Pierre Fortier từ Saint-Maurice-Crillat, France

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05/02/2024

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Pierre Fortier Sách lại (10)

2019-03-28 17:31

Vừa Lười Vừa Bận Vẫn Giỏi Tiếng Anh Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

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he book starts out with promise. Rowling, for the second time in the series, steps away from Harry's character just long enough to show us what the story's main villain, Lord Voldemort, has been up to for the past year. Once again, Rowling presents her readers with a dreary image of a wasted away man, consumed by his own lust for power. This time, the man has an assistant and a snake that are slowly nursing him back to health. Next on this man's list? To reclaim his title as the Dark Lord and destroy the one boy that had defeated him thirteen years before. Voldemort is again plotting to kill Harry Potter. Enter yawn here. Someone has always been out to try and kill Harry since book one. This plot point has been used throughout the books as a good thought degraded into a tiresome cliché. However, Rowling is a masterful story teller, and the reader will still follow each line quickly, anxious to find out what will happen next. Will Voldemort rise this time? How close will Harry come to death? That is the last we hear of that plot for most of the book. Rowling uses the majority of 734 pages to further develop Harry and the magical world. The book lies before the reader as a masterful painting, where each paint stroke reveals much more than one can find in a glance. Harry is now a full fledged adolescence, complete with insecurity around girls, and the need to continually prove himself. His thoughts are growing in complexity as his view of the world expands. As Harry's view grows, so does the reader's. Rowling takes Harry to the Quidditch World Cup where Harry discovers wizarding cultures from different nations. It is also here that Harry discovers the fear and panic that comes in the wake of the dark, hateful followers of Lord Voldemort. Rowling moves the book along to where Harry returns to Hogwarts for his fourth school year. Only now a new plot is introduced where Harry must play champion in a deadly school game. So why the change in focus? Rowling moves from starting the reader with Lord Voldemort to forgetting that plot and entering a new one. The plots are obviously connected, but how can one writer get away with promising a book with the villain, and then keeping that same villain out of view? There is a simple answer, Voldemort never really left the book. Voldemort is the antithesis to truth and justice. He was created out of a lack of love. His spite turned him into a venomous creature synonymous with a snake. While Voldemort himself may leave the middle of the story, what he represents certainly does not. As Harry's world view expands to include different cultures and ways of thinking, Harry's notice of injustice and intolerance grows as well. For instance, House-Elfs, small servant creatures introduced in the second book, are treated as slaves. For all the care they give to wizards, they receive no pay and rarely any gratitude. The reporter, Rita Skeeter, is out for herself and not the readers of the newspaper for which she works. She weaves lies between the thin lines of the truth, manipulating the public to take whatever stance she wants them to take. And worst of all, Harry sees Death Eaters, Voldemort's old followers, play spiteful games with non-magical folk. Led by their prejudice, a Death Eater finds happiness in hurting others and instilling terror into the rest. It is through these themes that Rowling uses a brilliant novel to discuss social justice issues. The reader, when faced with such horrific tales, must look back into their own culture and recognize the falsehoods and injusices that lie beneath it. As Dickens did in the 19th Century, Rowling uses her work as a call to compassion and change.

2019-03-28 18:31

Câu Lạc Bộ Các Tiên Nữ Sành Điệu - Lạc Lối Với Ô Chữ Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Rainbow

The storyline is simple: regular guy (ie. secular) goes to a strict religious school. The author Kevin Roose is indeed a young guy, and the way he writes the book makes it an enjoyable read although his language gets a bit crude at times. He also tends to characterize people by describing someone as a celebrity. (Jamie Lee Curtis for example. What does that mean exactly? Is she still considered hot? Forty years from now one would REALLY wonder what Kevin is driving at.) There are certain opinions he expresses that others may not agree with which may make this a harder read for them. I chose to ignore some of those types of things so I could get to the bigger picture. Truthfully, I learned a lot from Kevin's book because I am also a 'regular' girl. I grew up going to Catholic Church on Sundays, I even taught a little after-school religion myself before I moved out of NY. But honestly, that's as far as I got. This is a great look at how the 'other half' lives. The book does not set out to convert anyone, it is just a view on the college he attended for that semester and how it affected him. (Kevin himself returns to Brown the next semester). Even so, it has inspired me to have more of a spiritual opening for God. I empathized with Kevin while he tried to fit into the mold of the college, but I also understood the viewpoints of the students at Liberty University. Everything from joining the choir, learning the coursework for his classes, the mindset of the students and Kevin's personal beliefs are laid out in this book like a mini-memoir. Kevin explains the beliefs of the religion while writing of the reasonings behind them and why it clashes with what he has been brought up to believe, such as Creationism vs. Darwinism. Certain things like Global Warming does not exist, homophobia and all the things on the 46 page code of conduct at Liberty were all very interesting. We learn some of the background of Jerry Falwell, Liberty's founder, and sit in on some of his lectures. (Sermons?) It is a very thorough book detailing the day to day activities of Kevin during his time at Liberty. After reading this book, I wouldn't mind sending my kids to Liberty University, but just for a semester. The rules are strict as far as morals go and that's always a good thing in my book. For Kevin's writing endeavor I give him a 3.5, it was well written for a beginner. A very good topic though, and has already won lots of rave reviews.

Người đọc Pierre Fortier từ Saint-Maurice-Crillat, France

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.