The Pros And Cons Of Banned Books

The cult classic book To Kill a Mockingbird is generally considered a stunning work of art, but not in the eyes of all schools. Recently the Biloxi School District has chosen to recall To Kill a Mockingbird from its curriculum because the book includes a bit of inappropriate language. Unfortunately this opinion of the book has been around for decades. Kurt Vonnegut, the author, wrote a letter to respond Drake High School deciding to burn his book. These schools should not ban this time-honored book on the grounds that it’s bad for the students in the long run.

The debate of allowing students to read questionable books is still roaming around high schools today. To begin, a growing concern among parents is due to the accessibility of controversial books. This includes books which have sexual references, political and religious views, and offensive languages that they do not want their children to be exposed to. On the other hand, many people think that books should not be banned because they are an expression of free speech, a right guaranteed by the First Amendment, mentioned in The Bill Of Rights. In

Over the past few years, with the increasing inflammation of America’s political climate, many books have been banned all across American schools simply for the inclusion of material that was deemed “offensive” by teachers and other staff alike, with the children tending not to be significantly affected by the contents of the books. Several books subject to this censorship include Slaughterhouse-5, Fahrenheit 451, 1984, and To Kill a Mockingbird. I wholeheartedly believe they were unjustly banned, as their pro-freedom messages were interpreted as being against freedom, and that they deserve to be given a second chance in many schools.

Literature is susceptible to misconception. At times, the presentation of content, enticing details, and storyline take away from the morals and ideas being presented in a piece of text. Most times, as a result of focusing on the distracting elements of a novel, audiences fail to recognize the deeper meaning or purpose of why the author choses to include certain sections of a novel. A book’s intention is to accurately express an author’s thoughts, but, many times, the delivery of unfamiliar content results in fear and a lack of understanding from the reader.

Books are not becoming banned because the authorities want to protect the public from certain beliefs, violence or language. Books are becoming banned because those books contain something in them that a higher authority, such as the government, doesn’t want released to the public. It is for the good of the people to have higher authorities agree to a more diverse selection of books open to the public. Censorship is something that the government and institutions created to deny access to something, whether it be a book or video game or music. It contains a message that isn’t meant to be heard.

In this book you learn a lot about people trying to fit in and facing the hard times in life. Trying to ban the book doesn't make sense it like talking a phone away from your child which in the end they find a way to use a phone. “Did you know that Indians are living proof that niggers fuck buffalo.” ( Alexie 64). In the book there is bad language and some sexual content but it is nothing that they teenage ear hasn't heard of yet. In a high school in every corner you turn you are guaranteed that you will hear someone curse and banning the books does make sense because the studying or kids is still going to hear it whether it’s from the book or not. And this is just another teenage day in pages. Sherman Alexie said, “... now I write books for teenagers because I vividly remember what it felt like to be a teen facing everyday and epic dangers. I don’t write to protect them. It’s far too late for that. I write to give them weapons–in the form of words and ideas-that will help them fight their monsters. I write in blood because I remember what it felt like to bleed.” This makes a lot of sense because if you think you're protecting your children by banning these books then you are wrong because you are a little too late on that and now that they are older they have seen and heard a lot of

Books are being banned and kept from people throughout the world, and it removes the ability of people being able to read them. I believe that by banning books it creates negative effects on children and it might even eliminate some life lessons for children. Going through life is tough enough as it is, but not knowing what's on the outside of "rainbows and unicorns" can be detrimental, some kids might not be able to handle life too well once they're out in the real world, because they won’t know how to do it, and some books can teach them the basics. Parents are always trying to “protect”" their children from the "bad things" in life. Parents like to do what in their opinion is good for children, even if it means they are wrong and instead

As time moves on and many more books are published, books of the past are starting to be removed from history. There are two choices in this situation: keep the books, no matter the opinions of others, or banned the books. This is not beneficial to many children and their learning. Even though stories that are racial and contradictory to the modern day teachings should be band, it is wrong for the for these tales to be banned for they provide their young readers with knowledge of what life could be like or was like in the past, and it also proves there is no real “ Freedom of Speech”. Meanwhile we live in a country that prides itself on “Freedom”, but why if we are allowed to speak our minds, and write what we believe in, are they banned!?

Every year, groups call to arms for the removal of written works. They label the book too dangerous for young readers. Unfortunately, these incensed groups refuse to acknowledge the entirety of the situation before jumping with both feet into this metaphorical river. This blind censorship needs to cease. Banned books should be allowed because the books give insight to the culture at the time, because banning brings attention to books that someone did not want anyone else to see, and because people have rights.

How would you feel if your favorite classic book was being banned from every library, bookstore, and it was even illegal to even read it? Hundreds of books every year get complaints sent to the Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF). Books that are classics, or any books for that matter, should not have to be banned because someone’s personal opinion when they are examples of our freedom.

One of the worst injustices done in the classroom is the censorship of novels, especially teen novels. Amongst the censored and banned books lay: The Catcher in the Rye, The Scarlet Letter, Huckleberry Finn, Harry Potter, The Diary of Anne Frank, Animal Farm, To Kill a Mockingbird, and The Grapes of Wrath. In high school

In American School System books are often banned "with the best intentions—to protect others, frequently children from difficult ideas and information." When a book is banned it is removed from a school library making the book non-accessible to students. In many cases books are banned because they contain controversial ideas that adults want to censor from children’s lives. In John Green’s Looking For Alaska controversial topics such as sex, drugs, alcohol, vulgar language, and rule breaking are introduced, however are not justifiable reasons for banning, because the book also includes many constructive lessons for students in today’s society.

My opinion is that I say that the community has no right to control what a student's reads. Kids today can read anything today since the internet let's use read ebooks online. Furthermore, with the internet kids know what to read and what not to read. In the article, it said that “ we need to trust the judgment of our English teachers to use this book wisely, as we since 2002.

I will be talking about my opinion on the censorship is that you should not remove books from the library. If it is offensive to you then don’t read the book because there just books. Another reason is if you try and remove the book from one library the what is that doing there is still books that have the same meaning and it’s not like you are never going to see the book again. Some people like reading the different kinds of books removing them could offend people right there so there is no point in removing the book. By removing the book, you are giving people the right to complain and think that they can do whatever they want. That’s so dumb to say that the book offends you unless it has your name in there, then you can’t say it offends

Introduction: Did you know that you have the power and audacity to challenge censorship? According to the American Library Association in 2016 there have been 323 cases of books being challenged across the US. Books are often challenged because of sexual explicitness, violence, and vulgar language. With such a high number of books being challenged, not all of them make their way to getting banned. The American Library Association provided the information that only 10% of books that are being challenged are taken off the shelves. With such a dwindling number of books becoming banned, these books are still accessible to readers that may not be appropriate for their maturity level. The Catcher in the Rye is one of them.