To Kill A Mocking Bird Book Report

Editor, News-Leader, I can’t say I’m astonished by the State Board of Education’s decision to ban “To Kill a Mockingbird”. After all, what can you expect from such short-minded people? Such people that regrettably are put in the position to judge what books are moral and fit to be read by young adults. Is it the book’s display of what really happens in the world, or the book’s lessons of protecting innocence and standing up for what you see as right, that makes this book so disgraceful, that we must shelter young minds from? By what standards is “To Kill a Mocking Bird” immoral? I never realized that literature teaching young adults what to be prepared to face in life, could be so corrupting. There is more to the book than a story of rape.
The board may think that their protecting the morals of teens. They may even say that this is to protect their innocence. Funny how they ban a book that instils the same lesson. Banning books like Lee’s, because they cause people to open their eyes, and see the world in a new perspective is ludicrous. The States Board of Education is only creating a false reality. However, I can’t imagine these simpletons seeing what Lee’s work really inspires. What they fail to see is that this book teaches the values of family, friendship, the strength to keep fighting a seemingly impossible battle, and courage. I didn’t know that these were such terrible values for a high school student to read about.