The Third Act By John Wilson
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John Wilson an ex geologist and frustrated historian is the award winning author of fifty novels and non fiction books for adults and teens His passion for history informs everything he writes from the recreated journal of an officer on Sir John Franklin s doomed Arctic expedition to young soldiers experiencing the horrors of the First and Second World Wars and a memoir of his own history John researches and writes in Lantzville on Vancouver Island There are many details in his memoir Lands of Lost Content site_link John Wilson an ex geologist and frustrated historian is the award winning author of fifty novels and non fiction books for adults and teens His passion for history informs everything he writes from the recreated journal of an officer on Sir John Franklin s doomed Arctic expedition to young soldiers experiencing the horrors of the First and Second World Wars and a memoir of his own history John researches and writes in Lantzville on Vancouver Island There are many details in his memoir Lands of Lost Content site_link site_link The Third Act deals with the intercultural struggles faced by Chinese students studying in North America in the present day and by an American playwright Neil Peterson caught up in the Nanjing Massacre of 1937 The contemporary story focuses on three Chinese friends Tone Pike and Theresa who grapple in their own ways with the pressure to succeed in an unfamiliar culture The historical tale concerns Peterson s effort to find his literary voice and save the woman he loves amidst the chaos and horror of the fall of Nanjing in the Second Sino Japanese War The two stories are tied together by a play that Peterson attempted to write after his return to America The students in the present day get caught up in putting on a performance of the missing third act of Peterson s play and in doing so they are forced to confront their cultural and personal pasts and futures The Third ActThis is a novel about the Nanjing Massacre of 1937 and how 3 Chinese students in present day get involved with the play in college This makes them take a long look at their own life The book goes back and forth between past and present day and is rich in characters and details I enjoyed this book. Unity in action third edition pdf I received this from LibraryThing Early Reviewers for an honest review 1459819675 In The Third Act John Wilson offers a contemporary and historical examination of the choices we make and the motives that drive them In modern Ohio Lone is a gifted physics student in love with Theresa an equally gifted actress studying drama Professor Quigley is in love with her too and hopes his play will turn her heart toward him In World War II Nanjing Hill and Lily are students living in the Safe Zone and acting in a play directed by the American playwright Peterson who is in love with Lily Quigley s play is called The Third Act and completes an autobiographical play Peterson was never able to finish. The Third actvid These two triangles mirror each other in the past and present In the modern era Pike is a third Chinese student one who is a bit of a misfit mainly because he is studying physics which he has no interest in rather than history which enthralls him There is also a minor character without size power and effect Professor Seeger Lone s professor who wants the reflected glory of Lone s brilliance In the past there is Chen Hill s brother who also does not belong a soldier in the Safe Zone endangering everyone The minor character without outside influence and effect is Shimada a Japanese scholar who protects the actors from the Japanese soldiers but with motives of his own. EBook The Third action In many ways there is brilliance in The Third Act The parallels between the past and the present are striking considering the very different circumstances The book offers a fascinating exploration of personal agency choice and how we live our lives and live with ourselves after we make our choices Nonetheless the book was marred by telling too much all the time We are privy to the thoughts and feelings of our characters all the time never being allowed to infer one thing on our own. Book the third twin The Third Act is a novel by John Wilson based on a screenplay by Xiaoming Yao It occurred to me it might be hard to make a novel of a screenplay without just changing the layout and adding he or she said everywhere How do you make it your own The screenplay seldom offers inner thoughts unless there is some soliloquy so perhaps those inner thoughts are the clearest way to adopt a screenplay to narrative form Still even if that is true it is overdone in this book to the point that I felt frustrated and bored Do you know how hard it is to make the plight of people hiding in an occupied city in the midst of one of the most infamous war crimes in history boring There is so much built in drama but if the reader is only allowed to be a passive receptacle not given anything to figure out on their own the book fails to give the reader an active role in the story. Kindle The Third actress This is one of my personal pet peeves Reading should be participatory we should be developing our understanding of the character through what they say and what they do When we are told we are deprived of our role in the story left to be a bystander However not all readers hate this as much as I do For them this is an intriguing story of two complementary plots with life changing moral dilemmas to consider. The Third Act Historical fiction books 5 stars In current day Tone girlfriend Theresa and friend roommate Pike all came from China to go to university in the US Tone is passionate about physics and has just gotten word that he is receiving a prize for his work research and will be able to continue that research at MIT He would like his actress girlfriend to come with him but she s just gotten a part that she thinks will open things up for her career in theatre Pike is only where he is because it s where his father wants him to be doing what his father wants him to be doing His father supports him so he has money to burn but he isn t putting in the work Meanwhile in 1937 Nanjing China there is a war going on The Japanese have captured the city of Nanjing but there has been a Safety Zone set up Chinese born Lily is there along with the American man she loves playwright Neil Peterson though he could go home he wants to stay and Hill who wants to find his older brother a soldier in the war The chapters alternate between the time periods The play in the current day portion is the third act of a play Peterson never finished about his time in 1937 China It took me a bit of time to get interested but once I did it was quick to read and quite interesting There wasn t as much about the historical portion as I might have liked though admittedly I was a bit interested in the current day portion anyway Our three current day protagonists are trying to find their way in a new culture and are feeling like they are losing their own culture in the process The end was a definite surprise 1459819675 I received this book as an ARC through LibraryThing s Early Reviewers program. Nonfiction The Third actress The Third Act has a lot to offer The historical details of Nanjing while tragic are interesting The three main characters were believable and unique I could feel their personalities and their cultural issues The dialogue between college students felt true I just wish there had been of everything that the book was a little meatier I would have liked to have read a few details about Second Sino Japanese War The characters could have been fleshed out a little But overall a good and interesting book 1459819675 An interesting look at how culture impacts us on a personal level regardless of time and place When forced to do what s right and stand up for our beliefs do we go forth or do we given in and cower This novel alternates between the 1937 Najing Massacre and present day America 1459819675 
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