Mohammed Abed 811
Dear Ms. Berner,
I have heard that you will be removing dark books from the sixth
grade library. I oppose book banning because I believe that education should be
open to everyone. Another reason why books shouldn't be banned is because readers
will learn how to cope with difficult issues they are facing. I know that some
parents are encouraging you to get rid of some books but I believe that parents
shouldn’t be able to ban books for all students. They should only be able to
ban books for their children. If a book really challenging teacher should make
the child get permission from a parent.
I believe books shouldn’t be banned because education should be
open to everyone. For example, Bill Moyer’s says “Censorship is the enemy of
the truth.” I agree with this statement because without knowing the whole story
you will not know the truth of the story and what really happened. For example,
if you don’t know what the author really wrote, you won’t learn new information
that could help you understand the book better. In the article “Why the Best
Kids Books are Written in Blood” by Sherman Alexie. Alexie says, “I read books
about monsters and monstrous things, often written with monstrous language,
because they taught me how to battle the real monsters in my life.’’ This shows
the reader that books teach people how to deal with real life issues and things
that are so bad you can't believe it. The truth can be ugly and unfortunate,
but it doesn’t mean it didn’t happen
Another reason why I think books should not be banned is because
they teach readers how to cope with some issues. For example, in the article
“Why the Best Books Are Written in Blood” Alexie states that “I write to give
them weapons-in the form of words and ideas-that will help them fight their
monsters. I write in blood because I remember what it felt to bleed.’’ This
shows that books are meant to help people cope with issues that the author’s
experienced. Bill Moyers also says, “Censorship will prevent us from knowing
the difference.” This shows that censorship will change the story so much that
we won’t know the difference between the truth and a lie.
There
are probably some parents who don’t want their children to read some of the
books in the sixth grade library. For example, the video called “Book Under
Fire” on ABC channel 13, Alton Verm is the parent of a child who felt
uncomfortable reading a book called “Fahrenheit 451.” The video states that
Diana Verm was offended by “The cussing in it and the burning of the Bible.”
She complained to her father and then was given an alternate reading assignment
but her dad was pushing the issue. He wanted to ban the book for everyone. This
shows that they are just greedy trying to ban the book for everyone even though
she was given an alternate assignment. You should not be able to ban books for
everyone just because you are uncomfortable reading it. I believe that if you
are uncomfortable with reading a book you should stop reading it, not ban the
book for everyone because others might enjoy reading it.
I hope now you will change your mind about banning some books in
the sixth grade library. These books help people cope with some issues and
education should be for everyone. Authors write things to help the reader with
some issues they might face in the future. Every word they write is important
to understand the whole book. In my opinion, books should not be banned or be
censored.
Sincerely,
Mohammed Abed
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