“Thick as Thieves”, by Peter Spiegelman is a high suspense novel about a group of thieves who plan a robbery, that will score them millions of dollars. The reader first learns about the main character, Carr. Carr is an ex-CIA member, who has a bad relationship with his family. He is the leader of the crew who plans all of the thieving activities. His crew consists of Valerie, who works behind the scenes, Dennis, the computer wizard, Mike, handyman, and Bobby, the youngest, yet most promising member of the group.
After a series of smaller thieving operations, the group sets out to steal millions of dollars from Curt Prager, one of the richest private bank owners in the world. In order to pull of this big job, they go after Howard Bessemer, who is one of Prager's biggest clients. The crew kidnaps Bessemer and they take him to the Caribbean, in hopes of getting more information about Prager. All along, Carr does not feel like he can trust his crew, and he also has feelings for Valerie. Carr's distrust in his crew comes from what happened in the previous mission, when two crew members were killed. Half way through the Prager mission, Carr receives a phone call that his father is missing. He jumps on a plane, in hopes of finding his father. Finally, after a long search Carr finally finds his father at his mothers grave. Carr returns to the Caribbean, but he has set back the operation. It turns out that Curt Bessemer has a lot of security and it sets back the crew even more. The crew turns to desperate measures trying everything to get into Prager's estate.
The entire time, Bessemer and Prager are lied to. Carr uses a fake name and says he wants to do business with Prager. Bessemer never wonders whether Carr and his...
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... he does not want to lose another. This quote shows the reader of Carr's true emotions and feelings when it comes to his job.
“Inhale, exhale, not too fast, Carr tells himself, and he shifts carefully in the long grass.”
This quote is important because it talks about the suspense in the book. There are a lot of moments like this in the book, and Carr becomes very nervous during some times. I like this quote because it explains how Carr and his crew had to do during their big jobs.
E. Recommendation: I would definitely recommend this book to others. I think if you enjoy stories that have lots of suspense and action, this would be a good book to read. Some parts of the book become complex and hard to understand at some times, but I think that is what makes the story interesting. I would have to give a warning out that the book contains a lot of bad language.
Darryl’s life is worth fighting for. “You can’t buy what I’ve got.” ‘The Castle’ directed by Rob Sitch, about one man, his family and neighbours on the verge of being homeless. Darryl Kerrigan, the “backbone of the family” won’t stand for that. Of course no one can buy what he has. He’s spent almost his entire lifetime building what he has, why should he give it up? Darryl’s way of life is simple yet filled with family values. 3 Highview Crescent is the home to Darryl, his wife Sal and their 3 children: Wayne, Steve, Tracy and Dale. (Wayne currently being in jail.) The house is made up of love, and simple family values. Darryl’s also added bits and pieces to it. He’s added on so much to the house, his own personal touch. His neighbours, also in the same bout are almost family to the Kerrigans. Jack and Farouk are another reason why Darryl’s ready to take matters into his own hands.
My overall opinion of this book is good I really liked it and recommend it to anyone. It is a good book to read and it keep you interested throughout the whole book.
Thus the film has given us an intellectual whose chief characteristic is that he admires things more than people, aliens more than Americans.Carrington suggests that the Thing is in every way superior to the humans with which he is surrounded, and he is entirely willing to sacrifice himself and the others in order to add the alien's superior knowledge to the "brain," as he calls it, of his own culture.We might see in Carrington an enthusiasm for other ways of thinking and being taken to suicidal extremes, a sort of multicultural mania.
He is saying: “I had always loved serving. But [it] just felt different now. I didn't know that an old man could feel so lost. That's how I felt.”4 With Reagan's refusal, Cecil's point of view towards the Civil Rights Movement and the President, changes. After working three decades for the Presidents of the United States, Cecil opens his eyes and realizes that his son is doing an exploit all the time. The butler recognizes, that the actions of his son are heroic, and that he was wrong all the time. By saying: “Louis was never a criminal. He was a hero fighting to save the soul of our country”, he is expressing his new way of thinking towards his son
He learned over some time, that it is possible for one to retain separateness but keep individuality, and one can be a public person as well as a private person. He says that at first he wanted to be like everyone else (fit in), and only when he could think of himself as American it was than okay to be an individual in public society. He speaks of a man from Mexico who held on to Spanish: "For as long as he holds on to words, he can ignore how much else has changed his life" (35). The message is to not take words for granted and not to misuse words because they certainly do have meaning. For example, `brother' and `sister' is becoming a public repetition of words. The meaning will become lifeless. Words mean something when the voice takes control "the heart cannot contain!" (39). It forms an intimate sound.
