The first banned book was Thomas Morton’s New English Canaan. Now, According to the American Library Association, more than 11,300 books have been challenged since 1982. Why are people so against books? The reason lies in the “ideological threats” that books contain. People will ban books if there is sexual content, violence, contrasts to religious beliefs, vulgar language, or contrasts to beliefs in general. For example, The Art of Racing in the Rain, about a dog with a dream of reincarnating as a human witnessing the tragic family life and mature topics such as severe illness, violence, language and child pedophilia, was recently banned as “not appropriate for anyone under the 10th grade.” Although the book is very adult-like, the book The
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Parents had read passages from the book and were enraged by what they found. After reading the book an uneasy committee member commented, “Students could take concerning messages from the book like seduction, rape, child pedophilia, whether oral sex is sex, premarital sex as normative, reincarnation, or that those in authority over them approve of foul language.” (Morgan Smith The Texas Tribune) Another woman was infuriated about the sexual content found in the book, “How is this any different from my sex offenders that have a diary about their fantasies? And I have to tell you, it’s not different at all.” (Morgan Smith The Texas Tribune) Yes, parents have the right to raise their child in a way that suits their beliefs, however the real world contains things like cursing, sex, and sadly rape and pedophilia. Even if the parents think it’s wrong, the education of the child outweighs. It is not up to the schools to raise kids. There is a quote on this saying, “It is not up to the parents to shape the path for children, but for the children to shape their own path with the help of their parents.” This is why reading books such as The Art of Racing in the Rain so kids understand the world around them better. Knowing these things make a child more aware, mature, educated, and can help them deal with situations that arise in their
Parents had read passages from the book and were enraged by what they found. After reading the book an uneasy committee member commented, “Students could take concerning messages from the book like seduction, rape, child pedophilia, whether oral sex is sex, premarital sex as normative, reincarnation, or that those in authority over them approve of foul language.” (Morgan Smith The Texas Tribune) Another woman was infuriated about the sexual content found in the book, “How is this any different from my sex offenders that have a diary about their fantasies? And I have to tell you, it’s not different at all.” (Morgan Smith The Texas Tribune) Yes, parents have the right to raise their child in a way that suits their beliefs, however the real world contains things like cursing, sex, and sadly rape and pedophilia. Even if the parents think it’s wrong, the education of the child outweighs. It is not up to the schools to raise kids. There is a quote on this saying, “It is not up to the parents to shape the path for children, but for the children to shape their own path with the help of their parents.” This is why reading books such as The Art of Racing in the Rain so kids understand the world around them better. Knowing these things make a child more aware, mature, educated, and can help them deal with situations that arise in their