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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A banned or challenged book tends to be disputed and unwanted in public places. When a book is banned from schools or even a whole state it means that it contains things such as sexual explicitness‚ offensive language‚ political incorrectness‚ violence‚ views contrary to the state or are seen threatening in some way (Gale 1).The book Lolita written by Vladimir Nabokov was banned in 1955 in France and Australia for its controversial content (Amy 4). Lolita should be banned or challenged because of
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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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Centre for Science and Environment‚ an NGO‚ has claimed that bottled soft drinks contain deadly pesticides. Soft drink giants Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have‚ however‚ refuted the findings and are contemplating legal action against the NGO. They should be banned! Soft drinks are just like candies but liquid candies. They are unhealthy especially for children. Not only because the regular ones are loaded with sugar‚ but because of the other adverse effects all these soft drinks have on people’s health
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“Despite guns being banned in Honduras it has the highest murder rate in the world‚ yet in Switzerland almost all people have guns and it has the lowest murder rate in the world.” (Anderson) Many people and famous politicians disagree with guns because that is what many are killed by. Gun ownership should be allowed because it is a huge protection device against deadly threats to a family and yourself. There are many logical reasons why guns shouldn’t be banned. One of the biggest being that the
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smoking. It was a dreadful scene. Those families were sad‚ because they had went bankrupt because of the great expensive of treating the sick at the hospital but now they were despairing as their sons and daughters were dying. Cigarette smoking should be banned‚ because it’s hazardous for people’s health‚ and it is also very expensive. First of all‚ cigarettes contain four thousand chemicals in it‚ and 69 are known to cause cancer! First-hand smokers get yellow teeth‚ skin‚ and fingernails from smoking
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especially when considering that it represents individual human life. With the amount of executions taking place‚ the death penalty has been ever more of a pressing matter. Overall‚ the death penalty should be banned because of immorality‚ possible exoneration and inequality. The death penalty should be banned because of its immorality.
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Reality Shows should be Banned? The main essence of reality shows is to put ordinary people in a social confined setting with extraordinary environment and activities with the aim of entertaining audiences with the illusion that what is going on is not scripted nor rehearsed. Most reality shows attempt to convince the audience that the participants of the show are being pushed to their physical‚ emotional or physiological limits in order to complete a specific task or attain a certain goal of
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I believe smoking should be banned inside and outside of workplaces‚ due to the Worksafe health and safety procedures and wellbeing for fellow employees‚ customers and the general public. Work safe health and safety requirements require smokers to smoke at least 5 meters from any business or undercover areas including schools‚ kindergartens/daycare’s etc. I believe this is important to promote to the outer community for safety of others who do not smoke‚ who could have breathing problems such as
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