Montag didn’t really chose the book of Ecclesiastes, because he read this without knowing that he would be the one to remember what he read. The only reason that this is significant is because later on he will basically be rewriting the whole book from memory. He will be helped by Granger to remember from memory the whole book of Ecclesiastes.
One example from my life is how I changed. I made changes in my life for the greater good. I used to sit around at home just watching tv, but now I changed that. I play guitar whenever I have the chance to. That really changed my life. I now have an audition for a scholarship in music at snow college.
Another example from my life is how I helped people with anything basically. I will help a lot of people out in any way I can. The reason for this is because I’m a patient person and very nice. I’m calm and can talk things through. I think that if we all changed and became better than we already are, than the world would be a better place.
Guy Montag changed his ways by telling himself he doesn’t want to burn books anymore. Which I think is good. Montag liked burning books at first but now he doesn’t. if he can change the way he thinks then I’m sure that we all could change also. He turned on his own friend and burnt him and two others inside the burning house. Shows how much change can happen in so little time.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Fahrenheit 451 Final
I think the start of the book has a new meaning when applied to the house burning. I think that it was a pleasure to burn his house so as to get rid of past memories. It was a pleasure to burn captain Beatty who was a danger to the books. And maybe it was a relief to finally get caught. But most and foremost it is a total circle. A pleasure to burn.
Signs that it was a pleasure to burn memories are that he began to burn the bed and parlor walls. What bad memories? Mildred committing suicide, their horrible marriage, and the parlor walls. He also had to be reminded to burn books not just the house. All his bad memories are in that house.
It may have been a pleasure to burn Beatty. He was a danger to the books and Montag had gotten attached to the books. Who knows whether it was a pleasure to burning Beatty? But to the contrary Montag seemed to show remorse. But who will truly be able to say?
It may have been that Montag was relieved to be caught. Think of how stressing it is when you try to keep something secret. Maybe he was just not caring what happens next! Maybe Montag was running on overload in panic. But whatever the reason or excuse it was a pleasure to burn.
From my personal experience it is a pleasure to burn. You get a major adrenaline rush. That should I run or stay feeling? You get captivated and lost in the flames. I can see how Montag saw it as a pleasure to burn. Who wouldn’t?
Signs that it was a pleasure to burn memories are that he began to burn the bed and parlor walls. What bad memories? Mildred committing suicide, their horrible marriage, and the parlor walls. He also had to be reminded to burn books not just the house. All his bad memories are in that house.
It may have been a pleasure to burn Beatty. He was a danger to the books and Montag had gotten attached to the books. Who knows whether it was a pleasure to burning Beatty? But to the contrary Montag seemed to show remorse. But who will truly be able to say?
It may have been that Montag was relieved to be caught. Think of how stressing it is when you try to keep something secret. Maybe he was just not caring what happens next! Maybe Montag was running on overload in panic. But whatever the reason or excuse it was a pleasure to burn.
From my personal experience it is a pleasure to burn. You get a major adrenaline rush. That should I run or stay feeling? You get captivated and lost in the flames. I can see how Montag saw it as a pleasure to burn. Who wouldn’t?
Fahrenheit 451 Final
At first Montag likes to burn things because it makes him happy, like some kind of strange high. Burning is wonderful to him. He is doing what he’s told to do and he believes he is serving his society in which he lives. Life is wonderful or so he thinks. When Montag sets fire to his own house he realizes it’s wrong and that he has lost everything including all of his memories. Montag knows it’s wrong and is just doing what he’s told. At the same time though I think he also realizes he is being set free from Captain Beatty and the power that was over him before.
When Montag first meets Clarisse he notices she is odd. He still believes burning is good. She then starts to make Montag question if he is truly happy and if what he has been taught all his life is the way it is supposed to be. If it is right or not.
Montag then starts to talk more to Captain Beatty. Captain Beatty tells Montag in a very round about way about what happens to those who don’t conform to society. This makes Montag question more if what he is doing is right or not. Montag comes up with what he has been doing is wrong and changes are needed.
Montag’s own wife Mildred even makes him think twice. She has attempted serveral times at taking her own life by over dousing on her prescribed medications. She does nothing but talk to the parlor walls which are TVs the size of a wall or she talks to her friends. He wonders if she even loves him and if electronics is part of what society does to keep people from seeing the wrong in which they are doing. The kids are constantly going though out the day that by night falls they crash.
Montag finally realizes that burning was wrong when he leaves the city I think. He knows he is doing something right when the government doesn’t like it and sends the hound after him. I think he also knows it when his gut is telling him that burning is bad by questioning everything that happens. Montag knows that the society in which he lives is wrong when he if forced to burn a lady and all of her books. I believe that is when he realizes for the second time in a very clear way that things are screwed up. No one should die because of a book. It is not the same as murder so why should people suffer.
