Book burning

I have always been known by my family and in school as an avid reader. Early on, my mom, a former elementary school teacher herself, fostered in me a burning desire for reading and a love to get lost in a book. In grade school, I was known to finish my math and other more “boring” work as quickly as possible so that I could get back to whichever story I was reading at the time. As I got older, reading for pleasure took a backseat to homework, a social life, and other hobbies. I believe I…

Bilbo Baggins Banned The all timed love of the classic "The Hobbit" has been put on the banned books list. Now having read the book I do not believe that it should have been placed on that kind of title. It is a wonderful book, with many exciting moments and suspense at its finest. However, there are some instances that I can see why it is banned. After doing some research, I came to a conclusion that it is banned for its religious purposes, smoking, and use of older languages.…

Physically he wasn’t alone but to him emotionally felt alone. Clarisse, Mildred, Faber, gone. Although deep down, he knew that this was for the better. Sounds of wood crackling and broken TV’s sizzling and buzzing whispering in his ears and the smoke burning his eyes; Montag began to open his mouth to try and speak. Granger spoke “I don’t know where to begin, but we must begin somewhere.” As he began making a pile of burned up pieces of wood and brick, the rest followed.…

Books are great to expand your knowledge and broaden your thinking and imagination. There is a numerous amount of genre’s. The variations are endless and it all depends on the author. Not all books make it big time, some come across being banned in certain countries for the content it contains. For example, The Hobbit is a banned book, but it should not be. It is filled with great humor, adventure, and it is a good read for fantasy lovers. In fact, before the book was published a ten year old…

Book banning is not doing a greater cause. Book banning is when government or higher authority remove books off shelfs from school libraries for being political, religious, or offensive being too dangerous for young readers. People read books for adventure to discover a whole real world. Censoring books for being too offensive will not open reader’s minds for the real or creative world. Book banning challenges citizen’s freedom to read. Books are influence for new beginnings. Books support…

For a long time I had absolutely no interest in books and even less interest in writing. No one encouraged me to read or write, no one cared. My passion for books was purely accidental and effortless. It sparked and bursted to life, burning like a forest fire over night. Learning how to read wasn’t difficult for me, I just didn’t care. While I went through first grade I never picked up a book and tried to read, I would just stare at the pictures; they were more interesting. I was in Germany at…

then apprenticed to become a copy writer and then soon after a writer. His first works were the Ranger’s Apprentice, which were also the same books that he became known for, which took the form of short stories. They later were turned into novels and then wrote a new series The Brotherband Chronicles while also continuing his Ranger’s Apprentice series. The books were originally written for his teenage son to see heroes that didn’t need a lot of strength and then continued the stories for other…

In a future time in America, instead of fireman stopping fires, they start them and burn books. Guy Montag is one of these fireman’s who burns books on a daily basis without thinking of it. These people in this future world don’t care independently, care about nature, and have useless conversations with each other. Everything changed for Montag when he is encountered by a new neighbor named Clarisse McClellan who is the opposite of everyone in this world. In the next couple of days, his wife…

The banning of books can be defined as a form of censorship in which a law or decision prohibits the book from public consumption due to the book’s contents. Whether it’s banned because of political, religious, or moral reasons is all specific to the book itself. Yet, these are the most common reasons as to why a book is banned because their pages discuss these topics in an abrasive way or stray away from public opinion (Book Banning). The Grapes of Wrath, a classic American novel published in…

it has been hard for me to keep a book long enough to stay interested. One way i get involved with the characters is by comparing him/her to me. If not to me, I compare them to other characters. Once you find similarities or differences, it is easier to get intrigued in your book. I now truly understand why reading is important. Fahrenheit 451 was the very first book we read as a class. Even though it wasn’t very interesting, I learned a lot from it. Without books we aren’t allowed to have…