Essay On Book Banning

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Book banning denounces the opportunity to learn new concepts or perspectives. According to "Banned Books Week Supports First Amendment Rights," the author believes that censors ban books because they don't like these books' ideas, and they don't want anyone else to like them either. Books that deal with gloomy issues, including: suicide, abuse, and prostitution give teens a different perspective on one's life. Some readers identify with what’s being said in the story. If we start censoring books, how can teenagers learn values from these stories? The author Hopkins, Ellen talks about people sharing their experiences with drug addiction as well as abuse in her article, "Censorship Cannot Be Allowed in America." She conveys her concern that it’s important we talk about controversial issues because it gives teens much needed insight. She was uninvited to an event in Norman, OK. She was planning to speak to students about …show more content…
“Book Banning Threatens Free Speech.” Banned Books Week, edited by Scott Barbour, 1998. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010046209/OVIC?u=down32095&xid=ba857e1a. Accessed Sept. 2017.) The point of Banned Book Week is to promote intellectual freedom; censorship encourages ignorance. Some may argue, that it is the parent’s decision to decide what their child can read. Which is fine until you start making the decision for other parents too. We need to realize times have changed; everyone has their own opinion and has the freedom to express it. We have the first amendment for a reason, it allows us to have our own beliefs without being slandered. Not letting an author attend an assembly because of one parent’s opinion is deplorable. No individual, except your parents, should be able to decide what’s appropriate for you to