Put a Stop to Banned Books
“Yes, books are dangerous. They should be dangerous- they contain ideas” (Hautman). Pete Hautman was indeed correct. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone has been banned. Books offer kids to get ideas and have the power to imagine, they teach kids life lessons, and authors have the right to publish their work and share their ideas. These reasons apply to why Harry Potter should not have been banned.
“Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprang up” (Holmes). This quote explains why it is important for kids to read. Harry Potter gives kids ideas, the freedom to imagine, to take a trip to a magical world. Ideas are what run the world and make it more advanced. The iPhone would not have been invented if Steve Jobs did not come up with the idea of it. Kids can also use these ideas that they get to write their book or story. Every book starts with an “ah ha” moment, and every good book has a good plot. Writing their stories can …show more content…
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone can teach children everywhere life lessons. One of the lessons it teaches is that there will always be a mean person in life and that life will never truly be perfect. That does sound a little harsh, but that is real life. In Harry Potter he has to deal with his cousin Dudley Dursley, and then with Draco Malfoy and Snape. Another lesson is that no one is perfect. Ron grew up in a wizard family but did not know a lot of wizardry, where Hermione grew up with a Muggle family but knew a great amount of wizardry. This shows that there are always have areas to grow in and become better. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone can also teach the readers to have hope and that life does get better. For example, Harry Potter has to grow up miserably with the Dursley’s but his life changed and got better when he got invited to
“Yes, books are dangerous. They should be dangerous- they contain ideas” (Hautman). Pete Hautman was indeed correct. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone has been banned. Books offer kids to get ideas and have the power to imagine, they teach kids life lessons, and authors have the right to publish their work and share their ideas. These reasons apply to why Harry Potter should not have been banned.
“Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprang up” (Holmes). This quote explains why it is important for kids to read. Harry Potter gives kids ideas, the freedom to imagine, to take a trip to a magical world. Ideas are what run the world and make it more advanced. The iPhone would not have been invented if Steve Jobs did not come up with the idea of it. Kids can also use these ideas that they get to write their book or story. Every book starts with an “ah ha” moment, and every good book has a good plot. Writing their stories can …show more content…
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone can teach children everywhere life lessons. One of the lessons it teaches is that there will always be a mean person in life and that life will never truly be perfect. That does sound a little harsh, but that is real life. In Harry Potter he has to deal with his cousin Dudley Dursley, and then with Draco Malfoy and Snape. Another lesson is that no one is perfect. Ron grew up in a wizard family but did not know a lot of wizardry, where Hermione grew up with a Muggle family but knew a great amount of wizardry. This shows that there are always have areas to grow in and become better. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone can also teach the readers to have hope and that life does get better. For example, Harry Potter has to grow up miserably with the Dursley’s but his life changed and got better when he got invited to