When Montag first meets Clarisse he notices she is odd. He still believes burning is good. She then starts to make Montag question if he is truly happy and if what he has been taught all his life is the way it is supposed to be. If it is right or not.
Montag then starts to talk more to Captain Beatty. Captain Beatty tells Montag in a very round about way about what happens to those who don’t conform to society. This makes Montag question more if what he is doing is right or not. Montag comes up with what he has been doing is wrong and changes are needed.
Montag’s own wife Mildred even makes him think twice. She has attempted serveral times at taking her own life by over dousing on her prescribed medications. She does nothing but talk to the parlor walls which are TVs the size of a wall or she talks to her friends. He wonders if she even loves him and if electronics is part of what society does to keep people from seeing the wrong in which they are doing. The kids are constantly going though out the day that by night falls they crash.
Montag finally realizes that burning was wrong when he leaves the city I think. He knows he is doing something right when the government doesn’t like it and sends the hound after him. I think he also knows it when his gut is telling him that burning is bad by questioning everything that happens. Montag knows that the society in which he lives is wrong when he if forced to burn a lady and all of her books. I believe that is when he realizes for the second time in a very clear way that things are screwed up. No one should die because of a book. It is not the same as murder so why should people suffer.
Fahrenheit 451 Final
In the beginning Montag finds pleasure in burning books and burning homes. He loves fire and the beauty that comes with it, but as the story goes on Montag finds more and more reasons to hate the job that he once loved. He finds a reason to risk everything even his own life to protect something he used to burn.
Evidence: Montag meets Clarisse and forms a friendship with her, and starts questioning society and the way they live. He questions it so much that he starts taking books from people. The first sign that shows him that society is wrong is when they burn the woman in her house. That’s when he steals a book because he realizes that she found some thing that she was willing to die for.
Evidence: Are you happy? Clarisse inquires him. Montag realizes that he is unhappy with the way society is. He starts going against the laws he starts questioning the control. The hound, burning books, unhappiness, death, and the electronics. He sees that the government only lets them see what they want the people to see.
Evidence: In the end Montag burns his own home down and loses everything. Until Faber is put in danger then he risks his own life to save him. Rebels against the government by burning Beatty to death, Killing the hound, ruining the televisions, and saving some of the books. Beatty tells him that fire fixes all problems all Montag had to do was take Beatty’s word for it. Montag finds something he’s willing to die for.
Life: Living in Orem for about two months I saw what fire can make you lose. The day before school started my neighbors house caught fire do to a cigarette. The whole house went down in flames, it blew out our windows, and took a family’s home. Imagine losing everything you love, all your belongings, and even you memories. When Beatty tells Montag to burn his home down he’s also telling him to burn his memories.
Life: I wanted to be a fireman, but if the job entitled me to burn books I would find a new job. I absolutely love reading, so I would have spoke up against my government. I wanted to be a firefighter, because I loved the idea, the adrenaline, and I love fire the beauty, and the heat, the shapes, and patterns it can make. It enticed me and gave me a dream. I think it did the same for Montag and that’s why he became a firefighter. He chose to burn books because he loved fire, but in the end he loved books so much that he gave up fire,
And his life for them. What has more control? Books over the people, or government over its people and books?
Evidence: Montag meets Clarisse and forms a friendship with her, and starts questioning society and the way they live. He questions it so much that he starts taking books from people. The first sign that shows him that society is wrong is when they burn the woman in her house. That’s when he steals a book because he realizes that she found some thing that she was willing to die for.
Evidence: Are you happy? Clarisse inquires him. Montag realizes that he is unhappy with the way society is. He starts going against the laws he starts questioning the control. The hound, burning books, unhappiness, death, and the electronics. He sees that the government only lets them see what they want the people to see.
Evidence: In the end Montag burns his own home down and loses everything. Until Faber is put in danger then he risks his own life to save him. Rebels against the government by burning Beatty to death, Killing the hound, ruining the televisions, and saving some of the books. Beatty tells him that fire fixes all problems all Montag had to do was take Beatty’s word for it. Montag finds something he’s willing to die for.
Life: Living in Orem for about two months I saw what fire can make you lose. The day before school started my neighbors house caught fire do to a cigarette. The whole house went down in flames, it blew out our windows, and took a family’s home. Imagine losing everything you love, all your belongings, and even you memories. When Beatty tells Montag to burn his home down he’s also telling him to burn his memories.
Life: I wanted to be a fireman, but if the job entitled me to burn books I would find a new job. I absolutely love reading, so I would have spoke up against my government. I wanted to be a firefighter, because I loved the idea, the adrenaline, and I love fire the beauty, and the heat, the shapes, and patterns it can make. It enticed me and gave me a dream. I think it did the same for Montag and that’s why he became a firefighter. He chose to burn books because he loved fire, but in the end he loved books so much that he gave up fire,
And his life for them. What has more control? Books over the people, or government over its people and books?
