The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin, Call of the Wild, Harry Potter. What do all of these books have in common? Besides being classic pieces of literature, they have all been banned in the past. Most have been challenged or censored in recent years. The act of censorship is prevalent in much of American and world history. Censorship is thought to help control and keep others safe through government involvement, but in recent years we have used censorship to mute anyone we don’t agree with. In this paper I hope that you are able to make a decision for yourself.
Censorship is something that we all run into on a daily basis. We should move toward abolishing the practice, but we need to be able to recognize it first. To start off, censorship …show more content…
The banning and censoring of books has been around since the dark ages. The first major case of book banning was in the reign of King Henry the VIII. During his reign he banned any book not written by the church. This act stopped the spread of knowledge in England until his passing.(What is Censorship) The banning of books carried over to America as well. The list of books that have been banned or challenged for content in America is very large and surprising. Books that could be classified as American classics have been challenged before. These include The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin, Call of the Wild, Gone with the Wind, The Great Gatsby, and To Kill A Mockingbird.( Banned Books That Shaped American) Hundreds of challenges to books like these have been issued, and for a multitude of reasons. From 1990 to 2000 there were the following …show more content…
A study by ConnectUS found that the most common reasons given for allowing censorship include:
• It spares children from violence
• It protects sensitive information
• It controls hate speech
• It necessitates the regulation of internet material
• It reverses desensitization
(Pros and cons of Censorship.)
One of the largest proponents of censorship is the American Family Association. Their beliefs state that they wish to remove any inappropriate content from the internet.(About Us)
I hope that by giving you this information about censorship you see that censorship is a needless waste of time. When we focus on censoring classic American literature because it does not align with our beliefs is when we have gone too far. I implore that we as citizens fight censorship in our country. We cannot allow our children to not have access to information because it is contrary to what someone
Censorship is something that we all run into on a daily basis. We should move toward abolishing the practice, but we need to be able to recognize it first. To start off, censorship …show more content…
The banning and censoring of books has been around since the dark ages. The first major case of book banning was in the reign of King Henry the VIII. During his reign he banned any book not written by the church. This act stopped the spread of knowledge in England until his passing.(What is Censorship) The banning of books carried over to America as well. The list of books that have been banned or challenged for content in America is very large and surprising. Books that could be classified as American classics have been challenged before. These include The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin, Call of the Wild, Gone with the Wind, The Great Gatsby, and To Kill A Mockingbird.( Banned Books That Shaped American) Hundreds of challenges to books like these have been issued, and for a multitude of reasons. From 1990 to 2000 there were the following …show more content…
A study by ConnectUS found that the most common reasons given for allowing censorship include:
• It spares children from violence
• It protects sensitive information
• It controls hate speech
• It necessitates the regulation of internet material
• It reverses desensitization
(Pros and cons of Censorship.)
One of the largest proponents of censorship is the American Family Association. Their beliefs state that they wish to remove any inappropriate content from the internet.(About Us)
I hope that by giving you this information about censorship you see that censorship is a needless waste of time. When we focus on censoring classic American literature because it does not align with our beliefs is when we have gone too far. I implore that we as citizens fight censorship in our country. We cannot allow our children to not have access to information because it is contrary to what someone