People of the Book

had power over people most definitely their literacy would pose a huge threat to my kingdom and rule. The main point of ruling the people is to be likable so that you do not instigate a rebellion. So yes, I guess that answers the age old question over if it is better to be feared or loved. Being loved by my community means they would do what I say because they like me rather than because they felt forced to. That question was originally posed in the book titled The Prince. The book is basically…

Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, it is easy to imagine its fictional society becoming a reality in the current society today. The use of actual material books is already becoming obscure. In Bradbury’s story, Guy Montag is a fireman honored with the job of burning books. Books were burned because they were seen as sources of useless information that made people think about their world around them. Soon Montag is torn between believing in what society thinks and between what he thinks himself. It would…

Kathryn Stockett’s book The Help was published February 10, 2009. When Kathryn was growing up she lived in Jackson, Mississippi and after graduating college she moved to New York for 9 years and then moved to Atlanta, Georgia where she wrote The Help. While living in New York she worked in magazine publishing and marketing and when she lived in Atlanta she worked 5 hard years to write The Help. After she finished writing the book she got turned down by over 60 publishers (Author’s Purpose).…

Bowles. “‘Why do people want to hurt people? Not enough hurt in the world, you got to tease people with stuff like that!’” Fahrenheit 451 is a novel written by Ray Bradbury published in 1953. In Montag’s world, books are banned and anyone who is caught with one in their possession, will have it confiscated and burned by the firemen. The firemen constantly raid houses and do random book checks, just to make sure that the people are not disobeying them. If anyone is caught with a book, they are…

If you were a parent are there any children’s books you would ban your kids from reading? There are hundreds of children’s books that are banned for small things. Most are banned for containing some form of LGBT content. The word “Banned” can mean many things but i’m focusing on how books aren’t shown to kids in certain libraries and/or they’re very disputed over. I feel it’s wrong to ban children from reading any form of children’s book. If it wasn’t okay for children to read it wouldn’t be…

I don't think the hunger games should be in the book because they kill innocent people, they could make people who win into murderers, and they would probably make people who win scared and have nightmares. In the book the hunger games has changed by.. In the beginning the hunger games the game makers really didn't get involved with putting things in the games. Towards the middle they started putting mutts and stuff into the games. Towards the end they started putting a lot of mutts in and a…

were by administration. People wanted these materials removed for reasons such as “sexually explicit material”, “graphic language”, material that was “unsuited to age group”, “occult themes or promoting the occult or Satanism”, “violence”, “a homosexual theme or promoted homosexuality”, “promoting a religious viewpoint”, and “nudity”. (2) Many people wish to ban books from schools and libraries because, while they contain good information, people believe that some books explore themes that…

firefighters had a different job, instead of taking out fires they start them instead. Guy Montag’s job as a firefighter is to burn houses with books inside them. Books are totally wiped out of society and even illegal in these times. Fahrenheit 451 is taking place in a setting where technology is almost everything in people’s lives, people have ditched the idea of books and freethinking as a whole. Guy Montag meets a girl named Clarisse McClellen who really gives him a different perspective on…

downfall and that is exactly what happened with all of the symbols in the book. The symbol that stands out the most in the book is fire. The fire gives power to conformity and censorship. The people feel powerful destroying their problems with fire. The society that this book takes place in is very lazy and useless, by using fire they feel like they are doing something and have a purpose. Fire empowers the people, but beyond the people, the fire is very powerful itself. Fire destroys the…

Throughout the years, technology has become more advanced and it has introduced a type of book called an e-book, which is a book that can be read on electronic devices such as a kindle, nook, or even your phone. As more books are released online through e-books, less people feel the need to go out to a library or bookstore to obtain a physical copy of a book. This transition from physical copies of books to ebooks is a…