A Book Report and Personal Reflection on "The Power of One" by Bryce Courtenay

In my experience as a student, I have read a countless number of stories for both school and pleasure. While I made an honest attempt to enjoy the novels assigned to me by my teachers to the same degree as those I have chosen myself, I must admit that most novels did not come close to Tom Clancy's Debt of Honor or Jeffery Deaver's The Blue Nowhere. This is especially the case when my deadline for a book report is fast approaching and the orange LCD display on the cable box, the only clock in my room aside from my computer, seems to be speeding forward at an uncontrollable pace. …