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Hong Kong comprises with the New Territories Peninsula, Kowloon peninsula, and 263 islands.  The New Territories Peninsula makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong’s territory. The most famous islands are Lantau island and Hong Kong island. The largest island is Lantau island, which … Continue reading →

Hippolyte’s Island is a novel built upon character analysis. Our lead spends most of the book speaking introspectively, to himself, inside his own head. Out on the open sea, the silence and the ambient sounds of Earth’s biology is enough … Continue reading →

Hippolyte’s Island, by Barbara Hodgson, is story about one unconventional man’s journey to find the lost Aurora islands. The story itself is an interesting and improbable one. Hippolyte Webb, a 36 year old traveler, decides he is going to sail … Continue reading →

This story, that was written by Barbara Hodgson, explored the daring life of a man named Hippolyte. His is not the most personable fellow but he surely showed heart and determination toward his goal. Hippolyte is a man of an … Continue reading →

In the book, Hippolyte at first seems to be a harsh, disgusting, and a person no one would want to get along with. He only uses people to get something he wants and after that he throws them to the side. … Continue reading →

After spending weeks with Hippolyte and his book, I am still not fond of him. In the beginning of the book, he is presented as a very intelligent but also very messy person. There are papers and newspapers everywhere in … Continue reading →

The way Hippolyte’s Island is written is very different than most storylines. The most outstanding difference I saw is that typically it is the main character that is dynamic and learns a major lesson as the plot progresses but in the … Continue reading →

Hippolyte is a man with big goals in life. He is also crazy enough to achieve those goals no matter who gets in his way or tries to talk him down. I think that is quality that more people should have … Continue reading →

Overall the story was decent, at least a lot better than the previous book we read, even though the theme of islands, in my opinion, was not greatly explored in the book. I believed that the actual story of trying … Continue reading →