Thursday, May 10, 2012

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http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7942534-half-brother
This is simply a short summary of Half Brother. It tells how Ben has to chooose betweeen obeying his father and his moral beliefs. This will effect the rest of his "brother's" life.

This writer examines the parrallel between Ben's teenage growth of character and maturity and Zan's mental and physical growth. This opened my eyes to a new outlook of the book.
This gives a readers view of the novel. It gives a different take on the story. This insight slightly changed my view on the book.
This is a great essay on the connection of the book to real life. It also compares the book to movies and other books. One of these examples is "Planet of the Apes".
This essay, by Kenneth Oppel himself, realtes Half Brother to some of his other stories. He talks about how in the past he wrote from the animals perspective. However, he wasnted to stay away from that in Half Brother.
This woman tells how Half Brother is an emotional journey of the adolensent Ben. She talks about how his views changed from cold and jealous of the monkey into a loving relationship. It changed her treatment of her animal companions as well.
This is simply a general summary of the book. This would be good for someone who is interested in reading the novel.
The writer examines the pet/owner relationship in modern day house holds. He talks about how these relationships would change if there was communication. If this was possible, things would be more like the novel.
This is another summary of Half Brother. However, this one has more emphasis on Ben's love affairs than the others did. Project Jennifer is a log kept in a scientific log book that he uses to try to impress his crush, Jennifer.
This is a summary followed with a personal critique of the book. The critique is not as positive as I expected, but i still understand it. It explains how the author should have done a better job with connecting the character with the reader.
This is a summary with pieces of personal thoughts of Half Brother throughout. The writer reflects on Ben's emotions and how well Oppel shows them. He also talks about the book cover and has a short reflection at the end.
This page is yet another summary of the book with personal feelings on it sprinkled about. The writer talks about how parts of the book have to do with dominance.
This is a summary of the movie "Planet of the Apes", which relates to the book alot. In the movie, apes are capable of all human skills, including reading, language, government, as well as war. They have taken over the humans. Is this the fate people who don't support Project Zan afraid of?
This is a summary of the movie "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", which also relates to the book very much. This is a story of how experiments with monkeys turn into an uprise of mentally excelled monkeys. The evolution of monkeys to humans is far fetched, but have you ever thought of it to be possible?
This is another summary of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes". In the movie, many monkeys are capable of sign language, and one of them even talks. This is a lot like in Half Brother when they try to teach Zan sign language.

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