what I was required to read in school. When book reports were assigned I tended to read books based on the mood I was in, therefore I would define myself as a mood reader. My interests in books are varied. I like fiction novels but I have also enjoyed reading some biographies. I occasionally read entertainment magazines and news articles on the internet. If a book is really good I can read for hours and get lost in the story. I like Nicholas Spark’s books and I am in the process of reading…
paperbacks on the rotating display racks. I was a voracious reader of authors in the order of V.C. Andrews, Lois Duncan, and S.E. Hinton. My books of choice were accessible and largely for entertainment purposes only. I loved inspecting the cover art and flipping through the pages. The internet was not around to occupy my time in the early 80's. I employed books to escape from my reality. I was a typical teenager living in an isolated Texas town with few distractions.…
change and grow, and to make that work happen, we have to develop disciplines that will take root in our lives, so that Christ will ultimately change us and grow us as we seek to follow and please him. This paper is going to be a book review of Donald S. Whitney’s book, “Spiritual Disciplines of the Christian Life”. Whitney dives into the subject of spiritual disciplines and looks to scripture bringing up many key points that make the easy to understand for the reader and he gives practical…
Essay #2 Censorship and Banned Books A person that challenges a book so it will get banned is foolish, ignorant ,and absurd. The American Library Association defines a Challenge to literature as an attempt by a person or a group of people to have literature restricted or removed from a public library or a school curriculum . Challenging a book is making a book more famous, because people now become curious and wonder why it's being challenged. People that want a book banned and decide to…
same reasons and sometimes it’s a different reason. Why have they been banned? Why have countries like North Korea, Kenya, Zimbabwe, and the United Arab Emirates banned this book about animals who revolt against the farmers, but fall into a corrupt leadership. Why ban a book that is read by children in the U.S.A and others? A book can be harmless on the outside, but can be dangerous on the inside. Animal Farm has been banned in many countries such as North Korea, which is understandable in this…
the book aloud” The Enchanted forest”.They flipped through the book to find any clues as to where they could find the sphere, Mateo then stopped on a chapter that was titled “The Wishing Well” this well was said to be able to find any magical object that has ever been created. Mateo then said “well that was one of our questions answered but we still don 't know where to take the sphere once we find it ”Sonala then replied “ maybe this book can tell us” they continued to look through the book…
Since its publication, Pride and Prejudice has become one of the most popular books in English literature. According to the idiom ‘’Don’t judge a book by its cover’’ it is understood that a title of a book plays an important role for the readers even though one should not form an opinion on a book by its title. A title must be attractive and stick in the minds of prospective readers. Jane Austen first entitled the book ‘’First Impressions’’ but then altered it to ‘’Pride and Prejudice’’. But why…
school library more and checked out a book called Wait till Helen Comes. It is a mystery novel by Mary Downings about a girl who’s father,stepmother, brother, and stepsister all move into an old church in a small town down in the country. I fell in love with it immediately, I fell in love with mystery novels, especially ones that have sequels because I love the suspense of a good mystery. I was really sad when I couldn 't find anymore of Mary Downing’s books in my school 's library so I decided…
him and poke fun at him. The cleaning lady does play a larger role because she the only contrast to every other character reaction and treatment towards Gregor.She brings a different view and judgement towards Groger because everyone else in the book reaction are mostly the same. 2. Gregor is similar to someone that has a serious debilitating illness as both are useless to society.A person who is ill can not work and provide for themselves or their family. Also both…
Banned/Challenged Book Research Paper The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby is usually a required book to read in a high school English classes across the United States. Since I read it in my junior year English class, I was quite surprised to find it on the frequently challenged young adult book list by the American Library Association (Kpekoll). I was also surprised to find it on many other lists where the book had actually been banned in some schools across the United States of America. The list…