Challengedd Books: Banned Or Challenged

What is a banned book? A banned book is a book that has been removed from the shelves; it could be from a library, classroom, or even the bookstore because of its content. A book could be banned for many reasons, but it could be banned because it contains sex, violence, inappropriate language, religious viewpoints, witch craft, and many more things because other people deem it inappropriate. When someone bans a book they ban it for everyone else too.

With many positives and negatives, the book has different impacts on teens. Having recently studied this novel, I believe this book is

The difference between challenging and banning books is the challenging a book is based upon the objections of a person or group to remove it and banning is simply just the removal of the book from libraries,

There is a difference between banned books and challenged books. According to the American Library Association (ALA), “A challenge is an

Books are sometimes banned also because a vocal group finds that particular book offensive and immoral. Parents also attempt to remove books from the school curriculum because they find it too offensive. However, local school books may not be removed from school library shelves simply because they dislike the ideas contained in those books. Each book that is banned or censored is done so for the content within the pages. There are a few common reasons that books have been banned or censored in schools, libraries, and book stores. These include Racial Issues, Encouragement of "Damaging" Lifestyles, Blasphemous Dialog, Sexual Situations or Dialog, Violence or Negativity, Presence of Witchcraft, Religious Affiliations (unpopular religions), Political Bias, and Age Inappropriate.

There are multiple reasons that contribute to banning a book, these reasons are mostly drawn from the disapproval expressions targeted towards the content of the book. Even though the reasoning has a valid explanation, it is important to acknowledge the liberty that is being taken away because of this.

The ALA says a banned or challenged books are usually put in this position because of, “the best intentions in mind- to protect others, Frequently children, from difficult ideas and information.” “Often challages are made to protect children from “inappropret” sextual content or “offencive” language.” The following list is also found on the same link, and is a list of the three most common reasons that books

The Banning of books has affected the world greatly. People have been banning books since they first started being written and are still getting banned today. Under the United States Constitution, people have freedom of speech and of the press. People argue that the government is violating citizens’ rights by banning books. It has been going on basically forever because governments feel the need to ban some things that are found in books (Zorea). The reasons for banning books are usually in one of four categories. These include religious, political, social, and sexual reasons (Dell 11). Books were censored greatly during World War I, World War II, and the Great Depression. The United States banned any criticism or opposition to the war or government. Governments and other organizations feared some books might endanger the country or government (Hanyok). “During a war, battle plans, troop movement schedules, weapons data, and other information could help the enemy.” Because of this, militaries often censor books and ban any that might help the enemy (Rupp). Many books that are popular with readers have been banned multiple

The reasons some people feel certain books should be banned is that the book is to mature for kids, that it could be offensive to religious or culture. Sharon the author of “Banned Books: A School Librarian’s Perspective” say that “Sometimes a book is removed. This usually happens because the selection criteria were not fully met or the process for reconsideration of materials was not followed, or if, upon reflection, the book is deemed to be inappropriate for that age level” I can agree with that some books maybe inappropriate for some younger children and teens. She also talks about how books in school libraries are meet up to standard for education. Most books in school libraries are for standards for kids to read and learn.

Banning books does not help anyone; banning a book in a library makes it more difficult for other people to read the book if they can not afford to buy the book. The definition of a banned book is a work that contains material that has been deemed inappropriate, offensive, or dangerous by certain people or organizations. The people that usually challenge the books are parents of children (Shumaker). An example of banned books would be the Harry Potter series. Parents wanted to ban the books because the books contains sorcery throughout the whole book.

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The novel My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult has an astounding contrast between appearance and reality. Throughout the world people keep secrets from each other. What motivates them to do this? Jodi Picoult develops this contrast by examining each character’s thoughts and motivation through a point-of-view narrative. Picoult demonstrates that there is a difference between the way people appear to feel and the way they truly feel. This statement is true to all the characters in My Sister’s Keeper, because they all hide their true motives from

It taught me that in life , we are given hard situations and when it feels like there is no way out it is important to stop, think and face it one step at a time. Ive applied this life lesson to every situation i have faced since.

There is no clear-cut antagonist in “My Sister’s Keeper” by Jodi Picoult besides the cancer; The closest thing that comes to oppugnant to Anna, the protagonist, is her mother Sarah Fitzgerald. The cancer tears apart Anna’s family, is attempting to kill Kate, who is Anna’s sister, and ruins the life of the whole Fitzgerald family. The one that is most affected by the cancer is Sarah Fitzgerald, the mother. Sarah has ignored her son to the point of juvenile delinquency, forced a daughter that she gave birth to purely to be a donor for Kate and estranged her husband.

My Sister’s Keeper is the story of the Fitzgerald family. When doctors diagnose their two year old daughter Kate with a rare form of leukemia it forever alters their lives. Without a donor, Kate would die, but no one in the family was a genetic match. A controversial procedure in which they could conceive a genetic match soon became the only viable option, which is why they conceived their daughter Anna. Kate’s battle with cancer was no easy feat, as she was in and out of remission for thirteen years undergoing countless