Book Banning

Book banning is something that was been around for almost as long as books have, but why? Book banning started because certain books made different people or different groups of people feeling challenged, uncomforted, offended, etc. In other words, these books were engaging to the reader, pushed them to their limits, and really made them think about what they were reading. This is exactly what readers should want out of a book. Instead of embracing the books, many decide to get rid of it and do not want to be challenged or forced to step outside of their little, comfortable box they have for themselves. This issue of book banning is something that has gone on long enough and needs to end right now. Books are something that should be cherished and protected, not banned. Books are a very important part of today’s society and should not ever be banned.

“Book Banning” may seem like an issue of the past, but, in fact, it is still a very pertinent issue in the U.S. today. These classic books have been banned at one time or another: Catcher in the Rye, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Color Purple, Huckleberry Finn, The Grapes of Wrath, The Harry Potter series. You’re probably wondering how these, extremely famous, books can be so censored in America today. There are many reasons that are given in regards to book censorship. For instance, language or profanity, violence, sexual explicitness, or “uncomfortable” topics, such as rape and race relations. Christian groups have requested that a countless number of books, with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, or Queer (LGBTQ+) themes, be taken out of schools and libraries The banning and censorship of books can happen in many places and ways; taking them off school reading lists, or even out of libraries and bookstores.

The idea to ban certain books from schools and libraries is preposterous due to the manner in which the people trying to enforce these bans try to do so in. Banning books doesn’t help with the already present problem that our youth’s intelligence levels are already declining, and neither does allowing the freedom to all books. Banning certain books due to their constant use of inappropriate language, sexually explicit nature, and all around mature content has a respectfully reasonable reason to be inaccessible to younger audiences such as minors and teens; not young adults. The banning of books in libraries is outright inexcusable, unless the material is directly racist, subjective religious content, and all around hatred for a certain race or ethnicity; not if it’s used for fictional writing, in a softer manner mid you, to express the conflict in a story and/or to show real world problems, same go for non-fictional writing that expresses ideals in a manner of which isn’t disrespectful to other ideals and that do so in a manner of which isn’t so subjectively and deliberately showing hate for a certain race or ethnicity, especially

Books serve a good purpose. “If you really want people not to read a certain book, banning will do the opposite” said Top 10 Reasons Banning Books is a Bad Idea. There are people who believe that books should be banned. But there is another side saying that banning books is wrong. We have something called a First Amendment. No person or group should decide what should or should not be read. These books have a feature called “diverse content” There is no need to argue about this topic.

All it takes to challenge a book is for a parent or other citizens to file a complain against a teacher, library, school, or bookseller, for that reason many teachers and librarians choose to remove the books from the curriculum or shelves before an issue is brought up (Pitner). The fear of a lawsuit keeps many people from expressing their belief that banning books is unnecessary (Kennedy, Banned Children’s Books).

Many books have been questioned and challenged. Even as far as to banning them. But what exactly is a banned book and why are they banned? A banned book is a book that has been censored by an authority, a government body, a library, or a even school system. A book that has been banned is actually removed from a library or school system. The actual contextual reasons as to banning them is use of explicit violence, gore, sexuality, explicit language, religion, or dark times in history. On the non-contextual side of the reason why they are banned books are usually because with the best intentions to protect people, frequently children, from difficult philosophies and information. Teachers, or even more common adults, often censor books from

I agree with Sarah Begley in “What The List Of Most Banned Books Says About Our Society's Fears” because she states how us as citizens have rights, and one of them being the first amendment which grants us freedom of press which prevents the government from interfering with distribution of information and opinions, which is why we shouldn’t be challenging or banning books.” We don’t get many challenges by diverse people,” she adds. In recent years, book challenges have peaked while religious liberty bills were in the news, she says. Some causes for for banning or challenging books may be religious reasons, the religious liberty bill protects us and our freedom. I think this statement is reasonable because people have rights which protect them

Anyone should be able to pick up a book on a topic they are curious about; this will help them learn and expand their mind! When banning books, people feel like they are being cut off from learning. Diversity and knowledge are very important, especially for a growing mind. When people push for books to be censored on topics like culture, history, racism, and all sorts of other important things to know, what are they really saying? In the end, they are just being judgmental and pushing for people to be clueless of the past. Learning from the past is a very important fundamental of every single person. Learning what bad things have happened and why will push people to be open minded and think more about their

Banning books has been an age long controversy since the early 15th century. Beginning in 1455 with the invention of the Guttenberg printing press, this became a much harder situation to control due to the large processes of books being printed out. (Smolla) Since the 15th century, opponents have regularly been enforcing the banning of books due to society’s idea of debatable content. This includes the aspects of sexual content, racism, and sacrilegious content. However, proponents have the stronger argument. Many object that these books are a result of Freedom of Speech, they provide historical documentation, or simply that a person should freely be able to read whatever he or she may enjoy.

Did you know books in schools everywhere, even The Dictionary, are banned? It is true, books are banned in schools due to mild language, sexual content, and inappropriate text. On the contrary, people argue that banning books prevent students’ from having full freedom to read whatever they want. Robert P. Doyle and Sharon Coatney stand with pro banning books, they both believe that banning books is for the benefit of the children and parents should see that and appreciate the school's decision. However, the parents are rightfully in charge of their children and their children alone. Another child shouldn’t have to reap the consequences of another parents choice for their kid. Banning books are for the benefit of the children, but are they really benefiting them? Or are they just preventing them from being able to read freely?

This passed year, there has been a variety of books that have been challenged on being banned. From the list of the top 10 books that're challenged i have noticed a similarity between most of them. The typical reason to cause a book to be challenged has a relationship with any body arrangements that may occur. For example, it includes situations that cause change in ourselves whether it's good or bad. A huge contibutor can be violence and drug use, or situations that include LGBT. When books that include these things are released parents become protective and don't want their kids reading books like that. They find them offensive and inapropriate for their kids, as they confuse them on certain topics like LGBT. Their family may have a different

Judy Blume brought up a very interesting matter that made a good impression on me. Books are meant to inspire and spark interest in new topics for people. We should not ban books because there are controversial or impropriate but come to a conclusion on how we should make it be suitable for the ones who want to read it. Yes, school district and public libraries will always have a reason for why we should ban certain books, but not every book is that unsuitable no matter how many impropriate issues are in there.

Books are the open door to a world full of imagination and no impossibles. When an individual opens a book, it opens its mind into someones else point of view and the world that they take it to. New worlds are always great creations, but some authors prefer to focus on society's issues , and that is where banned books start. Since readers come from all ages and all backgrounds , some book topics are set in controversy , whether it is right to touch those points or if it is an act to attack certain groups or beliefs. Banned books don't always referred to certain ethnic groups , they can also touch themes like humans ideology and humans nature , in which many sensitive readers bring an argument against and disagree with the publishment of the volume.

Anything forbidden continues to ignite our curiosity. Stories that are prohibited have a way of remaining present in society by people passing them down. Banning books should cease to remain because readers should have access to information since without it people won’t be able to reach their full social potential, future generations won’t learn from past mistakes, and readers will be able to broaden their perspectives on life to resolve world issues. Firstly, book banning is plausible for various reasons, one is due to mental health problems or a child’s molding influence.

Firstly, no, there are not any circumstances when the government should ban books or censor ideas. It is not right. “To ‘censor’ is to review something and to choose to remove or hide parts of it that are considered unacceptable.” This is the definition or explanation of censorship. This is what happens when the government bans books and censors ideas.