book to the point where it offends them on one level or another‚ this is where challenges or bans against a book arise. More times than not‚ a book is banned/ challenged due to religious or spiritual reasons. This is exactly the case of the only reported challenge on The Lord of the Rings‚ the 40th most commonly challenged classic book on the ALA Banned and Challenged Classics list‚ written by J.R.R. Tolkien. Although the reasoning behind reported challenges against The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
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Have you ever read a fantastic book and know that in certain places its banned? Should it be allowed for people that read the books and think there not appropriate be able to have a say in whether it should be banned or not. I recently just finished a book called Lush it was an eye opener to a several things I don’t think I would’ve paid attention to if I didn’t know that they did ban it somewhere. Although the knowledge might not be good for certain age groups‚ parents and other human beings shouldn’t
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more about what is going on in the world today and how it affects children. I believe that child soldier practices should be banned because the children are put into dangerous situations and they won’t get to live a happy life. Others would say that child soldier practices should not be banned because the children are needed to keep people safe. Child soldier practices should be banned because the children are put into dangerous situations. According to “Armed and Underage”
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tests their curriculum growth throughout the year‚ but what if a student does not test well. Lawmakers and Congressman have been contemplating whether to ban state testing. Although it relatively shows students curriculum growth‚ State testing should be banned on the basis of it takes out on the creative process of learning‚ eliminates the idea of students learning things dealing with life‚ and can cause stress amongst students. State testing takes out in the creative process of learning. Students
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one because of parents complaining and teachers disagreeing with it. One reason this book is banned from many schools is because the plot involves rape. A girl accuses an African American man of taking advantage of her when he didn’t. Rape happens all of the time and you can’t keep children away from learning it. If they don’t know that stuff like that happens in real life‚
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Should Sweatshop be banned? There is no way to describe the how bad of a working environment it is inside a sweatshop. I believe sweatshops should be banned. Many sweatshops across the world lack the safety requirements‚ many workers are under paid and profit is largely given to the owner and not to the hard working workers at the sweatshops. Sweatshops should be banned because many of the sweatshops lack safety requirements. It is scary knowing that you have to go work
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A book should not be banned‚ because it can impose other people’s beliefs on children‚ and goes against our First Amendment‚ which guarantees everyone the right to free speech. However‚ some people may view the content in books as offensive‚ and believe that books should be censored. One of the most prominent reasons as to why a book is banned is for religious reasons‚ such as the Harry Potter series‚ which was banned for "promoting witchcraft‚ setting bad examples‚ and being
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Amnesty International reports that 141 countries have‚ as of May 2012‚ abolished capital punishment in law or practice. So‚ should be it universally banned? This will be the object of this essay. The primary reason put forward to legalise the death penalty is that it is a strong deterrent. A person who has committed a crime like killing or raping another person should be given death penalty‚ which is as severe punishment as the act. It is said that when a criminal is given a death penalty‚
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Do you think that Private Institutions Should be Banned? Discuss your options in 250 words. Apropos of this statement‚ I am in consummate discord with it. Private institutions should not be banned. Because it will mean‚ abating the choices made by parents for the future of their children. They may not get best education and quality of studies in Government institution. Hence‚ life for bright students may be downsized. Furthermore‚ consequences could be devastating for the future of individual and
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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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