The Hunger Games is a novel written in 2008 by Suzanne Collins about a dystopian future of what was once known as North America‚ now known as "Panem". The totalitarian nation of Panem is divided between 12 districts and the Capitol. Each year two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games; Part entertainment‚ part brutal retribution for a past rebellion. The Capitol selects a boy and a girl between the ages of 12 and 18 from each of the twelve
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Plato’s Stance on Censorship In Plato’s time‚ there was question whether certain works of art should or should not be censored. Some objected to popular art and felt it should be censored while others felt that art was just another form of entertainment and should be left untouched. Plato was a philosopher and mathematician that came from Classical Greece. He thought that all arts should be censored and only keep the contents that show or do good. He believes that the youth must be shielded from
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Censorship Will Burn You According to Ray Bradbury in 2053 all the firefighters will be used to censor people from books. The author of Fahrenheit 451 shows situational irony in his writing of censorship in the future. The readers go into the book thinking that the main protagonist will be causing problems for the fire department when really the main character Guy Montag and his colleagues are the firefighters. Bradbury uses firefighters to destroy books‚ burn down the houses and arrest anyone who
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into believing them‚ but that wasn’t the only propaganda used by Germany to maintain power. Newspapers were completely censored‚ no one could publish a newspaper or even a book stating their personal thoughts unless it went through some sort of censorship first to make sure there was nothing in there that could be
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Censorship "It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away. A nervous tic‚ an unconscious look of anxiety‚ a habit of muttering to yourself--anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality‚ of having something to hide. In any case‚ to wear an improper expression on your face...; was itself a punishable offense. There was even a word for it in Newspeak: face crime..."
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ship is a spreading diesiese that must be stopped.It violates the fist amendment rights. It gives us less freedom to chose.Also it hurts what the artists want to say in their song.Music should not be censored at the rate it is being censored at‚ Censorship violates the first amendment and all of its rights.The first amendment promises freedom of speech.This freedom is being violated by the government thought.The article states “The F.C.C has done its job protecting people on the radio‚but know it
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A few would disagree with this statement‚ but I think that this is an actual true statement. Censorship in the world is used for many specific reasons. Both reasons are in when and where to censor such as for privacy‚ classified groups‚ or hidden relations with something. Privacy is one reason is a really obvious to everyone. Everyone wants privacy from anyone such as the government‚ people‚ or the world. The law says that privacy is a law and if broken then there is going to be serious consequences
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many mediums‚ one of which is propaganda through music. In the years between 1939 and 1945‚ Europe underwent a drastic change due to new political control by the National Socialist Party‚ and the events surrounding World War Two. Propaganda and censorship were at an all time high during this period of time‚ therefore music was widely influenced. Music that was traditionally used to portray positive German history was warped to fit the ideals of the Nazi Party as well as influence the highly impressionable
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Even though Harry Potter has been around for many years teens and children now a days still take the time to read and explore this intriguing series that became so famous in 1999. Harry Potter “the boy who lives”‚ is a book based on fiction‚ it tells the story of a young wizard that was tried to be murdered by a dark wizard when he was a baby but miraculously survived thanks to the shield of love his mother showed while trying to save his life. J.K. Rowling is the author of the book. Originally
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The Censorship of Violence in Television Media My topic is based on research in the United States regarding television violence and its impact on juvenile crime. Since the beginning of television broadcasts there have been investigations regarding television violence and its effects on juvenile who watch it. In the early 1950s the United States Senate Judiciary Committee‚ Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency held a series of Congressional hearings to address juvenile crime. Because
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