Phil NYC Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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“It is the absence of facts that frightens people: the gap you open, into which they pour their fears, fantasies, desires.” ― Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall https://t.co/EYOfFcDhWL

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@jbouie Erasing what is uncomfortable to those in power. Those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future. George Orwell, 1984

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Write about the use of first-person narration in "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald and how it shapes understanding of the characters and events.

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A Bible movie diving into Jesus’s sexuality would be super popular with the evangelicals The "disciple whom Jesus loved" may be a self-reference by the author of the Gospel (John 21:24), traditionally regarded as John the Apostle. https://t.co/uazqW2z64W

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We have a long way to go. “The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein is a good parable about US suburban development and resource use. 🌳 It’s unfathomably expensive. https://t.co/U0O4lLb1MS

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@drvolts @hmcghee “ The books included a book for teens that calls the Ku Klux Klan a terrorist group, Isabel Wilkerson’s “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” and a comedic children’s book with three stories from Dawn McMillan’s “I Need a New Butt!” Caste is a good read BTW git it

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•Compare and contrast the themes, characters, and plot of two books. For example, you could compare the coming-of-age stories in "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger and "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee.

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@chrisgeidner When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." ― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

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•Examine the cultural, historical, or political context of a book and how it influences the story and its themes. For example, you could write about how the social and political climate of the 1960s is reflected in "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair.

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@drvolts @hmcghee “ The books included a book for teens that calls the Ku Klux Klan a terrorist group, Isabel Wilkerson’s “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” and a comedic children’s book with three stories from Dawn McMillan’s “I Need a New Butt!” Caste is a good read BTW git it