It’s a novel that has a little bit of everything for everybody. The only reason I didn’t give the it a 10/10 is because it’s hard to nail down who the main characters are (even though I would argue that with so many great characters, there really doesn’t need to be a main character), and there are some sexual scenes in the novel I found to be semi-unnecessary, which might make some people dislike the whole story. However, I would strongly recommend this book to anyone who want a genuinely fantastic story to read, people interested in a novel full of vibrant, realistic, and sometimes flawed (in a good way) characters, or anyone with some time to kill for long stretches, because they won’t want to put this book
Throughout the novel the characters are put in these situations which force them to obtain information about the people they thought they knew. The center of finding out who everyone is was brought into play through the death of Marie. The story is told by David, only twelve years old, who sees his family an community in a different light for who they truly are under there cover. By doing his own little investigations, often times eavesdropping, David saw through the lies, secures and betrayals to find the truth.
He uses backed up information to get his point across while also showing his character to connect with the audience. Carr also uses the strategy of pathos to appeal to the readers imagination to pull them in to show what he experienced. I feel that although I may not agree with everything he is stating, the things he used were persuasive enough to keep the reader reading, and some agreeing with him that the internet is causing more harm to the human
...s is related to his philosophy about doing the right thing and about a being a good person. But it goes beyond this. He spoke often about having true compassion. It isn’t enough to help those in need, but we must truly care about them, to take a good look and see how they got that way. He asked us to examine how we as a society can change the conditions that led them to be there in the first place. Doing this makes us better as people. I have found that it also makes me feel better. Never give up on your dreams. While his life was cut tragically short, he died in pursuit of his dream and in spite of everything he faced, he never gave up on it. He faced obstacles I could never imagine having to face, and still persisted. This reminds me that the small things in my life that often seem insurmountable, are just my excuses for not taking action and are not obstacles.
I found the book to be easy, exciting reading because the story line was very realistic and easily relatable. This book flowed for me to a point when, at times, it was difficult to put down. Several scenes pleasantly caught me off guard and some were extremely hilarious, namely, the visit to Martha Oldcrow. I found myself really fond of the char...
8.Recommendation: I wouldn’t recommend this book for anyone to read because it’s quite boring and very confusing in some parts of the story. Well it’s confusing to me and it’s like the most weirdest book I have ever read. Someone who likes to read novels or read in general would like this book because or if they like this genre they would like this
... that no one should be over confident even if someone is about to win. Being over confident may ultimately destroy you in the end. Brady dies in the end because of humiliation and regret. Lawrence and Lee uses Brady as a confident individual to an over confident individual through the play to caution Americans not to get prideful about our overconfidence.
(line 15). This is his common sense speaking and acknowledging that what he chooses now will affect every other choice he will make in the future.
Powder, a short story written by Tobias Wolff, is about a boy and his father on a Christmas Eve outing. As the story unfolds, it appears to run deeper than only a story about a boy and his father on a simple adventure in the snow. It is an account of a boy and his father’s relationship, or maybe the lack of one. Powder is narrated by a grown-up version of the boy. In this tale, the roles of the boy and his father emerge completely opposite than what they are supposed to be but may prove to be entirely different from the reader’s first observation.
...y bury us in history when we want to focus on the future; they bombard us with distraction when we try to concentrate.” He starts to tell us that we often try to fight the mind by arguing against our thoughts and feelings, or by finding ways to avoid. You don’t want to get caught in and ongoing battle against your own mind. Sometime you will win the battle and sometimes you will lose putting yourself in that position that you didn’t want to be in.