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    Why Are Cujo Book Banned

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    Banned Books The Story Untold: Cujo Final Copy Have you ever read a banned book? The thing is, most people don’t know if a book is banned or not. The book I strongly suggest for adults and most teenagers is Cujo. This book is filled with gore and adultery from top to bottom. Cujo has been banned in multiple city and state schools all over the United States. Like I said earlier Cujo was banned for adultery, gore and adult language. Cujo is definitely the kind of book I would think would get…

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    good book… oh no, not that one. All over the world, books of all varieties are being banned. The ban of books should never happen, because it stops the world from having a variety of material to learn from. Books should not be banned based on a group's beliefs, the ban denies an author freedom of speech, and the laws which prove whether a book is obscene or not are very unclear. Books should not be banned based on a single person or group's religious, moral, or political beliefs. Many books…

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    My Portfoliotherapy

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    always in awe when teachers come to me and ask for books that deal with social topics for use in their classrooms. It seems a book is their first “go to” when addressing difficult issues. I quickly learned to search for books that dealt with topics that would help children cope with the challenges and difficulties of life to add to our collection. I believe it is our job to guide teachers, counselors and other school personnel in identifying books that will help students in certain situations.…

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    For my essay I met with Peter Alter, a historian and the archivist at the Chicago History Museum (CHM) since 2010. Peter was exceptionally helpful and patient in answering all of my questions. The archives at the CHM house many important collections relating to life in the Chicago region that go back as far as 1683. Having used their research center, I have always been impressed at how user-friendly their searchable database is, and how quickly they are able to locate the folders requested…

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    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…

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    The controversy of book censorship has been around in America since the beginning of American colonization. Whether a person opposes book censorship or is for it, there is always something being stirred up. The list is already long and still growing. It consists of literature like Of Mice and Men, for its offensive language, racism, and violence, or The Outsiders, for its anti-religious content plus many, many more books for similar and completely different reasons. Best-Sellers and might I say…

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    Banned Book Should people be allowed to rate a book because they feel it is not appropriate for a certain age group? Whether it goes against your religion , view of violence, drugs and deaths, the book has the right to be sold and read by the people around the world. The book should save a section of the book that warn the reader of which ages that will be able to handle it. But nobody should be able to censor a book because it takes away freedom of speech. Religion is one of the top reasons…

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    A school’s library is full of wonders books and contains much knowledge for children and adults, but they can also be a doorway to a new beginning. In a small town called Cherryville there’s a small school named Cherryville Elementary School. This school has the biggest school library in the world, but of course it’s the most peculiar. On a dark drank and dreary day an exhausted teacher was in the library taking a break from his disrespectful students. He was awfully tired and ready to go on a…

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    Skimming In Life Of Pi

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    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…

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    Introduction Hook Books have been banned throughout the world for centuries, but why? Bridge For years, books have been banned to make people think in certain ways, or to keep them ignorant about what really goes on in the world to control them and put them in boxes. As long as there have been books, there have been banned books to keep people in line or various other reasons. For example, religions ban books because they were offended by the language or topic, but this is detrimental to their…

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