Book burning

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…

In a few areas a great book, To Kill a Mockingbird, and many books like it are being banned. To Kill a Mockingbird is a very informative book on what life was like in the 1930’s, but it is still being banned for strong language, “strong content”, and strong cases of racism. Many schools have had kids read that book, but because of recent events a few have started to ban it. Some people believe that they can teach messages like the ones taught from this book, but in a better way, so they make it…

There is a common view that book censorship has been around possibly as long as the written word, although it has been executed in many different ways and enforced by a variety of authority figures throughout the years. One of the most memorable exercises of book censorship happened back in the 1600’s and continued scattered throughout history, through the action of book burning. However, these were the most severe cases and there has been a great deal…

Fizza and Gaziya’s presentation on violence against women in contemporary India provided an extensive look at the various forms that violence against women take place. These forms included rape, female infanticide, female foeticide, acid throwing, dowry deaths and some forms of sexual violence. In doing so, the group looked at some of the changing perceptions to these forms of violence in India and how these have been reflected in India’s Penal Code through amendments. They also provided many…

Located south of Sydney, Australia, the beach town of Austinmer is home to some unique and beautiful beach homes. The Austinmer Beach House designed by Alexander Symes of Australia, is an incredible beach home that sits up high on the coast of the Tasman Sea. The family beach home consists of: a “floating box” living space that sits on top of concrete pillars, a ground floor that contains the majority of the community space, and an underground loggia that opens out to a beautiful sub-terranian…

In Barn Burning by William Faulkner, Abner Snopes effortlessly establishes authority over his impoverished family by being the father of two boys and two girls. Throughout the story, he makes his family lie about his burning of neighbors’ personal items, especially his neighbors’ barns. Instead of having a terrible temper and burning neighbors’ property as a result of rage, Abner remains very tranquil, yet demanding, while controlling his family and forcing them into keeping his burning a secret…

I am reading the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I have read chapters one through three. In this story Scout and Jem live by a house that everybody fears and the house is occupied by Boo Radley. I predict that the kids will not meet Boo Radley. G Through the first chapters Scout and Jem are scared of Boo and he is locked up. Y Locked up R Radley’s don’t leave their house (page 11) R Jem and Scout have never seen Boo (page 10) R not many people come and go from the house…

For as long as time itself men have lived and died for Honor. Men have been elevated to Knighthood or left in squalor for an act or breach of Honor respectively. In the story “Barn Burning,” by William Faulkner (1897-1962) describes this very battle between a man and his son. The honor of the family versus the honor of one’s self. The story takes place in Yoknapatawpha, an imaginary county in Mississippi. In this county like most across America there are a couple family names that hold a lot of…

with the same things his father does. In William Faulkner’s short story Sarty has to choose blood over honesty and justice. Barn Burning shows us how a boy grows into his own person through a chain of events. At the first part of the story Sarty begins to question his father and considers disobeying him. Sarty and his father, Abner were in court due to his father burning down a barn. Abner wanted Sarty to lie for him in court. Sarty has to at this point chose between blood or honesty. His…

Sam and Life in the book of My Brother Sam is Dead argue a lot , but I think it is because they are so much alike. Whenever Sam comes home from Yale he tells his family about an attack which makes his father mad. Later that day Sam told Tim that he was going to have to take their family gun the Brown Bess. Sam and his father had a argument about the Brown Bess and after the fight that was the first time Tim had seen his dad cry. Later Sam took the gun and went to the war. Tim and Life went on a…