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A Look at the Effect of Censorship on the Freedom to Read That is Essential to the Democratic Way of Life (844 words, 4 pages)

CensorshipThe freedom to read is essential to the democratic way of life. But today, thatfreedom is under attack. Private groups and public authorities everywhere areworking to remove both books and periodicals from sale, to exclude certain booksfrom public schools, to censor and silence magazines and newspapers, and tolimit "controversial" books ... Read More

An Analysis of the Portion of Class Readings and Discussions (1226 words, 2 pages)

Through this portion of class readings and discussions, we have sought deeper meaning and understanding of philosophies of individuals and organizations that revolve around the fundamental aspects and notions of deep ecology and eco-activism. These associations offer more views and attitudes on how an individual and society can create and ... Read More

An Analysis of Reading the Book “Invisible Man” (1123 words, 2 pages)

Invisible ManAfter reading this book I wondered what it would be like to be blind then gain sight, but realize you cannot see yourself because you are invisible. It seems like a cruel joke that once you can see you realize that you still cannot see who you are. Even ... Read More

Reading and Writing Is One of the Oldest Forms of Communications (3036 words, 4 pages)

Air, food, water, shelter, and fire are important elements of life for human bings. Without those elements humans could not possibly survive. Those are the obvious ones, but have you ever thought of something else that you couldnt live without? When you answered that question did television, or books come ... Read More

A Reading Review of Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe (1169 words, 3 pages)

Things Fall Apart Reading ReviewTitle of Work Things Fall ApartCountryCulture AfricanLiterary Period ClassicalGenre NovelAuthor Chinua AchebeAuthorial Information Chinua Achebe was born and grew up in the Ibo village of Ogidi when Nigeria was still a British colony. Although Achebe won a scholarship to study medicine, his love of literature and ... Read More

A Look at the Impact of the Article Sesame Street and the Death of Reading on the Importance of Education (601 words, 2 pages)

Sesame Street and the Death of Reading was an interesting article to read. The author explains many who actually sit down and watch the program see no educational gain for their children. It teaches kids how to read (in some areas of the program), but it doesnt teach these things ... Read More

A Reading of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman as a Study in American Dream Ideology (1204 words, 2 pages)

Seeking the American Dream of Success Arthur Millers " Death of A Salesman" could be described as a study in the American Dream ideology, a system that at times is indescribably brutal and at other times compassionates. Author Miller's plays are usually associated with real life issues filled with failure ... Read More

Reading Fairy Tales through the Works of Erik Erikson and Sigmund Freud (1956 words, 3 pages)

Many parents read fairy tales to their children. Young people are able to use their imaginations while listening to these fantastical stories. Filled with dragons, witches, damsels in distress, and heroes, these tales stay in the mind children for years to come. However, these young listeners are getting much more ... Read More

An Argument of Soft Determinism With Evidence in Class Readings (799 words, 1 pages)

Do I have Free Will?After considering the evidence for the three views I have concluded that soft determinism is best supported. I will be arguing for soft determinism with evidence presented in the class readings. I will start out with the evidence of unconscious motivation. It is the unconscious that ... Read More

An Introduction to the Effects of Using Poetry as a Tool to Increase Phonemic Awareness and Reading Achievement in a Third Grade Classroom (652 words, 2 pages)

The Effects of Using Poetry as a Tool to Increase Phonemic Awarenessand Reading Achievement in a Third Grade ClassroomChapter 1 IntroductionToday many children are having difficulty learning to read. Some parents are complaining about public schools not doing their job. On standardized tests, the reading scores are low and many ... Read More

An Introduction to the Importance of Reading Assignments (455 words, 2 pages)

For as long as I can remember, I've loved to read short stories,fiction, nonfiction sometimes, even philosophy if nothing else wereavailable. This term I've been given more reading assignments than Ican ever remember having to deal with. This term has been extra specialbecause we studied no less than three types ... Read More

An Personal Recount of Reading Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince (986 words, 2 pages)

The Prince, written by Niccolo Machiavelli, is a balancing act between what makes a prince good and what can destroy a prince. Machiavelli believes that there is a wrong as well as a right way to rule a country. There are also some prime examples of past rulers and nations ... Read More

A Personal Summary of Position Taken in this Reading by Scott Stossel’s The Man Who Counts the Killings (608 words, 2 pages)

I. Personal Summary of Position Taken in this ReadingScott Stossel writes the article of "The Man Who Counts the Killings." This reading focuses on the lifetime works and studies of George Gerbner. He would be best known as "the man who counts the killings" because he had spent the last ... Read More

A Reading Report on The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (2540 words, 10 pages)

The Killer Angels The Battle of Gettysburg brought the dueling North and South together tothe small town of Gettysburg and on the threshold of splitting the Union.Gettysburg was as close as the United States got to Armageddon and The KillerAngels gives the full day-to-day account of the battle that shaped ... Read More

An Analysis of Kids’ Experiences As They Grow Up in “Reading in the Dark” by Seamus Deanne (608 words, 1 pages)

The novel, Reading in the Dark, is written by Seamus Deanne. This book is written from the viewpoint of a little boy who explains the episodes of his life as he grows up. Apparently, Deanne said in an interview with the Irish Times, that the accounts in the story are ... Read More

A Reading Review of “To Kill A Mockingbird” (1676 words, 4 pages)

