Why The Giver? There are books being banned and challenged all over the country. To challenge a book means that a person or group of people try to limit its access to children/readers but are not successful. A banned book means that a certain book that had been challenged was successfully removed and prohibited from being sold. Lois Lowry’s The Giver tells a story about a young boy named Jonas who lives in a dystopian society. Everything in Jonas’s world is controlled‚ even death and emotions
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threat to their lives. Other people use guns as a toy which can result in accidental death;or time spent behind bars for using the gun to commit a heinous crime. There is currently a ton of controversy surrounding whether guns should or should not be banned. Guns should not be banned worldwide because they are used for self defense‚ part of the second amendment‚ punish honest citizens. Lastly‚ guns don’t kill people it’s the people who use them. Self defense is defined as the defense of one’s person
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immoral subjects could make a good book? The Catcher in the Rye is a prime example. The book has been on the banned reading list since the days following its publishing. The book was said to be “immoral and inappropriate that in 1960‚ a teacher in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma‚ was fired for assigning the book to an eleventh-grade English class.” (“Banned Book: The Catcher”) The Catcher in the Rye should be read in schools because it gives a crystal clear image on how the world contains sex‚ violence‚ and motifs
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English Oral- Topic 5 Giving Opinions Should Smoking be banned in public places? Many surveys‚ studies and scientific research has proved that smoking is injurious to health. Smoke is unhealthy and suffocating. It pollutes the environment. There are two types of smokers - active and passive. The person who smokes is active and other who are near to him and inhales the smoke are passive smokers. Both are equally affected by the ill effects of smoking. Smokers and non-smokers
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Menendez‚ Landrieu‚ and Hagen together introduced the Alert Drivers Act‚ which would say that states pass laws banning texting while driving. Though more and more states are passing texting bans‚ it remains the case that fewer than half the states have banned the practice as of today (U.S. Congress). AAA foundation for Traffic Safety reports that 67 percent of drivers admitted to talking on their cell phone while driving behind the wheel‚ and 21 percent of drivers indicated they have read or sent a text
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Weevil is bleeding! That cruel Warden Gossel hit him on the head with the butt of an ax. Oh poor Weevil‚ I have never seen so much blood. That’s not necessary a bad thing‚ head wounds always bleed like that‚ right? I tried to wake him up‚ but he just twitched‚ and grunted. Okay‚ at least he is conscious now. I shook him a little‚ and asked him he was okay‚ again all he gave me grunt. Then he mumbled something like‚ I can’t remember‚ then he stopped. My mind raced to a couple years ago. A farmer
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shown that passive smoking contributes to the symptoms of asthma in 46‚ 500 Australian children each year‚ as well as thousands of adults. But still people continue to smoke and further more protest that they should have the individual right to do so where ever they please. No one should have to inhale second-hand smoke. Many smokers do not realise that by smoking in enclosed places they are endangering the lives of their children‚ workmates and even innocent bystanders who just happen to be near
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Smoking Should Be Banned In Public Places In my opinion‚ smoking in public places should be prohibited. There are many reasons that support this point of view. Smoking is one of the leading killers in world. People shouldn’t die because of it. For years people have been smoking in public thinking ’it’s my body‚ I can do whatever I want to it‚’ but now that it has been proven that smoking not only harms the smoker‚ but also those around him or her‚ they should not be allowed to smoke
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while the Confederacy still relied on farms and slave labor (Confederacy). This led to the common thought that the Confederacy is racist‚ which caused hatred for the Confederate Flag. Most argue the Confederate flag is a symbol for slavery and should be banned‚ however‚ not only are the reasons for banning it wrong‚ this also violates the first amendment‚ freedom of speech. The Confederate flag is a symbol of the Confederacy‚ which was not what most people thought it was. Most think the Confederate
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Expository Task - That the Sale of Cigarettes be Banned Altogether Smoking should be banned because it causes so much harm to our society. Smoking is known to cause several horrible illnesses such as cancer‚ long-term respiratory diseases‚ heart problems‚ strokes and of course premature death. Approximately 19‚000 Australians die every year due to cigarette smoking. Smoking causes 10% of the world’s deaths‚ making it the largest cause of preventable death in the western world. Smoking
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