Over the past 35 years individuals and organizations have tried to remove and ban over 11‚000 books from public libraries‚ book stores‚ and schools. The reasoning behind their attempts at banning books are usually based on personal opinions or beliefs. Because everyone’s opinion is different some may think a book should be banned while others could disagree and be interested in reading the book. Many books can include information on unpopular religious beliefs‚ condone violence‚ or present scenarios
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Stop Book Banning! Should school administrators be allowed to ban books? Of course not! They are abusing their power of having the right to teach children. They want to ban a book just because it shows the true past of America‚ which some students cannot handle. They should not shield the past; if anything they should tell everything about the past and explain to the students why the events occurred. They should understand why America did the things it did so that they will not be ashamed of the
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Dangerous Tradition Traditions are normally comforting rituals‚ with deep roots in religious or familial events. They usually are cause for celebration and coming together with family and community. When the roots of our traditions are forgotten then the reason for carrying on the custom is lost. Shirley Jackson writes about the dark side of following rituals mindlessly in her story‚ “The Lottery”. Jackson resolutely conveys this theme using palpable symbolism‚ irrational faith‚ and senseless
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Banning books may have a negative outcome for children‚ taking so much away that they could have learned. Minors should not be held in the dark from the appalling aspects in life. As they grow older‚ they will not be secured away from the real world. Adults may want to shield their kids from taking in “explicit” or “dirty” knowledge‚ yet eventually‚ children get older and become much more exposed to the details of the true world‚ not just from books. Books could very well have explicit content
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Dangerous Traditions “The Lottery”‚ by Shirley Jackson‚ is an interesting story about how people can be affected by traditions. It also shows somewhat of a dark symbolism behind these traditions and how some people will let such things control their lives and the lives of others. After reading the story‚ my first reaction was “wow!” I did not expect that the winner would be rewarded with death. The ending of the story was very surprising‚ because when you think of the word “lottery"‚ you
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Final Requirement In English 15 “ANGER IS DANGEROUS” I. A. Anger is Dangerous 1.1 Events that we cannot control The ending of a relationship‚ the death of someone we love… this type of event can make anyone feel angry. We feel angry at the world and think "why did this have to happen to me?" This type of anger is understandable since there are always going to be aspects of our lives that we cannot fully control. However that doesn ’t mean you shouldn ’t seek help and advice to manage your
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A Dangerous Method A Dangerous Method was nothing short of intriguing and moving. It was a film based on psychoanalysis and the careers of some of its most well-known practitioners‚ Carl Jung‚ Sigmund Freud‚ Sabina Spielrein‚ and Otto Gross. I feel that each one of these characters was well played. Each one helped to put the viewer there with them and understand each circumstance clearly. This movie truly displays the reality of what can happen even in such a professional field. While
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duran song‚ they say “Straddle the line‚ in discord and rhyme‚ I’m on the hunt I’m after you.” The use of mood‚ suspense and setting are expertly crafted to support the theme of The Most Dangerous Game”.
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Persistent Pests In the 1960s‚ the World Health Organization (WHO) began a campaign to eradicate the mosquitos that transmit the disease malaria. Before that an organization in Southern Africa had produced a poison to kill these mosquitoes but it wasn’t completely successful. The produced poisons by the WHO kills most members of the insects population leaving only the resistant individuals to reproduce with new genes that somehow enable them to resist the chemical attack. The problems such insects
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Banning alcohol in the U.S: Against Banning alcohol‚ while it may have put some wives’ minds at rest‚ did nothing to aid the economy. In fact‚ gangsters profited largely by selling illegal alcohol. When alcohol was banned‚ those who worked in factories lost their jobs. When the money normally made selling liquor (then‚ about $500 million‚ annually) vanished from the market‚ the government was impacted by the loss. Many people already mentioned prohibition-- this‚ again‚ would only lead people
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