Banned Book‚ Lord of the rings Main Characters-Bilbo Baggins‚ Frodo Baggins‚ Gandalf the grey‚ “ Ho! Ho! Ho! to the bottle i go to heal my heart and drown my woe‚ rain may fall and wind may blow‚ And many miles be still to go‚ But under a tall tree i will lie‚ and let the clouds go sailing by.” - Lord of the rings All Information i have gotten about this book being banned all support the idea of this book being banned for a main character smoking and some different outlook on religion.
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The Drinking Age in The U.S. Should Be Lowered When a person turns eighteen‚ he or she can get married‚ vote‚ pay taxes‚ purchase cigarettes‚ be tried as an adult for crimes‚ legally use their own credit card‚ purchase real estate‚ and even enter the military. When a United States citizen turns eighteen‚ that person is considered a legal adult. According to The United States Constitution‚ “The right of citizens of the United States‚ who are eighteen-years of age or older‚ to vote shall not be denied
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4@ Argumentative Essay The act of abortion should be banned because it deliberately destroys a human life. I believe that every form of the act‚ without any exceptions‚ should be outlawed simply because abortion is merely "murdering out of convenience". From the moment that a child is conceived‚ no matter how small or underdeveloped he or she may seem‚ that child is a human being that is a separate part of its mother and a human entity all its own. And the taking of a human life by another
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where it should be due to maturity and other factors. Officer Myer stated that substance abuse amongst teens is something that they deal with on sometimes a daily‚ but mostly a weekly basis. He stated that most of the substance abuse problems during the week come from the colleges and universities around here and from the high schools on the weekends. His advice to teens is to not drink at all and stand up to peer pressure. The advice he gives to his children is to stay clear of alcohol and if you
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Todd English Composition 1 Self Argument Essay Should tobacco products be banned? I believe they should because they kill about 400‚000 prematurely every year. Tobacco products kill more people than illegal drugs do such as cocaine‚ heroin‚ and methamphetamine. People get arrested for having marijuana in their possession and they don’t have to be smoking it but studies show that cigarettes are more harmful to a person’s health. I say they should make tobacco illegal as well because in my
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beauty pageants are wrong for children. Beauty pageants were found in the 1920’s for adults‚ and the 1960’s for children. Beauty pageants should be banned because they set false rules on beauty‚ they can cause children to go through mental and physical health issues‚ and because children are sometimes forced into these pageants. I believe they should be banned because they set false rules on beauty. They make children believe they have to wear make-up‚ jewelry‚ wigs‚ fake nails‚ and lots of other
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therefore I have no time to study my material and therefore my test grades suffer as a result. Homework is like slavery. It’s basically forcing students to go home after a stressful day of school and activities and do pointless homework. Teachers should be teaching these things in class‚ not making the students learn it themselves. It’s preventing children from leading balanced lifestyles‚ with a healthy amount of sleep and activities to keep them fit and active. How is a student supposed to do 3
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An example of this is Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain‚ which has been banned in multiple high school libraries for the use of the word “nigger‚” which is considered both offensive language and racist (PBS). However‚ some people do not understand that racism was a normal part of life during the time period in which this novel was written. Twain published Huckleberry Finn in 1885‚ only twenty years after the end of the civil war. This means that this novel was written during a time when African Americans
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If you are too young to choose‚ then lay off the booze. Youth drinking alcohol is dangerous. According to www.drinkaware.co.uk the young body is not developed enough to properly digest alcohol until the age of 20. Alcohol and youth is a safety hazard because according to the same website drinking when in your youth can cause‚ diabetes‚ liver failure and other organ failure‚ just to name a few. A young person’s brain is not fully developed until they are in their twenties. This specifically includes
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begin by reading the quote above. As a parent who just opens the book and reads the first two pages‚ already‚ based on a snap judgment do not want their child to read this Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Alice Walker. However‚ The Color Purple should not be banned. The novel writes of many current issues needed to be addressed in this day and age. Many issues concerning The Color Purple consist of abuse‚ rape‚ explicit sexual content‚ human sexuality‚ profanity‚ racism‚ etc.; the list goes on.
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