countless heated debates about whether or not books should or should not be banned. Parents argue that some book content may be too graphic for children. For example, many parents are uncomfortable with a book’s usage of profanity or pornographic instances. Others argue that these protective parents are shielding children too much from real world reality . Although banning books was significant in history, in recent years the decision of whether or not a book should be read rests solely in the hands of
there are 129 million books published. 129 million chances to find your purpose or adventure. Books such as “To Kill a Mocking Bird” by Harper Lee or “Lord of the Rings” by JRR Tolkein to “Perks of being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky. These books are some of the most known books in the world, especially for teens. You might not think they have anything in common, but they do. Yes, they might be some of the best known, but they are also some of the most common books to be banned in schools
Banning books is very common when it comes to moral beliefs. Some communities think that even the simplest of books are offensive to the mind of the youth. I do not agree with the banning of books. Keeping our youth in ignorance by sheltering them from literature can cold their mind from escaping the naïve nature of our culture. Some books might be perfervid; yet they are extreme eye openers to see how different the world can be. One book that has been banned is named “ Party Girl” it is
I believe that banning books affects a community,because it doesn’t allow people who read those books to have fun in reading. Like what if that type of book that is banned is the only type of book that, that person likes to read. Let’s say that Annie is a girl in 5th grade who doesn’t like reading books, and her mother is always looking for a book that her daughter might like.Her mother then finds a book called The “Super Hero girl”,and shows it to Annie and Annie loves it and turns it into the only
School Boards shouldn’t be allowed to ban books for many reasons that cause controversy. Our Rights are to be able to choose what we want to read. The people that try to ban books give bogus reasons which cause books to be banned for nothing. Some books are allowed to be banned because kids shouldn’t read them like 50 Shades of Grey. School Boards shouldn’t be allowed to ban books because most of the reasons are jokes. Some books have explicit dialog and the school boards might not want kids
There are those who believe books should be written for everyone to read and there are masses of reasons why books being banned should be well thought out and taken lightly. Many parents, teachers and even some students believe that all books with strong language, sexual content, rape and violence. It is said that banned books will show teens what they could do and how to deny what they are doing. On the other side people do believe that if books are not banned students and teenagers will be able
What is book banning? When did it all began? What are book challenges? When books get banned from the public, it is going against the First Amendment. The First Amendment is the freedom of speech, freedom of press, and freedom of religion. It is not right for someone to ban a book just because somebody does not think it is appropriate for certain people. You can choose to not read it but you cannot tell someone else that they cannot. Book banning is a form of censorship that attempts to control
JThe Effect of Banned Books on Society and Children Did you know from 1982 to 2015 about 11,300 books have been banned? Banning books is taking the rights away from millions everyday. When books are banned, kids are missing out on life experiences and life lessons. Last of all, children could be learning about historical events and old classics through banned books. Banning books causes damage to society, its breaking rights and laws, making kids miss out on life lessons, and makes it harder to
for the books damaging effects on African-American students.”(Hentoff p 98) The book did not get removed, in “1998 Judge Reinhardt wrote, an important part of education is thinking critically about offensive ideas.”(Hentoff p 99) On both sides of this debate there are valid points and even stronger feelings. The pro banning side will say the book has offensive language, the con banning side responds 1st Amendment rights. Then the pro side retorts children’s racial sensitivity, the con side argues
The definition of a challenged book is attempting to have the book removed from schools or libraries because of its content, while the definition of a banned book is removing the piece of literature from a school or library because of its content. There are thousands of authors and books that are challenged. Some of the “repeat offenders” that show up the most often on a banned books list are J. K. Rowling, Judy Blume, and Mark Twain. They all have multiple pieces of literature that have been banned