“What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.” (Rushdie). How many books have you read and felt like “oh my gosh there's no way i should be able to read this book.” Many books today are getting banned because it may offend one person and take it personal so they'll get the book banned from schools or libraries. When the author is writing the book they shouldn't have to worry about what others are gonna get offended by. Obviously they can't just write a book bashing a specific group or person but to the most they can write just about whatever they want. The process of getting a book should be changed because too many books are getting banned just because of one person, there has to be other ways to fix this
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I chose The Bridge to Terabithia written by Katherine Paterson, which is about a boy, Jess, and his best friend, Leslie, create a world of their own in the wood right outside from their homes. To me nothing seemed wrong with the book or the plot, or atleast to the point where i would've been like “oh my gosh, there's no way this book should be out there and able to be read by middle schoolers because it's so inappropriate.” There was an article posted by Banned Books Awareness and Reading for Knowledge Project, written by R. Wolf Baldassarro. He stated that in 2012 Connecticut wanted the book banned from middle school classrooms because they claimed that it promoted witchcraft and violence. Baldassarro states many reasons why the book is banned in different places and another reason was because the use of “Lord” outside of prayer, as well as the death of Leslie in the later part of the book. The use of language in the book, he says, got the idea and set a bad image on life which wouldn't be a good read for younger students. The Bridge to Terabithia was ranked in at number 8 for over a decade n the top one-hundred banned/challenged books from 1990-2000. Many schools set out petitions to get the book banned because of the reasons stated
I chose The Bridge to Terabithia written by Katherine Paterson, which is about a boy, Jess, and his best friend, Leslie, create a world of their own in the wood right outside from their homes. To me nothing seemed wrong with the book or the plot, or atleast to the point where i would've been like “oh my gosh, there's no way this book should be out there and able to be read by middle schoolers because it's so inappropriate.” There was an article posted by Banned Books Awareness and Reading for Knowledge Project, written by R. Wolf Baldassarro. He stated that in 2012 Connecticut wanted the book banned from middle school classrooms because they claimed that it promoted witchcraft and violence. Baldassarro states many reasons why the book is banned in different places and another reason was because the use of “Lord” outside of prayer, as well as the death of Leslie in the later part of the book. The use of language in the book, he says, got the idea and set a bad image on life which wouldn't be a good read for younger students. The Bridge to Terabithia was ranked in at number 8 for over a decade n the top one-hundred banned/challenged books from 1990-2000. Many schools set out petitions to get the book banned because of the reasons stated