Classic book

#1 “Sunset on the River” by Mark Twain 1.) “Now when I had mastered the language of this water, and had come to know every trifling feature that bordered the great river as familiarity as I knew the letters of the alphabet, I had made a valuable acquisition.” 2.) I chose this quote because it fits the story perfectly. This quote is at the beginning of the story saying that he knows the river really well. At the end he still knows the river well just in a different way. This way is not for the

own Choices Books are banned quite often for multiple reasons, although there are much more reasons why they shouldn’t be. Books are among our best teachers and people are taking them away. Also, books really are able to change the world in the best ways. A great fact about books is that they usually are or become celebrated classics and don’t think that’s a coincidence. Banning books is being deprived of an education which is completely contradictory in America. Firstly, as books are banned, our

onto paper, there has been conflict. Anytime someone voices their opinion, there will be those who disagree. This is an unavoidable truth. However, through the practice of banning books, it has been possible for certain individuals to deny others their right to freely choose what they wish to read. The banning of books has always been a way for small minded people to ensure that the ideas or beliefs that oppose their own are kept secret, silent, hidden from the eyes of those who wish to consider

Whether it is books, movies, news papers, TV shows, or music, there are items of mass media that are censored and some that are not. There are always going to be things that need to be censored, but why should we ban these two books from the standard curriculum when they say racial slurs that were used at the time it was written? Schools are removing the classic books, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ and ‘Huckleberry Finn,’ from their curriculum because of racial slurs. However, these books meet every other

Thomas by as a young boy and always remembered it as one of my favorites. Recently, as part of a classics book club, I read it again. The two main characters of the book, Jim Hawkins and Long John Sliver have certainly cemented themselves as two of the most intriguing and dimensional characters in literature. I was happy to reconnect with them almost as if they were old friends. The first half of the book was a breeze to read, but the second half was a bit more difficult due to the pirate’s slang, cumbersome

Currently, the great American classic, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, is number fourteen on the American Library Association's Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books. Throughout history books of all sorts have been banned and challenged. Books should not be banned even though some of them have vulgar material. Every challenged and banned book is an author’s pride and should available for everyone to read. Books should not be banned, they are independent works that each person should choose

any other. The days of blissfully listening to a book have long past. Mandated reading in high school invariably means a look at the past and being educated by the “classics”. The meanings of books are shouted at students. These book have been read countless times by an innumerable people and high school students are expected to regurgitate exactly what these outdated “classics” are all about. Students are expected to figure out these “classics” and are brainwashed to find the importance of select

Vonnegut; many schools have attempted to ban it without truly comprehending the classic novel. Although this novel may not be suitable for all readers, it allows readers to experience a more mature approach of human understanding. This book engages readers in a constant battle of overcoming peace of mind and therefore should not be banned. Profanity in a novel should not define or distort the meaning of that story. “This is a book that contains so much profane language, it would make a sailor blush with

the suppression or prohibit of any books that deal with difficult topics. In 2015 there was 320 books banned in America. Some of them were the classics but, because of the topics that were in them, they got banned. One problem about Censorship is Censorship in schools, and libraries. Those are both public places and people should be allowed any book they want. There is no reason for Censorship because: Responsibility of the reader, Reading older context of books doesn’t make it wrong, and people’s

siblings and me. Elementary school teachers regularly admonished me for hiding a novel behind a textbook, or in my lap, and sneaking glances whenever possible. When school dismissed, my nose would be buried inside a book, and I read anything I could get my hands on: my brother’s books, my mom’s Women’s Day magazines, and even the backs of cereal boxes. Snuggled up in blankets, I grabbed the latest Magic Treehouse and plunged into magical worlds for countless hours. Every summer break, I checked out