Censorship Essay
“We must teach students about their First Amendments rights rather than restrict their use of a particular books and materials. As educators, we must encourage students to express their own opinions while respecting the views of others.”- Pat Scale. Censorship is the editing of the media to control public access to whole or specific media text. One individual disagreement or even widespread dispute over an idea or form of expression does not justify restricting access for others to the same information. We cannot build character and courage by taking away human initiative and independence limiting one’s ability to freely decide what content is appropriate would take away the meaning of freedom. While many in society give …show more content…
The novel tells the story of the lives of Scout and her brother, Jem, children growing up in Maycomb, Alabama during the 1930s. Along with their summer friend, Dill, the children become entranced with the idea of getting a glimpse of their reclusive and unseen neighbor, Boo Radley. Meanwhile, their attorney father, Atticus Finch, has decided to defend Tom Robinson, a black man falsely accused of raping a local white woman, Mayell Elwell. The children get caught up in the trial, in which Tom is convicted and eventually killed trying to escape from prison. Jem and Scout become the targets of Bob Elwell, the father of Mayell, who tries to kill them one Halloween night on their way home from school, but Boo Radley--who the children have never seen--shows up to save them, killing Bob in the …show more content…
It shouldn’t be banned those themes exist in real life as well, and we can’t erase them from history. It has many important values imbedded in the story for us to learn, as well as a lot to teach us about our history. To Kill a Mockingbird is a great novel for older students to read, it shows us good values and how racism and prejudice shaped the county of Maycomb. It also teaches us about this period of time in our history, during the great depression and before the laws against segregation were passed. Banning this book from schools will deprive the students from a classic novel with a story about people and their
“We must teach students about their First Amendments rights rather than restrict their use of a particular books and materials. As educators, we must encourage students to express their own opinions while respecting the views of others.”- Pat Scale. Censorship is the editing of the media to control public access to whole or specific media text. One individual disagreement or even widespread dispute over an idea or form of expression does not justify restricting access for others to the same information. We cannot build character and courage by taking away human initiative and independence limiting one’s ability to freely decide what content is appropriate would take away the meaning of freedom. While many in society give …show more content…
The novel tells the story of the lives of Scout and her brother, Jem, children growing up in Maycomb, Alabama during the 1930s. Along with their summer friend, Dill, the children become entranced with the idea of getting a glimpse of their reclusive and unseen neighbor, Boo Radley. Meanwhile, their attorney father, Atticus Finch, has decided to defend Tom Robinson, a black man falsely accused of raping a local white woman, Mayell Elwell. The children get caught up in the trial, in which Tom is convicted and eventually killed trying to escape from prison. Jem and Scout become the targets of Bob Elwell, the father of Mayell, who tries to kill them one Halloween night on their way home from school, but Boo Radley--who the children have never seen--shows up to save them, killing Bob in the …show more content…
It shouldn’t be banned those themes exist in real life as well, and we can’t erase them from history. It has many important values imbedded in the story for us to learn, as well as a lot to teach us about our history. To Kill a Mockingbird is a great novel for older students to read, it shows us good values and how racism and prejudice shaped the county of Maycomb. It also teaches us about this period of time in our history, during the great depression and before the laws against segregation were passed. Banning this book from schools will deprive the students from a classic novel with a story about people and their