Daniel Siqueiros
Ms. Tye
APUSH Pd. 2
May 27, 2014

Popular literature
● Matilda by Ronald Dahl by (1988)
Matilda is a little five­year old girl who's knocking off double­digit multiplication problems and blitz­reading Dickens.But everything is not perfect in Matilda's world. For starters she has two of the most idiotic, self­centered parents who ever lived. Fortunately for Matilda, she has the inner resources to deal with such annoyances: astonishing intelligence, saintly patience, and an innate predilection for revenge. She warms up with some practical jokes aimed at her hapless parents, but the true test comes when she rallies in defense of her teacher, the sweet Miss Honey, against the diabolical Trunchbull.
● Perfume:
The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind (1985)
Jean­Baptiste Grenouille is born with one sublime gift: an absolute sense of smell. As a boy, he lives to decipher the odors of Paris, and apprentices himself to a prominent perfumer who teaches him the ancient art of mixing precious oils and herbs. But one scent (the scent of a virgins blood) drives him to make the ultimate perfume.
Popular films
● Aliens “This Time Its War” (1986)
57 years after the original attack Ripley and a crew of marines return to kill the rest of the aliens that have killed the colonists on that planet.
● E.T. Extra Terrestrial (1982)
An extra­terrestrial is accidentally left behind on Earth and is befriended by a young boy and his brother and sister.Together they must find a way to help him return home.
● Platoon “Innocence is the first casualty of war” (1986)
Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and