Books

schools, then there are many meetings deciding whether the book should be banned or should stay. Challenging and banning books is a very popular matter now, with many eager to support, and some trying to get rid of the cause. Many parents and students question as to why books can be banned in the first place and what causes them to be taken out of so many schools. The authors of these novels have a few different opinions on taking these books out of schools. “Often…

country are challenging these books and trying to get them off of library shelves.Books shouldn’t be banned although some people believe that books that talk about sexuality, derogatory terms, or foul language should not be on shelves. Although some books may not be appropriate for young children does that mean we should remove them from shelves? Books can help children understand these things that are happening all around them and could teach them right from wrong. Books should not be banned…

“Books are often challenged for the language they contain, even though profanity is often used in literature to convey social or historical context, local dialect or simply to better depict reactions to real-life situations,” (Hutchful). When books are challenged it often puts restrictions on the authors creativity. If the books are considered banned that means that students are not going to be allowed to read them. If the books are deemed to be controversial the parents are not going to let…

Mikayla Duvall What is a banned book? A banned book is a challenged book that was removed from shelves at certain places for various reason. Water For Elephants happens to be a banned book. The book was banned by parents at Bedford High School. By examining the graphic sexual content, foul language, and the circus life, it is clear that this book is still worth reading. The books graphic content doesn’t overshadow the literal merit in my opinion. On page 135 the book describes in great detail…

There are a lot of books banned from the United States ( over 300 to be exact), but no one knows how many times a certain book or book have been challenged against the American Library Association. 11,300 times a certain book has been challenged and those challenged books were soon censored and banned. Censorship is any prohibition of any book that seems inappropriate or promote violence or a threat to children of age. So books have been banned that contain anything that could provoke their…

Over the past month i have read two books, which both are in the same series: The first book is “Middle School, The WORST Years of my Life”, The second book is “Middle School, SAVE RAFE!”. Both books have a amusing plot. Nevertheless, they both have major differences and similarities with the plot, conflict, setting, and characters. The plot in both books is extremely different but has a couple similarities throughout. In the first book, “Middle school, the worst years of my life” The main…

suppression of works based on prescribed ideas/ideology?” Knowing me and how I feel and have argued about potentially banning books in the past, one would think my answer would be a simple yes. My answer is a simple one though it is not yes. When asked if governments should be able to ban a book, and that is what the question is asking, if a government should be able to ban a book based purely on ideology my response is a clear and resounding NO! While I have argued, successfully I might add,…

people of your town suddenly decided to remove books that you value but they deem inappropriate? Would you feel angry? Shocked? Or perhaps both? These feelings are not without cause. It is against the basic freedoms of both the reader and writer to restrict, or more accurately, censor the texts that some may view as vulgar and unnecessary. Such acts are completely preposterous and against the things we value as Americans. The removal of these books must be prevented and while some will still…

some interesting books. Books are important for expanding our knowledge and help to develop our ability to make rational decisions. Reading different types of book can open our minds and prevent us from being frogs in the well, someone who cannot see a big picture since he or she is a close-minded. “American libraries should be open to all – except censor. We must know all the facts and hear all the alternatives and listen to all the criticism. Let us welcome controversial books and…

Preferences of Using Paper Books than Electronic Books among Students Do students prefer feel books in their hands or see them on a computer screen? Can they concentrate better using e-books or paper books? E-books came to existence before World War II with an American Engineer Vannevar Bush, who imagined the “memex” as a way for people to store and read great amounts of available information, but printed books began 560 years ago; memex is a device in which someone stores all his/her books…