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    This struck him emotionally because he respected his old school and the memories he associates with it. Later on in the book he saw the same profanity written on the museum’s wall in crayon this caused him to feel bad because of the disrespect shown. This outlines his personality and character. Holden consistently asks people all throughout his adventure about the migration and survival patterns

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    n Cold Blood has been talked about for fifty-one years and counting. It has been challenged many times and still manages to amaze its readers. It has been challenged because “it contained sex‚ violence‚ and profanity‚” (weebly) and is “too macabre‚” (Glendale). Capote uses the violence and language to show what the characters went through. Truman Capote born in Louisiana in 1924 spent most of his childhood with his mother’s relatives in Alabama. His parents were very neglectful and left him with

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    The future of society looks grim as our teens are bombarded by pressure to speak with swear words‚ drink under the legal age‚ and perform acts of violence. Our teens must be saved from the terrible influences. Saving the children’s innocence can only be done by sheltering adolescents from the evil spreading across the globe. The media and books with controversial topics promote ideas of pursuing unacceptable actions to impressionable children. If teens are hidden from the dreadful influences from

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    meanings aroused by the use of certain behaviours or symbols that distract your attention from the main purpose of what someone is saying‚ for e.g. two persons are having a discussion and one of them uses profanity‚ the other person will focus most of his/her attention on the profanity instead of the real message. * psychological noise –this is an internal force that interferes with the sender’s or receivers interpretation of messages for e.g. preoccupation- the sender or receiver is

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    RAP MUSIC IS A BAD INFLUENCE ON YOU PEOPLE. History Hip hop began in the 1970s. The art form‚ which originated in New York‚ provided Black and Latino youth with an outlet to express themselves‚ often speaking out about the poor conditions that exist within their communities. The development of the hip-hop culture created a movement that influenced the way we dress‚ speak and socialize. The emergence of "gangsta rap" in the 1980s marked the beginning of some disintegration of the positive images

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    An explosion to the left of me shook my senses and I turned the plane to the right‚ the jolting of the plane making me the subject of shocked profanities from my friends.. “5.” Yelled Fredrick from the back of the bunker with a horrified expression on his face. “4.” “3.” “2.” “1!” The sound of “one” ricocheted through my ears and I pressed a button on the left of the control panel

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    not be exposed to this element of society at such a young age. Not only may they not understand the true intended meaning‚ but also students may see it as an opportunity to “expand” their vocabulary and begin using such profanity in every day conversation. Similarly to profanity‚ graphic aspects to the book exist. For an example‚ on pages 14 and 15‚ Shawn is remembering the time he watched a dog die. It reads‚ “After only a few seconds the dog began to jerk. Blood gushed out of its nostrils and mouth

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    whats good and whats bad. So‚ books should never be banned from society. Books helps people take a relieve from reality and also books are a piece of art that us humans need! While this art shouldn’t be vanished from the society‚ a few have some profanity which isn’t so bad. This would pretty much be considered taking away rights of citizens throughout the first amendment. First amendment pretty much tells us that us citizens have the freedom of speech and press‚ not the freedom of being forced to

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    that has been removed because people believe that it is too inappropriate to read. Especially in schools. The reason books are challenged or even banned is that the topics the book covers are sensitive for people to handle. Such as racial themes‚ profanity‚ and violence. The novel The Catcher in the Rye would be challenged because it showed a child going through an adult life with vulgar language‚ sexual references‚ and underage drinking. After all the reasons why the novel got challenged I still believe

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    example it displays Friendship and Examples of stuff you should not do. This might be true because it teaches you a good life lesson. On the other hand there is more evidence that the book should not be read for example drug and alcohol use‚ violence‚ profanity and lots of dishonesty. Like on page 65 “Don’t be a jackass” This shows that there is a lot of harmful language that should not be unveiled to young readers. Even though this may give them an example of what not to do it will probably give them a

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