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Question #1:

Sarah Palin wants to ban these books...what do you think?

Sarah Palin wants to have these books banned?
I don't know if this list is exact, but if it is then it looks like she pretty much wants to have all classics including childrens classics banned, my question is do you think that a person like that should be allowed into power?

Here is the list

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Blubber by Judy Blume
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Canterbury Tales by Chaucer
Carrie by Stephen King
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Christine by Stephen King
Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Cujo by Stephen King
Curses, Hexes, and Spells by Daniel Cohen
Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite
Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Peck
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Decameron by Boccaccio
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Fallen Angels by Walter Myers
Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure) by John Cleland
Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Forever by Judy Blume
Grendel by John Champlin Gardner
Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Have to Go by Robert Munsch
Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Impressions edited by Jack Booth
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
It’s Okay if You Don’t Love Me by Norma Klein
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Little Red Riding Hood by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Love is One of the Choices by Norma Klein
Lysistrata by Aristophanes
More Scary Stories in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
My House by Nikki Giovanni
My Friend Flicka by Mary O’Hara
Night Chills by Dean Koontz
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
One Day in The Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Ordinary People by Judith Guest
Our Bodies, Ourselves by Boston Women’s Health Collective
Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl
Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones by Alvin Schwartz
Scary Stories in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
Separate Peace by John Knowles
Silas Marner by George Eliot
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Bastard by John Jakes
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The Devil’s Alternative by Frederick Forsyth
The Figure in the Shadows by John Bellairs
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Snyder
The Learning Tree by Gordon Parks
The Living Bible by William C. Bower
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
The New Teenage Body Book by Kathy McCoy and Charles Wibbelsman
The Pigman by Paul Zindel
The Seduction of Peter S. by Lawrence Sanders
The Shining by Stephen King
The Witches by Roald Dahl
The Witches of Worm by Zilpha Snyder
Then Again, Maybe I Won’t by Judy Blume
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary by the Merriam-Webster Editorial Staff
Witches, Pumpkins, and Grinning Ghosts: The Story of the Halloween Symbols by Edna Barth


heres the Link: Click Here ...

Personally i i hope this is not true....these are classics and a lot of them are my favorite....its really stupid. Take Catcher in the rye.... when it was banned, parents hated Holden's being a poor role model, encouragement of rebellion, and promotion of drinking, smoking, lying, and promiscuity. Often, the challengers have been unfamiliar with the plot itself. these parents are being just like Holden ... They are trying to be catchers in the rye trying to hold on to innocence when they just cant. Maybe she should read the books before banning them


Cloverheaven...i was thinking the exact same thing....i hope its a rumor



LMS......your so right
sela C.... im not an idiot ok....i feel its a rumor to...but i wanted other peoples opinions so stop being a know it all

Question #2:

Sarah Palin wants to have these books banned?

I don't know if this list is exact, but if it is then it looks like she pretty much wants to have all classics including childrens classics banned, my question is do you think that a person like that should be allowed into power?

Here is the list

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Blubber by Judy Blume
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Canterbury Tales by Chaucer
Carrie by Stephen King
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Christine by Stephen King
Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Cujo by Stephen King
Curses, Hexes, and Spells by Daniel Cohen
Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite
Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Peck
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Decameron by Boccaccio
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Fallen Angels by Walter Myers
Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure) by John Cleland
Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Forever by Judy Blume
Grendel by John Champlin Gardner
Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Have to Go by Robert Munsch
Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Impressions edited by Jack Booth
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
It’s Okay if You Don’t Love Me by Norma Klein
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Little Red Riding Hood by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Love is One of the Choices by Norma Klein
Lysistrata by Aristophanes
More Scary Stories in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
My House by Nikki Giovanni
My Friend Flicka by Mary O’Hara
Night Chills by Dean Koontz
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
One Day in The Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Ordinary People by Judith Guest
Our Bodies, Ourselves by Boston Women’s Health Collective
Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl
Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones by Alvin Schwartz
Scary Stories in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
Separate Peace by John Knowles
Silas Marner by George Eliot
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Bastard by John Jakes
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The Devil’s Alternative by Frederick Forsyth
The Figure in the Shadows by John Bellairs
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Snyder
The Learning Tree by Gordon Parks
The Living Bible by William C. Bower
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
The New Teenage Body Book by Kathy McCoy and Charles Wibbelsman
The Pigman by Paul Zindel
The Seduction of Peter S. by Lawrence Sanders
The Shining by Stephen King
The Witches by Roald Dahl
The Witches of Worm by Zilpha Snyder
Then Again, Maybe I Won’t by Judy Blume
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary by the Merriam-Webster Editorial Staff
Witches, Pumpkins, and Grinning Ghosts: The Story of the Halloween Symbols by Edna Barth
I said i DIDN'T think it was exact, i googled it anyway.
Out of curiousity i looked it up, here is the link to the list anyway. scroll down to see it. Though if it is true she is one pathetic woman.

