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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the Kite Runner should not be banned from School District 53. Banning the Kite Runner would produce claims of double standards‚ be a disservice to high schoolers in sd53‚ and actually limit certain ideas allowed to be discussed in a school setting. I’d like to start off by asking why the District favours banning the Kite runner‚ but appears to be perfectly alright with Shakespeare’s Macbeth being analyzed and taught to 16 year olds every year. Last I remember Macbeth was positively swimming in themes
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Greed is a monster in today’s society. It can be compared in many ways to the monster in Beowulf‚ Grendel. Greed is selfishness and jealousy‚ which is what Grendel is full of. Grendel is lonely and it makes him jealous. The point is seeing all the people happy in the mead hall makes Grendel realize how lonely he is and all of his feelings build up and he becomes violent. Greed is the same way in humans. Someone that always puts themselves before others is selfish. They have the desire to want
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Pitbull Bans When I say‚ “Think of a dog that is vicious.” what is the first breed that pops into your head? Is it a Rottweiler? German Shepherd? Pomeranian? Even a Chihuahua? Or did you immediately think of the American Pit Bull Terrier? Some of us would categorize American Pit Bull Terriers as goofy‚ protective‚ wonderful with children‚ loyal‚ and very loving animals. On the other hand‚ some people would categorize pit bulls as aggressive‚ bad with children‚ unpredictable‚ vicious‚ and horrible
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Arguments for pit-bull should be banned People generally want Pit Bulls and other Bully breeds banned for 2 main reasons: 1. Thugs who need a tough dog to feel tough intentionally doing everything they can to make their dogs mean. This includes‚ beating‚ starving‚ baiting‚ feeding weird crap like gunpowder....They also never socialize‚ train‚ or neuter their dogs. This intentionally creates a dog that is both dog and human aggressive and will most likely kill other pets and end up being
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Smoking should be banned in all public places to protect people from second-hand smoke and stop promoting the visual to minors. The cigarette is a small but deadly habit enjoyed by 45.3 million Americans. Smoking is illegal inside most public restaurants and buildings as well as on school property. But‚ why should cigarette smoking be banned in all public spaces‚ including outside public establishments? The most obvious reason is second-hand smoke and the damage it causes to others who don ’t want
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pbs.org the first recorded use of a firearm was in 1364(pbs.org) .They are used for a myriad of reasons. Some people use guns for protection from those who pose as a potential 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
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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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Argumentative Essay K-Pop wave should be banned in Malaysia. Nowadays‚ in the fast pacing world‚ the explosion of technology has brought everything underneath our hand. We can clearly see the generation gap that made the world now and the past ten years is different. The patterns of life changing and all sorts of routine thing that involved us are different too. In the past ten years‚ the outside culture will take a long time to absorb in our country. It’s a different situation now‚ with
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Youth should not be banned from participating in sports like dodgeball‚ cheerleading‚ and football in schools. To begin‚ dodge ball shouldn’t be banned in school because it teaches kids mental and physical skills. According to Rick Hanthena’s opinion on dodge ball‚ he says‚ “He also argues that it teaches hand-eye coordination‚ concentration and the ability to to think and draw quick conclusions”(pg. 171). This proves that Rick Hanthena wants to keep dodgeball in school because of the lessons it
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