Book burning

Bridge to Terabithia, written by Katherine Paterson, is a novel meant for elementary schoolers, but this book has been banned in schools across the country. Now for a book to be banned it needs to be controversial, and most of Katherine Paterson’s books, Bridge to Terabithia specifically, fit that criteria. Banned in the U.S.A., by Herbert N. Foerstel, contains a section about Paterson and her works. It reads that most of her works are banned not for their content, but because they are too…

When people think of books 50 years ago, they think of the old, dusty books sitting on their grandmother’s bedside tables, and they may even think it boring; the classics, like Charlotte’s Web, or Animal Farm, but there is a book written around that time that is quite the contrary to all these stereotypes. The Outsiders is a novel written about 50 years ago that really makes you read between the lines, the most important example of this being the outburst of poetry from Ponyboy when he and…

Ban on Fiction Books To the School Board, I believe that the banning of fiction books is a defective idea for the reason that countless number of people get creative ideas from these types of books. Fiction books make people want to explore outside their comfort zone, and give motivation to keep fighting for different goals . A larger number of intelligent people think fiction books are helpful, Albert Einstein supports this quote that fiction books can help you become brilliant by saying,“If…

While resting comfortably in my air-conditioned bedroom one hot summer night, my mom came into my room, sat down on my bed, and showed me this book she had begun to read. She went into detail about how moved she was from the story, and asked me if I would read it. She said that it was something that would leave me speechless. Little did I know, that she was right. “Let Me Hear Your Voice” is written by Catherine Maurice, who is also the main character in the novel. Maurice’s two children were…

Books are an essential part of life and learning. They are used worldwide and provide endless information on anything you desire to learn about. Starting the moment a child is born, parents are constantly reading bedtime stories to their kids and in elementary school they are encouraged to read countless times. However, once kids reach the young adult age things start to get a little different. Books aren’t about fairytales and superheroes like they were in elementary. They start to challenge…

Put a Stop to Banned Books “Yes, books are dangerous. They should be dangerous- they contain ideas” (Hautman). Pete Hautman was indeed correct. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone has been banned. Books offer kids to get ideas and have the power to imagine, they teach kids life lessons, and authors have the right to publish their work and share their ideas. These reasons apply to why Harry Potter should not have been banned. “Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind…

Elizabeth Kolbert summarizes an excerpt from a book titled “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” written by Amy Chua. The excerpt was assigned to her children in school, stating that the children’s teacher had been given the article from a friend who received it via a long-shared chain of emails. Kolbert goes over the main essential parts of the essay while maintaining a non-biased opinion of the article. Kolbert uses many of Chua’s more controversial points to invoke thinking in the reader, often…

ironic because a book changed my life. That a book I chose out of the millions of books was destined to be the one that would change my life. You might think it's an exaggeration of me saying that this book changed my life-well it's not. This book changed my perspective on life. A task that had seemed impossible. A book did. This book was "How it All got started" by Ramses M. It details the life of hip-hop icons and all the stumbling blocks they had to overcome. The way the book was written it…

Every book I've ever read is a different combination of the same 26 letters. It is astounding to think that these 26 letters could have such a profound impact on my life. The books I read allow me to become transported into an alternative universe and understand new concepts in a way I could have never imagined. Although my journey as a reader has been filled with a vast amount of accomplishments, I have also faced trials throughout the way. These trials have allowed me to develop my skill set…

finish a small book would take months of hard work. The ideas spread through these works were only about religion because the labor that is put in these were constrained by the church. When the printing press was invented, different people from all around Europe expressed and extended their own ideas about religion, politics, and many more. This raises the question, “What was the most important consequence of the printing press?” Important is a word that can…