Click Here
I didn't say i actually believed it either, but like i said out of curiosity. I not some nutter like the people that go round saying obama is the next antichrist.
I do know what the smear campaigns are like in america, that carry on is actually illegal in most countries when it comes to elections.

but i did hear the funniest thing on the radio the other day, a song about obama with lyrics like "i've a crush on obama, best candidate 08" laughed my ar$e off (i don't know what the song was so no link), especially as it was being played over here. It's ridiculous the lengths they'll go to to get votes.

Question #3:

How do I develop a writing style?

People tell me I have talent and potential and I have won some awards for my writing, but I want to develop a distinct style.

Also can anyone name a few writing techniques of the following authors?

Jack Kerouac
Hunter S. Thompson
Chuck Palahniuk
Augusten Burroughs
James Frey
William Burroughs
Philip Dick

Thanks.

Question #4:

Do you think this is cool?

William s burroughs my favorite author

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Question #5:

What's wrong with me?

I'm 5'1
I weigh 114 lbs
My favorite authors are Chuck Palahniuk and William S. Burroughs
My favorite music artist is Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground
My favorite artist is Jackson Pollock
I'm pretty laid back.
Is there anything you notice? I know you don't know me so it's hard, but constructive criticism helps. be honest.

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Question #6:

What do the books in the novel 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' have in common?

For those of you who haven't read the book, here are the books mentioned.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
The Stranger by Albert Camus
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

Thanks.

Question #7:

Do you read books for pleasure?

I love to read but only if it catches my attention and not many books do. william s burroughs is my favorite author.

Question #8:

allen ginsberg or william s burroughs?



Question #9:

Which novelist do you prefer: Hubert Selby Jr. or William Burroughs?

Wny?

Question #10:

what would philologists make of william burroughs notion of words as a virus?

or of burroughs writing & ideas in general?

Question #11:

What do these authors have in common?

Hunter S. Thompson
Jack Kerouac
William Burroughs
Chuck Palahniuk
Hermann Hesse
Augusten Burroughs
Henry David Thoreau
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Philip Dick
Augusten Burroughs
Kurt Vonnegut

I'm mainly looking for similarities in their writing style, but also common themes and tones.

Question #12:

Any books in particular that you think I should add to the list?

I recently received and amazon gift certificate...I decided to buy books with it. Here's what I've chosen so far:

-A Brief History Of Time by Stephen Hawking
-Moody Food (a novel based on the life of Gram Parsons) by Ray Robertson
-The Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams
-The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
-Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini
-Candide by Voltaire
-Beyond Good and Evil by Nietzsche
-Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
-Walden and Civil Disobedience by Thoreau
-The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
-Hidden Faces by Salvador Dali

So, based on that list, what else do you think I would like that I might not have heard of? Thanks!

Question #13:

What is the last chapter in William S. Burroughs's Naked Lunch?

I am reading the restored text and I'm curious which chapter officially ends the original novel. Is it Hauser and O'brien or The Atrophied Preface? Or is it something completely different? I feel like somebody has been shaking me violently throughout this book.

Question #14:

Who is your favorite beat writer?

allen ginsberg, william s burroughs, and jack Kerouac

Question #15:

From his writing & his life, what opinion do you think William S. Burroughs would have on the Iraq war?



Question #16:

Can you point me toward some cool myspace layouts with William s Burroughs?



Question #17:

Does anybody here like beat poetry?

For example, poems by Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, etc. Peace.
Yeah Napoleon, I like Phillip Rexroth and Charles Bukowski. I love Bukowski's novels, as well. Peace!
And Jimbeau, I love Snyder's poetry too, he's definately one of the best beat poets. Peace.

Question #18:

what is your favorite William s Burroughs book?



Question #19:

William S Burroughs, book on the 23 enigma?

i want to learn about the 23 enigma, has William S Burroughs written a book about it. if not what book of his should i read?

