Library

is going about censorship on the internet, specifically in the case of libraries. This study is part of a larger picture of censorship overall, however with the increase usage of the internet is becoming more relevant than censorship of books. The paper begins by noting how internet filtering software works. By investigating this modern issue, the paper justifies reasoning to use and to abolish internet filters in the library as there are two major opinions in this debate. In the lines with…

School Libraries. Since their introduction in the 19th Century, school libraries have played a huge role in the education system, and its purpose has remained largely unchanged since, catering for a range of different services, such as access to reading and study material and resources, hosting co-curricular events, providing us with functioning computers and printers, all easily accessible to all students and the teaching faculty. However, with the numerous advancements in technology, such as…

Social problems are collective sentiments rather than simple mirrors of objective conditions (Hilgartner and Bosk 1988, p. 54). They are also putative conditions or situations that are labeled problems in the arenas of public discourse and action (Hilgartner and Bosk 1988, p. 55). The theoretical propositions that are key in the public arenas model are the preliminaries, carrying capacity, dynamics of competition, principles of selection, feedback, and communities of operatives. The Michael…

Society over time has over looked nature and the beauties that it creates. Ralph Waldo Emerson creates an environment full of magnificent scenery in “From Nature” that truly represents the characteristics of nature. Emerson discusses that “Miller owns this field, Locke that, and Manning the woodland beyond. But none of them owns the landscape. There is a property in the horizon which no man has but he whose eyes can integrate all the parts, that is, the poet” (Emerson 807). Emerson talks about…

Smoking has been around for centuries but yet most of us hate that it still is. Smokers do not realize the effects that smoking has on them and others. Smoking should not be done in public in my opinion. It looks like nothing, but it 's only doing more harm than good. The stench of smoking is so disgusting and no one wants to go around smelling like some burnt garbage. Smoking has caused health problems and adds to the pollution of the world. According to the world health organizations, more…

Iris Young, a 20th century political theorist, believes that “the powerless have little or no autonomy, exercise little creativity or judgement,..have no..authority, express themselves awkwardly, especially in public, and do not command respect.” After reading Marguerite Bouvards "Taking Space: Women and Political Power," I have come to conclude that this is not the case, and believe that civil disobedience holds a very important role in social change, location can have a direct impact on the…

William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” captures the horror of loneliness and isolation in the heart of a community. Emily Grierson is an out-worldly and unwanted presence in the town of Jefferson, encompassing all the opposite values of the place and time she was living in. She represents the old, aristocratic world, forever in conflict with the modern values and fast-paced new generations, from which she retreated under an impenetrable shell. What is interesting about Emily Grierson is that she…

Anse Bundren, the patriarch of the Bundren family in William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, is not much of a patriarch at all. He completely rejects the traditional role of a typical father, a man who works to provide for his children and who protects them no matter what, by failing to support his five children emotionally and financially. Anse’s character faults include hypocrisy, laziness, and worst of all, manipulation of others. Those most affected by Anse’s behavior are his neighbors, Samson,…

Governments are created by the people to protect their rights. When a government is corrupted and fails to do its job, the people rally against it because it has strayed from its purpose. Many different people have different viewpoints on their government. An excerpt of “Civil Disobedience” shows Henry David Thoreau’s ideal government, and how his current government went against the ideals he believed in. In Chapter Seventeen of “The Grapes of Wrath”, John Steinbeck explains how the camps of the…

Why is “Of Mice and Men” banned? Books are banned for many reasons, but why are they banned? Books are banned and challenged when someone or a group of people have an issue with the content of the book. A book that is on the banned book list is “Of Mice and Men”. There is controversy about whether this book should be banned. In my opinion it should be because of the racism, violence, and explicit language. racism although isn't the main reason this book is banned it has a major factor. For…