group‚ censoring children from difficult subject matter is not always the solution. There is always controversy when difficult issues arise in adolescent geared novels. Even though there are many concerns with Lois Lowry’s The Giver‚ this book should not be banned from the Coopertown Middle Library. The Giver is about an eleven-year-old boy named Jonas is a light-eyed boy who lives in a Utopian society. Within his society‚ there is no suffering‚ no hunger‚ no war‚ no color‚ and no love. There is
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Fairy Tales Should Not Be Banned By: Aarohi Tanawade Fairy tales are an integral part of childhood since they teach young children many different life lessons and give them good morals to abide by. My grandma told me this during a debate that we had last month… and if anyone should know the truth‚ it’s her. Isn’t this true? To find out‚ we have to look at fairy tales from a child’s perspective. What do these stories hold for the young audience that reads them? I find that fairy tales
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Some people think government should ban dangerous sports‚ others; however‚ believe that people should have the freedom to do whatever sports they choose. Discuss. Today‚ an increasing amount of people take part in dangerous sports and some of them have lost their lives in these sports. It is maintained that Government should forbid people playing them‚ while others think people have a right to involve in sports of their choice. In fact‚ the issue needs some justifications. On the one hand‚
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Music censorship has been around since the inception of mass media. By definition‚ censorship of music is the act of restricting musical works through its availability and access. Music censorship can result from various different reasons including moral‚ political or religious reasons. This kind of censorship can range from legally enforced prohibition of a musical work‚ to voluntary removal of content where a musical work appears in a certain context. A popular example of musical censorship
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there where the economy and living conditions are so bad that children have to work in unsuitable and unsafe situations. There are certain charities that help‚ but that it is. Not enough is being done to stop child labour. It is very wrong and should be banned thought out the world and looked at as a disgrace. Figures from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) show that 218 million children aged between five and seventeen are involved in child labour worldwide. That means globally one in six
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texts‚ and most often claim that the works they challenge contain certain scenes that are “sexually explicit‚” or include dialogue that uses “offensive language‚” and in some cases also argue that the texts are “unsuited for any age group” ("About Banned & Challenged Books"). Many parents have these exact issues with Hopkins’ novel‚ proving that this controversy is not unique to Crank‚ but spans the entire spectrum of YA literature. Parents want to protect their kids from sexually explicit content
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I thing that the plastic surgeries are ways to change some parts of your body or your face that you don’t like. With fixing that “problem” people feels better and more beautiful. Also is a solution for some physical defects resulted from an accident. But sometimes there are people with no need of plastic surgery but the do it for own pleasure ‚ for example they want bigger ass‚ bigger breast‚ or bigger lips. They don’t think that sometimes that could bring them consequences‚ I’m not saying that it
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I say it’s time that all deliberate cruel killing of animals for "sport" be banned by law. There is no excuse for causing immense pain and suffering to these creatures just for the sheer heck of it...for fun and games. Okay‚ I know animals are killed for meat...but there’s a difference: the animals in that situation CAN be treated humanely right up to the moment they are killed instantly. I’m not saying that’s an ideal situation. There are other objections to killing for meat but what concerns
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Is it okay for women to breastfeed their baby in public? Should breastfeeding be banned completely? Some seem to think this issue is entirely misunderstood and disrespectful to women and is an act of indecent exposure‚ unknowingly realizing that it is the most natural thing in the world. Breastfeeding is an intimate bond between a mother and her child and it is a private issue that should be handled as such. Nonetheless‚ all women should have the right to legally breastfeed their babies in public
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Children Pageants Should Be Banned “This can lead to eating disorders and poor self-esteem” (Overington‚ 13). Children in beauty pageants get judged on their outward appearance and get received or rejected. Children shouldn’t be allowed to compete in beauty pageants. Not only are pageants expensive‚ they make the children grow up too fast and the participants have poor self-esteem at the end of the day. Children beauty pageants are expensive. Participation in a single competition can top $3‚000 (Laura
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