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    Unconstitutional Book Banning Imagine you’re in graduate school and you’re doing your doctorate on a controversial issue. You’ve done most of the research however there’s one book that has specific information that you need, and you can only find it in that particular book. You’ve looked on the online database and find out that the book is in your universities library. You go to the library and ask for some help finding the book you need, however the librarian informs you that the book was recently

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    Banning books seems like a great idea, but in reality people are going to read, and do, whatever they want to. A lot of books have explicit language, violence, and sexual content. Most kids know about all of those things, even though they shouldn’t know about those things. Banning them from reading a book that includes those explicit things, at school, doesn’t mean they won’t go and read it at home, or at a friends house. Schools, and public libraries, have been trying to ban certain books with

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    Book banning is something that was been around for almost as long as books have, but why? Book banning started because certain books made different people or different groups of people feeling challenged, uncomforted, offended, etc. In other words, these books were engaging to the reader, pushed them to their limits, and really made them think about what they were reading. This is exactly what readers should want out of a book. Instead of embracing the books, many decide to get rid of it and do not

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    have been banned books that have been created by some of the most famous authors that we know today including V.C. Andrews and Maya Angelou. One might wonder why a children’s book such as, Winnie the Pooh, could ever be banned? This classic book children all around the world enjoy, unfortunately can not be enjoyed in the small town of Tuszyn, Poland because Pooh is half dressed and he does not have a specific gender (Graef). The history of banning books, the process of banning books, and the reasons

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    Banning is the action of prohibiting something usually from the public eye. People have typically banned books due to them finding something offensive in the content. Some people say this is an infringement on our first amendment rights. Others believe that only parents should a say in what their children can read and only their children, not anybody else's. Better thesis? Banning and challenging books are two different things. A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon

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    going to check out a book but your blocked off to one section. You might see some good books in that other section but you can't read them because of book banning. This subject affects many people you're probably thinking no just bookworms. But that's where you're wrong book banning affects many people from different religions and races. Books shouldn't be banned because they can make you a more knowledgeable person, they can also help you learn about real-world problems, Books are also an escape from

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    Book banning is the attempt to remover written material. Reasons books become banned or challenged is because of strong language, racism, sexual violence and others. Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers, has been banned for racism, violence and offensive language. Books have been banned due to the contents in the pages (Banned 1). Reasons that books get banned are because of racial issues, violence, witchcraft, and religion. For the past 25 years, offensive language and sexual content was

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    By banning books, it shields children from what the real world is really like. Going through life without knowing what its really going to be like once you grow and are officially on their own can damage a child rather than helping them. Every parent tries to do what they think is right for their children and sometimes they can end up hurting them more. Books should not be banned from society. Even though some books have suggestive content or profanity does not mean that you should take out so-called

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    censure books? Banning books is a common practice around the world. Books, such as those in the Harry Potter sires and The Diary of Anne Frank were banned or challenged for reasons like promoting witchcraft or being “too depressing”. I want to apply the four-way test to this action. Is it the truth? People who are in support of banning books want to censor people from books that they feel are inappropriate or wrong. They want to prevent other, not just themselves, from reading certain books. This

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    Books should not be banned and here are some reasons why.The government, schools, and libraries should not ban classic books. When people ban books then we are protecting the young children. When people ban books that do not help because books help change the world. This essay will tell people why books should not be banned This paragraph is about how classic books should not be banned. This is the first quote “The first ban on Mark Twain’s American classic in Concord, MA in 1885 called it

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