Noli Me Tangere Chapter Summaries

Unbroken begins the novel with a dedication then a quote from Walt Whitman. After the Table of Contents, there is a map representing the Western Coast of the United States, Japan, and the Pacific Ocean. It is this area where the story of Louis Zamperini takes place. After the map there is a two page preface. Then the story begins and is broken into thirty-nine chapters. These chapters are then broken into five parts, each part a different stage of Zamperini’s life. After, there is an eighteen page epilogue, eight pages of acknowledgments, fifty-two pages of notes, and a fifteen page index.

Even the Catholic Church supported censorship, in the seventieth century they wanted to censor Galileo because he believed that they church was wrong about the planets revolving around Earth. He believe that the sun was in the center and all of the plants revolved around it and they made him burn all of his writings.

In La Mentira chapter 1, Demetrio returned home to Mexico and discovered that his brother Ricardo suicide himself. He finds a letter from a mysterious woman detailing how she never loved Ricardo and that she is getting married to someone else, how she aborted their child and how she spent all his money and realizes that she was the cause of his death.

Mr. Gawande starts his literature on washing hands. He introduces two friends a microbiologist and an infectious disease specialist. Both work hard and diligently against the spread of diseases just like Semmelweis who is mentioned in the chapter. Something I learned, that not many realize, is that each year two million people acquire an infection while they are in the hospital. Mainly because the clinicians only wash their hands one-third to one-half as many times as they should. Semmelweis, mentioned earlier, concluded in 1847 that doctors themselves were to blame for childbed fever, which was the leading cause of

The main reason for the banning of this novel is because of the profanity according to NCAC. NCAC states that this novel has " been challenged or banned due to objections to profanity." Therefore this novel should be banned from high schools and libraries. The use of profanity causes a sense of disproportion for the youthful minds reading this publication.

On the other hand, some people argue that book censorship is a violation of their constitutional right to freedom of speech, and the right to self expression. One article puts its effects this way, “Permitting restraints on literature sets the stage for attacks on all expression that is artistically or politically controversial or that portray unpleasant realities of life.” This,

In Argentina around 1974 it became a political turmoil and oppression; a fascist dictatorship, a system of government in which a leader suppresses opposition through violent means, now ruled Argentina. The citizens had no control and the government used threats of censorship and physical harm to ensure no overthrew the government. The short story “The Censors” by Luisa Valenzuela demonstrates how Juan tried to reclaim back his freedom to speech, but ends up being executed for censoring his own letter. Juan censored his own letter to his loved one, Mariana. But because he was so engulfed and immersed in his job, he practically was brainwashed and forgot about his letter. Valenzuela writes in her story, “He knows that all letters pass from hand to hand and go through all sorts of tests in the huge censorships offices and that in the end , very few continue on their way. Usually it takes months, even years if there any snags: all this time the freedom maybe even the life, of both the sender and receiver is in jeopardy” (89) Juan and other Argentinean citizens do not feel safe about writing a letter because of the threat the government placed about censoring letters. Even though they know nothing is wrong with the letter, the fear of getting in trouble worries and stresses them. Individually, Juan tries to somehow gain back that little freedom to send Mariana his letter. This is Juan’s way of demanding for freedom of speech and in doing so, he even applied to become a censor. Juan applied so that he could pass his own letter on without any worries of getting in trouble from misinterpretation. Being afraid of his freedom in jeopardy and even his life made him act. Despite Juan getting the job, his act to regain back his freedom had some negative effects. The author writes,” Soon his work became so absorbing to him that his noble mission blurred in his mind” (91) Juan's noble mission was

