The article argues against the banning of books, emphasizing the importance of exposing students to uncomfortable truths about society, such as racism and sexuality. It highlights that censorship limits access to knowledge and that confronting difficult topics prepares young people for real-world challenges. The author believes that discomfort can lead to awareness and understanding, making it essential to keep controversial literature available in educational settings.
The article argues against the banning of books, emphasizing the importance of exposing students to uncomfortable truths about society, such as racism and sexuality. It highlights that censorship limits access to knowledge and that confronting difficult topics prepares young people for real-world challenges. The author believes that discomfort can lead to awareness and understanding, making it essential to keep controversial literature available in educational settings.
The article argues against the banning of books, emphasizing the importance of exposing students to uncomfortable truths about society, such as racism and sexuality. It highlights that censorship limits access to knowledge and that confronting difficult topics prepares young people for real-world challenges. The author believes that discomfort can lead to awareness and understanding, making it essential to keep controversial literature available in educational settings.
The article argues against the banning of books, emphasizing the importance of exposing students to uncomfortable truths about society, such as racism and sexuality. It highlights that censorship limits access to knowledge and that confronting difficult topics prepares young people for real-world challenges. The author believes that discomfort can lead to awareness and understanding, making it essential to keep controversial literature available in educational settings.
BY CAROLIN IAN WEB ON OCTOBER 11, 2018 Sarah Grace Goolden URL: https://carolinianuncg.com/2018/10/11/its-okay-to-be-uncomfortable-why-we-should-not-ban- books/ September 23-29 is annually recognized as “Banned Books Censorship (noun): _____________ The banning of Week.” It is a celebration that takes place all around the U.S., Literature. ________________________________ protesting the censorship of information in public libraries ________________________________ and schools. Since 1982, roughly 11,300 books have been ________________________________ challenged, according to the American Library Association. ________________________________
There are a lot of reasons why a book can be banned. One of Highlight or underline the reasons the author gives for books being the biggest is racial themes, seen in Sherman Alexie’s “The banned in the italicized section Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” and Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Most books that include racial slurs or unjust treatment of minorities, naturally, are protested. The use of them in an academic setting can often make students feel uncomfortable or offended.
Witchcraft is another big one that gave J.K. Rowling’s “Harry
Occult (adj); of or relating to magic, Potter” series the ban hammer in several schools. Parents astrology, or any system claiming to use knowledge of secret or worry that the use of magic would promote their children to supernatural powers dip their feet into Wicca or Satanism. Novels with the necromancy (n); magical mention of the occult or necromancy usually stir up communication with the dead,
religious concern.
Whether it’s sex, violence, profanity or drugs, books are ß Highlight or underline a piece of challenged all the time and that’s nothing new. In 399 B.C.E., new or surprising information that you found in this paragraph. Socrates was charged with corrupting the minds of youths. Hitler burned over 25,000 books in Munich for being “un- German.” Galileo agreed to destroy some of his manuscripts after pressure from the Catholic church. Think of all the texts which were lost with the destruction of the Library of Alexandria.
Onus: I think it’s important to remember that when a novel is ________________________________ Used to refer to something. banned now, it is removed from the classroom; it is not ________________________________ removed from the public. Therefore, the onus lies on parents, rather than the average Joe with no kids. ________________________________
I understand the difficulty in deciding what is and what is not
appropriate for children. After all, no one should ever be advocating for ‘Lolita’ to be taught to kindergarteners. ‘And Tango Makes Three’ by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson is another story, literally. This book is specifically aimed towards a younger audience. It discusses same-sex relationships by illustrating the true story of two male penguins who fell in love and adopted their daughter, Tango, at New York’s Central Park. If that’s not the cutest sentence you’ve ever read, I don’t know what to tell you.
There is concern that Roy, Silo and Tango are leading the gay What is the main point the journalist is making in this agenda, and that scares a lot of people. That’s the bottom paragraph? line of this whole process: books can be very influential and ________________________________ He is saying that books that’s scary. It makes parents only want their own opinions ________________________________ Can expose them to new things. taught, but that’s not how the world works. At some point or ________________________________ another, little Suzy and little Johnny need to learn about ________________________________ racism and sex and gay people. That doesn’t mean that ________________________________ they’re going to experiment with it or even agree with these ________________________________ topics as they are presented. ________________________________ ________________________________ Some of this stuff is hard to read and I don’t mean ‘The What does the journalist mean by Canterbury Tales’ kind of hard to read. I’m talking about the “hard to swallow”? horrors of ‘Kite Runner’ and ‘Thirteen Reasons Why.’ The real ________________________________ He means that is a hard truth. problems human beings face are hard to swallow. Why ________________________________ should high schoolers be reading about them then? It’s ________________________________ important to be aware of all the bad stuff in the world ________________________________ because it’s going to be there when they graduate. Future ________________________________ adults don’t just have a right to this knowledge, their parents ________________________________ and educators have the obligation to prepare them.
Banning books is just putting a bandaid on real problems. Is
it uncomfortable how many times the N-word is used in ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?’ Yes, and by the way it’s 219 times in 366 pages. But it’s real life. People really spoke like that. It’s horrifying and students need to be aware how horrifying it was. Students need to remember the Holocaust and understand the treatment of minorities in both the past and present. Students need information. Who are we to deny them that?
Sometimes being uncomfortable is a good thing. It means Vulgar (adj)-
________________________________ Lacking sophistication. that we are recognizing an issue. To keep our heads down ________________________________ and be silent during injustice is unacceptable with the resources we have today. It is also unfair to forget the ________________________________
suffering of people of the past, because the subject seems ________________________________
vulgar. The world can be a cruel, unforgiving place, but
banning books is not the answer. AFTER READING
1. What is the author’s overall message? List 2-3 pieces of evidence they use to support their message. ________________________________________________________________________________ The author wants to point out that the reality we are living in is a hard one to live adversity and difficulties. Many people are net willing to accept that and deeide aet as if it never existed. Peepte like this try to hide the literary arts ________________________________________________________________________________ that show ar things like racism and same sex relationships. One day the young kids will becc they will be exposed to all of that, and they need to be ready to deat and face th in The Adventures of Mackteberry Fin, the N word is ________________________________________________________________________________ said 219 times. Language cause of the banning of such books. Little kids can be curious when they encou do not have knowledge of, that is why it is hard to explain the difficult topics of r people that have different sexualities. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________
2. Do you agree or disagree with the author’s message? Explain your opinion. ________________________________________________________________________________ I could agree with the author because what he says is true. Children are extremely inf why parents would want to censor ________________________________________________________________________________ those things, but one day they will be exposed and them to be ready and maturely understand. When it comes for them to face real life si include such topics, then they will know what they are facing ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Was taking notes in the margins helpful as you read this informational text? What other strategies can you use to read a text closely to ensure that you understand the information presented in a text? ________________________________________________________________________________ Yes, it was really helpful due to the marked areas I needed to go back to in ord informatin I needed as reference and i could have an idea what the paragraph. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________
