Books of Chronicles

Keep a Mockingbird Many books have been banned from grade curriculums and school libraries. Some for a good reason, others for not so good reasons. In multiple schools, the book To Kill a Mockingbird was banned. Many books don’t deserve to be banned in the schools system due to language if it’s educating students on real life situations. There are many reasons as to why books are banned, but a main reason is because of the use of explicit language. Vonnegut defends his book in a letter he…

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…

The teacher I had was kind, funny, and she would read us books all the time. Up to that point, I had never had a teacher who made reading so much fun. She would read us these books that as a kid I found fascinating and riveting. There was one particular book that she read that I really enjoyed, it was called “Hank the Cowdog” and it was about a brown dog that was the sheriff of a farm and would solve any crime…

It is a sin to write and read the following. It shows the ways in which the character, Equality 72521 from the book Anthem by Ayn Rand, and how he was not in by any means wrong in writing what he had written. The following will go through the community, himself, and finally his independence from the community and his “brothers” of his old life. The community is the words you hear most often when talking about an environment. It’s one of those words we are all taught when we were younger about…

Paper Towns is a book written by John Green. Its main characters are Quentin Jacobsen and Margo Roth Spiegelman. I chose this book because I like love and mystery books. The story of love, which exists between Quentin and Margo, is really interesting. Quentin loves Margo since they were children and this is a platonic love. In some parts of the book, Quentin started to think that Margo loves him, but this is only a thought of Quentin, because she does not make it clear. If she loves him is one…

remember, and coming into adolescence, books have become my sanctuary. Every moment of doubt or despair was made bearable by a book. I lived in a world created by my imagination, and each time reality disappointed me, books were there to catch me before I lost hope. On introspection, I realize that my love for books comes from a desire to find a relateable situation and character. It was a desire to be understood and empathised with that made me turn to books. Such is the power of empathy. It…

Before the invention of the printing press, only monasteries, education institutes, and the extremely rich had books. It was a painstaking process to create a book because one had to measure and outline the page and then copy the text from another book. The invention of the printing press in 1445 by Johannes Gutenberg allowed for more books to be reproduced at a much quicker rate and for them and their information to be spread to people all over the world (Head). The invention of the printing…

life. Long before Netflix and social media existed, people used books to entertain themselves. Mason Cooley said “reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are”. Even in 21st century, the age of technology, people use books as a source of entertainment and writing as a form of self-expression. Books and reading in general has many benefits like mental stimulation, gaining knowledge and much more. The function of books, reading and writing is further highlighted in “The…

STOP! Don’t put down this book that you’re reading! I know you find the title of this book interesting. And you’d say, “This must be an interesting eBook. But I’m dead busy now. I’ll get to it sometime later.”All right, my friend. When is that ‘later’ going to be? The ‘later’ might never come. If you stop reading this eBook now, I’m afraid procrastination has made an inroad. I’m sure you’re familiar with this popular expression: “Procrastination is the thief of time.” The statement was believed…

In his book, Age of Opportunity, Tripp works to discuss the biblical role of parenting in a teenager’s life. While this book is not specifically geared toward youth ministry, many aspects of it can still be taken and used to supplement the youth leaders approach toward teenagers. This is because youth ministry is meant to compliment and support the family. Three things that specifically impacted me while reading this book include Tripp’s chart that identifies the themes of modern culture, his…