Importance of Censorship Essay

Our world has formed around the influences and ideas of certain individuals. Those whose ideas have had a major impact on society and have also had to go through criticism. Although critics generate thought, which in turn induces new ideas. Every individual should have the right to think and speak as they wish. Which is why James Joyce, Pablo Picasso, and Jimi Hendrix have broken all the rules in trying to express themselves through their art. Although that amount of freedom didn’t come easily,…

Libraries should not be allowed to ban books from schools because some people find the books inappropriate for containing religious beliefs, homosexuality, offensive language and sexually explicit scenes or descriptions (Lopez). If books can be sold and produce then they should be allowed in libraries. Some books could even educate not only kids but also adults. Everyone has the right to read what they want to read when they are at the library. There is also one week a month that is referred to…

Imagine watching your house go up in flames and smoke. Your hear the flames eating away on all your belongings. All your stuff is now gone. Your freedom is now gone. Everything you have ever worked for is all gone. It’s is all because you had a little book. In the society Ray Bradbury wrote about in Fahrenheit 451 having books was outlawed. If you had a book and people would find out, “firemen” would come and burn all your belongings and you would go to jail. Mr. Bradbury most likely wrote this…

Censorship is common in dystopian litterateur and in modern day. In Fahrenheit 451, the government used censorship on books. They believe that books give radical ideas to people and the essence of their society would crumble if people are allowed to read. To get rid of these books and ideas, the government uses fire and firefighters. The captain of the firefighters, Beatty, said, “ burn all,burn everything...fire is bright,fire is clean”(Bradbury 60). Most of the people believed, that burning…

There has been a request from several people to remove books from the curriculum such as Huckleberry Finn and Catcher in the Rye due to some inappropriate language. Although I am aware that foul language is not acceptable inside the walls of high schools, I cannot assist with that decision. Many people out in the real world use that language on TV shows and movies, social media, with friends and family, and definitely in numerous books! A couple of books with a few choice words should not harm…

There is nothing that comes close to reading a great book; the way it opens the mind to imagine, question, and understand particular information. Although many books display valid points and messages, it is understandable why some people or parents become offended by certain topics or specific parts of the book, because of their personal viewpoints and beliefs. However, this should not give anyone the liberty to censor books. What else will you hide from adolescents by censoring books? Banning a…

They don't want you to really know what is going on because if you did it would put them out of power. Censorship plays a big part on this too besides not having the knowledge. Everything nowadays is censored, from music,books, to anything you learn in school. A good example for instance is the book Fahrenheit 45, books are banned and burned, what society wants…

The destruction of books is also the destruction of knowledge. We will compare today the destruction of the library in Bagdad and the fiction book Fahrenheit 451. I will compare in the essay the similarities between the two. The burning of the library in Bagdad is an attempt to destroy the country's history, culture, and love for knowledge. It is an attempt to have people follow only specific ideas, mainly from the radical group Isis. Their excuse for burning the books is that books 'call…

"I know, I know. You're afraid of making mistakes. Don’t be. Mistakes can be profited from. Man, when I was younger I shoved my ignorance in people’s faces. They beat me with sticks. By the time I was forty my blunt instrument had been honed to a fine cutting point for me. If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you and you’ll never learn" (Bradbury 104). The words of Professor Faber in Fahrenheit 451 shed light on a society where being politically correct is the only option. Fahrenheit 451…

Some school districts in the United states allow police officers with drug sniffing dogs to make occasional, unannounced visits to high schools to teach school property, including student lockers, that the dogs identify as suspicious. Some people believe that these dog searches are necessary, and others think we deserve our privacy and that it shouldn't be allowed. do you think dogs should be able to search your property? I believe that drug sniffing dogs are a good thing in schools because it…