Book of Nehemiah

Books have been banned/censored throughout history. For example, the Catholic Church created the Index of Banned Books in the 1500s. The goal of the Index was to prevent the population from reading books that went contrary to the Church’s teachings. Anyone caught reading or selling these books was severely punished or even killed. However, book banning has been especially prevalent during recent times. This is due to the increase in both literacy and governmental control. With governments…

Everyone is trying to hunt Montag down. Montag doesn’t know what to do because he is sure this will lead to a manhunt and he doesn’t know that he can escape with everyone and everything coming after him, so he turns to Faber. Montag quickly retrieves books from his backyard, then sets off to Faber’s. This is when he realizes war has been declared on his town and knows that he can never come back. He runs and is close to Faber’s when he comes to a boulevard. Crossing the street is dangerous…

from whom they live around or their peers. When we keep ourselves from writing and expressing our creativity we become our own self-censors. In the poem, “Burning a Book,” by William Stafford, the reader is able to imagine the burning of a book in a creative way, and compare something that is thought to be a more severe situation. A book written by, Ray Bradbury, named, “Fahrenheit 451,” provides the reader with an understanding of the problems in a controversial society where someone would care…

On November 10th, 2017, I read “Stella Luna”, by Janell Cannon to a group of five second graders. In my group, there were two boys and 3 girls. In order to find the perfect book for the read aloud. I used reading surveys and interview questions to find the right match. I gathered a few different resources and ideas to create a survey for the children. The survey was called “What do you like to read about?”. The survey had varied genres and pictures to match, allowing the students to circle or…

children’s book that talks about two penguins, Roy and Silo, who raise a baby penguin together. The book sounds like any other children’s book, but what made it one of the most challenged books in the last decade? The two penguins are male. The fact that these two penguins are the same gender sparked countless numbers of complaints from parents all over the world, pushing for the removal of the books in their children’s school libraries. The two terministic screens of the argument are: the book…

will not take a class unless it is necessary, that requires an expensive book with a access code. Students are constantly confronted with extra costs and struggles because of rising cost so providing a lower cost option is important. Factor 2: Digital or hard copy of a book seems to also be a factor. Personally, it doesn’t matter to me if the book is digital or hard copy. Some students seemed to prefer a hard copy of the book because they don’t have to pull out their computers to read the…

Banned Books in the United States of America Books are usually discriminated against with good intentions. But books shouldn’t be banned because of fear of what someone will eventually find out. Research shows that the practice of banning books is a violation of the First Amendment to the Constitution. In 2012, there were a total of 464 attempts to ban books. Does this benefit us? Citizens in the U.S. should have access to banned books because they provide us with knowledge and information, the…

Book Review: (A discussion of the three best books studied in 303, first semester) From Where the Wild Things Are to Jane Eyre, I have read countless volumes. I’ve chewed some, tasted some, and swallowed a few. I’ve read for entertainment and for educational purposes, like in McGee’s class. It is remarkable to think that books are just a collection of twenty six letters. These letters, words, pages, volumes, all have a remarkable impact on our thoughts, emotions, and actions. Reading has the…

P148#1. The “Trends in Book and Literary Reading” table concludes that there are 10 percent more of the U.S adult population read any book than the U.S adults read literature. Also, the percentage of adults read literature declined 7 more percent than the percentage of adults read any book from 1982 to 2002. The “Literacy Reading by Gender” table shows that men generally read less than women, and the percentage of American men reading literature has declined about 3 percent more than American…

Howdy Biro, Recently I read the novel Monument 14, by Emmy Laybourne in English class. The book was amazingly well-written, and it kept me at the edge of my seat while I read it. Moreover, I rate this novel a 9.5 out of 10 because it was very suspenseful, and it had superb cliff-hangers in each chapters that kept me wanting to read more. The start of “Monument 14” had me already on pins and needles. The reason was because the main character’s school bus was attacked by hail. “…the roof of the…