English Persuasive Text Should chocolate be banned for children? The answer is quite simple‚ No‚ no chocolate should not be banned!Why‚ I hear you ask? There are numerous reasons but today i will just focus on three. Chocolate productions boost the economy‚Chocolate has health benefits and a chocolate ban would diminish individuals’ freedom. Firstly‚ chocolate plays an important role in the economy. Chocolate is eaten daily in many different forms( bars‚ desserts‚ drinks). Thousands of people
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Banning Books The Bible‚ The Diary of Anne Frank‚ Huckleberry Finn‚ Harry Potter. These classic books have changed lives of many people‚ but for what? Witchcraft‚ Religion‚ racism? These books have been in are education program for educational purposes. Just because one person gets a little bit hurt because a book of all things said something that could corrupt there child’s learning is not right. First children have a right to read whatever they choose‚ Citizens should have access to what they
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The Chocolate War – Essay The idea‚ ‘Do I dare disturb the universe?’ is a strong message of the book‚ The Chocolate War‚ by Robert Cormier. The book highlights tradition‚ discipline and authority‚ the possible evils of being too wrapped up in the idea of accepting what is because it is‚ and the question of ‘is the universe worth disturbing?’ in regards to the message. The universe is represented by the school‚ Trinity High‚ as a microcosm of the macrocosm of the American society. Tradition
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Books are banned in America every year for different reasons. Some are allowed in public and school libraries‚ while others are strictly forbidden due to their nature. Vulgar language‚ sexual content‚ and racial slurs are all enough to get a book banned or challenged‚ especially if allowed in school libraries. This sometimes causes an upset for both readers and the authors who wrote these books because the ban on the book is almost like insult or in this case‚ a "compliment" to Hemingway. A book
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The Chocolate War Robert Cormier presented many different themes throughout The Chocolate War for every reader to find relatable. I found this to be a read more targeted to the older demographics of young adult literature. Many of the themes presented were very mature in nature. The way Cormier introduced the themes were brilliant; every character represented a theme at some point in the book. Cormier touched on bullying (physically‚ psychologically and by being a bystander)‚ power struggle‚ making
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authors tend to use specific techniques while writing‚ that make it easier to grab the reader and really engage them within the story itself. The Chocolate War is a strong example of how many authors follow this same formula for writing‚ and use it as a sort of backbone for their work. You can very easily tell how in just the first page of The Chocolate War‚ Robert Cormier uses this method of hooking in his reader. ”They murdered him”1 would probably be a shock to see as the first sentence to most people
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I am the librarian of the school‚ and I see your worries with the context of The Chocolate War. With all due respect‚ Mr. or Mrs. X‚ I think offering this book at the library as a reading choice is a better decision than taking it off the school library shelf. If I had not mistaken your letter‚ you have are three main concerns with the novel‚ too sexual‚ disrespectful to Catholic priests‚ and negative minded influences that the novel brings to the readers. According to our school’s mission statement
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people are attempting to restrict our access to certain books‚ by either challenging them or banning them. The reasons are usually because it has sexual content or witchcraft and the encouragement of violence. Book banning has become so common that the last week of September is known as Banned Books Week. There have also been lists of frequently banned authors‚ as well as banned books. What is interesting about these is that many of the books are classics. The First Amendment of the Constitution
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Alice’s Adventure in the Wonderland The banned book I picked Alice in the Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. In Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland‚ Alice goes into the world puzzles that seem to have no clear solutions‚ which copies the ways that life annoys expectations. Alice thinks that the solutions she accidents will make a certain kind of logic‚ but they repeatedly frustrate her control to figure out Wonderland. Alice goes to understand the Queen’s silly croquet game but to not reward. In every
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Books that include profanity‚ violence‚ and other topics that could be offensive to other readers should be banned. (Claim) Banned books are a good thing for society; these kinds of books can include hurtful things inside the context. (Counter claim) People may disagree because they have different views than other readers and enjoy reading that kind of stuff. The following paragraphs will explain why banned books are a good thing for society‚ and how the context can be hurtful for some readers. Many
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