demonstrated to the British Army that the Continental Army was not simply a gang of rabble, but a viable fighting force. Additionally, Mr. McCullough supports his premise that the key to the survival of the American Revolution was not in the defense of Boston, New York City, or any other vital terrain, but rather the survival of the Continental Army itself. A masterful piece of history, 1776 is not a dry retelling of the Revolutionary War, but a compelling character study of George Washington, as well as his key lieutenants, and his British adversaries, the most powerful Army in the 18th Century world. When I read this book, I went from a casual understanding of the hero George Washington to a more specific understanding of why Washington was quite literally the exact right man at the exact right place and time to enable the birth of the United States.
have chosen it for my report. Finally, I will give my reactions to the novel
The universal themes that are used in the story are racism and better the young.”And mothers and fathers, if it is too late for you, think of your children. Make it safe so they don't have to run away, for I want for you and your children what I had.”( Baker, 83) These themes are universal because both talk about things that has happened multiple times. Like better the young. We want the young to be the greatest generation and not make the mistakes we had made. The children of each generation need to be better than the last generations. The other theme racism. Racism was back then and it is now. The theme talks about the racism in the past and in the present and in the future. Racism will be the theme for lots of things in the present but also
reflects upon the theme of the novel. As it highlights the fact that if people in the society
The Author throughout the story expresses a few main themes because he has been through war and had a negative experience with it. He tried to show you the negative aspects of it, and that there is no point of it. Throughout the book, by using expressions of the characters, he points about the gruesome psychological effects of war. Paul is very similar to the author since he too loathes the very existence of war, and sees no point of it. He even asks why there is war, and no one was able to give a proper answer to him. Because both of these people have experienced war, they unwillingly who it horrors compared whereas other who have never experienced was, glorify the moment.
I decided to compose my book report on Jack Welch’s book, Winning. It relays many of the same themes that our book does. I first came across this book when I was reading an article about Jack Welch and his years at GE, at the bottom they had advertisements for his two books; Jack: Straight from the Gut and Winning. The bright yellow background and Jack’s big smile, on the cover, caught my eye and all of the praise for him and the advance praise for Winning reeled me in. There is praise all over the back portion of the cover, from Tom Brokaw and Bill Gates to Warren Buffett and Rudy Giulliani. My expectations of the book were quite high because of all the kind words on the back, but Jack Welch never let me down, this book should be a required read for any Business grad.
The theme that is very meaningful to me is that war hurts two different parts of a country. The first is the military, which was not really talked about, and then there is the civilians. The civilians must ration food so that the military can eat, and then they must also suffer because the bomb that was dropped was not meant for any military base but to destroy and kill a city. The theme is clear in meaning that it hurts the civilians much more than it hurts the military and that war is very, very cruel. The people that were rationing had very little to eat and that amount
A theme within this novel is the loss of innocence. The existence of civilization allows man to remain innocent, therefore when the characters lost their innocence, the civilization was gone or corrupt. One example of the loss of innocence would be when Jack was unable to stab the pig during the hunt. At that moment, he lost his innocence which enabled him to kill without a recollection of civilization. Another example of the loss of innocence was when Roger was throwing stones and rocks at the other children below him. Roger was unable to actually hit them purposely because he still had his innocence, but this moment was the beginning of his inability of understanding human nature.
Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. The story “Battle Royal” by Ralph Ellison displays a few specific themes through the story which are easy to depict. A few themes from this story are, first racism and finding his self identity, then the danger of fighting stereotype with stereotype, and last blindness. These themes play an important role in the story to better help the reader understand it.
Themes are known to characterize the main idea or the many conflicts that occur within a storyline. They are the hidden foundation that the storyline follows. It is clear to say that both of these outstanding pieces of work have similar themes such as nature v. humanity, man v. man, and man v. himself. Nature v. Humanity is presented in the short narrative of Lanval through the characters of the Queen and young beautiful woman who stole Sir Lanval’s heart. The reason why this can be displayed as nature v. humanity is because the queen represents humanity. She is the one who is made through flesh and blood, and she is viewed and portrayed as the key
In conclusion, the author used a theme that conflict helps strengthen bonds. Some may argue that the main theme is about friendship. Though the author does mention this theme several themes it is not the main theme because it is not used often. The author spends more time emphasizing the value of relations between people and how they grow in times of conflict. Overall, the author uses emotional ways of the show not tell in a well-crafted novel to help readers know how we can connect it to our daily
2. The title of this book relates to the story, because in the book, Ponyboy and Johnny are “outsiders.” They can be thought of as Outsiders because they are labeled Greasers although they do not act like hoodlums, like the rest of the Greasers. They are thought of as Greasers just because they live on the East Side of town, and because they slick back their hair. But Ponyboy and Johnny are different then all of the other Greasers because they show their emotions, and are sensitive.
The theme of this story is actually stated in the story if it is read carefully and Crane reinforces it innumerable times. The theme of the story is man’s role in nature and is related to the reader through the use of color imagery, cynicism, human brotherhood, and the terrible beauty and savagery of nature. The story presents the idea that every human faces a voyage throughout life and must transition from ignorance to comprehension of mankind’s place in the universe and among other humans.
The one of the main themes in the epilogue, and in the entire novel is
One central theme that prevails throughout the novel is mankind's capacity for good and evil. Illustrated in the evolution of the two central characters, Marlow and Kurtz. Both symbolize the two conditions of human nature.