English Essay midterm essay 3

Cover Letter The revisions I have made to my paper regarding the mid-term prompt #2, if this book should be banned from the high school curriculum across the country, include many things. I added more ways of which this book would harm individuals in high school who read it, because this is the main focus of my paper in regards to the prompt. I also included more in-text citations from The Bluest Eye to support my claim and my evidence that support it. I included another counter argument that others might use against banning the book from high schools, which is always good strategy in an argumentative paper. I incorporated that France may have taken Morrison’s intentions out of context, but still that it doesn't affect the way that it comes across to students who read it generally. This book bothered me personally with the sexual content, rape scenes, incest, and pedophilia, and I stated that before but did not state how it supported my argument. So, I included how it may have harmed or affected others who read it, just like it affected me. I added topic sentences to the beginnings of my paragraph to help support my claim and show what my paragraph was going to contain and be about. Most of my revisions involved stating the harm or danger or the negative effects that reading this book could have on the high school students, because this was the main focus for taking the book out of the high school curriculum. I stated how it could have affected them either directly or indirectly, but would still have implications on them that could reverberate forever, or lead to even worse things. An example of this is from a personal experience. I had a friend who was cheated on by her boyfriend, she was so distraught that she went to a party to try and forget about it and ended up drinking a little more than she should have and was unable to give consent to sexual activity, so she was technically raped. This has stuck with her deeply since the day it has happened and it