On a sleepy summer evening in a tiny Indiana town on July 5, nine-year-old girl Katie Mackey hops on her bike and rushes out to return overdue books to the library. This girl was never to return. Mr. Henry Dees, a tutor to Katie Mackey, teaches Katie summer…
In her essay “The North West London Blues,” Zadie Smith’s explanation about a library problem, the problem that libraries are shutting down. For example the setting or theme of the library to attract people, marketing won’t help libraries because now we have it online and still need it for social reality, and showing how people feel about the situation of libraries closing. Smith persuades readers to save Public libraries. Libraries have many sceneries all over the world like a big city, quiet cafe, a tropical resort, and etc. Smith’s point about this that libraries are not failing “because they are libraries.”…
The book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury tells us of a futuristic, or vision, of a law that banned books. No one is allowed to own, read, or basically even touch a book without reinforcement. Instead of putting out fires, Fahrenheit 451 introduces firefighters, or fire starters, that does the opposite of what we would expect today. And while everyone is knowledgeable of the law that bans any type or form of book, some people continue to read them. Some even risk their homes, possessions, and even lives for them. A fireman by the name of Montag aids in burning any books that can be found. He never stops to question why or how the law came to be until he meets a girl named Clarisse. Montag then looks deeper into the situation that had been surpassed and must…
Markus Zusak’s poignant novel The Book Thief chronicles the struggles of a young bibliophile who suffers great losses during the time of the Holocaust. Death trails Liesel Meminger as she slowly develops literacy and a passion for pilfering novels. The theme of death recurs throughout the novel as it presents itself continuously within tragedy and suffering.…
“‘You can’t ever have my books,’ she said. ‘You know the law,’ said Beatty. ‘Where’s your common sense? None of those books agree with each other… Snap out of it! The people in those books never lived.” (35)…
This unspoken life was an afraid-free and joyful life, but due to one man’s malicious acts the whole world was afraid of the “firemen” he founded. These firemen would go to random homes and burn the not only the books but the home and human as well. This fact makes the preservation of knowledge so much more important. It is so important because the survivors of the burnings will go and educate the younger generation about the firemen, what they do, why they burn books, and how they do it. The…
8. "He snatched the book from me and replaced it hastily on its shelf muttering that if one brick was removed the whole library was liable to collapse." (p. 50)…
Imagine a society in which books are nonexistent, where it is impossible for someone to spend an evening losing himself, or herself, in an enticing novel. This situation is made real in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, where it is illegal to have and read books. In the society of Bradbury’s book, if a person is caught owning books, his or her house and belongings could be burned down by the likes of Guy Montag, a fireman in Bradbury’s novel. Due to the ban on books, the people in this society are distant in their emotions and thoughts. The absence of books in the society make people ignorant in their decision making and way of living. Books became illegal in Montag’s society because they made people different, which is viewed as dangerous to their wellbeings. Despite this reason, books should be kept in society and not be eradicated.…
In “The Northwest London Blues,” Zadie Smith conveys a strong stance against the closing of libraries. She believes libraries are more important than just the books read and implores the reader to defend their libraries. To bolster her argument, Smith deftly employs acknowledgement of counterarguments, word choice, and rhetorical questions to sway her readers.…
"Books aren't people. You read and I look around, but there isn't anybody!" is what Mildred says when she discovers Montag has been hiding books and they read them. She doesn’t understand the true meaning behind books and expects things to be pictured for her. This conformity and brainwashing she experiences in the dystopia has caused her to lose her imagination and ability to think for herself. "Montag, take my word for it, I've had to read a few in my time, to know what I was about, and the books say nothing! Nothing you can teach or believe. They're about non-existent people, figments of imagination, if they're fiction. And if they're non-fiction, it's worse, one professor calling another an idiot, one philosopher screaming down another's gullet. All of them running about, putting out the stars and extinguishing the sun. You come away lost." Mildred thinks books are nonexistent because the people in them are imaginary and the nonfiction books are just people being unhappy with each other because she has been brainwashed by society and doesn’t fully understand books. She only believes that people are real if they are standing right in front of her like Montag and her “family”. Montag fell in love with the Millie she was once but due to the brainwashing she is no longer that Millie and she is unrecognizable because of this.…
Nate: maybe she’s checking the “boring books that nobody wants to read” section. She’s back with a book the size of a stack of lunch trays. I can see the headlines now: BOY CRUSHED BY GIANT BOOK. I don’t know about you, but I try to avoid reading stuff that weights more than I do. It has all the info I need, thought. It only takes me twenty minutes to rewrite my outline. Then on Monday morning DISASTER time for Social Studies…
Through vivid descriptions of Ms. Calloway and the limitations and obstacles presented to her, Welty reveals her love and passion for reading. She describes Ms. Calloway as the “guardian” of the library by describing her, “Dragon eye on the front door.” By explaining Mrs. Calloway’s eye as a dragon looking over her “castle” Welty proves her love for books and the library. As Mrs. Calloway watches the door she also becomes a challenge for anyone who may enter, including Welty. Wetly also gives details about how Mrs. Calloway sits at her desk,Welty’s vivid descriptions reveal how she sees Mrs. Calloway as an obstacle: “She [sits] with her back to the books and facing the stairs.” Another obstacle Welty must face is, she has to go through the “dragon” to get to her “prince”, the books. Mrs. Calloway presents many obstacles and limitations for Wetly, another would be the two by two rule: “You could only take out two books at a time and only two.” When Welty brings this rule upon the reader it shows how much she loves to read. Most people would be okay with taking one but Welty has to quench her thirst and need for reading and take more than one, but she cannot take more than two. Overall Welty’s description of Mrs. Calloway and her rules show her love and passion for reading.…
As I read her diary, I was surprised by how similar Thura“s life in Iraq is to my life in America. We both watch television and use the computer, we both are in school, and we both have a passion for writing. At nineteen, Thura is the eldest of three girls. Although I only have one sibling, at thirteen Im also the oldest child in my family. Our parents are similar in many ways too. Like my parents, Thuras mother and father are well educated and value education for their children.…
Often times a person’s wishes do not match up with what fate has in store for them. In the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns, one witnesses the trials and tribulations of two women morphed by circumstance and war. Khaled Hosseini expertly illustrates what it means to search for justice that both Mariam and, specifically, Laila try to do as women in Afghanistan during a time of war. Through the deaths of loved ones and an abusive marriage, Laila comes to realize that she does not always have to rely on herself in order to live by the moral standards and justices she swears by.…
Erin is a very caring teacher and noticed brand new books in the library not being used, although they were above the students reading levels, she figured it may inspire them to try harder in school.. Erin was denied access to them by the principal of the school (Margaret Campbell), so she spent her own money on brand new materials for the students including journals for them to vent their problems, which had a surprisingly large turnout. Erin also engaged the students in activities and field trips; for example the students set up a ‘read-a-thon’ to raise money for Meip Gies; The woman who housed/hid Anne frank and her family during world war two, to come and talk to the class about her experiences.…