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Fahrenheit 451: The dystopian future that’s become our present
Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. 165 p. New York: Ballantine Books. 1953. Guy Montag is a third-generation fireman in a world where firemen are fire starters. An alarm gets raised, and Guy races to the reported site and burns every book on the premises. Book ownership has been outlawed. Literature, with its challenging concepts and provocative …
The Catcher in the Rye: Adolescent alienation and an unheard cry for help
Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye. 285 p. New York: Little, Brown and Company, Inc. 1951. This book has frequently been banned, presumably for the marked cynicism and moral degeneration of its main character, Holden Caulfield. Know what I think lies beneath the challenges? Post-World War II America didn’t want to see what is …
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian: Growing Up on a Reservation
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Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. 230p.New York: Hachette Book Group, Inc. 2007. Earth scientists claim that there is nothing left to explore on land; the only discoveries remaining are under the sea. They state this because they are geologists, not sociologists. Author Sherman Alexie personally knows an ignored, under-studied place …
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