Banning Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins has good intentions—protecting children; however‚ children/teenagers should be trusted to make their own decisions about what they read. Books are usually challenged or banned to protect others‚ for example; violence‚ sexually explicit or offensive language. Catching fire is said to be challenged because of its violence‚ anti-ethnic‚ anti-family‚ insensitivity‚ and offensive language. The Hunger Games series was on the 2010 challenged books lists. I believe
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Assuming is Dangerous When people make assumptions‚ based on things that they think they see‚ hear‚ or know; without confirming their conclusion first‚ anything can result. For Lester Burnham‚ it can be concluded‚ the result of someone else’s assumption would be his own death. Throughout the movie America Beauty‚ there were many miscommunications between the characters‚ but only one particular failure to communicate cost someone their life. Colonel Frank Fitts was very concerned with his sons’
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Is Dieting Dangerous? The terms diet and dieting are oftenly used interchangeably though this is incorrect. Diet and dieting are two completely different terms diet refers to what an individual eats on a daily bases. Dieting is when someone restricts themselves to small amounts or special kinds of food in order to lose weight. Although the media portrays dieting out to be trendy‚ hip and healthy is this really true? Or like other things in society have we been misleaded into believing in something
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Football has been around for centuries and it has become one of America’s favorite sports. Even though it is a sport many enjoy watching it is also a dangerous sport. Many football athletes don’t realize the things that can go on during a football game and even if they did they don’t take enough precautions to keep themselves safe. Football is a dangerous sport that can lead to multiple concussions and brain trauma‚ but there are ways that this sport can be made safer. I believe that football can be
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Banning Smoking in public areas Tobacco smoke contains more than 7‚000 chemical compounds. More than 250 of these chemicals are known to be harmful‚ and at least 69 are known to cause cancer. Yet studies have shown that second hand smoking is a proven killer to both adults and children and has worse effects of the second hand smoker than it does on the actual smoker. Smoking should be banned in public places all throughout the U.S. because of the risks associated with second hand smoking‚ banning
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Comparison and Contrast: "The Lady with the Pet Dog" Have you ever read a story and wondered if it would be different with a different point of view. Well with the story “The Lady with the Pet Dog” by Anton Chekhov and Joyce Carol Oates‚ we get a different point of view from both authors. Though there are similarities and differences in both stories the purpose of them only becomes clear when the two stories are read and compared. There are tons of differences that we could focus on but‚ we are
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In 2010‚ the controversial Bill 94 was introduced in Quebec. The bill would prohibit women wearing the niqab from accessing any public service and would allow them to be denied access to schools‚ non-emergency healthcare‚ daycare facilities‚ courtrooms and more. Furthermore‚ government employees would be banned from wearing the niqab to work. The Quebec government is petitioning to ban the niqab because they claim it is a symbol of oppression‚ that women only wear if forced by a male‚ and that their
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Effective communication in our work‚ family‚ friends‚ as well as aspects of daily life‚ it plays a very important role. But we don’t always communicate effectively‚ ineffective communicate becomes obstacle when we want to gain the success and obtain the satisfaction. Nobody is born to dare to speak freely in public‚ every novice often have a kind of stage fright. I interviewed some people. My host mother is my first interviewee. She speaks in public about once a month. She likes everyone else‚
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Gabriele Saturno ENC 1101 Professor Carlos Lamas 24/11/2012 Are Cell-Phones Dangerous Introduction Technology is one of the most powerful factors that affect our daily life and routine. As part of it we have the well known and worldwide used: Cell-phones. A 2004 MIT survey said that cell phones were ranked as the one invention that people hate the most‚ but cannot live without. It beat out the alarm clock and the television. Cell-phones have become one of the most useful devices around the
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The Most Dangerous Game Rainsford is in the worst game he has a hard time getting out of. And a hunt that would be able to change everyone from the inside.No matter who it is to enter the game of the hunt can become and who least expect losing thus to your last drop of humanity. Rainsford‚ both he and we contain certain conflicts and certainly will always be external and internal‚ in this case are just as dangerous if they do not know how to handle correctly. It could even become a war
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