Friday Night Lights Should Be Banned In Public Schools

H.G. Bissinger tells the story of the obsessive town of Odessa, Texas in his book, Friday Night Lights. This town has a toxic obsession with high school football and wastes away the week, only seeking the excitement of Friday nights that are filled with Panther football. The expectations held for the athletes of Odessa are suicidal and the preparation for life outside of high school is almost non existent. The town of Mount Vernon, Iowa also lives for Friday nights, however it has a healthy balance between the thrilling football nights and ordinary, day to day life. Mount Vernon athletes are held to reasonable standards and are thoroughly being prepared for a successful future. The town of Odessa is an insane town with twisted ideas that

H. G. Bassinger's 1990 novel, "Friday Night Lights", explores the effects of a reigning football team found within a rural and obscure town. Permian High School’s black and white colors resonated among the town of Odessa, Texas. The popularity of Permian football stretched throughout the whole town, cramping its inhabitants into a stadium for the seasonal ritual. Along with the high succession rate of the Permian panthers, came the lone legacy of its gifted players as well as the town itself. Permian football was more than just a sport, it was the symbol of Odessa and the definition of its glory.

H.G. Bissinger makes it clear that while Odessa is a unique place, the ideas he presents can be true almost anywhere: “Odessa is the setting for this book, but it could be anyplace in this vast land where, on a Friday night, a set of spindly stadium lights rises to the heavens to so powerfully, and so briefly, ignite the darkness” (XIV). Friday Night Lights, a book by H.G. Bissinger, is set in Odessa, a small town located in Texas, where football is revered by the entire town. Bissinger talks about “the enormous effect of sports on American life” and how it creates a sense of false hope (XII). Lewis H. Lapham, a famous American writer, commented on the purpose of sports in America that correlates directly to Friday Night Lights. Lapham argues

In Odessa, Texas high school football is a major contributor to the society of a small town in Texas society. Every Friday night, 50,000 people fill the stadium to see high school students put their lives on the line to win a football game. H. G. Bissinger writes a novel called Friday Night Lights, about a year in 1988 where High School players prepare and play on the High School team, and what an impact they have on a small city in Texas.

Besides literal uses for cuss words (as verbs), over two-thirds of all swearing is linked in expressing some kind of emotional connotation. These help with expressing the speaker’s anger, frustration, and surprise (“son of a bitch”, “f*ck me!”, “holy shit!”) which are done in emotional outbursts of these single words, also known as epithets. In addition profanity has a direct connection with emotional response in that when one utters one of these “worser words” it helps increase heart rate and work as an analgesic, showing how it can help manage emotional pain as it has a direct connection. One such emotional connection could be noted in the use of “FUBAR” (F*ucked up beyond all recognition) in the movie Saving Private Ryan to help the convey the soldiers emotions in how sick of they were of the war. Commonly physical fights take place to help express emotional pain or anger, these are normally avoided by voicing this anger through these taboo words. For example one can use name calling (bitch, asshole), or curse in the form of a put down (eat shit and die) all spur emotional responses and can help avoid physical confrontations by giving a voice to inner feelings. This is commonly seen in rap songs where many cuss words are used to unveil inner feelings. Such the rap group NWA used

    Everyday we read and hear profanity from books which we should shelter our children from having to learn more about the awful things we have in life. Having profanity in our everyday lives affects us in a negative way because if our children hear the foul language then there is a greater chance that children will pick up the words we would not like them to say. In the article “Potty-Mouthed” by Martin Chilton, states that swearing in Young Adult fiction is a controversial and complex issue. Young Adult fiction is controversial issue because some parent let their children read books that other parents would not agree with based on the language, violence, suicied and sexualactivity. A lot of teenage books have very mature points of view that some or most of our teens can not even

The book that i read was Friday Night Lights a town, a team, and a dream by Buzz Bissinger. The movie was the 2004 film. Now the book is way better than the movie. It gives a closer look at some of players and it goes more in depth on how football is everything for the town odessa. In that way the book version helps the story being told.n contrast, Ivory is ruled by his nonchalant attitude toward football. Ivory loves the sport, but hates the pressure that comes along with it. Deeply religious, he considers being a preacher until he is contacted by a recruiter. After graduation, Ivory is the only player awarded a football scholarship. This character seems to reinforce the idea that, no matter how hard they try, the blacks of this community

The book the I choose to read was Friday Night Lights. The main premise of the book was that it was set in Permian High School in the west Texas oil town of Odessa in 1988. The Permian Panther football team looks to make another play of run and fill the ownership and position that the previous teams have done by making the playoffs. The team has a star running back Boobie Miles, but he has an unfortunate knee injury at the beginning of the season and can not play. The weight of making the playoffs is on the whole team and they just can’t just rely on Boobie Miles to carry the whole load of the season. The text shows that even though the team has lost such a big component of their team they can still work together to get the job done and make

Upon analyzing Fahrenheit 451, the novel's informal utilization of profanity could instruct students to communicate in an unprincipled method in the social world. In 1987, Dr. Kassinove, a psychologist, uncovered "that profanity led to decreased delayed compliance and to lower perceptions of trustworthiness" (Kurklen). This rigorous study is plainly expressing that utilizing a profane method of communication in society could lead to a privation

There is a small town in Iowa. So small that everyone knows everyone. The town likes to prove on Friday nights that size means nothing. It may be a small town but its football team is a traditional powerhouse. They have won the state title 2 of out of the last 3 seasons. The team always seems to have great talent and great relationships with each other.

Problems with the novel in school districts can be shown throughout the United States. For instance, in one school district, a problem arose with the novel's use of profanity. Teacher Mary Jo Finney stated "Its use of profanity - 'bastard,' for instance, and 'God damn' - makes the novel unsuitable. In addition to the profane, the curriculum committee found the story of two migrant ranch hands struggling during the Great Depression too 'negative'" (Maben). The use of profanity with words such as "bastard" and "God damn" can offend parents of young readers, as the young readers are exposed to the new inappropriate vocabulary, which leads them to expose and use the words on other people. The use of profanity in the novel also teaches youth a negative aspect of life during the Great Depression, since the novel took place at this time. These reasons make the novel unsuitable due the fact that young readers aren't capable of knowing the knowledge of the words. It also teaches them that since it was acceptable to use these words at the time the novel had taken place, it would be then acceptable to use them in present time, leading them to use the words on other people.

At Chase High School I am a part of a club called project unify. Project unify is a group of students who get to interact with others who are intellectually disable and get to share common interests. Every year we have the campaign "Spread the Word to End the Word" every year we try to get our students together an sign a pledge to never say the r-word. Ever since I signed pledge two years ago I have never said the r-word it is like a cuss word to me

Upon learning this information, one would make the assumption that profanity is another common attribute to our daily lives, such as brushing our teeth. But what is profane language? Webster's dictionary defines it as being "the condition or quality of being profane - abusive, vulgar, or irreverent - and the use of such language." However, although society is being exposed to this "coarse" language repeatedly, many are still being penalized for using it in

Cussing and swearing seems as if it’s more acceptable now than it was a few years ago. Throughout the film, characters express their frustration using a series of cuss words further representing he culture that we live in

80 years ago, it was absolutely unforgivable to use profanity in a televised broadcast or film. The impact that it has on us socially has changed quite a bit. The most surprising use was in 1939 when in the movie Gone With The Wind, Clark Gable muttered the memorable line "Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn." That line alone cost the producers of the movie 5,000 dollars in fines. In the movies and television shows of today, profane words are peppered