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Ms. Bledsoe English 10 13 October 2014 Fahrenheit 451: Titles With Meaning Like most books, Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury is divided into sections, each labeled with a title. Fahrenheit 451 has three sections; “The Hearth and the Salamander”, “The Sand and the Sieve”, and “Burning Bright”. Each chapters’ title has a specific, deeper meaning conveyed throughout the text. The first section of the book is titled “The Hearth and the Salamander”. The hearth and the salamander represent…

The first banned book was Thomas Morton’s New English Canaan. Now, According to the American Library Association, more than 11,300 books have been challenged since 1982. Why are people so against books? The reason lies in the “ideological threats” that books contain. People will ban books if there is sexual content, violence, contrasts to religious beliefs, vulgar language, or contrasts to beliefs in general. For example, The Art of Racing in the Rain, about a dog with a dream of reincarnating…

Some books and novels should be banned because of their language and information that offends and some books should not be banned because of their use of wrong words at the wrong time.For example, books like “The Ongoing Saga of Huckleberry Finn was banned because of its offensive vernacular- language and offensive language” (Riggs 3). Some books shouldn't be banned for their offensive language and sexual content.Books that have sexual content and offensive language and racism should be…

The book, Library: An Unquiet History, by Mathew Battles, discusses the history of libraries and books and how they have shaped the way, we as people have advanced throughout history. The destruction of books throughout history has been pretty common. The dozens of political brawls and genocides in history of mankind have proved that books are a sign of freedom that isn't seen highly by war mongering generals and power hungry dictators. Yet, Battles repeatedly explains that although history…

Keep a Mockingbird Many books have been banned from grade curriculums and school libraries. Some for a good reason, others for not so good reasons. In multiple schools, the book To Kill a Mockingbird was banned. Many books don’t deserve to be banned in the schools system due to language if it’s educating students on real life situations. There are many reasons as to why books are banned, but a main reason is because of the use of explicit language. Vonnegut defends his book in a letter he…

Quote 8: Most youngsters don’t like reading books; they think that it’s a waste of time. Instead, they’d rather sit home and watch television, as more and more schools begin to move away from books, the more they’re avoided. The groups of people who still enjoy reading aren’t provided with any new interesting content; this is the effect of censorship. Parents of school children censor many books for their own beliefs, for example, the book may contain racism. The parent has the authority to…

The teacher I had was kind, funny, and she would read us books all the time. Up to that point, I had never had a teacher who made reading so much fun. She would read us these books that as a kid I found fascinating and riveting. There was one particular book that she read that I really enjoyed, it was called “Hank the Cowdog” and it was about a brown dog that was the sheriff of a farm and would solve any crime…

It is a sin to write and read the following. It shows the ways in which the character, Equality 72521 from the book Anthem by Ayn Rand, and how he was not in by any means wrong in writing what he had written. The following will go through the community, himself, and finally his independence from the community and his “brothers” of his old life. The community is the words you hear most often when talking about an environment. It’s one of those words we are all taught when we were younger about…

Paper Towns is a book written by John Green. Its main characters are Quentin Jacobsen and Margo Roth Spiegelman. I chose this book because I like love and mystery books. The story of love, which exists between Quentin and Margo, is really interesting. Quentin loves Margo since they were children and this is a platonic love. In some parts of the book, Quentin started to think that Margo loves him, but this is only a thought of Quentin, because she does not make it clear. If she loves him is one…

remember, and coming into adolescence, books have become my sanctuary. Every moment of doubt or despair was made bearable by a book. I lived in a world created by my imagination, and each time reality disappointed me, books were there to catch me before I lost hope. On introspection, I realize that my love for books comes from a desire to find a relateable situation and character. It was a desire to be understood and empathised with that made me turn to books. Such is the power of empathy. It…