Why Should Books Should Be Banning Books?
Books have been around since the 15th century, the Gutenberg Bible being one of the first. They are a way for people to express their imagination. All people should have access to books. When students want to read, most have a full library of books. Some schools limit what their students read and ban them from reading certain books. The policy of banning books is ineffective because it gives students reason to read the banned book and individual parents can decide what their child reads. By banning books, students become curious as to why it was banned so they are drawn to reading it. “By demanding that Stephen Chbosky's young adult novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower be removed from middle-school reading lists, a panel of parents, teachers
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“The top reasons for challenges are sexually explicit content, offensive language and violence, the association says. ‘That's not what our kids should be reading and learning,’ says Roberta Combs, president of the Christian Coalition of America(DiBlasio).” “Certainly parents are right to stay aware of what their young children are reading, and, if they have serious concerns, to steer their kids away from certain books, even asking for substitute titles if the book is a school assignment (Bancroft).” This shows how the parents know of the “danger” and can choose whether or not their child can read an assigned book. One parent not liking it doesn’t mean it is bad for all students. “Often the organizations or schools that ban these books... they often center on the one page, the one scene or even the one word containing the offensive language or meaning and judge the whole book based on that one aspect(Lopez).” A book should not be banned because of just one scene. A lot of great books have a scene that may not be the best. You can’t focus on one word, phrase, or scene. This shows how books are banned by just one opinion or word. This stops students from reading great literature because it has a curse word or an inappropriate scene. They shouldn’t be denied this literature because one parent or school official doesn’t like it. Parents and students have their own opinions on whether or not they should be able to read a book or not, and should be able to implement it on their
“The top reasons for challenges are sexually explicit content, offensive language and violence, the association says. ‘That's not what our kids should be reading and learning,’ says Roberta Combs, president of the Christian Coalition of America(DiBlasio).” “Certainly parents are right to stay aware of what their young children are reading, and, if they have serious concerns, to steer their kids away from certain books, even asking for substitute titles if the book is a school assignment (Bancroft).” This shows how the parents know of the “danger” and can choose whether or not their child can read an assigned book. One parent not liking it doesn’t mean it is bad for all students. “Often the organizations or schools that ban these books... they often center on the one page, the one scene or even the one word containing the offensive language or meaning and judge the whole book based on that one aspect(Lopez).” A book should not be banned because of just one scene. A lot of great books have a scene that may not be the best. You can’t focus on one word, phrase, or scene. This shows how books are banned by just one opinion or word. This stops students from reading great literature because it has a curse word or an inappropriate scene. They shouldn’t be denied this literature because one parent or school official doesn’t like it. Parents and students have their own opinions on whether or not they should be able to read a book or not, and should be able to implement it on their