Banning Books

Although censorship takes away someone's access to information, as long as the part that is left is the good part, it's all that should matter. When shopping for fruits, you only pick the best fruits, and ignore or trash the bad ones. There is no reason to pick the bad fruit, as there is no reason not to censor the "bad" parts in a book that contains inappropriate language or graphic violence.

Books such as Huckleberry Finn have words such as the "N" word. Because it is a classic novel, it is available at any public library, and any child may pick it up and start reading it. Next thing you know, the child goes to school saying the "N" word and other children start following by example.

Furthermore, words are hurtful. Many people may get hurt by the "N" word in novels, and parents may be hurt by the violence in books. No one would want their child to read graphically violent books. Because there are some very good books but has some inappropriate sections only sometimes in the entire book, it would be a good idea to just censor it, instead of shunning a very well-written book.

The Jackson HS Policy, as well as every single school's policy in America has a policy about profanity and racially discriminating language. That includes written work such as books. It is obvious why Huckleberry Finn is the fourth most banned book in America. Students should not be exposed to such language and material, such as children under 18 are prohibited to watch 'R' rated movies in theaters.

All things considered, it is important that we still have all these great books that are classics available. In order to prevent kids from being influenced by these books, it should be considered that censorship is a powerful filter in that it protects young children from the harsh profanity and violence.