A banned or challenged book tends to be disputed and unwanted in public places. When a book is banned from schools or even a whole state it means that it contains things such as sexual explicitness‚ offensive language‚ political incorrectness‚ violence‚ views contrary to the state or are seen threatening in some way (Gale 1).The book Lolita written by Vladimir Nabokov was banned in 1955 in France and Australia for its controversial content (Amy 4). Lolita should be banned or challenged because of
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The Great Gatsby Books are banned or challenged because they have capacity to “corrupt” a reader’s mind or influence. Banning a novel is actually one of the greatest things that can happen or be “awarded” to a book. The Great Gatsby is an example of one of these great books that was banned. The book was banned in 1987 by a Baptist college in Charleston‚ yet it is considered of one the “Great American Novels” and a literary classic. The book was banned for language and some sexual content. By examining
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Huckleberry Finn should be banned from schools. There are several issues in the novel that schools should not permit their students to learn about and study. These issues are extreme racism‚ Huck questioning the rules of society‚ and teaching bad morals. Huckleberry Finn contains several racist comments. In today’s society‚ there are people who will take these comments very offensively Huck says‚ “according to the old saying‚ ‘Give a nigger an inch and he’ll take an ell.’” Huck is stating that
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Cerniglia 1 James Cerniglia Professor Boland English Period 4 3/15/14 National Hockey League Fighting Throughout the history of the National Hockey League‚ there has always been controversy whether fighting should remain legal. Some games consist of many fights but some consist of none. February 2nd 2011‚ the Islanders and Penguins had a game filled to the brim with fights; “Fans got to watch one of the most penalized games in recent memory characterized by 15 fighting majors‚ 11 game misconducts
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“We are free country‚ we are a free society and it’s not the business of government to tell people what they should and shouldn’t wear‚” Said Mr Tony Abbott‚ before adding he was unaware of any record of anyone attempting to enter parliament wearing the burqa. Tony Abbott states that “We are a free country.” If this is true then why is the government supporting penalties on women who wear the burqa? This is simply stripping them at their rights!! Muslim Women’s Association executive officer Maha
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“Despite guns being banned in Honduras it has the highest murder rate in the world‚ yet in Switzerland almost all people have guns and it has the lowest murder rate in the world.” (Anderson) Many people and famous politicians disagree with guns because that is what many are killed by. Gun ownership should be allowed because it is a huge protection device against deadly threats to a family and yourself. There are many logical reasons why guns shouldn’t be banned. One of the biggest being that the
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Yes‚ it should. Fracking is bad for our world and disturbs the peace of our land. It causes homes to tremble and fall. Properties ruined and sometimes love ones lost. The United States’ government should ban oil companies from fracking the ground like some European countries who have already banned the Earth crushing process. The United States has a plentiful supply of oil already that could last for 50
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Yasmin Kabir 10D Ms Home- ENGLISH Word count: 790 Dear Sir‚ I am writing to you to express my opinions about your recent article (Should mobile phones be banned in schools? – 27/11/12). This subject is definitely a hard topic to discuss due to the fact mobile phones have made a huge impact to our generation. I was intrigued by the writers’ perspectives and by the contrast of their viewpoints. In the first paragraph of Barkham’s article‚ he talks about the many fears of teens
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other products. Some people argue that these experiments should be banned because it is morally wrong to cause animals to suffer‚ while others are in favour of them because of their benefits to humanity. It is true that medicines and other products are routinely tested on animals before they are cleared for human use. While there really are some things that animal testing should not be used for‚ I would have to support a limited
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especially when considering that it represents individual human life. With the amount of executions taking place‚ the death penalty has been ever more of a pressing matter. Overall‚ the death penalty should be banned because of immorality‚ possible exoneration and inequality. The death penalty should be banned because of its immorality.
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