Books

Should books ever be censored or altered for any reason? This has been a more recent debate in history. Everyone, of all ages read. It is crucial what they read is put down as it was intended to be. I believe books should not be censored or altered for any reason. I believe this is because it would deprive people of learning about the world around them and deprive people of the opportunity to think, question, and explore. Censoring or altering a book is a bad idea. A younger generation needs to

judge a grate book. From my point of view a books greatness is judged from the eye of the beholder. But taking this class has helped me to better articulate in my own mind how a good book should be judged. What I mean is that I have always known if a book was good when I read it but now I know how to quantify and explain why I think that way. In this way, I feel that a really great book has something special it can teach everyone. One good quality of a good book is that a good book is persistent

Many books are banned for various reasons and because it is Banned Book week, let's dig deep into one in particular, The Giver. Some of the main reasons it has been banned is because of its violence and sexual content, but according to a slate.com chart, the top reason why this book has been banned is because it is unsuited to the age group it is categorized under. The age group the book falls under ranges from 9-15. Some say this is not suited for kids because of the explicit content. Others say

In the past books were burned or the writer of the story were banished. These acts were done in 8 A.D, near the end of the 15th century they stopped burning books and just banned the books from public release. As time passed challenging book became more common. In 1982 there were so many books that were challenged to be banned that they dedicated a week to the freedom of reading books, and to point out the fact that books are being banned. The fact that books are being banned because people don't

The Book-Fanatic Award Quotes, books, highlighters, and movies. They all remind me of Mahalla Hynes. She is the queen of books for several reasons. Mahalla is a 12-year-old girl with an enormous heart for books. In other words, she treasures books. So, when she reads books there are several quotes, but it is beyond compare she uses quotes in everyday discussions. So I honor her with the “Book-Fanatic “ award because she encourages people to read books, writing books, and explaining books.

“A banned book is one that has been removed from the shelves of a library, bookstore, or classroom because of its controversial content...A book may be challenged or banned on political, religious, sexual, or social grounds” (Lombardi). According to Esther Lombardi, banned books are specific types of books that are not allowed to be read because they are considered dangerous or harmful in some way. Even though content such as depression, drugs, sexual activity, and violence in books is viewed

More than 11,000 books have been challenged since 1982 (Dankowski). In 2017 alone, 354 books have been reportedly challenged (Ala.com). Book banning is the practice of removing certain books from being taught or read inside of a school. This eliminates students from being able to easily access books. Books may be challenged from anyone but parental figures tend to challenge books the most. This is due to the fact that parents want to shield their children from sensitive content. Parents should not

I decided to pick The Animals’ Santa for my picture book paper because growing up, my parents read me a lot of Jan Brett’s books and I remembered that they always had great illustrations and the story was enjoyable. Chapter 3 of the textbook talks about judging a book based on literary quality versus the reader’s personal taste. When judging a book based on literary quality, the textbook lists some of the following aspects: style and language, character, plot, setting, and design and layout among

Renting Books Have you ever thought how to save some money from buying books for college? Well, forget about buying anything! Rent the books, like I did on “www.chegg.com”, the online web-page where students and everyone else can find the books to rent instead of buying them and spending more money. When I heard about the website for the first time from a student who studies at the same college as me, I was surprised that renting books through the internet is even possible, because I did not

Book Banning Our world is slowly but surely living up to George Orwell’s preditctions in his book about a dystopian society, 1984. One of his predictions that is happening frequently in the United States is book banning. For example, the famous book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee that has been a standard book every high schooler reads has recently been challenged in multiple schools because of its racist profanity and its promotion of white supremecy. According to American Library Association