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Review of the book Inferno - Dan Brown

For me Inferno is the author's best book.

Danger threatens the whole world. A rich fanatic and madman has decided to thin out humanity. To do so, he hides from the outside world for a year and prepares a virus that will wipe out a third of the world's population.

Robert Langdon wakes up in hospital, with no recollection of the events of the past few days. He is in Florence, undocumented and all alone. Sienna Brooks, a doctor, helps him escape from the hospital after he was about to be murdered. He contacts the embassy, but instead of helping him they send mercenaries to capture him.

In his jacket, the professor finds a capsule in which Dante's Inferno map is hidden. When I got to this point, I wanted to say 'Bravo' to the author. I adore The Divine Comedy and I was familiar with everything related to this work. It was very interesting to read about the symbolism, the hidden paintings, Dante himself and of course Florence.

The descriptions of the streets of this town, the artwork, the churches and the gardens were fascinating.

Against the backdrop of Dante's Inferno unfolds the story of a madman who died in Florence the day before Langdon appeared there. It's amazing how obsessed the man was with the great work that he decided to bring some of his ideas to life and worst of all he succeeded.

Langdon and Sienna are put in danger but go ahead to stop the dangerous virus. They have less than twenty-four hours to find where the poison is supposed to spread from.

Parallel to the events taking place, the story of Sienna and the other characters is cut into the narrative. In doing so, these stories reveal something, give insight into what is happening and at the same time take away from the clues.

Dan Brown gave an unexpected denouement in this book too, one you certainly didn't expect.

And thanks to the author for making me think about the planet and the global issues of today, without which there might not have been this book. The main thing this book talks about is overpopulation of the earth. What is in store for us if the population continues to grow at the same rate as it is now. We are simply killing the planet and soon, very soon we will kill ourselves.

I advise everyone to read "Inferno" and not only learn more about Dante and Florence, but also think about what the future holds.

Реферирование статьи "They don't work: experts criticise Liz Truss's grammar schools' plan" by Sally Weale

I analysed an article entitled 'They don't work': experts criticise Liz Truss' grammar schools’ plan.

The main message of the text written by the author of this article is that academics, education unions and politicians of all stripes have criticised government plans to increase the number of secondary schools, warning that culling will not improve social mobility and will not solve the problems facing schools in the next decade. New education minister Keith Multhouse is proposing to open new grammar schools.

The author points out that there are only 163 grammar schools left in England and there has been a ban on opening any new schools since 1998. Any repeal of this ban, which was imposed by the Labour government, would require primary legislation. Although the government has a substantial majority in the House of Commons, it would face strong opposition in the House of Lords

Also, the author reports that Shadow education minister Bridget Phillipson said grammar schools were a "diversionary tactic" against a government that had run out of ideas. "Grammar schools make up a tiny minority of schools, they don't improve learning outcomes and parents don't want them - they want the education minister to raise standards in all our mainstream schools."

The main problem, according to the author, is that about 100,000 children now take 11-plus points each year to get a place in one of the 163 secondary schools that remain.

The author concluded by adding that on the long-term effects of the 11+ test, the 63-year-old grandmother said: "The 11-plus test had such a negative impact on me and created self-esteem problems that persist to this day. I'm not stupid. But I have had low self-esteem problems about my intelligence and worth ever since I 'failed' that damned awful test in 1969."