Neverending Story
Posted: June 30, 2007 Filed under: Book of Sand Leave a comment
by Michael Ende
having seen the first neverending story movie numerous times, I was exceedingly perplexed when I came to the part of the book that correlated with the last 10 minutes of the movie: there were still roughly 250 pages remaining in the book. it turns out that the movie does indeed cover only the first half of the book. elements from the second half were used to build the plot of the sequel movie (the neverending story II: the next chapter), but in a very shoddy manner. it was a bit disheartening to read the second half; it would have made an extraordinarily enjoyable movie, had the plot been followed more faithfully. as with most book-to-movie transitions, the first half of the book was generally the same as the movie, although, of course, there was a much more intricate storyline. what I liked the most about the book as a whole was that it developed the main character so well, so believably. and it was not a simple good versus evil story. recommended for anyone who thought the movie was ridiculous, with a complete pansy of a main character.
The Saturdays
Posted: June 30, 2007 Filed under: Book of Sand Leave a comment
by Elizabeth Enright
my cousin told me I’d like this. when it wasn’t availale in my hometown library last year, I read gone-away lake instead, which was a fun but not really memorable story. the saturdays is about four siblings who decide to pool their weekly allowance and do something fun each saturday. unfortunately, after having read e. nesbit’s the story of the treasure-seekers and the wouldbegoods, I have a hard time being impressed with any collection of children less hilarious and well-developed than the bastables. therefore I feel no need to read anymore of elizabeth enright’s melendy quartet. sorry.
fall semester 2007
Posted: June 29, 2007 Filed under: All's Well That Ends Well 2 CommentsSociology 310. Foundations of Social Inquiry. Basic ideas and arguments forming sociological inquiry, including philosophical foundations, philosophy of social science, and development of classical theory.
Sociology 311. Contemporary Sociological Theory. Ideas, critiques, and arguments that form contemporary sociological inquiry.
Biology 100. Principles of Biology. Introductory course for general education students.
Religion C 351. Survey of World Religions and the Restored Gospel. Survey of non-Christian religions in light of the restored gospel.
Korean 101. First-Year Korean 1. Han’qul, the phonetic system, basic grammar and vocabulary, discourse, reading, and culture.
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