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AnthemBy Ayn Rand

We exist only for the good of the

brotherhood.

We must never speak the Unspeakable Word.

Dominc’s pics on Flickr

Allerina & Glen on Flickr

We will not speak to members of the opposite sex, save once a year when sent to the Palace

of Mating for reproduction.

Netlancer2006- Flickr

We exist only for the good of the brotherhood.

The Kite Runner

By Khaled Hosseini

Isafedia on Flickr

Two events would change Amir’s life forever.

US Army- Flickr

Atomicjeep on Flickr

Amir is the son of a wealthy merchant in Kabul and his best

friend, Hassan, is the son of Amir’s father’s servant.

Afghanistanmatters on Flickr

Batega on Flickr

Their Eyes Were Watching God

By Zora Neale Hurston

Three marriages; three lives lived.

ONE

Melissa on Flickr

TWO

Geishaboy500 on Flickr

THREE

nattu on Flickr

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

By Ken Kesey

Floodllama on Flickr

Lobotomy–noun Surgery . a psychosurgical procedure in

which the frontal lobes are separated from the rest of the brain by cutting the connecting nerve fibers.

Origin: 1935–40

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2010.

Electroconvulsive Therapy   –noun Psychiatry . a treatment for serious mental

illnesses, as severe depressive disorders, involving the application to the head of electric current in order to induce a seizure: usually administered after sedatives and muscle relaxants.

Origin: 1945–50; electro- + convulsive

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2010.

Nurse Ratched

AlishaV on Flickr

Randle McMurphy

The Lovely Bones

By Alice Sebold

“My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name Susie. I was fourteen when I was

murdered on December 6, 1973.”

Pinkstock Photos! On flickr

“These were the lovely bones that had grown around my absence: the

connections — sometimes tenuous, sometimes made at great cost, but often magnificent — that happened after I was gone. And I began to see things in a way that let me hold the

world without me in it.”

Leolintang on Flickr

What is Heaven?

After we die,Where do we go?Who do we see?

Catch-22

By Joseph Heller

JLS Media on Flickr

How can you prove that you are sane?

“There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified

that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process

of a rational mind.”

schol.wordpress.com

• Non-chronological style• Satirical• Historical• Bureaucracy and violence• Effects of war

The Hobbit

By J.R.R. Tolkien

Mditry.wordpress.com

Bilbo and Gandalf

• Before the Lord of the Rings Trilogy• Bilbo Baggins acquires THE ring on

this trip after meeting Gollum• Has been classified as fantasy, a fairy

tale, a fable, a romance, an epic

Goblins, and Dragons, and Wargs, oh my!

The Secret Life of Bees

By Sue Monk Kidd

“Most people don’t have any idea about all the complicated life going on inside a hive. Bees

have a secret life we don’t know anything about.”

Fisherman’s daughter on Flickr

What makes a family?

Lily and Rosaleen1964 South Carolina

Searching for mom’s pastCivil Rights Act

http://www.cb-pr.com/press/

David.nikonvscanon on Flickr

The Boatwright House

• August, June, and May• Educated black women• Empowered females• Reexamining racism• Acceptance of self and others