Self-censorship

Abstract: The controversy behind J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye revolves around the problems Holden faces growing up. The reasoning behind it being banned is our society is being criticized. Some think by avoiding the book, young adults will be “protected” from these issues when really they’ll have to deal with them in the future regardless. J.D. Salinger utilizes Holden’s perceptions of individuals’ and groups of peoples’ actions and words as a way to judge society. He continually…

Have you ever been out in public and heard someone say something rude and ignorant? They have the right to say that because of freedom of speech.When we think of freedom of speech we think of it as we can say what we want without consequences. There are a lot of bad things that you can say with freedom of speech it is truely a gift, that should never be taken away. Freedom of speech is one of the first rights in the USA and it is the first amendment. Martin Luther king is a great example of…

The Outsiders Movie and Novel are both amazing and awkward. After watching the book and the movie they seem similar. Although the Book and Movie may share some similar qualities they are very different. The Movie and Novel have similar qualities. For example both the book and the movie have all the same characters.Cherry,Marcia,and Bob are all Socs. Another example the movie and the book have all the hangouts.Tasty Freeze,DX station,and The Vacant Lot are The Greasers hangouts.The…

As You Can’t Stop the Beat was being created, there were many thoughts developed as to how it would be written. When I thought about the tone, I realized that I wanted the audience to be able to trust me, without being too skeptical of my topic. Once people against my topic realize what it actually is, they would want to stop reading it as soon as possible. So I tried to get my point across without being too informative but still trying to teach people about the topic. The reasoning behind my…

Nazi Book Burning of 1933 "Wherever books are burned, human beings are destined to be burned too" (HIstory Place). This quote, shared by Heinrich Heine, encapsulates the feeling by many who... Censorship is the practice of officially examining books, movies, etc., and suppressing unacceptable parts. Books, movies, songs, videos, and many more have been censored for many reasons. There are many books in different states that have been banned because of content, but no group of people has been…

Sure they put censorship on computers but that is for good reasons because we don’t need teens being distracted by Facebook and Youtube. But some of the things they do censor is history and we find that it is not right to do so. Some books are banned in schools or have been revised to take out bad language or things they don’t want our minds to see how we were back in the day when no one cared if you wrote offensive words in books of TV shows. There are many example of censorship whether it be…

Book burning refers to the ritual destruction of books or other written materials by fire. Often carried out in public areas, book burning represents an element of censorship and usually proceeds from a cultural, religious, or political opposition to the materials being destroyed. During the nineteenth century in Germany, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Regime strategically implemented this method of oppression to demoralize any potential protests and to spark fierce nationalism into the hearts of the…

Most kids hate summer reading. The books given to children for the summer are unrelatable. The children often choose not to the book they were given. Just because the teacher thought the book was a good read does not mean that the students will feel the same about the book. Children should be given the choice of what they want to read not what the teacher wants them to read. Just because the teacher liked the book doesn't mean the student will like the book. Everyone is different not all people…

Are balloons really something we need in life? No! There is a lot of arguing about this some people believe we should banned balloons and then some people think we should keep them around. I believe they should be banned. Why you ask? Well, they just harm our world not help in anyway. They kill our wildlife, they use our helium which we only have so much of, and they can catch on fire! Wow, all of those bad things just we can have a balloon at our birthday party? Nope I don’t think so! The…

Accomplished authors everywhere are weeping as their award winning books get the evil red stamp with six letters ”BANNED”. Recently, several school districts have banned “offensive” or “inappropriate” books, such as To Kill A Mockingbird. Banning Books is the worst act imaginable, equivalent to that of treason. The banning of books is unfit for a classroom setting in which students are taught to be creative and show their imagination. The book To Kill A Mockingbird was banned for the use of…