Censorship in Fallen Angels
what is censorshipJimmy Oliver
Dassler
English 10H
January 16th, 2012
Fallen Angels
Censorship has been an issue that has been debated for many years. Censorship is the suppression of a book or other work of art which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or inconvenient to the general body of people as determined by a government, media outlet, or other controlling body. A “challenged” book is one that has had attempts to remove or restrict its material. A banned book is a book censored by a power holding authority, like the government or a school, and has been removed. These banned books are removed from the library of school. Book banning has gone way back, “as far as 450 B.C., when Anaxagoras wrote that he thought the sun was a “white hot stone and that the moon reflected the sun's rays.” His writings were deemed “derogatory” to the gods.” (Magelky 1) Books are banned because they are deemed unfit for any age group. Reasons for banning a book can be violence or sexual content. When a book gets banned, it doesn’t mean it’s illegal to be read, it’s just taken off the shelves of wherever it was banned from and it’s harder to find. There is a lot of debate over banned books, as well as if the children should have the “right to read”. Some people are against banning any book or any form of censorship because it interferes with our first amendment right of freedom of speech. Others think it is alright, in moderation. Some think the parents should be the one to decide if their kid can read the book. People that agree with book banning agree with the fact that book banning is done with “the best intentions, to protect people, usually children, from difficult ideas and information” (ALA 1). Banned books have been around for centuries and it doesn’t seem to be stopping any time soon.
Walter Milton Myers was born on Thursday, august 12th, 1937, in Martinsburg, West Virginia. His name was changed when he was given away to an African American man named
Dassler
English 10H
January 16th, 2012
Fallen Angels
Censorship has been an issue that has been debated for many years. Censorship is the suppression of a book or other work of art which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or inconvenient to the general body of people as determined by a government, media outlet, or other controlling body. A “challenged” book is one that has had attempts to remove or restrict its material. A banned book is a book censored by a power holding authority, like the government or a school, and has been removed. These banned books are removed from the library of school. Book banning has gone way back, “as far as 450 B.C., when Anaxagoras wrote that he thought the sun was a “white hot stone and that the moon reflected the sun's rays.” His writings were deemed “derogatory” to the gods.” (Magelky 1) Books are banned because they are deemed unfit for any age group. Reasons for banning a book can be violence or sexual content. When a book gets banned, it doesn’t mean it’s illegal to be read, it’s just taken off the shelves of wherever it was banned from and it’s harder to find. There is a lot of debate over banned books, as well as if the children should have the “right to read”. Some people are against banning any book or any form of censorship because it interferes with our first amendment right of freedom of speech. Others think it is alright, in moderation. Some think the parents should be the one to decide if their kid can read the book. People that agree with book banning agree with the fact that book banning is done with “the best intentions, to protect people, usually children, from difficult ideas and information” (ALA 1). Banned books have been around for centuries and it doesn’t seem to be stopping any time soon.
Walter Milton Myers was born on Thursday, august 12th, 1937, in Martinsburg, West Virginia. His name was changed when he was given away to an African American man named