... schools means censorship. Books become prime targets for controversial issues in schools. How can people think teachers would allow such obscene and foul topics in their classrooms if only for educational purposes? How can reading works such as Romeo and Juliet encourage teen sex? The play highlights the beauty and sincerity of impulsive young love in a time where society deemed such ... these themes include "offensive language, sexually explicit scenes, homosexuality, violence, religious viewpoint, and drugs" (Crum). While some of these themes truly cry, "obscene!", not all books that...

• Word Count: 2168
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... well as an art of the mind. Her mother has femininity, beauty, and sensuality and does not mind flaunting it. It is these same characteristics that Maya exhibits during her teen years that eventually results in her becoming an unwed teenage mother. In the novel, "Sula" by Toni Morrison a similar situation evolves. Sula's mother, Hannah was devoted to the practice and ... behavior Sula set out to explore this self-indulgence that had merged in her. Another point of intersection with "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and "Sula" is how the books reveal a girl's coming-of-age experience in ...

• Word Count: 2443
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... twenties, Maya Angelou had been a Creole cook, a streetcar conductor, a cocktail waitress, a dancer, a madam, a tap dancer, a prostitute, and a chauffeurette. Her second book, "Gather Together In My Name," centers on her later teen years through her mid twenties, focusing on these experiences. Also in the novel, Angelou writes about an affair with a customer at a restaurant and her brief experience with drugs. Angelou concludes ... . Ms. Angelou's accomplishments rival those of greater acclaim. Maya Angelou is currently Reynolds Professor at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North C...

• Word Count: 777
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School