Fahrenheit 451 Final
Ray Bradbury gives good examples in the book Fahrenheit 451 of people becoming complacent. For example Mildred, she was what he consider numb, meaning she was there but she wasn’t really there. Mildred would refer to the parlor as her family. All she did was watch TV and never acknowledge her husband Montag when he needed her the most.
Another example is when Montag was on the bus with a book in hands and everyone stared at him with they’re seashell in they’re ears thinking “what the heck is he doing!” they were thinking there was something wrong with Montag when really there was something wrong with them, but they’re so out of it they don’t even notice the changes they are making.
Today we can see things like this happen all the time. I ride the bus every morning to get to school and as I looked around I saw that many kids were lessening to they’re iPods rather than reading a book or finishing homework. That’s when I noticed that things have defiantly changed just like Ray Bradbury had predicted. Everyone owns a TV and almost everyone has a internet access at home and families don’t notice that its tearing them apart. Instead of going on a walk they stay home and watch TV, play video games or play games in the computer. And they stop communicating and doing things together.
All this new technology is not making things easer but making thing a lot more complicated. Society thinks we need all this high tec. when truth is we don’t! Half of the things we don’t need nor use in our daily lives. In my family we only have TVs in the family rooms but not in our rooms because if we were to have them in our rooms all me and my sisters would do is stay in our rooms watching TV. If things are going bad now think how much worst is going to be in the future?
Another example is when Montag was on the bus with a book in hands and everyone stared at him with they’re seashell in they’re ears thinking “what the heck is he doing!” they were thinking there was something wrong with Montag when really there was something wrong with them, but they’re so out of it they don’t even notice the changes they are making.
Today we can see things like this happen all the time. I ride the bus every morning to get to school and as I looked around I saw that many kids were lessening to they’re iPods rather than reading a book or finishing homework. That’s when I noticed that things have defiantly changed just like Ray Bradbury had predicted. Everyone owns a TV and almost everyone has a internet access at home and families don’t notice that its tearing them apart. Instead of going on a walk they stay home and watch TV, play video games or play games in the computer. And they stop communicating and doing things together.
All this new technology is not making things easer but making thing a lot more complicated. Society thinks we need all this high tec. when truth is we don’t! Half of the things we don’t need nor use in our daily lives. In my family we only have TVs in the family rooms but not in our rooms because if we were to have them in our rooms all me and my sisters would do is stay in our rooms watching TV. If things are going bad now think how much worst is going to be in the future?
Fahrenheit 451 Final
I think it’s the people’s fault that they gave up they’re freedom of speech. I believe that people should fight and stand up for they’re freedom of speech. It’s who we are and with out it we’re really nothing. We’ll be like zombies walking just living in a program, living life like we’re told too.
I think that a good example of this would be Clarisse because she’s out there she lives her life how she wants and doesn’t play by the rule like the others do. She realizes that something isn’t right and she starts to see that it’s a system and expresses it to Montag. Montag latter starts to realize that they’re being cut out from information, but nobody tries to be there own person they start to believe in the system and are ok to live life by it in other words they gave up there freedom of speech to speak for them selves.
In my life experience that i'm living threw right now, I'm also living in a program. I'm limited to the things that I can do, the way I can dress, and the things I can say. I feel limited from the information of what’s going on back home. Just like the people in the book there is nothing I can do about it. I gave up my freedom of speech when I broke the law. All I can do is go with it and act like I’m happy.
Another good example of giving up your freedom of speech would be Faber. He was a professor and he basically had it made. He him self gave up everything that made him, him and in the book he admits that he regrets it. He said that he feels like a coward because he should have fought harder. Not only for him but his believes in learning.
In my life I can think of many examples that I could have fought harder for something I loved or really cared for. I feel like a coward myself for just sitting back and letting that happen. If I could go back in time and change the out come of things I honestly would. So I know how Faber feels, I think that he feels like he has nothing else to lose so he’s willing to try to make it right.
In my opinion I think that there is no dictum or censorship because they allowed it to be that way. Now that they’ve let it be that way there’s no going back to how things use to be. People can try to change what’s happening but they’ll probably just end up getting light on fire, so they just go with the system But lets face it don’t we all go threw some type of system.
I think that a good example of this would be Clarisse because she’s out there she lives her life how she wants and doesn’t play by the rule like the others do. She realizes that something isn’t right and she starts to see that it’s a system and expresses it to Montag. Montag latter starts to realize that they’re being cut out from information, but nobody tries to be there own person they start to believe in the system and are ok to live life by it in other words they gave up there freedom of speech to speak for them selves.
In my life experience that i'm living threw right now, I'm also living in a program. I'm limited to the things that I can do, the way I can dress, and the things I can say. I feel limited from the information of what’s going on back home. Just like the people in the book there is nothing I can do about it. I gave up my freedom of speech when I broke the law. All I can do is go with it and act like I’m happy.
