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Summary: Kevin Smith
Review: This is a great book for any young child to read. It tells the classic story about a boy and his dog and the things that they go through together. I would recommend this book to all parents. It is an easy read but not too elementary. Ny child who likes to read would enjoy this book.
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Summary: Books for the kids
Review: I first read this book when I was twelve years old. It is pretty much about a boy and his dog at first. But it becomes much more than that. This is a good book for any child to read. It teaches responsibility and it is also very family oriented. This was one of the few books that I could really say had me flipping the pages in anticipation of the next sequence of events. I would recommend any parents out there to purchase this book for their child. It is a relatively easy read but not elementary. The outcome may be that your child now wants a dog of their own. All in all it is a fine book.
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Summary: Education Class Review
Review: I would recommend this book for the 5th grade. The main characters of the book, Sounder, were Father, Mother, the three children, and Sounder. The main theme of the book was that even though Sounder was the families pet, he was a major part of the family. The story takes place in rural Georgia, during the Great Depression. Times were hard for everyone, especially for the African Americans. The book was realistic and well written. It was interesting that the dog was the only one that had a name. All family members had to pull together during the hard times as well as the good times, that's what makes a family.
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Summary: Education Class Review
Review: I liked the book Sounder because the author makes the events really graphic and realistic. Sounder was more than just the family's pet. He was a part of the family and a major source for food. The Depression was very hard on everyone, particularly for the African Americans. It was interesting that the dog, Sounder was the only one with a name. The saddest part of the book for me was when the father was sent to prison for stealing food for his family. He was away working on a chain gang for many years, only to return home physically deformed. The book is mainly about how the family has to stick together through hard times and good times.
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Summary: a book everyone should read
Review: Sounder
by William H. ArmstrongBrief summary and review: Armstrong masterfully drops the reader into a different era, an era we would
like to forget. It is not a comfortable time and it is not a comfortable story,
but it is a powerful one. The story is a simple one that Armstrong paints on a
large canvas, full of description so vivid and true that we feel we are there,
feeling the cold ground, smelling the countryside, and even feeling the wetness
of the tears and blood.
I believe it is significant that Sounder is the only character named in the
book. This is the boy's story. He represents a sort of 'every man' or 'every
child'. The boy learns several lessons along the way, some of the coming from
unlikely sources.
Sounder is one of those stories that not only entertains children, but teaches
them valuable lessons about nature, relationships, and learning. This is a
very, very important book for us all.
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Summary: O Yah
Review: It was good i felt i very much becaause it reminds me of me and my pops when i was young .
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Summary: An exceptionally moving story for both children and adults.
Review: Loving devotion, decency and courage can come from an assortment of places-our mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters and friends-but one would not immediately suspect that those qualities would or could come from a scruffy, beat-up old coon dog named Sounder. It just goes to show that pluck and deep affection can soar up and out where we least expect it. In the heart of the old South there is a deep-rooted and pervasive, detrimental thinking that is the general make-up of the majority's attitude. It is a stark divide or code of ethics that one must live by in order to survive. Quite simply and horribly: white is good, black is bad. In the vortex of this dark thinking is a hard working, nameless black family (any black family), innocent people minding their own business and simply trying to survive. There are three things that help them rise above their abysmal poverty: 1) each other 2) stories imbued with biblical truths and 3) Sounder. However, as time elapses and weather conditions grow more harsh, the severity of starvation grips the family, eventually causing the father to commit a crime of despair: stealing food (sound Dickens-like?). Upon getting 'found' out, the misery only doubles when the father is led away (for many years) in chains like a psychopathic cut-throat killer and Sounder (like Old Yeller) is wounded in trying to help his master. But it is in the moment of arrest and thereafter that Sounder evolves from a simple hunting dog to a kind of guardian angel, drifting in and out of the picture, while the eldest son developes from a fatherless boy-searching desperately for him-into a determined young man eager to better himself and his situation. As the bleakness of prejudicial inhumanity slowly abates and the remaining family members start their lives anew, Sounder and the father emgerge back into the picture-physically infirm and mentally wounded by the cruelties of life, but those wounds heal, when, like Christ and Mary, they ascend to the realm of peace, leaving behind a stark truth for the boy and those left behind: "The Lord is my shepard; I shall not want, He maketh me lie down in green pastures." Sounder is a wonderful book for both children and adults and most deserving of its 1970 Newbery Medal.
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Summary: Sounder
Review: I like this book becase the author explains everthing.I was angry when they took.The boys dad to jail.The author used alot of details to make me feel sorry for them.The boy had to drop out of school to help his parents.The author makes it the book very relistec.It was interesting that the dog was the only one with a name.The author did a wonderful job of making us hate the villins.This book is the best.I ever read.
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Summary: Why doesn't the boy has a name.
Review: I think Sounder was a sad book, because at this time Afican American didn't have the right to do what they wanted. Overall it was a great book. It had good descriptions of events in the book.I think the author wrote fantastic book, but there is something I don't understand. Why didn't the author tell us anyones name, just Sounder's name. However, I think the author had great ideas. He made this book seem like it happened to someone. I give Sounder about 4 stars for the action,sadness,and good descriptios. I hope other people will give it a try.
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Summary: The Anythings
Review: 'The pine trees would look down forever on a lantern burning out of oil, but not going out.' The book is like the lantern. It never goes out and never flames up. The book just keeps on going and going and going. You just can't get hooked. There is only one climax in the book, and that is when the boy's dad gets arrested which happens in the first twenty pages! The only character in the book that gets a name is Sounder. All of the other characters in the book are named Boy, Father, Mother, or Children. It will take you dog years to get through one page. Sounder stinks like a wet dog!
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