Reading ReviewTitle of work To Kill A MockingbirdCountryCulture SouthernLiterary Period ContemporaryType of Literature NovelAuthor Harper LeeAuthorial InformationIn 1960 Harper Lees To Kill A Mockingbird was first published. Interviewers were stunned when they first met Harper Lee, after reading this novel. They often felt as if they were coming face to ... Read More

A Reading Report on the The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (2101 words, 3 pages)

Rebecca Quietmeyer "Sincerely and earnestly hoping that this little book may do something toward throwing light on the American slave system, and hastening the glad day of deliverance to the millions of my brethren in bondsrelying upon the power of truth, love, and justice, for success in myefforts and solemnly ... Read More

A Reading Report on Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1032 words, 2 pages)

From the beginning of some life, people make many choices that affect their personal growth and livelihood, choices like what they should wear andor what they should do. Even the littlest choices that they make could make a big difference in their lives. In the book, Robinson Crusoe retold by ... Read More

The Feminist Reading of D.H. Lawrence’s The Rocking Horse Winner (2055 words, 2 pages)

A Feminist Reading of D.H. Lawrences The Rocking Horse Winner The man that does not know sick women does not know women. - S. Weir Mitchell "The Rocking Horse Winner" is the story of a boys gift for picking the winners in horse races. An omniscient narrator relates the tale ... Read More

A Comparison Between Samuel Scudder’s “Learning to See” and Malcolm X’s “Learning to Read” (501 words, 2 pages)

The essays Learning to See by Samuel Scudder and Learning to Read by Malcolm X, both described transformational experiences. There are several similarities and differences between Malcolm X and Scudders transformational experiences. Both transformation essays involved changes in the characters attitudes. In Learning to See, Scudder hated the odor from ... Read More

An Analysis of Reading the Light by Roger Pfingston (516 words, 1 pages)

Reading The LightThe story that is most significant to me is "Reading the Light" by Roger Pfingston. This story felt like it was written from the heart. It is filled with emotions, ones that the author caught in his story very well. Even though I could not empathize with Brian, ... Read More

An Analysis of Nat Hentoff’s Article “Why Teach Us to Read and Then Say We Can’t” (707 words, 1 pages)

The First Amendment of the United States expresses that, "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." However, the list of banned books in public schools as well as in public libraries is quite extensive. Most proponents of literary censorship, both parents and organized ... Read More

Reading, Writing and Arithmetic as the Three Base Subjects for American Schools (625 words, 1 pages)

Reading, writing and arithmetic, these three subjects are the basic outline for American schools. In those subjects, where does history fit in? Some believe that teachers avoid history because of how corrupt America's has been. James W. Loewen, author of Lies My Teacher Told Me, says, "Parents may feel undermined ... Read More

A Thermodynamic Reading of The Crying of Lot 49 (1896 words, 3 pages)

A Thermodynamic Reading of The Crying of Lot 49Exploring thermodynamic entropy and information theory clarifies the ambiguous relationship between Oedipa Maas, Maxwell's Demon and the Tristero System in The Crying of Lot 49. Through a convoluted, chaotic adventure leading to disorder, Oedipa searches for the truth about Tristero, hoping it ... Read More

An Argument Against Banning the Novel the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain from School Reading Lists (847 words, 2 pages)

Banning te novel Huck Finn from school reading listsMy essay deals with banning the novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from high school reading lists, and why this behavior is inappropriate. Specifically, it addresses the following questionColumnist James J. Kilpatrick wrote that Huck Finn is "a fun book for white boys ... Read More

Suppression of Reading Materials as a Supression of Creative Thoughts (890 words, 4 pages)

Censorship The freedom to read is essential to the democratic way of life (Censorship News 1996). Today our freedom is under attack. Private groups such as mothers and public authoritieseverywhere are working to remove both books and periodicals from sale, to exclude certainbooks from public schools, to censor and silence ... Read More

An Analysis of Some Theories and Questions Related to ESL and Reading (2769 words, 5 pages)

Mid-TermSpring 1998This Termpaper was for an Educational Class for the Teaching Credential Program. The questions listed below describe various theories and questions related to ESL and reading. Hope you find this paper useful.I got an 'A' for this termpaperBibliography Author - RuddellReading in Secondary Education1. Krashen's theory of comprehensible input ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of a Feminist Reading of D. H. Lawrence’s the Rocking Horse Winner (1982 words, 4 pages)

A Feminist Reading of D.H. LawrencesThe Rocking Horse WinnerThe man that does not know sick women does not know women.- S. Weir MitchellThe Rocking Horse Winner is the story of a boys gift for picking the winners in horse races. An omniscient narrator relates the tale of a boy whose ... Read More

An Introduction to Reading Response on Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (438 words, 1 pages)

Reading Response on FrankensteinWhen reading Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, I found myself having a hard time understanding it. I also found it hard to stay motivated to read it. I was really disturbed by the thought of bring someone back in the way Victor did. As being one of the ... Read More

Reading as an Escape from Reality in Flaubert’s Madame Bovary and Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina (1489 words, 7 pages)

Reading provides an escape for people from the ordinariness of everyday life. Madame Bovary and Anna Karenina, dissatisfied with their lives pursued their dreams of ecstasy and love through reading. At the beginning of both novels Anna Karenina and Emma Bovary made active decisions about their future although these decisions ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013