I think that anyone who is interested in old computers and how they work or people who like to read mystery novels would like to read this book. People who don’t really care about the programming on their computer, or don’t really like mysteries shouldn’t read the book The Cuckoo’s Egg. First, a summary. In the Non - fiction novel, The Cuckoo’s Egg, Cliff Stoll, an astronomer living off of grant money, is transferred down to the computing lab when his grant money runs out. His task: to keep the computers running smoothly. When he is asked to find why there is a 75 cent error payment. Stoll then finds a hacker in their system and throughout the book, he tracks the hacker’s every move as he talks to people from the CIA, FBI, DOE (Department of Energy), and the NSA (National Security Agency). As the book progresses it and the characters explain different parts of the computers. I think that people who like to learn about computers and how they work would enjoy reading this book because the characters and narrator talk about computers and how some things work. For example, on page 45, Cliff Stoll describes how password encryption works. He talks about how when someone types in a password the computer encrypts the typed password and compares …show more content…
I think this because there really is not much action, most of the time the main character is talking to people over the phone or watching what the hacker is doing. For example, the book shows examples of the hackers screen on pages 30, 45, 55, 75, 76, 87, 88, 118, 124, 125, 221, 222, 223, 228, 229, 239, 264, 265, 266, 267, and 268. Also, on page 171, it says,” As of December 6, the hacker had connected to us one - hundred - thirty - five times.” This shows that people who are looking for action are not really going to find it in this book, as evidence shows the main character mainly is tracking a hacker through
This is because there were many things I thought were exceptional. However, like any book, some elements of this book could have been better. A factor of this book that did well was characterizing Duff the way he is. For example the author tells us “It sounds like a bunch of machines screaming at each other... ‘I thought you said this was music’. ‘It is to me’” (DuPrau 77). Here we get a great sense that Duff loves computers because of this detail that shows that Duff likes listening to computers for music. Another great component of this book is that the author did a great job of describing in detail the setting in this book. For example on page 119 Duff is eating lunch at an outdoor restaurant. The author describes in much detail as she uses words like “pinkish yellow haze” and “tingly smell”. Because of this, the readers are vividly able to imagine the setting with ease. On the other hand, there were also some factors that were not as satisfying. One example of this is the fact that there is almost no action in this book. Most of this book is just Duff driving around describing what he sees. The only action is when the people are chasing his car. Another negative side of this book is that the rising action was dragged on for too long. This caused the reader to get a little bit bored. Also, as a result the falling action and resolution were not developed enough. This imbalance is plot structure is a big reason why
I recommend this book for people who are interested in Mystery novels or architecture because there is a good balance of both in it. Although I wouldn’t recommend it to kids my age, because it is set in the 1800’s, most kids my age would not be familiar with some pieces in the book.
I would recommend this book to people who just want to read something because they're bored, because this book doesn’t really have any in-depth plot or characters. It’s not that it bore me it’s that it didn’t have any meaning. But if someone wanted a quick summer read or just wanted to distract themselves then this would be the
The book is simple and easy to read. The author has a good use of English language. He uses specific words, therefore making his book highly readable.
It catered to a myriad of different types of readers. A casual reader could dive in to this book for leisure reasons, and an avid reader, and possibly even an Ebola virus researcher, could refer to this story as a fact-finding tool and learning resource. It was easy to understand and retain information. Biological terminology and scientific jargon was explained in a very comprehensible way, making it easier to those who are not familiar with biology, anatomy or any other type of science to understand what was going on in the story. One thing I found somewhat confusing in this book was the organization. It was not set up chronologically, so I found it a little confusing when things jumped around a bit among decades, locations, and people. The cliffhanger ending was another thing of which I was not a fan whatsoever; it was an unexciting conclusion to an attention-grabbing story. It left me with a “that’s it?”
