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    I am writing to you about a pressing matter. As you most probably know‚ things in the media can effect us drastically. Whether it’s something we hear‚ watch‚ and even read. The Bridge to Terabithia is a book that could effect children in a harmful way‚ ranging from emotional trauma‚ to anti-religion messages. I hope after reading this letter‚ you will consider removing this book from the school curriculum and library. First of all the book deals with a lot of darkness. Jesse doesn’t have the happiest

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    The first being Bridge To Terabithia by Katherine Paterson‚ which is the story of depressed and angry fifth grader Jess Aarons‚ who becomes friends with his new outgoing‚ tomboy neighbor Leslie Burke. The two lonely children create a magical forest kingdom together that they call Terabithia. The book comes to a tragic end when Leslie falls into a creek and drowns. The lesson that I got out of reading

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    Children’s Imagination Banned? Do books deserve to be banned because of a person’s imagination? I don’t think so‚ but there are many people who believe that a book could influence a person. The book‚ A Bridge To Terabithia has been challenged since 2002. Some people think the book contains Satanism and offensive language. It seems odd that this book is being challenged‚ since it is considered a children’s book. Since this book is meant for the age group of children that are nine and older‚ a person

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    as shown on the cover. What do you think the title means? Bridge to Terabithia sounds like a journey or an experience‚ therefore I think it means ‘experience’. What is a bridge? A bridge is a piece of equipment used for crossing over land or water to get to another place. It is structured‚ and designed by a builder‚ or a bridge designer. All bridges are made for a purpose. What can a bridge symbolize? A bridge symbolizes the change of something‚ moving on from a situation

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    The will power and courage to show ambition. Ambition is one of the most common things people go through in their life time. Ambition is defined as the strongest desire success‚ achievement‚ or distinction‚ for example a goal or an aim towards their desire. (Collins) Many people can use ambition in small ways to achieve one big goal. For example‚ your teacher asks you to accomplish a 10 page paper due in exactly 10 days. You make a goal to get one page done a day as to not procrastinate and

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    Bridge to Terabithia written by Katherine Paterson in 1977 is about two lonely children who create a magical forest kingdom. Bridge to Terabithia tells a fascinating story of friendship‚ Paterson’s novel is a heart-warming story of two children who use each other’s strength to conquer and overcome their weaknesses (Bryson‚ n.d.). Bridge to Terabithia deals with real life situations and problems that many children between the ages of nine and twelve find tough to cope with (Bryson‚ n.d.). The characters

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    Children’s Dissimilar Traits in Paterson’s “Bridge to Terabithia” I am going to analyze Katherine Paterson’s “Bridge to Terabithia” based on the characteristics that most children experience during their adolescence: their volatile states of mind‚ wild creativity‚ and audacious behaviours. In the beginning‚ the main character Jesse is depicted as an oppressed‚ yet artistic nine-year-old. At a very fresh age‚ not only does he have to face many problems in his family‚ particularly with his bad-tempered

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    ‘It was up to him to pay back to the world in beauty and caring what Leslie had loaned him in vision and strength’ (Patterson‚ 1995‚ p.141.) Bridge to Terabithia (1977)‚ by Katherine Paterson is a coming-of-age‚ heart-wrenching but exciting book about Jesse Aarons and Leslie Burke who rule an imaginative land called Terabithia to escape the pressures of school‚ bullies and family. In the novel‚ Leslie’s friendship acts as a guide for Jesse as he faces these challenges and difficulties of adolescence

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    In Bridge to Terabithia‚ the reader does face many difficult situations. However‚ Paterson does a wonderful job of creating these situations in realistic and knowledgeable ways that young readers can comprehend and not have a problem coping with. Paterson gives the reader rich text‚ that is full of emotion and the fascination of a fantasy world created by two young children. She introduces Terabithia in a way that lets the reader imagine a beautiful kingdom‚ and the two leaders manage the daily

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    English 3 (Technical Communication) Mendez‚ Charles Wayne M. I. Introduction Suspension bridges in their simplest form were originally made from rope and wood. Modern suspension bridges use a box section roadway supported by high tensile strength cables. In the early nineteenth century‚ suspension bridges used iron chains for cables. The high tensile cables used in most modern suspension bridges were introduced in the late nineteenth century. Today‚ the cables are made of thousands of individual

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