People of the Book

Adventure of Huckleberry Finn The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was banned in the year of 1885, March 18th in a Concord library. The book was banned one month after being published. The book was stated as “Trash only suitable for the slums”. The public library in concord also said the book was “immortal in its tone”. The Brooklyn public library banned the book with the statement “Huck not only itched but scratched,” and that he said “sweat” when he should have said “Perspiration”. One of the…

Electronic Books One of the main reasons that people tend to like electronic version of books is the convenience of it. The process of getting a printed book involves actually going somewhere or waiting days to receive it in the mail. As opposed to the method of buying electronic books, where you can instantly download the book. In 1997 amazon requested a patent on what shoppers today know as the “buy now with 1-click” button. This makes the process even faster by adding this button on their…

The book Divergent is relished by teenagers and aids to encourage teenagers to be who they are being one of the reasons as to why it is ranked number one New York Times bestselling. Divergent is about a gripping dystopian tale of “electrifying choices, powerful consequences, unexpected romance, and a deeply flawed perfect society”. For the main protagonist, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is, however, she cannot have both. She makes a choice in which…

Book banning and censoring is something that happens in this country to stop children from being exposed to topics that are sometimes deemed too explicit to be suitable for children. Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, keeps getting banned from the curriculum of a Mississippi middle school. This is happening for the books inclusion of rape and derogatory language, particularly the overuse of the n-word. Many also do not like how some of the characters in the novel are portrayed, and do…

Whenever a book is turned into a movie there is always a debate on which is better. People don’t realize that the person writing the book and the person making the movie are two different people but they perform under a same idea. They use the same idea but they project it differently. The book Maze Runner was turned into a movie and there was this big debate on which is better. The ones who read the book and watched the movie knew that there were a lot of differences then there were…

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…

Why do authors think they need to change their names for their books? I think that author’s shouldn’t need to change their names to publish a book. You should be true to yourself and to everybody else. Authors shouldn’t be judged on what gender they are it matters on if the book they wrote is good to be published. Many authors have had pen names for the books that they have written but there is a purpose on why they did that. Some reason why authors have pen names is because they had limited…

Censorship Books teach us about life, morals, and the values we need to have to live a good life. Censors have been trying to ban books since 387 BC. Books are typically banned for use of inappropriate language and content. Many libraries and schools have banned this book from being placed in the libraries and for students to read this book. Many people had felt that Catcher in the Rye was “dangerous” because it had violence, sexual content, and vulgarity. A lot of books have good life lessons…

David Bailey argues that “knowledge is power and to keep reading” because one who retains knowledge is a dangerous person and books give people the ideas. The novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury revolves around a thirty-year-old fireman in the twenty-fourth century, Guy Montag. It introduces a new world which is controlled by the mass of media, and the censorship has taken over the general population. Individuality is not accepted by the government and retaining knowledge is now considered an…

The book Culture Smart! Brazil is a small book of 168 pages that you buy in the US for $9.95 dollars. The authors of the book are Sandra Branco and Rob Williams, Sandra is from Brazil and graduated from the Sao Paulo University in the communication field. in the other side, according to the book, Brazil Rob Williams " is a principal lecture in the department of Modern Language and Cultures at the University of Westminster in London, where he runs an MA program in International Liaison and…