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An Annotated Bibliography of Articles on the Issue of Banning and Censoring Books in a School Environment (1105 words, 4 pages)

Should books be allowed to be banned or censored in a schoolenvironment? I truly believe that books, an important part of our knowledgeand creativity of our species as a whole, should not be banned or limitedin schools themselves. A school should be a place of unconfined knowledge,not just knowledge that ... Read More

Seeing the World From Books, and Words on a Paper’s Perspective (1206 words, 5 pages)

Seeing The World from Books, And Words On a Papers Perspective. We as people live a life of solitary when we close our minds to what is not around us. Im not talking about Gods or spirits, but stories books, magazines, articles, etc. These are all ways from which we ... Read More

The Importance of Checking the Source of Our Textbooks (497 words, 2 pages)

Religion vs Evolution Were back Textbooks drive the college education one classroom at a time. However, no one takes a chance to look and see where that textbook was published from. Oftentimes, our textbooks are published from Texas and we never even thought twice about that. Although, with the latest ... Read More

The Real Importance Behind Outlawed Books and Literature in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (574 words, 2 pages)

Do you know why books such as this are so important? Because they have quality. And what does the word quality mean? To me it means texture. This book has pores. (83). This quote occurs while Faber is attempting to convince Montag of the real importance behind outlawed books and ... Read More

The Discrepancies and Inaccuracies of History Textbooks in Lies My Teacher Told Me, a Book by James W. Loewen (1702 words, 6 pages)

The book Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen focuses on many of the discrepancies and inaccuracies of history textbooks that are used in schools. Loewen insists that many teachers rely on textbooks and are afraid to deviate from the information in the textbooks. Throughout the book, Loewen ... Read More

The Actions Required to Be an Individual in the Books Four and Five of Friedrich Nietzche’s The Gay Science (1775 words, 6 pages)

In Books four and five of Friedrich Nietzches The Gay Science, Nietzche discusses the actions needed to be taken to become an individual.He begins by explaining the need for one to break free from the social norms for true happiness, and for morals. To do so, he says one must ... Read More

A Discussion of the Word Hegemony through Prison Notebooks as Written by Antonio Gramsci, an Italian Philosopher and Sociologist (523 words, 2 pages)

When Europe was drowning in fascism throughout mid-twentieth century, Antonio Gramsci was in a prison in Italy under Benito Mussolinis regime, writing Prison Notebooks on cultural hegemony. Originating from the Greek word egomonia meaning leadership, its usage as the political dominance one state has over another or several of them ... Read More

A Contrast between Soviet Picture Books and American Comic Books (2280 words, 8 pages)

Young children in societies are taught the morals and skills necessary to survive and be adult citizens of their countries. This education is both through parental guidance and through media created especially for children. Looking at traits of heroes and villains in Soviet and American childrens literature, the hopes and ... Read More

The Burning of Books in Fahrenheit 451, a Dystopian Novel by Ray Bradbury (594 words, 1 pages)

Burning AliveBooks and fire never go well together. Afterall, books are made of paper which is flammable as tinder for fire. But in Ray Bradburys Fahrenheit 451, books are the bane of their futuristic society. Firefighters are supposed to put out fires but in Fahrenheit 451, firefighters start fires, burning ... Read More

The Reasons Why Books Should Not Be Banned (481 words, 2 pages)

In 2012 alone 464 books were banned. This might get you thinking why these books were banned. Books are being banned for having mature themes, such as sex, violence, and violence. A debate has been sparked because of this. Some people are concerned about books with mature themes being banned ... Read More

American History and its Misrepresentations in Textbooks and in the American Educational System in James W. Loewen’s Lies My Teacher Told Me (2316 words, 8 pages)

"It would be better not to know so many things than to know so many thingsthat are not so." James W. Loewen's Lies My Teacher Told Me discussesAmerican History, and the misrepresentations and absence present intextbooks and the American educational system. It is an attempt toilluminate many of the discrepancies ... Read More

The Unreasonable Price of College Textbooks (3297 words, 11 pages)

Broke and Hungry The Unforgiving Cost of College Textbooks As I log on to check my bank account online, my heart sinks and my hands shake. After paying for three classes at 313 apiece and my rent, I know it is probably a very sad day for my waning checking ... Read More

Building Our Basic Moral, Spiritual, and Philosophical Values Through the Reading of Classic Books (854 words, 3 pages)

Why everyone should read the classicsFor at least a decade now, American educators and public policy experts have been arguing over standard books that everybody should read. This books include classics like The Great Gatsby, The Scarlet Letter, The Crucible, Romeo and Juliet, some excerpts of the Bible and chapters ... Read More

The Theme of Heroes and Villains in the Novel Reading Lolita in Teheran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi (5222 words, 23 pages)

ABSTRACTThis essay examines the question, To what extent is the theme of heroes and villains portrayed in the novel Reading Lolita in Tehran A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi?The essay begins by introducing the problems Nafisi, perhaps women in general faced at the time Iran was experiencing inner turmoil.The ... Read More

A Life of Reading Books (649 words, 2 pages)

The story of my reading life began with my mom reading to me everynight before bed. I would memorize the stories she told me and read them by myself. I began reading in kindergarten when I started elementary school. It came easy to me, I was able to gain reading ... Read More

