Teacher: Ms.Wenda
Class/Hour: 9th Grade Honors English Hour-3rd
Date Due: 28 May 2013
To Ban a Mockingbird Or Not? That 's the Question!!!!!
The first amendment states, that the citizens of the United States have freedom of speech, press, and religion. What if, there are people who are trying to limit this amendment, through banning pieces of literature, like books? An example of a book that groups of people are trying to ban is the famous To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. Three reasons why To Kill a Mockingbird should not be banned, is first that it provides modern-day students an excellent glimpse of history that occurred in the past. Second, this book teaches very essential lessons of life that modern-day students could not experience in the present. Lastly, this book out of many books in the world, serves students worldwide as a grand model of writing. Harper Lee 's novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, should be taught in the classroom because it gives a glimpse of the past to students of the modern world, teaches students very important lessons of life, and shows students a grand example of fine literature. First of all, the book, To Kill a Mockingbird provides students a door to the past to see the history that occurred in this time period. To Kill a Mockingbird provides students a …show more content…
Three major reasons why is that it gives a glance of history that occurred in the past, it teaches very fundamental lessons of life, and serves to students around the world as a popular masterpiece of writing in literature. These reasons alone help To Kill a Mockingbird stand out in the world of Literature. Students now and beyond will keep reading no matter what, and they should and always will have the right to read whatever they want. To Kill a Mockingbird should always have a place on the shelf, and always be a part of the English