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Abderrahmane Azmi said: " Abderrahmane Azmi
6/02/15
English 8-3

For starters, this novel first expresses unfaithfulness and polygamy. Readers can sense that there is going to be polygamy, love, hate and straying. "Dave is kind of in love with Annie and Bertz is kind of in love Abderrahmane Azmi
6/02/15
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For starters, this novel first expresses unfaithfulness and polygamy. Readers can sense that there is going to be polygamy, love, hate and straying. "Dave is kind of in love with Annie and Bertz is kind of in love with Dave." (Reed 10). Coming back to unfaithfulness, Annie is very unfaithful to herself since she reveals a secret that she obligated herself to keep. Annie exposes her condition, which is a secret, to her parents. For these two reasons, Polygamy and unfaithfulness are going to be experienced by readers.

All of a sudden, a mother is worried and two nuns or church sisters appear. Annie's mom is very worried and enters a difficult life. "It's for her own good, but Mom was crying when they took her away." (Reed 10). The church sisters, or the "Dedicated Sisters" as they call them in the novel are pious brainwashers that are the only religious people in the novel's district. The brainwashing sisters are the only serious and religious people, they are strange to the characters. For these two reasons, a mother worries and some church sisters appear bizarrely.

The church sisters are sort of burglarious since the commit a bad deed and made the school students' blood run cold. The sisters were stealthily robbing other people's property. "First they take away your cellphone and sweep your hard drive... and they rip off your earring... and laser off everyone of your tattoos." (Reed 11). The Deds or Dedicated Sisters frighten the school students because they published a very threatening legend. The sisters had a legend that said "YOUR BODY IS A TEMPLE. IF YOU CAN'T KEEP IT SACRED, WE WILL." (Reed 11). For these tow reasons, the sisters stole and scared the students.

The Deds are professionals that are professional in kidnapping. The Deds indoctrinate and brainwash newcomers. "The next morning Betz woke up to megasilence... Hello?" (Reed 12). The Deds are pros. The method with which they kidnap people is genius and criminal, all the people that are kdinapped become religious people. For these two reasons, the Deds are pros and kidnap ingeniously.

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Annie is undergoing physical changes and this largely affects her social life. "Belly looks like the Goodyear blimp" (Reed 26). Here Annie is told that she is very fat. The faces of Annie's brothers and sisters are full of shame. They are full of shame because of their fat sister. For these tow reasons, Annie is making her life worse and worse.

Every child in Annie's family is feeling a difference in life too. For example, the children don't even want to go out with their mom. Such as in (Reed 27), they are inhibited. The Dad is spoiling Annie and his children. He says that he'll buy them a car. For these two reasons, the family's life is increasingly changing.

Annie encounters problems with her Dad and boyfriend. Dave is cold on his relationship with Annie. He is cold because her fatness is making her ugly (Reed 27). The Dad finally accuses Annie without spoiling her. He says that she destroyed the family's reputation. For these two reasons, Annie encounters problems with her dad and boyfriend.

The fat Annie goes through ups and downs. Her boyfriend finally restarts his romanticizing. Dave expresses it by complimenting Annie (Reed 29). However, Annie is now powerless. Annie agrees with any of Dave's hangout plan suggestions. For these two reasons, Annie goes through ups and downs.

This review is short, sorry about that, but I just couldn't manage my time. ...more "

Feb 13, 2015 03:53PM · see review

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Plato: The Father of Logic (The Library of Greek Philosophers)

