20. Andre

Dear André,

You did a great job writing the book report of Outliers because it was very well written and it includes a complete summary of the book. You were able to analyze of the profound morals that the author was trying to transmit to the readers and explain it with your own words.  Instead of simply listing a series of facts, you focused more on the knowledge of the book. In addition, you used rich vocabularies to describe the new concept of success illustrated in the book and also several examples to support your arguments. For example, you used the many incidents of the Korean Airlines to explain the importance of legacy and the cultural inheritance. In the concluding paragraph, you expressed your opinion as a reader about the author’s writing and the writing techniques that were used in the book.  You also pointed out the interesting parts of the book and also specified the type of audience that would be most interested in reading it. However, you could have included more examples from the book such as the biographies of the successful people because then, this would strengthen your thesis. You could also extend the introduction so that the readers would have a better image of what the book is about before reading the body paragraphs.

Your second book report is also very well done. It is very detailed and it explains the main events that the readers have to know. You gave a complete background about the book in your introduction and this prepares your readers before they read the body paragraphs. You were also able to identify the use of language of the author and understand his strategies of writing. Throughout the book report, you used several historical examples from the book to explain the main theme of the book and this makes the whole essay stronger and more interesting. At the end, you mentioned which type of readers would be most suitable with this book and this is helpful for everyone who is interested in reading this book. However, I think that you could have commented about the bad aspects about the book so that readers may decide whether they want to read it.