Another good example of giving up your freedom of speech would be Faber. He was a professor and he basically had it made. He him self gave up everything that made him, him and in the book he admits that he regrets it. He said that he feels like a coward because he should have fought harder. Not only for him but his believes in learning.
In my life I can think of many examples that I could have fought harder for something I loved or really cared for. I feel like a coward myself for just sitting back and letting that happen. If I could go back in time and change the out come of things I honestly would. So I know how Faber feels, I think that he feels like he has nothing else to lose so he’s willing to try to make it right.
In my opinion I think that there is no dictum or censorship because they allowed it to be that way. Now that they’ve let it be that way there’s no going back to how things use to be. People can try to change what’s happening but they’ll probably just end up getting light on fire, so they just go with the system But lets face it don’t we all go threw some type of system.
Fahrenheit 451 Final
“For every time there is a season.” Having Montag to quote The Book of Ecclesiastes at the end of the book gives the readers a closure of hope. I’m sure you’ve heard that saying that people say, “Things may be bad now, but they can get better.” There is always a lesson behind some of the hard things in life. We learn who to love, who to trust, and who to befriend. “All of life is a journey which paths we take, what we look back on, and what we look forward to is up to us. We determine our destination, what kind of road we will take to get there, and how happy we are when we get there.” –Unknown.
When there was no way of changing his mind on house life was, a crazy 17 year old girl got his mind flowing. He never question what was going right or bad in his mind. He realized he wasn’t truly happy. The kerosene numbed him from emotion and filled the emptiness with false emotion. He finally had his own mind back, he was finally thinking for himself.
Montag questioned his happiness. He tried to find ways to show he was. Then he broke he figured that what he was doing wasn’t something to be happy over. His wife loved her “family” more than she would ever realize he loved her. By the end of the book he can smile knowing what he has now is real and true. He has what he needs. He has the smile that warms him more than the numbness of burning books ever did.
Faber finally found a friend that he could trust within. He sat in his house for over 40 years hiding. When Montag came along and gave him hope he decided he was not going to sit around any longer. He wanted to make a change too. He helped Montag. He befriended an enemy and was able to come over the fear of trusting others.
For me when I was in Detention almost over a year ago, I thought I wasn’t going to make it. Coming off of heroine and cocaine was being drag out of hell. Yes, it was horrible then, but now when people look at me they would have never guessed that I went through that. I have been clean from it for 10 months. I’m in school, doing amazing. I’m finally happy and don’t have a fake substance smile on anymore.
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Through out my treatment I’ve met some obstacles, as well as Montag did. I don’t have my family; I was numb for so long with my drugs; and don’t know what to do. Thinking about things like this helped me realize how lucky I am to be where I am. I may not live with my family at the moment, but I am getting better, and getting help. I don’t see any of my old friends, but I’ve made new sober friends. I may be sad at times, but when I’m happy I know why I’m smiling is because what I did. I have feeling to what life is about. I always remember that I do have a voice, and I can say no.
When there was no way of changing his mind on house life was, a crazy 17 year old girl got his mind flowing. He never question what was going right or bad in his mind. He realized he wasn’t truly happy. The kerosene numbed him from emotion and filled the emptiness with false emotion. He finally had his own mind back, he was finally thinking for himself.
Montag questioned his happiness. He tried to find ways to show he was. Then he broke he figured that what he was doing wasn’t something to be happy over. His wife loved her “family” more than she would ever realize he loved her. By the end of the book he can smile knowing what he has now is real and true. He has what he needs. He has the smile that warms him more than the numbness of burning books ever did.
Faber finally found a friend that he could trust within. He sat in his house for over 40 years hiding. When Montag came along and gave him hope he decided he was not going to sit around any longer. He wanted to make a change too. He helped Montag. He befriended an enemy and was able to come over the fear of trusting others.
For me when I was in Detention almost over a year ago, I thought I wasn’t going to make it. Coming off of heroine and cocaine was being drag out of hell. Yes, it was horrible then, but now when people look at me they would have never guessed that I went through that. I have been clean from it for 10 months. I’m in school, doing amazing. I’m finally happy and don’t have a fake substance smile on anymore.
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Through out my treatment I’ve met some obstacles, as well as Montag did. I don’t have my family; I was numb for so long with my drugs; and don’t know what to do. Thinking about things like this helped me realize how lucky I am to be where I am. I may not live with my family at the moment, but I am getting better, and getting help. I don’t see any of my old friends, but I’ve made new sober friends. I may be sad at times, but when I’m happy I know why I’m smiling is because what I did. I have feeling to what life is about. I always remember that I do have a voice, and I can say no.
