Great Books

couldn’t read something because others your age weren’t mature enough to read it? You’d be upset, right? The school board wants to do something similar, they want to ban books that “aren’t suitable” for young readers, just because they think that most middle schoolers aren’t mature enough to read about sensitive subjects. I believe that books with sensitive topics should not be banned from public school libraries, because it should be up to the students’ parents what they are and aren’t allowed…

reading anything except books accommodating fairies. Otherwise, I couldn’t sit still long enough to get through the first chapter. Through school so far, we hadn’t done a significant amount of independent reading, but fourth grade was a fresh year with brand new expectations. I sauntered into fourth grade without a worry in sight, hoping to continue my weekly reads of The Rainbow Fairies. However, fourth grade wasn’t how I imagined. When it came time to choose a silent reading book, I searched…

Censorship is, by definition, the practice of officially examining books, movies, etc., and suppressing unacceptable parts. One big form on censorship is book banning. One book that is included on the banned book list is James and the Giant Peach by Henry Selick. The book is about a boy named James who, after the unfortunate death of his parents thanks to a rhino, is forced to live with his cruel aunts- Spiker and Sponge. For years, James, who was merely 4 when he moved in with his aunts, was…

Is literary censorship a necessity to protect sensitive and impressionable young minds? Or is it a violation of freedom? Amongst a great number of parents and administrators is a widely shared opinion that there is an important duty to censor the literature that school age children and teens read, allowing only content that is deem appropriate. Although, others stand by the belief it is most important to expose young minds to a variety of differing experiences, perspectives and situations…

This weeks reading, like most of the other books was very unique compared to any other reading I have read before. Sometimes I find this frustrating because I really have to switch the way my brain thinks to get into the proper mindset to read these books. I still have to analysis the facts and assess the writing, but in this class, I really have to work to remove my bias from all the reading. Before this class, I personally thought people who believed in magic and witchcraft were crazy because…

The book The Westing Game was a slow book to read. In my opinion this book was very boring. The author wrote in a view of multiple groups and often in the view for a single person. The author had extra fluff that was not relevant to the story. For example, “J.J. Ford was the biggest tipper in Sunset Towers… “I saw someb-b-b…” Chris Theodorakis was too excited to stutter out the news to his brother.” (page 14) The constant switching of characters and character groups without a well written…

As a student, I am better at reading rather than a writing, or listening. I am more interested in fantasy books due the adventurous vibes it gives you while reading. The first fantasy book I read was, Eragon, written by, Christopher Paolini. This book was absolutely phenomenal just like the rest of fantasy related books. This is because not only the character development was great, but the story actually gives you enough detail to visualize the background sequence of the tale. I rejoice in…

like to disagree why books are constantly being banned or censored but no one can person really have a good understanding why they are banned. People say that books influence our thinking a lot, well maybe too a little too much. Somebody assassinated John Lennon for being a phony which was a word used by the main character a lot in the Catcher in the Rye. When the police asked why well the assassins showed the book Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. Maybe this is why this book was absolutely…

Overall, I really enjoyed the Merritt Tierce reading. Unlike David Trinidad, I felt that her reading the book actually helped add to it in a way that made me enjoy her book for once. It was amazing to have Tierce reading her book to us aloud. She read with what felt like such passion and emotion that I wouldn’t have been upset if she decided to read her entire book to us. I really liked how since she was the author she was able to read it in the way that it is supposed to be read; pausing at…

Put a Stop to Banned Books “Yes, books are dangerous. They should be dangerous- they contain ideas” (Hautman). Pete Hautman was indeed correct. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone has been banned. Books offer kids to get ideas and have the power to imagine, they teach kids life lessons, and authors have the right to publish their work and share their ideas. These reasons apply to why Harry Potter should not have been banned. “Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind…