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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Name: Chapter 11- Exploratory essay- Questions for Peer Review- (261-62) Posing the Problem: 1a) In the introduction‚ how have I tried to show that my problem is interesting‚ significant‚ and problematic? b) How could I engage you‚ my peers‚ more fully with my initial problem? 1a) I used an anecdote to make it more interesting. Also I said why this problem bothers me. 1b) My introduction should’ve been longer 2a) How do I provide cues that my purpose is to explore
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is completely useless and idiotic. Books should not be banned because of its racial or sexual content. I oppose book banning for one reason. I believe that every person should have the option to read whatever they want. Many schools claim they ban books because they do not want students to act out or feel uncomfortable. Schools are afraid that their students are going to achieve the violent crimes that are mentioned in the books. In the article "Banned Books" the article states‚" The First Amendment
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Today I am here to talk to you all about a problem that is far-reaching the nation. According to the National Cancer Institute. Each Year an estimate of 443‚000 people die from smoking‚ but the damaging effects of smoking do not stop with the smoker. An estimated 88 million nonsmoking Americans‚ including 54% of children under the age of 12‚ are open to secondhand smoke and about 46‚000 non-smoking Americans die from second hand smoke exposure a year. Over the past few years two of my uncles have
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show why steroids might not be as bad as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) portrays them to be. The director did this by showing how many people use it that are public figures and showing how the people in his life use them as well. The director was trying to prove to people that steroids could be like supplements‚ which are FDA approved. He claimed that the side effects that are portrayed for steroids were not always the side effects that people experienced. He claimed that the side effects
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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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team is fully out. The definition says it all. Dodgeball should be banned because this “activity” hurts kids physically and mentally. Banning dodgeball will end a lot of bad things. Dodgeball is a game that gives kids chances to get their anger out on others. Children getting hit will never get better because they are not positive‚ and their are other activities that do a better job. There are many reasons on why dodgeball should be banned. Dodgeball is not an appropriate way to teach your children
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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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basic right – the freedom to express ourselves as we see fit – is guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States’ Constitution…” as stated from the text‚ Schools and Censorship: Banned Books. A recent banning of books for having age inappropriate content has been debated‚ but books should not be banned because children will eventually be exposed to the content‚ children need to learn they’re history‚ and children are being deprived the right to representation‚ as stated in the Constitution
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uttered the lines “I’m too tired‚ I do hate home works! And why are these home works invented?” These experiences probably signify the experiences of a student when it comes to home works. According to Farlex of the free dictionary‚ homework is a work‚ such as schoolwork or piecework that is done at home. In 2014‚ different news is spreading regarding the increase of number of schools in United States of America which have already banned home works given to students. Issues about banning of home
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