Fahrenheit 451 Final
Montag chooses to quote the book of Ecclesiastes when he reaches the city. Why is this significant? What is the tone at the end of Fahrenheit 451?
My opinion of this is that he may think that things are always going bad but there are good things happening to. There are good and there are bad to every thing that happens. I feel that every thing happens for a reason and that some times we can not help what happens to others in there life and we can not help what happens to our selves in our own life. “For every time there is a season” I feel that this quote means that when they want something they do not realize they already have things that they do not need.
I feel that in this book a good example of that is at the beginning Mildred is talking about a wall television. My thoughts on that is they already have 3 wall televisions why do they need 4 they do not even watch television a lot any ways. Through out the book they never even watch television.
My opinion of this is that he may think that things are always going bad but there are good things happening to. There are good and there are bad to every thing that happens. I feel that every thing happens for a reason and that some times we can not help what happens to others in there life and we can not help what happens to our selves in our own life. “For every time there is a season” I feel that this quote means that when they want something they do not realize they already have things that they do not need.
I feel that in this book a good example of that is at the beginning Mildred is talking about a wall television. My thoughts on that is they already have 3 wall televisions why do they need 4 they do not even watch television a lot any ways. Through out the book they never even watch television.
Fahrenheit 451 Final
I think that people become complacent because they feel that they can not help change anything or feel like they can’t do anything about it. Montag criticizes people who become complacent because I think he knows that something should be done and he thinks that the people who are complacent are cowards and don’t want to help make things better.
One person who was not complacent was the girl who died because she had books and they were going to burn them and she lit herself on fire. I think that woman should not be criticized because she was trying to prove a point.
Faber, who was Montag’s accomplice, was also not complacent because they were trying to bring down the firemen because they knew that what the firemen do is wrong. Montag was complacent in the beginning of the book because he didn’t know at that point that books were completely harmless. He realized that and criticized the complacent people because they need to stand up for what is right and Montag realizes this.
What if people were more complacent? What would be of the world now if the people back in the old days were complacent? I think that you should not be complacent because you can help change bad things and make it better. Martin Luther King is a very good example for non complacency because he had such a big impact on everyone and he changed a lot of things for the better of the world.
Another good life example for complacency is the beatles. They stood up for what was right and was not going to let the evil people think for them and tell them how to live their lives. I think that the beatles made a big change in the world. They helped people recognize that you don’t have to be complacent and have other people live your life.
One person who was not complacent was the girl who died because she had books and they were going to burn them and she lit herself on fire. I think that woman should not be criticized because she was trying to prove a point.
Faber, who was Montag’s accomplice, was also not complacent because they were trying to bring down the firemen because they knew that what the firemen do is wrong. Montag was complacent in the beginning of the book because he didn’t know at that point that books were completely harmless. He realized that and criticized the complacent people because they need to stand up for what is right and Montag realizes this.
What if people were more complacent? What would be of the world now if the people back in the old days were complacent? I think that you should not be complacent because you can help change bad things and make it better. Martin Luther King is a very good example for non complacency because he had such a big impact on everyone and he changed a lot of things for the better of the world.
Another good life example for complacency is the beatles. They stood up for what was right and was not going to let the evil people think for them and tell them how to live their lives. I think that the beatles made a big change in the world. They helped people recognize that you don’t have to be complacent and have other people live your life.
Fahrenheit 451 Final
Answer/Opinion: I feel that the people that are to blame for the loss of freedom of speech are the people themselves, here let me elaborate on the subject. The people caused this because government passed the law of no freedom of speech, thus the people caused it because they chose the people assigned to control our rights by voting for the elected officials in the government. This shows that the responsibility of freedom of speech is in our hands because we always have a choice.
Evidence 1: An example of this is when Montag and so many others chose to hide books and their consequence was to have there house burned down by the firemen. For Montag it was himself that had to burn his house down.
Life example 1: I feel that I’ve made choices in my life that caused me a loss of my rights such as when I had a choice on weather to break the law or not and I chose to break the law. This lost me my rights because I then ended up in DT and from there into a program thus loosing my freedom to be in the community.
Life example 2: Another experience I had was when my mom decided to take a pain pill that made her sleepy and drive and thus lost her right to drive.
Evidence 1: An example of this is when Montag and so many others chose to hide books and their consequence was to have there house burned down by the firemen. For Montag it was himself that had to burn his house down.
Life example 1: I feel that I’ve made choices in my life that caused me a loss of my rights such as when I had a choice on weather to break the law or not and I chose to break the law. This lost me my rights because I then ended up in DT and from there into a program thus loosing my freedom to be in the community.
Life example 2: Another experience I had was when my mom decided to take a pain pill that made her sleepy and drive and thus lost her right to drive.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Censorship
I think censorship is the act of the government withholding information for the common people. J.K. censoring is the act of keeping info away usually for a good reason. Such as keeping swear words out of movies.
