Banned Books According to DoSomething.org‚ more than 60% of teens are doing or have done drugs at one time. Go Ask Alice should be banned from middle school and elementary libraries and only permitted at the high school level because of the use of vulgar language‚ the use of illegal substances‚ and the explicit descriptions of the activities being done throughout the book. One reason this book should be banned is the use of vulgar language. The foul language used in this book is not appropriate
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Dung Vu Nursing 53 October 6‚ 2016 Extra Credit: “Still Alice” Movie Review This movie is about a psychologist named Alice Howland diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive‚ incurable disease that destroys memory and important mental functions.Alice displayed many signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease‚ such as‚ mental decline‚ difficulty thinking and understanding‚ disorientation‚ forgetfulness‚ difficulty concentrating‚ agitation‚ self-care deficits
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LaFlair 1 Professor Rhonda Rodriguez English 209 17 March 2014 Alice Walker As a writer‚ Alice Walker deals with many issues‚ most of which concern historical and modern race problems in America. Through this she brings to national attention the cruelty and inhumane abuse that African Americans have endured. This general topic can be broken down into many areas that she feels are important for people to know and to learn from. Alice walker was born on the ninth of February in 1944‚ In Eatonton
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“Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self” written by Alice Walker‚ is a gentle and easy to understand story. It is not that the story is a boring and no highlight. When reading the book‚ it’s like I am hearing my friend’s story. Alice’s emotion changed totally different before and after the “accident”. Before the accident‚ she described herself as if she was the most beautiful and intelligent girl in the world. When Alice was only two and a half years old‚ when her father was chosen which kids
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authority‚ usually on the grounds of religion‚ politics or public morality. My book Go Ask Alice‚ is one of the books that still remains on the banned book list. When looking into censorship and banned books‚ my book Go Ask Alice is one that is still fought about today. I am going to go into detail about why my book is about‚ why my book is banned‚ and what I think should happen with my book. To begin‚ Go Ask Alice is about a young girl who gets very much involved with sex and drugs. It’s an actual diary
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In at least 500 words or less outline the physical journey undertaken by Susie and the language techniques employed by the composer to communicate this journey. In the novel ‘The lovely bones’ by Alice Sebold‚ journeys are displayed through the character Susie. A journey is a process in life that someone goes through to reach a destination. It may be an emotional or inner journey‚ an imaginative journey‚ or a physical journey. The character Susie‚ displays a physical journey in this novel through
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The book Go Ask Alice‚ originally written by an anonymous person‚ but then later discovered to be Beatrice Sparks‚ is a commonly challenged book that educates young adults about the effects of drug abuse. Go Ask Alice follows the life of a common teenage girl and her struggle with addiction and mental diseases. Therefore‚ it is a very educational book for teens for teens to learn the reality of drugs. Because Go Ask Alice does involve drugs‚ alcohol‚ and sexual content‚ it should be banned for specific
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beautiful in their own way. Meanwhile‚ the people in articles are influencing young teens and adults to look a certain way. The audience needs to acknowledge the problem with not only with race but also gender influenced in beauty standards. The Author Alice Walker passage‚ Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self‚ expresses her feelings of growing up as an accident disfigures her eye which led her to believe she wasn’t beautiful. The accident changed her from a cute‚ outgoing young girl into a vulnerable
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In the book The Color Purple‚ by Alice Walker‚ Tashi is convinced that she doesn’t want to go to America because no one will like her. Tashi has her doubts but Adam convinces her to come. I am not here to analyze the motives of the character’s decision to go/not go to America‚ rather I will evaluate the historical factuality of her fears of going to the US Her fears are very realistic for any African woman coming to the states. She would have the same experience looking at modern magazines knowing
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I read How I Met My Husband by Alice Munro. This is a short story told in the first-person narrative. The theme of this story is a simple‚ but good one. The theme is love. Or to put it in broader terms‚ the theme could be described as while sometimes it may come from heartbreak‚ fate can bring is to the person we are meant to love forever. When it comes to exploring the point of view of this story‚ you can ask yourself a few questions. “This story is told in the first person by a teenage girl
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