Censorship Essay

Should there be a limit for individual expression or guidelines to public opinions? Freedom of speech has been a controversial topic for many years, it was created when democracy was established to protect the people and individual rights. Since then it has become more of an issue in modern society due to the constant action of restriction on everyday speech. It has been argued that limiting the right to express a person’s opinion could eventually cause more harm than good. Other people might…

Should The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn be Banned in Schools? The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain can be seen as a very controversial book. Some readers object to the strong and sometimes racist language and believe it is inappropriate for children. However, many educators believe giving a proper context the book allows students to benefit more from the book. The “n” word that is constantly used in the book provides students with Twain’s intention of the book, which was to show…

Alternative Fuels Argumentative Essay — Hydrogen Power If one lived in a house and did nothing but throw trash everywhere, it would be no surprise that the house is a mess. In a way, people around the world do similar actions yet deny the effects of pollution, such as global warming, more intense natural disasters and climate change. The analogy referent is people using and acquiring fossil fuels continuously and polluting the atmosphere while some people deny this act and others live in…

Have you ever wondered what it is like to live in a conceited dystopian society where any possession of books is illegal? Well, in a dystopian society like Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury, it is a community where firemen have to burn books for a living. People are not allowed to peruse books but only allowed to scan through training manuals for their jobs. When people who are against the government read the books, they will either get arrested and have a death penalty, or they either can…

Should Huckleberry Finn be banned in CHS? Books inspire, entertain and teaches a lesson to the reader. Some books, however, have negative influence or offensive terms that are used against a race or religion. For example the book The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn is about a white boy named Huck, who fakes his death to escape his violent father and then goes down the Mississippi River with a runaway slave. This book has been debated on whether it should be banned or not because of its overuse…

Social Conventions means the unspoken rule of the society. For example, Child should show respect to their parent, but even if the child didn’t show any respect, it’s not against the law, but the society and the child know that it is wrong. Two characters in the fiction literature world worthy to mention are Dr. Jekyll in “The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde” and Victor Frankenstein in “ Frankenstein”, They go against social conventions and dramatic changes go upon them. The reason why…

“I am done with the monster of “We,” the word of serfdom, of plunder, of misery, falsehood, and shame.” (Rand, 97) The story of Anthem takes place in an unspecified future time and place where freedom and individual rights have been eliminated. Collectivism, the political philosophy stating that an individual exists only to serve the state, has taken over the society which has brought many rules and controls along with it. The only concept that people know is “We” and not “I.” Equality 7-2521, a…

In her article “Why I Think All Schools Should Abolish Homework”, Vicky Abeles argues that schools should abolish, if not limit, the amount of homework given to students because there aren’t many proven benefits, and instead will harm students in some aspects. She backs her argument with the fact that studies have shown there “is no academic benefit to high school homework” after a certain length of time (par. 6). Students are also not getting a chance to rest and be healthy, instead they are…

Nowadays, public shaming is as common as self-righteous boycotts, Twitter hashtag social movement, and counterproductive protests. So common, in fact, that it is not unheard of for the supposed guilty party, to be entirely innocent. This is one of the reasons I cannot, in good conscience, advocate for the implementation of it as a form of punishment. Furthermore, public shaming is an unfair penalty and should not become an official penalty because it can easily become excessive, is irreversible,…

Ray Bradbury describes the life of a fireman in a futuristic world in his novel, Fahrenheit 451. In the novel, Guy Montag, a fireman, lives in a world where firemen burn books rather than put out fires. Montag meets a teenager, Clarisse McClellan, who he finds odd because of her bright, energetic personality, which is disparate and unnatural compared to the rest of the citizens. Clarisse questions Montag, opening his eyes to the imperfection in his life: his wife, his odd job, his boss, etc..…