It is o.k. to censor when there are young kids who will be watching. I think censoring nudity, swear words, and violence is okay. I think that the people who should be censoring is the parents of the kids. Also there should be a committee to see movies and read books to deem them appropriate. But the parents should have last say.
I think usually after the age of fourteen you are mature enough to decide if you want to see uncensored. I think parents still have the over all say though. Some stuff like detailed sex scenes should still be censored.
It is o.k. to censor when there are young kids who will be watching. I think censoring nudity, swear words, and violence is okay. I think that the people who should be censoring is the parents of the kids. Also there should be a committee to see movies and read books to deem them appropriate. But the parents should have last say.
I think usually after the age of fourteen you are mature enough to decide if you want to see uncensored. I think parents still have the over all say though. Some stuff like detailed sex scenes should still be censored.
Censorship
To me censorship is something that someone does when something in the media isn’t appropriate for a certain group of people. For example if there is a lot of violence or sexuality in a movie someone may censor it so that it is PG-13 or R rated. I think that people do this in order to protect little kids for being too exposed to the world. But to me everyone is different; they have different maturity levels at certain stages of their lives. Why do we censor if we are just going to see it later on in life.
I think that there should be a point, a line drawn about what should and should not be on television. Some people tell me that is what censoring is for. I am talking about just not showing it at all. Some people don’t have good judgments so we shouldn’t show it. When certain things are rated PG-13 I think that it’s not a really good way to say when things should be censored because everyone is at different maturity levels. What may be PG-13and is appropriate for me could not be appropriate for some of my friends.
I think that you should censor naked people including babies because you have no idea who is going to watch the movie and if they are a child molester or something like that. I also think that you should censor violence. If you are going to rate something and put an age rang on it you should at least put what apparent thinks is an appropriate age for it or put it as maturity level. People are seeing things that are hurting people. The movie director is the one that chooses what it is rated but the parents are the ones who should decide in my opinion.
I think though that you should not censor things on the news because we need to be informed with no sugar coating because that will only hurt people more in the end. People will stop trusting the news and then not listen to what it says. Like if you should evacuate the state because terrorist are going to blowup the state or something like that. We need to feel like we can trust at least on thing right?
I think that there should be a point, a line drawn about what should and should not be on television. Some people tell me that is what censoring is for. I am talking about just not showing it at all. Some people don’t have good judgments so we shouldn’t show it. When certain things are rated PG-13 I think that it’s not a really good way to say when things should be censored because everyone is at different maturity levels. What may be PG-13and is appropriate for me could not be appropriate for some of my friends.
I think that you should censor naked people including babies because you have no idea who is going to watch the movie and if they are a child molester or something like that. I also think that you should censor violence. If you are going to rate something and put an age rang on it you should at least put what apparent thinks is an appropriate age for it or put it as maturity level. People are seeing things that are hurting people. The movie director is the one that chooses what it is rated but the parents are the ones who should decide in my opinion.
I think though that you should not censor things on the news because we need to be informed with no sugar coating because that will only hurt people more in the end. People will stop trusting the news and then not listen to what it says. Like if you should evacuate the state because terrorist are going to blowup the state or something like that. We need to feel like we can trust at least on thing right?
Censorship
It is ok to use censorship in schools to keep students from reading things they aren’t ready to read about. Reading books that talk about sex and drugs at the age of 12 is not ok. Because you aren’t ready to be expose to such things. That’s where censorship kicks in and helps out. The parents have the ok to approve the books read in school, which is completely natural, because they pay for everything the schools has.
We all grow up in different environments. Therefore we have different perspectives on different things. For example I’ve read books with some intense violence, but I don’t go around hurting the ones around me.
Censorship is a great thing, don’t get me wrong! But I think that there should be a limit to where it should stop or a grade where the use of censorship is banished. It’s understandable that student aren’t always mature enough to read a book that involves drugs, violence, and sex, but there are those who do take things serious and actually want to learn from the book. So why not make a class with students whose parents have agreed to let them read the book. The parent can decide weather the student can or cannot read the book, if we had they’re ok then student could read any type of genre.
We all grow up in different environments. Therefore we have different perspectives on different things. For example I’ve read books with some intense violence, but I don’t go around hurting the ones around me.
Censorship is a great thing, don’t get me wrong! But I think that there should be a limit to where it should stop or a grade where the use of censorship is banished. It’s understandable that student aren’t always mature enough to read a book that involves drugs, violence, and sex, but there are those who do take things serious and actually want to learn from the book. So why not make a class with students whose parents have agreed to let them read the book. The parent can decide weather the student can or cannot read the book, if we had they’re ok then student could read any type of genre.
Censorship
Censorship is suppression of speech or other communication which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or inconvenient to the general body of people as determined by a government, media outlet, or other controlling body. If something is to explicit to be read for some students it’s taken off the selves.