Book Comparison The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath and Girl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenHow are these books similar?Both Esther Greenwood of The Bell Jar and Susanna Kaysen of Girl, Interrupted deeply lament and reject traditional gender roles, specifically dealing with those relating to marriage and family expectations. Both women have ... Read More

The Importance of Reading Books in My Life (1057 words, 3 pages)

Reading has always been fundamental in my family. My parents read to my sister and me very early on and that led to a lifelong love of reading. We watched very little TV growing up and books were my main form of (solitary) entertainment. We also travelled often, and books ... Read More

A Comparison of the Future World in the Books Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (931 words, 3 pages)

Fahrenheit 451 and Brave New World were written as predictions of what Ray Bradbury and Aldous Huxley thought this world would become in the near future. Both books offer a rather grim fortune for the world. In both books, there is an authoritarian figure that makes sure everyone is happy ... Read More

A Look at the Contradictions and Biases in Historic Textbooks in the Book “Indians”: Textualism, Morality, and the Problem of History by Jane Tompkins (1497 words, 5 pages)

As children, we naively flipped through picture books detailing Columbuss triumphant journey to the New World, where he was greeted by quaint, native people whose submission granted him access to the lands we now call home. We were told about their simple mannerisms, their elaborate headdresses, and their medieval ways ... Read More

The Holding of Secrets in the Books Naomi by Junichiro Tanizaki and Beloved by Toni Morrison (2225 words, 7 pages)

When we find out something new about somebody else, whether it is an action, belief or behavior, it has the potential to influence our perception of that person. As the knowledge of these actions, beliefs or behaviors may cause someones perception of another to change, one may keep secrets. The ... Read More

An Analysis of the Messages to the Audience of Children’s Books (2809 words, 10 pages)

In developing youth, there is almost always one key culprit to social indoctrination the media. Todays children are being blasted with social dos and do nots, rights and wrongs, how to look, act, feel, and even think. This current social programming appears primarily via television and the internet. Though a ... Read More

A Case Study of the Problems the Global Green Books Publishing is Going Through (8792 words, 32 pages)

Case StudyGlobal Green Books Publishing was started two years ago by two friends, Jim King and Brad Mount, who met in college while studying in Philadelphia, USA. In the new business Jim focused on editing, sales and marketing while Brad Mount did the electronic assembly and publishing of books for ... Read More

Comparing A Separate Peace and Looking for Alaska A Separate Peace is set in a Vermont boarding school during the 1940s, and Looking for Alaska is set in an Alabama boarding school during the early twenty-first century, but despite the differences in setting these books can be compared through the ... Read More

Changing the Status-Quo of American History Textbooks in The People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn (1166 words, 5 pages)

In his 1980 American History, republished in 2003, The Peoples History of the United States, author Howard Zinn sets out to challenge the status-quo of American history textbooks and to awaken a greater consciousness of class conflict, racial injustice, sexual inequality, and national arrogance. To this end, Zinn presents the ... Read More

An Argument Against Banning Rowling’s Harry Potter from Schools Based on the Christian Traits Displayed in the Books (2046 words, 6 pages)

In 1999, shortly after the release ofHarry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone(released in America October of 1998), the superintendent of Zeeland Public Schools put a ban on the reading ofHarry Potterwithin the schoolsteachers were forbidden from reading the book out loud, it was removed from the libraries, and further purchases ... Read More

Isolation in a New World in the Books Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer and How to Tell a True War Story by Tim O’Brien (883 words, 3 pages)

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment Lao Tzu. As humans, we spend our entire lives making connections around us and settling into our respective societies. However, we rarely spend our time in discovering ourselves and the world around us, away from all the fabrics of society and only ... Read More

A Reflection on the Lessons I Learned from Reading Books in My English Class (916 words, 3 pages)

ReflectionAs a writer and editor, I learned the importance that these nurtured skills are easily applied to everyday life situations and to our future careers as healthcare professionals, hopefully. As a college student, there are other subjects and activities that appear as more important and higher priority than writing essays, ... Read More

An Analysis of Totalitarian Warfare and the Revolution in the Books Bread and Wine and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (2218 words, 7 pages)

There's a scene in Bread and Wine where Mussolini declares war over the loudspeakers in the bustling town of Avezanno. This major announcement brings joy to the hearts of parents hoping to make the best of their sons, and they blindly enlist them for suicide. Concurrently, Pietro Spina, the main ... Read More

The American Government Uses Comic Books to Establish Its Values (1625 words, 5 pages)

Ah...American Heroes, dont we all just adore them? The all-mighty, perfect individual that will do whatever it takes to serve the glorious United States of America. But does being an American hero require complete loyalty to the government? American heroes determine the actions they take through their instincts. These instincts ... Read More

An Analysis of the Second Chapter of Engaging in the Christian Scriptures Providing an Overview of the First Five Books of the Bible (671 words, 3 pages)

The PentateuchIn the second chapter of Engaging the Christian Scriptures, the authors provide an extensive overview of the first five books of the BibleGenesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. The various sections of the first five books are divided and separated into smaller segments, and the authors strive to make ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013