Censorship Revealed In 'Cry, The Beloved Country'

Piracy has become a major issue in the United States. For every motion picture that has been featured in theaters also has been pirated onto the Internet the next day, and for every new musical album that is released, yet there is a free torrent file of the album within the same hour. Even though these online pirates steal music and movies from other companies and make a drastic profit, yet these “rogue” websites receive 53 billions visits a year from across the globe according to Creative America. The persistence of the thieves that break copyright laws of the productions has lead the entertainment business to place a definitive complaint to the U.S. government of the constant notion of piracy. While the notion of piracy was not left

The challenging component this semester was the transition from high school English reading and writing level to college level. It is mainly because High school writing did not have many expectations from students, its main focus was on the ideal five-paragraph essays. As compared to college, writing is mainly geared and focused on one’s ability to thoroughly answer the assigned prompt. Initially, I was not sure if I was capable of handling a fast-paced course, however, I quickly adjusted to the change and I am glad that I chose to stay. In English 10, I have learned many valuable elements that I can incorporate into my everyday writing. I have included my writing from project 2 a rhetorical analysis on, “Black Lives Matter”, which effectively demonstrates my growth as a reader, thinker, and writer.

Censorship has happened everywhere and happens everyday especially inside schools. In city schools there have been conflicts over what students should or should not learn. Censors decide that they should protect students from materials and activities that are upsetting and issue the wrong ideas. These ideas are said to "weaken parental authority, challenge students political moral, or religious views, or brainwash them into other ways of thinking (Sherrow10)." By protecting them they mean targeting academics. Courses that deal with drug prevention, sex education, development of character, or clarification of

Censorship has happened everywhere and happens everyday especially inside schools. In city schools there have been conflicts over what students should or should not learn. Censors decide that they should protect students from materials and activities that are upsetting and issue the wrong ideas. These ideas are said to "weaken parental authority; challenge students political moral, or religious views; or brainwash them into other ways of thinking (Sherrow10)." By protecting them they mean targeting academics. Courses that deal with drug prevention, sex education, development of character, or

Censorship has been adopted in many societies as well as the governments of our world. As the history of the world expands we see many countries try to censor what their citizens see. When the countries do this they are not assisting the country, they are leading it into a self-destruction. A good example of this would be America in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. This nation is destroyed in a futuristic war that only lasts a couple of minutes, if not seconds. Other fitting examples include the Nazi regime and the Soviet Union, both governments censoring their population in what they could read, write, and see. As we know both of these governments did not succeed and ultimately were obliterated and the countries were punished. Government censorship not only wounds the ability for people to grow and expand in their thought process, but it eventually causes the ultimate self-destruction of the nation.

Censorship in America is about the freedom of speech. And how people in America are limited the freedom of speech people who are Muslim can’t draw a picture of Muhammad. If Muhammad knew who drew his picture then the person would get executed. In America people are limited the freedom of speech. In schools people try to block out what other people are saying. Kids in schools are proble scared about what other people

Why is it that it takes gruesome violence for people to be entertained by television content? This kind of diversion could be having an effect on the minds of the children that are watching. Citizens of other countries are openly opposed the grisly material broadcast daily on American television. What average Americans can find enjoyment in viewing on television is extremely strange to members of foreign countries. Has it not become clear that constant blasting of savage images is taking effect on people, mainly Americans? Morality in American society is decreasing rapidly, and the best way to curb this social decline is to censor violent and sexual content on American broadcast television.

An individual’s worldview is everything. It determines how one interacts with other members of society, it shapes one's beliefs and morals, and it even encompasses all of an individual’s knowledge and perspective. A government, like the one seen in 1984, ultimately possesses the power to conform every individual world view into that of a mindless, government worshiping, drone, by using censorship to its advantage. Unfortunately the American society is racing toward the same fate because of the extensive use of censorship on the radio, television, and even in schools. In order to prevent a society like that in 1984 it is imperative that that citizens stop censorship in its tracts; especially when it hinders the development of the children’s worldview.

Censorship is the tool of those who cannot face the true realities of the world and feel that individuality must be hidden from others. Censorship prohibits calling attention to issues that must be immediately acted upon, such as racism, poverty, and bullying. Censorship hides the true realities of the world, and as George Washington once said, “If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter” (“George”). The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a fourteen-year old Indian on the Spokane Reservation in Washington, and his struggles with health, poverty, and bullying. Junior was born with

The students of this country are expected to follow the rules and regulations that their schools impose, and whether or not they are fair is constantly challenged. In a perfect world, everyone would be content under the same guidelines, regardless of how restrictive they may be. However, this is not a perfect world and finding a universal agreement among everyone is virtually impossible. Throughout history, those who have disagreed with actions made by authoritative figures have found a way to protest said actions. From the Cambodian protests in Kent State to the Tiananmen Square protests, students have been very vocal about what they are against and refuse to be censored by their schools or their government. Attempting to do so, however, could lead to retribution from authorities. Censoring students and their voices affects the students by almost trying to instill fear and demoting contest from them can result in various scenarios, both good and bad.

“Censorship is harmful because it results in the opposite of true education and learning.” (American Library Association). If students are only learning certain topics, then they might start to discriminate against the situations they don’t understand because no one has taught them before about the subject. They might also learn “to make decisions irrationally in light of the evidence.” This is why the American Library Association is against censorship.

country. As we can see the western countries are more liberal than others America is considered to be the most liberal country in this regard but Censorship still prevails in a secret and a refined form throughout the world. Even in the twentieth century, as in all earlier history, there has been no immunity from censorship in the world. It may however be considered assign of political and social progress that, everywhere in the world, at least lip-service is paid to the ideal of liberty, and no country brazenly admits that it is committed to an overall policy of religious, intellectual, artistic, or political censorship.

Although censorship in some cases is a necessary thing, for example, children’s programming, kids do not need to be exposed to that sort of information. Adults need that information because, they’re the ones who are voting and taking a control of the nation. At the high school level the students need to learn and be told what is going on. The only high school students that have any inkling of what is going on would be the seniors in government. What about the freshman, sophomores, and juniors who have an interest in the government. Those students are the future politicians of our nation and will be having a say in how it is ran. It maybe, because the government is afraid that the young people will develop the wrong ideas, that the Government has no flaws. In reality they are correct in there thinking of this but, us as kids still want to know what is happening. Not everything needs to be told to us but we at least want a summary of what is going on.

I'd like the classroom to look at this passage of a young girl that's hurting, so bad she's doing everything in her power to remove her dad from her brain. She's killing him off mentally and trying to erase the visual images of her dad. The narrator apparently is German because she speaks of being in the Polish town and she speaks of “War”. This should make you think about the decisions you make and how it affects not only yourself it affects your family. Even though she didn’t experience the torture her friends went through, she watched them being hauled away with the sound of a devastating

Towards the end of our reading, Nafisi tells the story of a Russian movie called The Sacrifice being released in theaters. Movies are much like books in the sense that they are an escape from reality. Movies are another form of storytelling, but this time the story is told through cinematic art instead of words on pages. In the 1930s during the Great Depression, films were an outlet. During this time, the people who had the money would buy their movie tickets and go see a movie in order to forget about their current situation. Much like when you read a book, when you watch a movie, you’re submersed into another world, another life and you acquire another character’s problems and emotions and forget your own. There are the kind of movies that helped you escape, then there were the kind of movies that expressed serious issues