Parents have the right to tell the teachers if they do not want their kids to read a certain book. It is okay to use censorship in elementary schools. Their understanding of things such as drugs, sex, rape, language etc. they wouldn’t understand or could make them uncomfortable. They ages where it is okay to use censorship is 5 and under and all the way up to about 13. Parents have a lot to say if its okay, same with the teachers, and administration.
It’s not okay to use it in high schools. Students around the ages of 14-18 have the ability to understand what’s going on. Some students can even relate to the books. In my experience with read, I assumed that no book would get my attention and want me to read. After reading the books Breathing Under Water by: Alex Finn and the Ellen Hopkins books Crank, Glass, Tricks, Impulse, Identical, and Fallout, I haven’t been able to get enough of reading. I love it. It’s truly helped me with my recovery.
Parents have the right to tell the teachers if they do not want their kids to read a certain book. It is okay to use censorship in elementary schools. Their understanding of things such as drugs, sex, rape, language etc. they wouldn’t understand or could make them uncomfortable. They ages where it is okay to use censorship is 5 and under and all the way up to about 13. Parents have a lot to say if its okay, same with the teachers, and administration.
It’s not okay to use it in high schools. Students around the ages of 14-18 have the ability to understand what’s going on. Some students can even relate to the books. In my experience with read, I assumed that no book would get my attention and want me to read. After reading the books Breathing Under Water by: Alex Finn and the Ellen Hopkins books Crank, Glass, Tricks, Impulse, Identical, and Fallout, I haven’t been able to get enough of reading. I love it. It’s truly helped me with my recovery.
Censorship part 2
What is censorship? What it means to me is to hide, cover, or block anything deemed bad or inappropriate on media, television, radio, books, or anything else. Censorship can be good or bad, depending on who censors it, and what is being censored.
When is it okay to censor? I would think it is okay to censor sex and the human body when it’s being used or displayed, only if it is used for bad reasons. It is okay when it is art and not used.
I think kids or children who haven’t fully matured yet should not be exposed to inappropriate or provocative material. When your body and mind are more matured and you are more understanding of the natural art of the human body.
Who decides? I think most of the time it depends. Parents can decide to censor the television and video games and stuff but I really think that if the media and t.v. producers censored, children wouldn’t be exposed as much to whatever shouldn’t be seen or to them yet.
When should it never be censored? Well it depends on what it is but I would thing if material is used for knowledge and education, or for reasons that are not bad or inappropriate.
When is it okay to censor? I would think it is okay to censor sex and the human body when it’s being used or displayed, only if it is used for bad reasons. It is okay when it is art and not used.
I think kids or children who haven’t fully matured yet should not be exposed to inappropriate or provocative material. When your body and mind are more matured and you are more understanding of the natural art of the human body.
Who decides? I think most of the time it depends. Parents can decide to censor the television and video games and stuff but I really think that if the media and t.v. producers censored, children wouldn’t be exposed as much to whatever shouldn’t be seen or to them yet.
When should it never be censored? Well it depends on what it is but I would thing if material is used for knowledge and education, or for reasons that are not bad or inappropriate.
Censorship
To me censorship is when something is bad for certain ages or audiences to see. Like examples are a nude lady and a nude man. I would soy that it is inappropriate for teenagers and for young children and that is because the older you are the more mature you are. So I would say that torture movies are not necessarily appropriate for teenagers but I would say that some more mature teens could see that type of movie.
I would say that it is ok to censor things like naked people and sex scenes and I would say that because it is just not right to show something that personal to the whole world. I would say that naked scenes are inappropriate for teens and young children. Torture scenes I would say that young children should not see these types of movies. I would say that the state and your parents should decide if you see certain types of movies.
I would think that things such as words should not be edited because that is just how they express their feelings. It’s like when I am angry I swear because it gets my anger out so I am not holding it in. so I think that language is the only thing that shouldn’t be censored because we will here those things any way in life. Its just what life is to me anyway.
I would say that it is ok to censor things like naked people and sex scenes and I would say that because it is just not right to show something that personal to the whole world. I would say that naked scenes are inappropriate for teens and young children. Torture scenes I would say that young children should not see these types of movies. I would say that the state and your parents should decide if you see certain types of movies.