It captured my attention from the beginning. I like how the Rand was descriptive words to help me have an image of what was happening in the novel. I like the story line. I like the idea of someone breaking way from everyone else and being different from others. That they are able to think for themselves and that it is ok to be different from others. I also liked how the novel had some romance because I do enjoy romance novels. The Language Police written by Diane Ravitch, I did not quit enjoy the book. I do not really like books like that. I do not recommend this book if you are not interested in how the bias panel chooses stories for children. I do recommend the novel, Anthem. It gives the reader a sense of individualism, there is a story behind
JORAS falls in love with LAURA, a lady of Cerwyn however she is betrothed to another. JORAS grows jealous knowing that his jealousy and love for her is wrong and goes against his vows as a maester. Months pass and his jealousy grows and develops a new thorn, a thorn of hatred. He begins to plan how he can get LAURA. Eventually he turns to poison. He plans to poison her betrothed. On the wedding night, he sets his plan to action. He drinks a cup of wine containing the poison, tears of Lys however death only occurs during the bedding ceremony. LAURA is left overwrought, her usual bright and exuberant personality dies with her lover. JORAS attempts to console her. They share an intimate moment however JORAS becomes haunted by nightmares of LAURA crying. He becomes riddled with fear and shakes. He becomes
Type of Book: Fiction sci-fi. People who would enjoy this book are young adults that are into thrilling books. Yes, i always read books that are thrilling. Yes, i enjoy reading fiction books with evil creatures.
Question 1How did I feel when I read this book? I felt happy but worried. When I read that Tanya Rider lived through the car crash it made me very happy to see that an innocent person did not die. And that she could go on to live the rest of her life. I was also happy about the technology evolving and it is more helpful. Without the technology Tanya Rider would have died and her husband in prison. With technology evolving there is a lot to be happy about, but there is also the risk of a lot of new stuff and risks appearing. With the evolving technology the risk of your personal info being leaked is higher than before. When your personal info gets hacked and stolen there is even more problems that could arise like you bank account
Adam Segal’s “The Hacked World Order” reveals many prevalent issues in today’s technologically centered society. Starting at Year Zero, June 2012 to June 2013, the battle over cyberspace witnessed world-changing cyberattacks. This was accomplished due to the fact that nearly 75% of the world’s population has easy access to a mobile phone, and the Internet connects nearly 40% of the total human population, which is nearly 2.7 billion people. With that being said, cyberattacks are becoming a more realistic form of terror.
Anyone could like this type of book. It's a good book for any type of person.
Ghazzi AlQussaibi is a prolific writer who wrote several novels, poems in the Arabic language. Most of his literary work gained popularity among many Arab readers. He served as an ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the United Kingdom and Ireland for ten years. Considering the amount of literary works he had written over the years, only few of his novels and poems were translated into English. In 1996, Leslie J. McLoughlin translated his novel An Apartment Called Freedom that he wrote in 1994.
My opinion of the book is that the book is extremely hard to read but become interesting after you have understood the vocabulary of the book, most people that enjoy reading about history and England would love this book. I would recommend this book for everyone that likes hard vocabulary books and needs thinking about a certain text to understand it. When I first started reading this book I did not understand the vocabulary but after I kept reading the book I understood more of the book. After you have reached deep enough in the book, the book becomes very interesting. The book was very detailed about the events that happened.
As the world becomes more and more reliant on computers the computer hacking industry is greatly rising. With people such as Kevin Mitnick, who is known as a "computer terrorist" (Kjochaiche 1), computerized information isn't safe any more. Kevin is known as "the most high-profiled computer criminal and responsible for more havoc in the computer world today."(1) He considered this a fun and easy task. He got caught and thrown into prison, but once he got out nothing changed. Kevin stated that as long as the technology is there it just calls to people to break into it. Computer hackers usually start off young, thinking that it is nothing but a little harmless fun. But as they get older, they realize it has turned into
A few reasons why I think you will enjoy the book is because it has an abstract philosophical view. It gives you a different perspective on what is meaningful and meaningless for a weird human being. Throughout the story it lacks rational meaning. Normal decisions most people make in split second are countered with actions that do not make sense.