For summer reading prior to my start of tenth grade I had to read two books out of a section of memoirs. The two books I chose were Night by Elie Wiesel and A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah. These two books were very inspirational to me and made an impact on my life. After being a sophomore for four weeks the curriculum has already begun to make me more aware of myself and the world around me. When I first learned about the holocaust in the fifth of sixth grade‚ I became very interested in that point
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Banning books over the years has caused lot of controversy. Many people are all-for banning the indecent books‚ but there are some out there that think banning books 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
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child to a mature person. And about a person who is our last hope of survival. There is a movie and the book and I think the book is better than the movie. There are many crucial elements to the book Ender’s Game. Some are the fact that it travels between Ender and Valentine. Another one is when the book give out more detail on what ender did and how he met his friends at battle school. The book carries a lot more details in it‚ like it described what happened after the war. These are important cause
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Melissa Ramos February 4‚ 2012 Period 2 Book Reflection While many things I’ve read have had an impact on my life‚ I would like to focus on The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks. This work has made me reflect on a variety of points‚ most notably love‚ second chances‚ and friends. I would like to look at each of these areas in turn to show why this has been an important piece of writing in life. The first thing this book made me reflect on was love. In the Last Song Ronnie has in love
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and Banning Books To censor is to ban or cut portions of a publication‚ film‚ letter‚ etc. For as long as literature has existed‚ so has censorship. Forms of censorship include banning and burning books and editing previously published literature. Who is to decide what books should be accessible? Today‚ certain people are entrusted with the task of reading books and deciding whether the offensive material outweighs the educational value. Is this really acceptable? Censorship of books is in no way
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There are many difference between The Giver movie and book. There are many differences‚ but there are also many many similarities. There are little thing like‚ Jonas and Fiona having a romance in the movie that did not happen at all in the book. Today I will share some differences and likenesses between the movie and the book with you. There are many similarities in the book and movie that are either easy or difficult to recognize. Tiny things such as‚ Jonas’s first color being red‚ Jonas
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In the book and movie of the Devil’s Arithmetic‚ there were big differences but small similarities. As it usually goes‚ I think that the book was way more impressive than the movie. Furthermore there was differences in characters‚ plot and even the main idea some. The book and movie I am going to discuss are both called the Devil’s Arithmetic. The book was written by Jane Yohen. The movie was produced in 1999. In the book and the movie the things that happened is that Hannah doesn’t want to go
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Banning books may have a negative outcome for children‚ taking so much away that they could have learned. Minors should not be held in the dark from the appalling aspects in life. As they grow older‚ they will not be secured away from the real world. Adults may want to shield their kids from taking in “explicit” or “dirty” knowledge‚ yet eventually‚ children get older and become much more exposed to the details of the true world‚ not just from books. Books could very well have explicit content
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Many books and their film adaptations mostly tell the same story and have many similarities. However‚ there always seems to be events or details that are changed to fit the film. From the way the characters develop‚ to what the symbols stand for‚ Alice Walker’s novel‚ “The Color Purple‚” and Steven Spielberg’s make of the movie‚ “The Color Purple‚” show signs of similarity and a few details that make them unique. First‚ the 295 page book about a girl growing up being abused and not having a say in
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