I would think that things such as words should not be edited because that is just how they express their feelings. It’s like when I am angry I swear because it gets my anger out so I am not holding it in. so I think that language is the only thing that shouldn’t be censored because we will here those things any way in life. Its just what life is to me anyway.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Censorship
Should schools censor books? Well I guess it kind of depends on how explicit the book is and who is reading it but for the most part I think if a book is being read by a high school student, it shouldn’t matter if its censored or not but if the book is being read by like an elementary school student, then I think it should be censored or just not read at all. I think most high school students have a lot of explicit language in their vocabulary so if they read explicit books, they won’t be taken aback by the profanities because they are familiar with them and comfortable with them. I think if parents were to have a say in whether books are censored, than all the books would be censored. I think it is a religious thing because mormons don’t like swearing or bad language and most of Utah is the LDS religion. I think the books should not be censored but should not be read by teachers in elementary school and maybe middle/junior high school, depending on how bad the book is. Another good reason not to censor books, is because the authors made the books that way for a reason, could be to express a character’s characteristics, or to get across to the reader more excitedly. Some books are really bad and maybe not appropriate for even high school students and I think those should not be censored, but the teachers should not read them. Books are unique and if they are explicit, it makes them unique, that’s why the author wrote it that way. So for another example, an adult reads a censored book and is more confused with it, but if they read it without the censoring, the adult would be more understanding and the perspective of the book would surely change.
School Censorship
What do I think about censorship in schools? I think that parents should be able to say what their kids are able to read. If some parents say no to the book and some say yes to the book I would say that the parents that said no to the book could ask if their kids could do something else to get that credit and the parents that said yes should let their kids be able to read those books with the teacher. So another thing that I would disagree on is that children books being banned because of fairy tale type things. Its like Harry Potter and how it got banned. It got banned from some schools because of witchcraft and I think that is really dumb. And also it would also depend on what the book has in it that it should only be read by certain ages only. Like books with sexual orientated stuff in it I would say that it should only be read by eighth to twelfth graders.
I say that books should have a rating before they come out about how appropriate they are so that there is already a rating so that parents don’t have to worry about what their kids are reading. And with this rating I think that the rating should be emplaced by the grade that they are in so that those certain grade kids can only read the rating below or on the same rating that the book was rated.
So I would say the parents should have some say into the books that their children are reading but I also think that they should also go with the fact that the teacher is not probably trying to hurt their kid.and that is what I think about school censorship.
I say that books should have a rating before they come out about how appropriate they are so that there is already a rating so that parents don’t have to worry about what their kids are reading. And with this rating I think that the rating should be emplaced by the grade that they are in so that those certain grade kids can only read the rating below or on the same rating that the book was rated.
So I would say the parents should have some say into the books that their children are reading but I also think that they should also go with the fact that the teacher is not probably trying to hurt their kid.and that is what I think about school censorship.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Censorship in Schools
I believe that the school censorship is all a big misunderstanding, because people should be able to read what they want to read anytime they want. If someone can’t read what someone actually wrote in his own words, then you don’t get the real concept of what the author is actually trying to say. If you can’t get the concept about the book then what is the point of reading?
I think that censorship in my opinion is kind of lame. In a school, some people prefer not reading a book with swearing or something like that and that is understandable. But there are different books that you can read. Some people like the fact that the author can get his actual story out without editing the story. Me personally, I like the fact that the author can get his whole story out without editing it.
I really don’t like to read that much, but when I choose my own book it’s a good one. Like for instance I read a book a while ago called “Paint by Magic”. I really liked it a lot considering I don’t like to read very often and that the author could say what he wanted.
I think that censorship in my opinion is kind of lame. In a school, some people prefer not reading a book with swearing or something like that and that is understandable. But there are different books that you can read. Some people like the fact that the author can get his actual story out without editing the story. Me personally, I like the fact that the author can get his whole story out without editing it.
I really don’t like to read that much, but when I choose my own book it’s a good one. Like for instance I read a book a while ago called “Paint by Magic”. I really liked it a lot considering I don’t like to read very often and that the author could say what he wanted.
Censorship - Good or Bad?
Censoring can be good or bad. It all depends on who, their age, and what the book is about. I mean would you let a five year old read a book about a psycho murderer? Or would you care if a mature sixteen or seventeen year old read the same book? It all depends on the situation.
For censorship
I am all for censor ship in the ages fourteen and below. Some kids just aren’t ready or mature enough until (or after) they are fourteen. I think that swear words and sex references should be censored. I think that it is perfectly fine to censor up to a certain age.
Kids just aren’t ready for uncensored life.
Against censorship
Now on the flipside I believe mature (fourteen plus) should be uncensored. I believe mature young adults are ready to make their own choices. If you want to read uncensored books you have the right to. At fourteen I think you are mature enough to read uncensored books. No government has the right to censor without reason.
For censorship
I am all for censor ship in the ages fourteen and below. Some kids just aren’t ready or mature enough until (or after) they are fourteen. I think that swear words and sex references should be censored. I think that it is perfectly fine to censor up to a certain age.
Kids just aren’t ready for uncensored life.
Against censorship
Now on the flipside I believe mature (fourteen plus) should be uncensored. I believe mature young adults are ready to make their own choices. If you want to read uncensored books you have the right to. At fourteen I think you are mature enough to read uncensored books. No government has the right to censor without reason.
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