Dear Jay Asher (author)‚ In the United States today‚ more than 11‚000 books have been challenged or banned. Many people disagree with how authors write about graphic topics like sex‚ drugs‚ partying‚ abuse‚ religion and much more. Although‚ what they fail to realize is how accurate these topics written about are to the everyday events in our lives. The banning of your book‚ Thirteen Reasons Why‚ is unreasonable and unfair because it focuses on suicide which is a growing issue today‚ emphasizes
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Child Labour Should Be Banned By fiona_jones Jan. 2007 790 Words 70 Views Page 1 of 3 For many of us it is hard to imagine what it would be like growing up‚ having to work from the age of five and not being able to go to school. ’Child Labour’ is defined by the United States Department of Labour (DOL) as ’the employment of boys and girls when they are too young to work for hire; or when they are employed at jobs unsuitable or unsafe for children of their ages’ It is not something we are too familiar
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‘should social media be banned’ Social media has made an effect on the modern world together. Some people consider social media to have a very negative impact on people‚ especially our younger generation‚ causing inappropriate language being used. It is a topic that divides an opinion. People say social media is an amazing tool‚ but others worry about the impact it has on lives. Here are some reasons why you should not ban social media. During the royal wedding‚ a lot of people went crazy. There
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world if you are one of the few people left on the planet who think that smoking is not that bad for your health. It has been proven to be one of the leading causes of emphysema and many other breathing disorders among those who smoke. Millions of people have already stopped this terribly hazardous habit and millions of others are trying to quit or at the very least thinking about it. After you have been addicted to smoking for years or maybe even less time‚ it can be extremely difficult to quit
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much more. If it was not for the ALA we would not have the entire subject of a banned book‚ but it is so I am here. The book that I am doing is the art of racing in the rain. This book doesn’t have much in it to get it banned but for the little that is in it got it banned. But this has been the loom on what I think about this book getting banned. There are a bunch of little reasons for this book getting banned such as cussing or alcohol using but there are many more reasons for the books
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The Great Gatsby Books are banned or challenged because they have capacity to “corrupt” a reader’s mind or influence. Banning a novel is actually one of the greatest things that can happen or be “awarded” to a book. The Great Gatsby is an example of one of these great books that was banned. The book was banned in 1987 by a Baptist college in Charleston‚ yet it is considered of one the “Great American Novels” and a literary classic. The book was banned for language and some sexual content. By examining
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Huckleberry Finn should be banned from schools. There are several issues in the novel that schools should not permit their students to learn about and study. These issues are extreme racism‚ Huck questioning the rules of society‚ and teaching bad morals. Huckleberry Finn contains several racist comments. In today’s society‚ there are people who will take these comments very offensively Huck says‚ “according to the old saying‚ ‘Give a nigger an inch and he’ll take an ell.’” Huck is stating that
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Imagine finding a book from one’s childhood‚ or a classic one read while in school that brings memories and nostalgia for the past‚ but this book is now banned in schools and libraries. Knowing of a book one loved as a child and knowing others could not learn to love the same book can make people upset. Censorship is affecting the world today as classics or books that could be important in one’s life are gone from the lives of others. These books or sources of information could be important to society
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Sappreha Darby English 100 January 8‚ 2013 Why Guns Should Not Be Banned “A well-regulated militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free state‚ the right of the people to keep and bear arm‚ shall not be infringed.” The United States constitution states it itself. It protects the rights of people to keep and bear arms. To ban guns will be violating the constitution. If a citizen in a state feels unsafe in their environment they have a right to own a gun for safety reasoning. If a state
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Should Animal Hunting Be Banned? I personally think animal hunting should be banned because hunters are one of the main reasons why animals suffer‚ are extinct‚ and are endangered. Because of hunting animals are becoming extinct‚ and with arsenal of rifles‚ shotguns‚ muzzle loaders‚ handguns‚ bows and arrows‚ hunters kill more than 200 million animals yearly. It Is Cruel; Animals deserve just us much respect as we do. There are primates that are the closest living animal to us and we hunt them.
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