The book To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, shouldn’t be read in the 9th grade due to the inappropriate language used. The book’s main character, Scout, uses inappropriate language in everyday conversation, so that could put in the minds of 9th graders that that type of language is appropriate to say all the time. At the dinner table, When Uncle Jack comes to visit before Christmas, Uncle Jack teaches Scout a lesson, “But at supper that evening when I asked him to pass the damn ham, please, Uncle Jack pointed at me. “See me afterwards, young lady,”...“You like words like damn and hell now, don’t you?” I said I reckoned so.“ well I don’t…I don’t want to hear any words like that… Scout you’ll get in trouble if you go around saying things
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When they start saying these foul words, it can become a force of habit and eventually get them in trouble. Another example is when characters in the book say the N-word all the time and to 9th graders that could make them feel offended and uncomfortable while reading. Furthermore, In the courtroom, when addressing Tom Robinson, characters don’t call him by his name, but by calling him the n-word, “He stood up and pointed his finger at Tom Robinson “-I seen that black nigger yonder ruttin’ on my Mayella!”...“ I said come here, nigger, and bust up this chiffarobe for me”...“ she says she never kissed a grown man before an’ she might as well kiss a nigger...She says, ‘kiss me back, nigger.’” (Lee 173,180,and 194). Furthermore, that language is unacceptable and can cause 9th graders to stop reading the book because they find those words deemed inappropriate. They could find those words very offensive to say because it could be against their religion and the person reading could be black and make them offended by what they called Tom. The books use of the n-word is unspeakable and they only use it to discriminate Tom and 9th graders could think it's appropriate to call people the
When they start saying these foul words, it can become a force of habit and eventually get them in trouble. Another example is when characters in the book say the N-word all the time and to 9th graders that could make them feel offended and uncomfortable while reading. Furthermore, In the courtroom, when addressing Tom Robinson, characters don’t call him by his name, but by calling him the n-word, “He stood up and pointed his finger at Tom Robinson “-I seen that black nigger yonder ruttin’ on my Mayella!”...“ I said come here, nigger, and bust up this chiffarobe for me”...“ she says she never kissed a grown man before an’ she might as well kiss a nigger...She says, ‘kiss me back, nigger.’” (Lee 173,180,and 194). Furthermore, that language is unacceptable and can cause 9th graders to stop reading the book because they find those words deemed inappropriate. They could find those words very offensive to say because it could be against their religion and the person reading could be black and make them offended by what they called Tom. The books use of the n-word is unspeakable and they only use it to discriminate Tom and 9th graders could think it's appropriate to call people the