Tom Brady

Perks of Being a Wallflower Banned?! I have just read the book “Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky, which is a challenged book on the banned book website. In this book, the reader experiences a naïve teenage boy, Charlie, seeing life in a whole new light. He is on the journey of growing up and trying to discover who he is. From first dates, family dramas, and new friends, to sex, drugs and high school. His new friends expose him to new and exciting things in life. In my opinion…

I was reminded of the nostalgia film series, Back to the Future, when Nike recently unveiled their self-lacing shoe as a community tribute to the actor, Michael J. Fox, who played the infamous time traveler character in the movies known as Marty McFly. Having watched the movies as a child with my father a handful of times and hearing about the new shoes, I realized how our technology is vastly advancing to meet the movie’s reality with our growing technology. Think about it, we have Elon Musk to…

“This becomes clear one we become clearer about the idea of cruelty itself” (Regan 533). Tom Regan in “Cruelty, Kindness, and Unnecessary Suffering” covers the concept of cruelty well and explains many things to take into consideration when deciding how far you must go to consider something to be cruel. Cruel people are not cruel just because…

in Kentucky and is a slave owner, he is facing financial problems right now and the only way he can keep his land is if he sales two of his slaves to Mr. Harry, a slave buyer. Mr. Shelby decides the two slaves he is willing to sell are named Tom and Harry. Tom is Mr. Shelby’s best slave, he is a respectful and faithful man. Harry is a young boy who belongs to Eliza and George Harris. Eliza Harris is Mr. and Mrs. Shelby’s housekeeper. Mr. Shelby told Harry that he would have to talk it over with…

Should The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn be Banned in Schools? The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain can be seen as a very controversial book. Some readers object to the strong and sometimes racist language and believe it is inappropriate for children. However, many educators believe giving a proper context the book allows students to benefit more from the book. The “n” word that is constantly used in the book provides students with Twain’s intention of the book, which was to show…

It is not possible to write an effective essay about animal experimentation without having to resort to an emotional appeal. Though Heloisa Sabin and Jane Goodall could have avoided the use of pathos in their respective pieces, “Animal Research Saves Lives” and “A Question of Ethics,” they choose not to because they understood, to some degree, the rhetorical triangle and its role in formulating effective arguments. The term “rhetorical triangle” makes it evident that ethos, logos and pathos are…

Should Huckleberry Finn be banned in CHS? Books inspire, entertain and teaches a lesson to the reader. Some books, however, have negative influence or offensive terms that are used against a race or religion. For example the book The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn is about a white boy named Huck, who fakes his death to escape his violent father and then goes down the Mississippi River with a runaway slave. This book has been debated on whether it should be banned or not because of its overuse…

JOANNA BOTES 843963 WORD COUNT:1802 QUESTION 1: “Because satire often combines anger and humour it can be profoundly disturbing-because it is essentially ironic or sarcastic,it is often misunderstood”.Do you agree?Argue with close reference to events and characters in Oyono’s Houseboy and Eppel’s Absent:The English Teacher. This statement is correct as the writers satirical motive can often be misunderstood by the audience.Both Oyono and Eppel are political satirists and their…

Catcher in the Rye written by J.D. Salinger, who tells a story of a teenage boy undergoing a period of confusion, just like every teenager. Trying to handle the aspect of growing up and gaining the feeling of comfort and confidence with who he is and his personality. In The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger implies symbols to express Holden’s struggles with immaturity throughout his whole life. In his opinion everyone is phony and fake. Holden acquires symbols that help him with confidence, comfort…

Dishonesty is a common theme in many works of literature. The denotation of dishonesty will be: When one person is deceptive either by intentionally withholding information or by making a false statement to another with the intent of deceit. In Natsume Sōseki’s 1916 novel Kokoro and Mark Twain’s 1884 novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the main characters have to deal with the dishonesty that occurs in their friendships. In Kokoro, Sensei, after losing everything to his uncle, thus making…