First, the author argues, “When engaging in critical literacy, readers question reality and entertain multiple perspectives about particular topics, attitudes, and behaviors” (Graff). Challenged and banned books are beneficial to readers. These banned books help students evaluate more difficult pieces of literature, which could be used in the future. Jennifer Graff states, “...Book censorship helps us think critically about the power of the written word as well as the relationships between individuals, texts, and contexts, to paraphrase Lawrence Sipe (1999)” (Graff). Banned and challenged books allow readers to see the truth--from the past, future, or present--written by the author. Readers can apply these ideas to real-life situations successfully. In the article, On Reading and Sharing Banned Books, the topic of “...heightened sensitivity about what and how we say things,” and needing, “ongoing conversations about how literature can be part of our lives without undue stress and controversy” is exposed (Graff). Books are written for many reasons, to inform persuade, entertain, and relax; however, with books censorship, finding relaxing or entertaining books is extremely difficult. Without censorship, readers could easily discuss these now controversial topics without worry. The purpose of the book, good moral, and potentially

The short story “The Censors” by Luisa Valenzuela is set in Argentina during the dictatorship of Jorge Videla who reigned from 1976 to 1983. Juan, the protagonist of the text, starts the story by writing a letter to his old friend, Mariana, at her new residence in Paris. He had received Mariana’s new address from a confidential source and was too excited to think of his actions before writing and sending the letter. Later, Juan’s “mind [was] off his job during the day and [he couldn’t] sleep at night,” thinking of the letter (Valenzuela 966). He believes the contents to be innocent and irreproachable, but the censors of the Argentine government “examine, sniff, feel, and read between the lines of each

In this chapter we start seeing a flow threw the book Etta Mae is getting back from another one of her trips and is coming to her home which she shares with her good friend Mattie Michaels. As she arrives in a new car , with a new outfit and carrying records. This chapter the author , Gloria Naylor adds in song lyrics to give us the reader some additional information on the evens happing . “I love my man I’m a liar if I say I don’tI love my man I’m a liar if I say I don’t But I’ll quit my man I’m a liar if I say I won’t I’ve been your slave, baby Ever since I’ve been your babe I’ve been your slave Ever since I’ve been your babe But before I’ll be your dogI’ll see you in your grave My man wouldn’t give me no breakfast Wouldn’t give me no dinner Squawked about me supper then he put me outdoors Had the nerve to lay a matchbox on my clothes I didn’t have so many But I had a long, long way to go”

He goes on to say had they read the novel, they would have discovered that it is not about profanity. In his exact words he says, “the novel was a reflection of my childhood, a view into the Nuevo Mexicano culture of a small town. I looked at values, I looked at folkways, I created heroic characters out of poor farmers. I wrote about old healing remedies used by the folk to cure physiological illness. I elevated what I found in my childhood, because that is the way I had experienced my childhood.” (Anaya 71). He goes on to say that he believes that the reason why schools burned his books was because they did not want a reflection of his way of life in school. The country was not yet involved with cultural diversity. Chicanos were very upset and disappointed about this because they believed they had a right to literature in their books. That is why the 1990 attack on the NEA by fundamentalist censors has created a national rage and discussion. People have spoken out on their right of freedom of expression and that even though they tried to get others to see their point of view on this, they had to deal with these vicious attacks on their freedom and their storytelling. I think he makes a good point when he is trying to make readers understand that he wrote this novel for

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Many significant novels have unfortunately been challenged/ banned at a certain point in time. Most of these literary classics face this because some contain sexual references, religious intolerance, and inappropriate language. In some cases, books are being pulled off shelves because people believe that they were “tangibles of instruction” or the reason being was as a precaution towards a possible public attack which took effect in Tucson for the Mexican American Studies (source:8). Another case is the Mozert v. Hawkins County Board of Education; Christian sewed the board because they believed that the required textbooks hurt their beliefs (Source:8).

1. Chapter 1, is about introducing the Tres Camarones, the state of Sinaloa, Mexico. Also, since the people in that town didn’t like change much there are already danger roaming around like the bandidos who will be evading the town.

Predictions: My predicted of this chapter was that it was going to say the same thing that I was thinking. But guess not. But as I started reading further into the book it give you some interest ways to so what or who care. But my real prediction was that the writer of this book” they say I say “was give us permission to literally saying who care and starting an argument with the writer of the book.