Question #20:

Can anyone please help me add to this list of famous homeschoolers? thanks! I appreciate your help guys.?

I'm trying to make a very big list. :o)
ARTISTS:

Leonardo da Vinci | Books About Leonardo Da Vinci
Claude Monet | Books About Claude Monet
John Singleton Copley | Books About John Singleton Copley
Andrew Wyeth | Books About Andrew Wyeth
Jamie Wyeth | Books About Jamie Wyeth
COMPOSERS:

Irving Berlin | Books About Irving Berlin
Anton Bruckner | Books About Anton Bruckner
Felix Mendelssohn | Books About Felix Mendelssohn
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Books About Wolfgang Amadeuz Mozart
Francis Poulenc | Books About Francis Poulenc
EDUCATORS:

Frederick Terman (Stanford University President) | Books About Frederick Terman
William Samuel Johnson (Columbia University President) | Books About William Samuel Johnson
Frank Vandiver (Texas A&M University President) | Books About Frank Vandiver
John Witherspoon (Princeton University President) | Books About John Witherspoon
GENERALS:

Stonewall Jackson | Books About Stonewall Jackson
Robert E. Lee | Books About Robert E. Lee
Douglas MacArthur | Books About Douglas MacArthur
George Patton | Books About George Patton
INVENTORS:

Alexander Graham Bell | Books About Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison | Books About Thomas Edison
Cyrus McCormick | Books About Cyrus McCormick
Wright Brothers: Orville and Wilbur Wright | Books About Wright Brothers
PRESIDENTS:

John Quincy Adams
William Henry Harrison
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
James Madison
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
John Tyler
George Washington
Woodrow Wilson
PREACHERS & RELIGIOUS LEADERS:

Moses
Joan of Arc
John the Baptist
William Cary
Jonathan Edwards
Phillip Melanchthon
Dwight L. Moody
John Newton
John Owen
Charles Wesley
John Wesley
Brigham Young
SCIENTISTS:

George Washington Carver
Pierre Curie
Albert Einstein
Blaise Pascal
Booker T. Washington
STATESMEN:

Konrad Adenauer
Winston Churchill
Benjamin Franklin
Patrick Henry
William Penn
Henry Clay
U.S SUPPREME COURT JUDGES:

John Jay
John Marshall
John Rutledge
WRITERS:

Hans Christian Andersen
Pearl S. Buck
Agatha Christie
Charles Dickens
Bret Harte
C.S. Lewis
Sean O'Casey
George Bernard Shaw
Mark Twain
Mercy Warren
Daniel Webster
Phillis Wheatley
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION DELEGATES:

Richard Basset (Governor of Delaware)
William Blount (U.S. Senator)
George Clymer (U.S. Representative)
William Few (U.S. Senator)
Benjamin Franklin (Inventor and Statesman)
William Houston (Lawyer)
William S. Johnson (President of Columbia C.)
William Livingston (Governor of New Jersey)
James Madison - 4th President of the U.S.
George Mason
John Francis Mercer (U.S. Representative)
Charles Pickney III (Governor of S. Carolina)
John Rutledge (Chief Justice U.S. Supreme Court)
Richard D. Spaight (Governor of N. Carolina)
George Washington - 1st President of the U.S.
John Witherspoon (President of Princeton U.)
George Wythe (Justice of Virginia High Court)
OTHERS:

Abigail Adams (Wife of John Adams)
Ansel Adams (Photographer)
Clara Barton (Started the Red Cross)
John Burroughs (Naturalist)
Andrew Carnegie (Industrialist)
Charles Chaplin (Actor)
George Rogers Clark - Explorer
Noel Coward (Playwright)
John Paul Jones (Father of the American Navy)
Sandra Day O'Connor
Tamara McKinney (World Cup Skier)
John Stuart Mill (Economist)
Charles Louis Montesquieu (Philosopher)
Florence Nightingale (Nurse)
Sally Ride (Astronaut)
Bill Ridell (Newspaperman)
George Rogers Clark (Explorer)
Will Rogers (Humorist)
Jim Ryan (World Runner)
Albert Schweitzer (Physician)
Leo Tolstoy
Martha Washington (Wife of George Washington)
Sweetie, you need some serious help with math. lol
This actually makes twice, but thanks for your useless input. ;o)
If you were really homeschooled, maybe you'd know how many of these people are alive now.





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