by Alex Sniderman

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Plato stays a very pivotal figure in the huge world of reasoning and philosophy. For instance, Plato diverged from and insatiably refuted the theories and viewpoints of other philosophers because of his contrasting Abderrahmane Azmi
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Plato stays a very pivotal figure in the huge world of reasoning and philosophy. For instance, Plato diverged from and insatiably refuted the theories and viewpoints of other philosophers because of his contrasting and more reasoned interpretation of how to live during the course of life. To enunciate, Plato diverged from Protagoras' belief that knowledge was something relative, or unique to each person, because each person's experiences and opinions were different or also the theory of philosophical idea of (relativism), Theodorus believed that understanding the world meant experiencing it through the five senses of smell, sight, taste, touch, and hearing or (experience equals knowledge), Heraclitus believed that the world was in a state of constant flux, or change or (individual experience). In illustration, Plato refuted Protagoras' viewpoint by finding the epistemological idea of relativism self-refuting because the interpretation of (what you believe is true and you need to adhere it accordingly) is an idea that will lead you to death. Indisputably, everyone knows that Greece highly revered arts and learnings like literature, wrestling, theater and music. Surrounded by all this erudite culture, Plato grew up wrestling and people named him Plato because Plato means "flat or broad" in Latin, Plato had broad shoulders and was impressive in wrestling and won a profusion of titles, Plato was under the education of another bright mind, Socrates, who taught him philosophy, later, inspired by all this culture, Plato founded his interesting school named "Platonism". According to this ocean of examples, Plato is a very influential figure that was potent on the world's very significant subject of philosophy.

Beyond argument, Plato was of high status, classified as a Greek citizen of an aristocratic family that consisted of powerful people, that he later was titularly named as an insightful "family member". Moreover, Plato's mother was related to a legendary Greek statesman and his father related to an evidently authoritative Greek king. The mother of Plato was in relation to the legendary Greek statesman Solon, his father, Ariston, was a relative of King of Codrus, the last king of Greece and his uncles, Critias and Charmides, governors of Greece. Once, wise Plato and a lot of his family members were invited to refashion Greece's governmental system after their defeat during the Peloponnesian War, the consolidation incorporated the murder of opponents and the confiscation of their property, the members invited were overthrown and Plato was horrified of the aftermath, was surprised by the ensuing moderation of democratic verdicts and craved entering politics, however, after the execution of his beloved teacher, Socrates, Plato feared unraveling the applied notion of political frames of reference and hence facing his teacher's non-conformist repercussion after discontentment of political events. Why is Plato referred to as the "father of logic"? This is a thought-provoking question. Subjectively speaking , Plato is the "father of logic" because he was the pupil of a logical philosopher and because his falsification of the other philosophers' philosophical outlooks was very well reasoned and agreed with by the avid reader. To conclude, Plato's philosophical and somewhat political success was brooded behind his wealthy family that yielded ample routes of assets.

Although Plato came from a wealthy family, the family still had notoriety whereas Plato and Socrates were non-violently pacific and fought for justice. For clarification, Plato's uncles Critias and Charmides were notorious. The uncles were notorious for being very violent tyrants and merciless murderers after the slaying of the war opponents and the property confiscation. The reason why Plato and Socrates are non-violent like Mahatma Ghandi and promote justice like Martin Luther King JR and Rosa Parks has various answers, "As a result, the Spartans realized it would be better to reconcile these two with each other. They made them swear to a truce, and restored the democracy. Despite the connections to the Thirty Tyrants and other famous statesmen, Plato gave up his political ambitions. The cruelty with which the Thirty Tyrants governed Athens completely disgusted him. But this disappointment didn't really matter. Plato had already found something more attractive than political power. By 408 B.C., he had become a steady companion of the great philosopher Socrates. Although Socrates was stonemason by trade, and he had family (a wife and three sons) to support, he is thought to have spent most of his time engaging in philosophical discussions in the agora, or market place, of Athens. He was not at all interested in money and did not charge for his teaching . He was only concerned with the study of philosophy. Socrates was an opponent of the Sophists, teachers who traveled through Greece teaching classes for fee. The Sophists' philosophy stated that the important thing in life was getting what you wanted and persuading others to give to to you. In contrast, Socrates thought the role of knowledge was to learn how to be a good person." (Sniderman 35-36), this quote exposes how Socrates is right and fought for justice while it also depicts how the duo of Plato and Socrates played a huge role in the philosophical development of ancient history. Notoriety, licentiousness and philosophy describe this paragraph.

There are two reasons why I recommend ancient history novel. The first reason is that it shows how philosophy and logic developed back then. Plato and Socrates' actions act out this scenario. The second reason is that it enlightens readers about how war opponents were treated. Plato's refutation of the murder of war opponents enlightens readers. For these two reasons, this novel is highly recommended because it contains a profusion of effective informational texts. ...more "

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