... in 1993 (Haynes 1). Trying to protect younger individuals from content supposedly not suitable for their age level, parents and teacher organizations have rallied against the short novel. The ban on the book is almost ironic when approached in the same light as the actual book itself. The world described in The Giver displays an analogous utopian society where living life is more of a matter of ... the book ban, where people want to maintain control over a child's mind and their wandering thoughts. It could almost be considered a younger minded version of the classic novel, "1984- by Geo...

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... in 1952, he grew up in Bombay and received a degree from the University of Bombay in mathematics and economics. In 1975 he immigrated to Canada, working in a bank to support himself while studying English and philosophy at the University of Toronto, where he received a second bachelor's degree in 1984. Although an immigrant, an outsider in Canadian society, Mistry already understood ... this condition, for in India he belonged to the Parsi community, whose Zoroastrian religious beliefs set its members on the edge of Hindu society. After a few years in Canada, ... in 1995. It again reach...

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... in 1952, he grew up in Bombay and received a degree from the University of Bombay in mathematics and economics. In 1975 he immigrated to Canada, working in a bank to support himself while studying English and philosophy at the University of Toronto, where he received a second bachelor's degree in 1984. Although an immigrant, an outsider in Canadian society, Mistry already understood ... this condition, for in India he belonged to the Parsi community, whose Zoroastrian religious beliefs set its members on the edge of Hindu society. After a few years in Canada, ... in 1995. It again reach...

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... the plot of the book. Different characters show their interpretation of it. I felt that the poem helped me to see sides of some characters that I had never seen before, and it made me think more about Hinton's reasons for molding certain characters the way she did. Throughout The Outsiders, Hinton's own ideas and opinions surface. I got the feeling that it was a very personal novel for Hinton and at the end of the book ... just about everybody. I also recommend the movie, that is, if you are one of the few who haven't already had the pleasure. Works Cited Karolides, Nicholas. Burress, L...

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