To Kill A Mockingbird Should Be Banned Essay
“A Virginia school district has pulled copies of “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from classrooms and libraries while it weighs whether it should permanently ban the American classics because of the books’ use of racial slurs” (Balingit). Even though To Kill a Mockingbird is an all-time classic, it is also frequently banned in schools. The common reason for the novel’s removal is the use of language. Some parents want the book banned because they feel racial slurs should not be read by students. Parents uncomfortable with discovering these words, disagree with the book being used in schools. However, To Kill a Mockingbird is not the only book that is banned because of its word choice. Of Mice and Men is also
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The book is set during the Great Depression in Alabama and is about how a little girl grows up learning lessons from difficult experiences she goes through. Parents in school districts, however, claim the book is racist and teaching their children that it is okay to use inappropriate language. To Kill a Mockingbird has been challenged many times over the years and almost all of the attempts have been unsuccessful, “Most of the school and library challenges have been unsuccessful, but some managed to have the novel removed, even if only temporarily” (Downs). Most of the schools who challenge the novel, do not win their challenge and fail in getting it banned. However, a few schools do win the challenge and get the book pulled even though it may be temporarily. An example is a school district in Virginia who has challenged To Kill a Mockingbird and Huckleberry Finn, because they considered it racist. The parents claim these books are teaching their children that it is okay to use racist and inappropriate language. They claim that this use of language means it is okay to use these words, and that they will be giving their children mixed messages. “What are we teaching our children? We’re validating that these words are acceptable. They are not acceptable. Truly we are divided. We will lose our children if we continue to say that this is
The book is set during the Great Depression in Alabama and is about how a little girl grows up learning lessons from difficult experiences she goes through. Parents in school districts, however, claim the book is racist and teaching their children that it is okay to use inappropriate language. To Kill a Mockingbird has been challenged many times over the years and almost all of the attempts have been unsuccessful, “Most of the school and library challenges have been unsuccessful, but some managed to have the novel removed, even if only temporarily” (Downs). Most of the schools who challenge the novel, do not win their challenge and fail in getting it banned. However, a few schools do win the challenge and get the book pulled even though it may be temporarily. An example is a school district in Virginia who has challenged To Kill a Mockingbird and Huckleberry Finn, because they considered it racist. The parents claim these books are teaching their children that it is okay to use racist and inappropriate language. They claim that this use of language means it is okay to use these words, and that they will be giving their children mixed messages. “What are we teaching our children? We’re validating that these words are acceptable. They are not acceptable. Truly we are divided. We will lose our children if we continue to say that this is