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1:03 PM
10/16/09
by: Matt
 

MSGoliath

Hey Everyone. How about them Activity reports?

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12:43 PM
5/26/09
by: Emily
 

EmKangas

A Time To Kill (31-44)

Oh my God, this was a very intense ending. First off, yay to Carl Lee, who was set free. The trial and jury scenes and the mob scenes outside of the courthouse were so well described...more

 
11:57 PM
5/25/09
by: J
 

jbanez

My Sister's Keeper Blog 4

OHHHHHHH MYYYYYYYY GOSHHHHHHHHHHH!! My Sister s Keeper was SO GOOD but it was SO SAD!! I just finished the book and I just about cried at the end. Jodi Picoult is such a touching writer - SHE IS...more

 
1:40 PM
5/25/09
by: Rachel
 

rbenavides

Disgrace blog two (chapters 7-12)

Lucy, Professor David Lurie s daughter, lives in a small house in the country and keeps a shelter for dogs. She is rather messy and unkempt and this clashes with her father s personality but it ...more

 
3:10 PM
5/22/09
by: Trent
 

tbutters

Choice novel blog 4#

In The alst section of the book McMurphy arranges for a fishing trip for him and the patients and gets some of his outside friends to chaperone (they are actually two prostitutes). after they ar...more

 
3:26 PM
5/21/09
by: Ben
 

B-H

Blue Maus

I thought the ending of the book was really touching. I thought the scenes where Vladek worked together with his friend were interesting to watch and a good example of their friendship wor...more

 
2:32 PM
5/21/09
by: Fred
 

Sir-Frederick-the-Great

Maus II- The End

can say that hands down I have enjoyed Maus I and Maus II the most out of all of the books we have read in class this year. Yes, I called it a book. In my opinion it is more of a book then a comic ...more

 
1:11 PM
5/21/09
 

Sebass

Maus II chapters 1-5

Every thing is so much darker in Maus II than Maus I. The shading, the wording. Its just so depressing. I think the difference in the style is affected by the fact there is so much time between ...more

 
9:45 AM
5/21/09
by: S
 

StephJ44

5/21/09 Blog # 3 + 4: Maus II Chapters 1-5

Vladek moans and screams in his sleep many times. No matter what he says we all know that he still dreams about the Holocaust even though he claims he s over it. No one can forget about a lif...more

 
9:41 AM
5/21/09
by: Jessica
 

Jess-11

Maus...The End (My cheesy grin has faded)

So, I finished reading Maus, like I was supposed to, and I m not sure how I liked the whole story. I liked thae fact that because this was for English class and we were able to read a graphic ...more

 
7:32 AM
5/21/09
by: Brian
 

bhong

R.I.P. Vladek :(

Vladek s story comes to an end in chapters 4-6. We learn more about Vladek s story and its resolution. What seperates Maus I and Maus II are the references to the war. Although Maus II is as muc...more

 
10:38 PM
5/20/09
by: Lucy
 

lhazel

Maus---the End

The end of Maus was sad, and actually very human of Spiegelman to end the way it did. The story tells of the troubles and woes Vladek faced in the Holocaust, and also as a Holocaust suvivor- but...more

 
5:31 PM
5/20/09
by: D
 

dknudson

Choice Novel book review

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3:22 PM
5/20/09
by: ian
 

iKowalski

the last maus blog

interesting that his dad is a rascist, although i guess the holocaust didn;t really teach people who lived through it how to live together, just what suffering and hunger were truly like. this sect...more

 
11:33 AM
5/20/09
by: Mere
 

MeJackson

MAUS TRAP.........Bl0g 4

So now I m done reading Maus. This graphic novel gave me a new perspective on the Holocaust, and I enjoyed reading this with animals posing as the characters. There are points of reality in the end...more

 
10:58 AM
5/20/09
by: Mack
 

Mack-Attack

Maw-oosse (Maus) Part 2 End

This book really helped open my eyes about the Holocaust. I would have never thought of using animals to help portray the different people that were affected by the Holocaust. Having pigs p...more

 
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