Through out recent years‚ many popular books such as ‘catcher in the rye’‚ ‘the grapes of wrath’ and ‘to kill a mockingbird’ have been placed on the banned books list due to racial slurs. Often‚ the decision wether to let students have access to these book is made by the school administration or individual teachers. As I was a freshman attending high school I vividly remember our teacher assigning us to read ‘to kill a mockingbird’. It was discussed that the book contained some racial slurs that students
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The Book of the Dead and the Rottgen Pieta both represent the main themes of death and afterlife. The Book of the Dead is a manual for the afterlife and the Rottgen Pieta is meant to induce emotions. Although the Rottgen Pieta from Germany conveys death through its content‚ the Book of the Dead from Egypt represents what its culture thinks of death and the afterlife better than the Rottgen Pieta. To begin with‚ the Rottgen Pieta also known as Vesperbild‚ is from the middle Rhine Region‚ Germany
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The place of publication was New York City in the United States and published in the year of 1997. There are 498 pages in the book including Index‚ Credits‚ Acknowledgments‚ and Further Readings. There are 446 pages without them. This nonfiction book tries to explain why history advanced differently from people of different regions of the world. Diamond summarizes the book within this sentence‚ "History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples’ environments
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“The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to the Sports Guy” by Bill Simmons‚ was a book only the Sports Guy could write. Save a few hundred pages for Simmons to inform the readers on how he became the basketball and Celtics fan he is today (hint: it was his dad choosing between a motorcycle and season tickets to the Celtics)‚ why as a child he called himself Jabaal Abdul-Simmons‚ footnotes galore‚ his hatred for Isiah Thomas and Wilt Chamberlain‚ and many of the greatest “What-if’s” in basketball
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Although banning books is quite a drastic measure‚ One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest should not be taught in any school’s curriculum because of the effects that the graphic intensity and brutality shown throughout the novel could have on the minds of adolescents. The debate of whether or not to ban certain books has gone on for ages‚ throughout this period of time‚ many books have been deemed acceptable and some have received the opposite fate. The majority of these decisions have swayed toward giving
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party throughout the remaining part of the journey. One of those type of characters‚ is named Beorn. Beorn is a character that appears in the novel named The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. There is a remake of the book in a movie version called The Hobbit and it is directed by Peter Jackson. The book was originally published during the year 1937. The movie of The Hobbit was released in the year 2012. In the movie‚ Gandalf‚ Bilbo‚ and the dwarves meet Beorn in a dramatic way in which Beorn chases them to
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There are similarities‚ and differences between Jonas from the giver‚ when it comes to the screenplay‚ and the novel. It ranges from a lot of things like emotions‚ and attitude. Jonas is a better character from the screenplay‚ than from the novel. He has more emotions‚ and much more interesting ones‚ than the ones from the novel. Jonas’s Characteristic are more simple‚ and realistic in the movie. Someone who sees new things is curious‚ and in his community‚ being curious and wanting to express it
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Fahrenheit 451‚ written by Ray Bradbury‚ fabricates a futuristic fellowship where it is illegal to be in possession of a book or books. If our civilization permits a guild of individuals to regulate what is appropriate to read‚ the world Bradbury had envisioned may become true. A book that has been challenged with censorship is Tiger Eyes written by Judy Blume. Davey Wexler‚ along with her mother‚ Gwen‚ and her little brother‚ Jason‚ has just attended the funeral of her father‚ Adam‚ who was
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Book Report Book Report By Monica Dobslaw The book I decided to read for my book report was; Twilight. 1. Who is the author? What information do you know about the author? The author of this novel is named Stephenie Meyer. She is the author of the whole twilight series and two other books called; Hell on Earth and The Host. Stephenie is 38 years old and has sold more than 50 million books in less than 5 years. 2. What is the story about? Briefly describe what happens. The story
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Although in both movies and the book "Frankenstein" is portrayed as a monster there are many different perceptions about of him. In movies the monster will not stop at anything he was only out to hurt or destroy others as appose to the book where he tried to make friends and find someone to cherish and love. The book and movie both show different characteristics which the monster possesses and how they directly or indirectly relate to one another. In the movie‚ "Frankenstein" has a green complexion
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