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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school. I can think of many reasons why this book should not be removed from our reading list here at Catholic High‚ and I ask that you take this letter and my opinion in it seriously before you take any action. I understand that the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been controversial ever since it was published in the late 19th century‚ but I believe that some of the reasons why the book banned are not an issue in today’s society. For example‚ many libraries banned the book from the 1890’s through
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Muslim women in public. This bill regarding banning the burqa has been debated between should it become a law or not. For the reasons such as gender equality‚ rights‚ the protection of women‚ security‚ and discrimination. The burqa should not be banned because it limits freedom of gender equality‚ creates less sexual harassments‚ and creates restriction on a religion. Gender equality is one of the main factors in why banning the burqa is unfair and wrong. Muslim women in countries such as France lack
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years.” (Pastures‚ 2008). From this explanation is can be seen that the related authorities did not show complete involvement or interest in this matter. The authorities just enhanced the existing law. From all this data gathered‚ it can be said that the practice of animal testing needs to be banned as it is cruel and inhumane; also this matter needs to be treated in a superior manner‚ as a lot of organization
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Why whale hunting should be banned. Whale hunting or whaling is hunting whales for commercial use‚ to get oil‚ food‚ or be used for scientific studies. Whaling has been going on for thousands of years‚ originally whales where killed for food but more recently they have been hunted for more industrial purposes like the liver for oil or using whale teeth for buttons and jewellery. Whale oil is even can even be used for alcohol‚ soap and even lipstick. After World War 2‚ Japan had a shortage of food
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The health effects of smoking in the workplace are well-known and recent studies have proven not only first hand smoking to be dangerous‚ but passive or second hand smoke to be just as‚ if not more dangerous. This is why I believe smoking should be banned both inside and outside of the workplace. Firstly‚ it has been proven in recent medical studies that first and second hand smoke from tobacco contains over 1000 dangerous chemicals such as tar and formaldehyde‚ that when released into the air and
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is a huge debate. Energy drinks are said to help give you energy for you long days‚ but are very deadly at the same time. Energy drink companies say that it’s the kids faults for drinking the energy products but all in all it is there’s to begin with. They have hidden so much from us should they be allowed to hide it any more? One of the biggest dangers of energy drinks is death. There are twelve reported death reports saying that monster energy is the cause for the deaths. The companies were sued
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Debate for: Why GMO’s Should be Banned in Canada Opening Statement: Today we are here to discuss why “GMOs should be banned in Canada”‚ and the rest of the world as a matter of fact. Def/Explanation: Firstly‚ GMO is an acronym for Genetically Modified Organisms. What this concept is can be briefly explained by the following analogy. Suppose I take Iman* and Ibrahim* to take part in a science experiment. I take some of Iman’s genes‚ duplicate it and put it in Ibrahim’s body. Then I present Ibrahim
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controversial topic and it raises a moral dilemma about whether it is ethical to harm animals in order to improve human lives‚ with many people strongly demanding that this practice be banned. In this essay‚ I shall argue that animal testing is justified since the benefits resulting from it outweigh the harms and thus should not be banned. Firstly‚ scientific research involving animals has had an essential importance in developing new medicines. According to the California Biomedical Research Association‚ most
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concealed firearm to help control the situation while waiting for police to arrive. They can’t do that if guns are banned. “We need to understand that we cannot stop crimes and murders. And banning guns would be a step‚ or two‚ backwards instead of moving forward in the right direction (The Times News).” The research conducted to produce this paper was drawn from a multitude of sources all with different
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