Removing To Kill A Mockingbird Persuasive Essay

EXCITING TITLE: The mockingbird. It symbolizes innocence, vulnerability, and harmlessness. Tom Robinson, Boo Radley, Scout and Jem, all mockingbirds in their own right and only bring improvement, just like the actual mockingbird that sings beautiful songs but doesn’t harm anyone. Removing To Kill a Mockingbird from high school reading list would be killing a mockingbird itself, a sin. Removing this docile book just because of the provoking language to some would be slaughtering the countless lessons the novel provides. Yes, the book is admittedly uncomfortable, but that is precisely the point. The removal of To Kill a Mockingbird from high school reading lists would hinder a student’s exposure to crucial moral values, historical context, and …show more content…
Racial slurs, profanity, and frank discussions of rape and race are some of the main reasons for the push to remove this novel. Some of the book’s language “makes people uncomfortable,” the vice president of the school board, Kenny Holloway, said. “There were complaints about it,” he added, “and we can teach the same lesson with other books.” The administrator insisted kids could still go to the library to read the book “but they’re going to use another book in the 8th grade course”’(Slate, ask how to do it). High school administrators, and some students as well, feel that the book makes them feel uncomfortable, and that the same information can be taught in a kinder, less harsh, way. However, what they fell short of understanding is that the book's value lies in its harsh topics. The profanity, slurs, assault, and all the other difficult topics in To Kill a Mockingbird expose students to concepts that require them to form controversial thoughts, many students exposed to this for the first time, and allow them to debate ideas with their classmates. An example of this is during the trial between Mayella Ewell and Tom

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Removing To Kill A Mockingbird Persuasive Essay

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