Censorship In James Howe's 'The Misfits'

James Howe, the author of The Misfits, is in support of the allowance of books: “Banning books is just another form of bullying. It’s all about fear and an assumption of power.” James elaborates that banning books is a different articulation of bullying. The definition of bullying and censorship do not differentiate abundantly. Bullying is using superior strengths to use force upon someone for their struggle of power. The definition of censorship is using superior strengths to condemn the reading of a particular book. These definitions go hand in hand to exemplify the point of banning books or censorship being just another form of bullying. In an instance, An Abundance of Katherines by John Green is a banned book. In summary, there is an adolescent …show more content…
In fact, Mark Twain, a great American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer does not think that books should be censored: “Censorship is telling a man he can’t have a steak just because a baby can’t chew it.” This shows that censoring a book is similar in this hypothetical by telling a person they can not read a book because other people can not handle to. This portrays that censoring books is blown out of proportion because one person might not be able to manage the maturity it takes to read the book, but it does not mean it should be banned for everyone else to be allowed to read it. The same idea is also represented by Oscar Wilde, author of The Picture of Dorian Gray, when he articulates that, “The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.” This shows that when the world censors a book, it goes to show that they are to be put to shame for taking away ideas and morals into the world for it’s learning. After all, challenging, censoring, or banning a book results in ideas being taken away for no soul purpose but to deprive the world of suggestive ideas that not everyone may be able to