The Book Show

Many popular books have been banned throughout time. The reasons vary but usually include the explicitness of the topics or language within the books. Controversy is all around us and books are not excluded from it. Many states, schools and communities rise up to get books banned. The intentions in doing this may come from a good place but is questionable whether it is truly necessary. Available research can demonstrate whether it is or not. Due to the lessons they teach, viewpoints they…

Day by day, new technology and different ways of using it is being thought of. The way technological change is developing many people find themselves struggling to keep up or deciding if they even want to adjust to the change taking place. In the article “Apocalypse Soon” by Jon Evans, and the novel Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robert Sloan, the rapid change in technology is shown as both a positive and negative development. It is up to individuals to decide if they would rather adapt to…

just maybe, fire isn't exactly what everybody thinks and knows it to be. In the book “fahrenheit 451” fire is one of the main and many issues throughout this book. As you read this book you will see that throughout fire is mentioned in many places at many different times in the book. Characters will be introduced throughout, such as our main character Montag, Beatty, and Clarisse. Fire has a huge symbolism in the book, Montag changes his thoughts and views on fire, and phoenix has both…

censorship is, provide examples of books affected by this censoring, and discuss the future of children’s literature. Prior to about the Renaissance age, there was no clear genre or set of standards for what made a piece of literature specifically for children. In the ancient world, children enjoyed stories about wars, quest, and greek and roman mythologies. Examples of such work include Odyssey, Fables, and Metamorphoses…

Delotell’s Class Out of all the books I've read this year I've only found one that I truly liked. Don't get me wrong choice reading is still better than having to read a book that a teacher assigned. It always felt as if I chose wrong or I couldn't remember what was happening in my book because we had the class book along with our personal book. I think I found it easier to get back on track when I got distracted. I found it entertaining. Many of the other books just did not have the same…

skill needed for mostly everything. Unfortunately, reading isn’t as popular anymore. According to the texts “Reading for Pleasure Is in Painful Decline,” and “Twilight of the Books” the authors give their sides on what is bringing the reading rates and down and why. Although both passages gave good information, “Twilight of the Books” provided the most information on how social media and other distractions from reading are making people’s reading skills weak and could really affect their lives.…

Gutenberg had gotten encouragement when he learned that the Chinese had introduced woodblock printing. Gutenberg thought of using metal letters instead so the printings would not wear out overtime. It was a success and by 1600 more than 200 million books had been printed with the Printing Press. The Printing Press did affect the Age of Exploration, but the most important consequence with the Printing Press is the affect it had on The Protestant Reformation. The Age of Exploration was affected…

an essential part of daily life that is often taken for granted. The wealth of knowledge that is available through books can be easily accessed if an individual possesses the capability to read. Ray Bradbury's classic dystopian novel, Fahrenheit 451, demonstrates what happens when such access to books is cut off. Similarly, the memoir of famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass shows that it is even possible to restrict an individual's ability to read, and therefore limit the means one has of…

Book Banning “I am very real…I am angered sickened and saddened by you who have damaged my reputation in the eyes of children and the world” said Kurt Vonnegut the famous author of the Slaughterhouse series. Banning books may seem like a good idea, no sensitive material to reach children, but it stops them from learning. It also hurts people when they are banned, it hurts authors, editors, democracy, and the children society is trying so hard to shield. Book banning hurts authors and editors…

Joud's Reading Without Walls Challenge Response Option 2: Read a book about a topic that you don't know much about. For the reading without walls challenge I decided to read the book “Out Of My Mind” by Sharon M. Draper because first of all it is about a girl with disabilities and I don't know much about disabilities other than the really common ones "so why not read it and give it a try?" I said and I sure was right the book was SPECTACULAR in my defense and I think the person right now who's…