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No Exit By: Jean-Paul Sartre

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Three through out souls, Garcin, Inez, and Estelle are brought to the same room in hell by a secret slave. They had all expected medieval punishment devices to punish them for ever, but instead find an empty room. None of them will admit the reason for their sins Garcin says that he was carry out for believing that is wrong, while Estelle asking that a mistake has been made.Inez however, wants that they all stop lying to themselves and admit to their crimes. She want to believe that they all ended up in the room by accident and soon finds that they have been placed together to make each other uncomfortable. Garcin says that they try to leave each other alone, but Inez starts to sing about a following and Estelle wants to find a mirror. Inez tries to seduce Estelle by bring her mirror and tell her everything she sees, but ends up frightening her instead.After arguing they decide to admit to their crimes so they know what to expect from each other. Garcin cheated and didn’t treat his wife will, Inez seduced her cousin's wife while living with them, and Estelle cheated on her husband and killed her criminal baby. Their revelations they continue to get on each other's nerves. Garcin finally gives in to Estelle's trying to seduce him, driving Inez crazy. He begs Estelle to tell him he is not a coward for trying to run away from his country during wartime. When Inez tells him that Estelle is just thinking with him so she can be with a man, Garcin tries to escape. The door suddenly opens, but he is unable to leave. He says that he will not be saved until Inez has faith in him. She refuses, promising to make him miserable forever. Forgetting that they are all dead, Estelle unsuccessfully tries to kill Inez, attack her again and again. Surprised at the stupidity of his fate, Garcin concludes, "Hell is other people."

Would you recommend this book for a friend? Why or why not?

No, I would because it is all about problems between people.

My Brother Sam is dead by: Christopher and James Lincoln Collier

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When Sam Meeker returns home from college in the spring of 1775 and tells every one that he has decided to enlist in the Rebel army, his parents are shocked, but his younger brother, Tim, is wide-eyed with respect. When the brothers are outside together doing chores around their family's bar, Sam makes Tim to his plan to steal their father's gun in to a fight. Tim wants to stop Sam, but he can do nothing to stop Sam. That night, Mr. Meeker and Sam have an argument about the war and Sam runs away from home. The next morning after church, Tim visits Sam in a hut where he is hiding out. He tries to talk Sam out of going to war, but without success. In the hut, Sam's girlfriend Betsy Read asks Tim which side he supports, and Tim has trouble deciding between his Father's and his brother's. He does not answer and Sam leaves, and after few months Betsy notices Tim that Sam has came back. Tim finds a reason to go to his brother when Rebel soldiers enter his house and wanted his father's gun, which is with Sam. Tim runs to Sam's hideout, steals the gun and runs. Both of the brothers return to the house and find that their parents have been safe.Time passes and a neighbor, Mr. Heron, stops by the bar and asks Tim to deliver some letters for him. Tim's father says no, but Tim, wants a taste of the kind of adventure that Sam is having, sneaks away to do it. Tim spends the summer around the bar and then he goes on a trading journey with his father to Verplancks Point, his first trip away from home and his first meets with his cousins. On the way there they are stopped by "cow- boys," Rebel roadside terrorists, who worry them a bit. On the way back Tim's father is kidnapped by the same cow-boys. Tim outsmarts them, saves himself, and has to bring the wagon of goods home on his own. Because of this skill, he matures overnight and takes control of the repairs of the pub, animated about impressing Sam with his new knowledge and skill.In the spring of 1777, British soldiers troop into the Meeekers' hometown of Redding, Connecticut, and Tim watches as they kill men and boys, including one of his own close friends. He has trouble deciding where his lies. The Rebels have kidnapped his father, yet the British are taking over his town. The day the British come through, the Rebel troops follow and Tim is able to see his brother. They join up happily and Tim learns that Sam has decided to reenlist. Tim realizes that arguing will not change Sam's mind. Nine months later, Tim and his mother fids the news that his father has died on a prison ship. Now Tim becomes the man of the house, taking care of his mother and the local and making financial and trading decisions. Tim must decide what to do with the eight cows him and his mother have received as payment for their local goods. He wants to sell them for a profit. Sam returns to Redding with his troops and advises Tim to kill the cows and hide the meat so as to stop farm animals’ theft, but Tim is shy. Finally, two men try to steal the cows from the shelter, and when Sam runs out to stop them, the men grab him and frame him as the farm animals’ thief. Since a cattle stealing has been a problem in the armed forces, General Putnam is determined to make an example out of somebody. Both Tim and his mother talk to the rebel officers, pleading Sam's innocence, but the general will not change his mind. Tim tries to break into the camp and save his brother, but nothing comes of it. On February 16, 1779, Tim looks on as Sam is publicly shot.

Would you recommend this book for a friend? Why or why not?

Yes I would recommend this book for a friend if they like adventure?