The five books that I examined in
the library were remarkable and gave a different perspective from my
classmates. The first book that I read was Mark
Twain: the Fate of Honor. The quote that was illustrated in the first
sentence on page 15 says"But the Snodgrass letters confined Clemens to the
igrnorant and and illiterate utterance of Snodgrass, whereas the literate Mark
Twain allowed him a full range of style and expression"(Cox 15). What Cox was able to illustrate in this quote
is a kid named Clemens didn't have as much literate skills whereas Mark Twain
had superb skills that allowed him to express himself in numerous ways.
The second book that I read fascinated me pretty well. This
book was unique because it was like none of the other books I read in this
experiment because it was able to lure me into the world it was presenting. The
book that I am talking about is The
Newspapers of the First World War. This book was different from all the
rest because it really wasn’t a book, rather a bunch of newspapers articles
from one of the most significant wars in the United States, World War 1. The
quote that I was able to find on page 15 was under the religion column and
gives of what it appears to be disturbing news. "On Sunday last a gleam of
hope was still visible in the universal dark: to-day the star of peace has
receded far beyond the horizon, to await the decision of the great ordeal"(William
15). In this newspaper article, the quote introduces to the United States that
Sunday was the last chance for hope and that peace is far from near.
The
third book I read was about a country I have yet paid attention to, Thailand.
Ironically the title of the book was Thailand.
The author Jones is able to give a little glipse of what the climate
and temperature is like in Thailand. He says "The average temperature in
Bangkok in December is 770 F (250 C), but it usually
feels much hotter because of high humidity, and there are plenty of fine days
in the rainy season"(Jones 15).
The fourth book that I found dealt with today’s modern
approach on museums and how technology helps them out. With today’s world
technology is becoming vital in our world and with the help of technology; it
gives museums a place in this world. The book that gave me this was Digital Technologies and Museum Experience.
This book was able to portray the
importance of how technology benefits our learning skills and interests when we
visit the library. For example, “Moreover, recent research has shown
that visitors benefit from having multiple complementary interpretive resources
at their disposal” (Tallon and Walker 15).
The
final book that I looked at was The
Battlefields of England. This was by far one of the most interesting books
I took interests when looking up the quote. In this book Lieutenant Colonel
Alfred H. Burne able to depict of what the King’s life is like by giving us
this imagery "The King's column followed suit, whether spontaneously, or
in response to a definite order it is impossible to say, and needless to
speculate” (Burne 16). England was once a very powerful nation and still is
going on to this day. These figures such as the Lieutenant and the King are key
factors of what keeps the legacy going and should be acknowledged.
Work Cited
Burne,
Lieutenant Colonel Alfred H. The
Battlefields of England. London: Methuen; Barnes and Nobles Books, 1950.
Print.
Cox, James. Mark Twain: The Fate of Humor. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton
University Press, 1966. Print.
Jones,
Rogers. Thailand. London:
Kuperard, 2003. Print
Tallon,
Loic, and Kevin Walker. Digital
Technologies and the Museum Experience: Handheld Guides and Other Media.
Lanham: AltaMira Press, 2008. Print
William, Ian. Great Britain: David
and Charles , 1970. Print.
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