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fiction author, expresses the importance of libraries in the above quotation, stating that access to the public library essentially “cures” us of our nescience, pessimism, and prejudice. Bray describes books—to which the library card is a passport—as windows into new mindsets, ideas and perspectives; books are described as conduits by which the library broadens…

Censorship of Black like Me Roman, Y, Shemakov McClintock High School Abstract This report goes on to examine if the banning of the book "Black Like Me" was based on a reasonable grounds, and how censorship should be approached in the modern day and age. The paper concludes that the banning of the book was merely arbitrary, and the idea of censorship is an unnecessary evil that should be avoided at all costs, no matter how pejorative or invidious the language is, it has the right to exist and…

The book that i’m reading is The Power of Un which is by Nancy Etchemendy so far I have not liked my book it’s not hard or a challenge and that’s why I don’t like it because I liked to be challenged in a new book. But the story is getting better right now Roxy was just hit by a truck and she is in the hospital with a coma. So far in my book Ash and Gib swore on a dead sparrow that they would go to this carnival so they go to the carnival and they took Gibs sister Roxy along with Ash. Roxy went…

“There is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything then of a book!” (Austen; 47). The world contains many books for our enjoyment, however the best of those books are most often classics. Not any book can become a classic, it needs specific characteristics and traits. However, Pride and Prejudice, a great story known to all, became a classic because it contains those very same characteristics. Pride and Prejudice has universal themes that can transcend place and time and…

All great books and literature are filled with a new understanding for the reader. Books are the not only for pleasure, but for learning. It makes people experience perspectives that they couldn't on our own. In the books read in 7th grade there were the life lessons in the themes of courage, death, and friendship. Many novels have some sort of death that changes a character. In The Outsiders many people die: Johnny gets killed in tragedy by a burning fire trying to save kids in a burning church…

read the diary. Although some think that The Diary of Anne Frank is boring and should not be read, students should read this book because it is a first hand account of the Holocaust, it shows what the Jewish people had to go through to survive, and students can relate to the author. Students should definitely read this book. One reason why students should read this book is because it is a first hand account of the Holocaust. Secondary…

re-read pages or take a moment to stop and think about if what I was reading could be of importance later on in the story, if I thought it was I wrote it down. I would rather take a longer time to read my novel so I can remember the details of the book and make sure I understand the plot as well. This also benefited me later on when analyzing the novel because I was able to remember details within the story that I may not have noticed if I did not stop to understand them. Another strength I…

As a boy, my mother introduced me to a variety of things to read such as poems, short stories and novels. Whether I was being read to as a bedtime story or just for entertainment, I always enjoyed all of the different stories and characters. However, I did not exactly maintain a love for reading because I was forced to read novels like: Sherlock Holmes, Pride and Prejudice, Moby Dick and The Stranger. Surprisingly, I did enjoy reading Life of Pi because I thought it was a good story and very…

her locker grabbing her chunky chemistry book. She tucked it under her arm and shut the door, ere the girl left to her following class. Janie made sure to preset her locker and proceeded to punch in the three-digit code. She then made her way to the dreaded room, 193. She walked into the fluorescent-lit cage and sat in her designated seat. The clicks from her shoes against the linoleum echo throughout the room. Mr. Bernol stood at the front of the room, book in hand. He went on and on about…

back, in the 1650+ range. Scanning the page I found it only listed four titles. Making up my mind, I settled on looking for one called The Scarlet Letter that I’d never heard of before. After a few short minutes of looking, I triumphantly pulled the book from the shelf and inspected the cover. It looked more worn and faded and had an old-fashioned drawing on the front that didn’t catch my fancy. Only slightly dissuaded, I turned it over to the back to read the synopsis. Sentence by sentence, my…