The Importance Of Banning Books

Many popular books have been banned throughout time. The reasons vary but usually include the explicitness of the topics or language within the books. Controversy is all around us and books are not excluded from it. Many states, schools and communities rise up to get books banned. The intentions in doing this may come from a good place but is questionable whether it is truly necessary. Available research can demonstrate whether it is or not. Due to the lessons they teach, viewpoints they share and education they provide, books should not be banned. First, Books teach us valuable lessons about people and society. As read in the book To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee, “You never know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk about in them,” (Lee 279). shows us that books have many lessons to teach us. In world full of challenges, lessons are to valued. Also, this same book shares a great lesson when one of its characters says, ”“A court is only as sound as its jury, and a jury is only as sound as the men who make it up,” (Lee 51). Again, a lesson that a reader can take great value in learning …show more content…
According to http://ncac.org/issue/books this reminds us that learning about different viewpoints helps round out our own. If we only heard things we already thought, then we would miss out on how others think. “Literature is a prime resource for creating culturally inclusive environments.” . If we wanting to be a world that has unity, then books from different parts of the world can help to unify us. When one looks around this world, the reminder of differences is very obvious. Books help expose us to differences without having to leave our couch. A good reminder of this is as noted in an infographic found on book friendly, "the first amendment protects our right to read in America.”. Teachers and parents are not the only sources of teaching us social