A Comment About Censorship: Reaction Of The Scared
Censorship: Reaction of the Scared
Wesley Scroggins states in the article “Scroggins: Filthy books demeaning to Republic education”, “In high school English classes, children are required to read and view material that should be classified as soft pornography”(Springfield News- Leader). He then states that Speak should not be allowed in English classes because it is inappropriate for teenagers to be reading by viewing soft pornography. Laurie Halse Anderson states within her essay “A Comment About Censorship”, “Reading and discussing books is one of the most effective ways to get teens to think through and learn about the challenges of adolescence.” This shows that Anderson disagrees with Scroggins and has completely different views and opinions on how the book is perceived. In order to show society why she views her novel in her perspective, she wrote “A Comment About Censorship”. The title on Anderson’s persuasive essay shows that she knew parents would be reading it, making it passive in order to not make parents ignore what she has to say. She related to the parents by stating that she has four children of her own, and in this point in time, it is scary to raise teenagers because of the large amounts of sexual …show more content…
Without the connection, teenagers would not connect to the story, therefore not talk to adults about the situations that are everyone's biggest concern. People need to know that these situations should possibly happen, and has also happened to others before. Anderson states that reading and discussing books is the most effective way to make teens think through and learn about the challenges of adolescence, which is also her thesis statement of the essay. With this, she means that discussing books is most important for teens to do in order to understand what they may be put up against in their
Wesley Scroggins states in the article “Scroggins: Filthy books demeaning to Republic education”, “In high school English classes, children are required to read and view material that should be classified as soft pornography”(Springfield News- Leader). He then states that Speak should not be allowed in English classes because it is inappropriate for teenagers to be reading by viewing soft pornography. Laurie Halse Anderson states within her essay “A Comment About Censorship”, “Reading and discussing books is one of the most effective ways to get teens to think through and learn about the challenges of adolescence.” This shows that Anderson disagrees with Scroggins and has completely different views and opinions on how the book is perceived. In order to show society why she views her novel in her perspective, she wrote “A Comment About Censorship”. The title on Anderson’s persuasive essay shows that she knew parents would be reading it, making it passive in order to not make parents ignore what she has to say. She related to the parents by stating that she has four children of her own, and in this point in time, it is scary to raise teenagers because of the large amounts of sexual …show more content…
Without the connection, teenagers would not connect to the story, therefore not talk to adults about the situations that are everyone's biggest concern. People need to know that these situations should possibly happen, and has also happened to others before. Anderson states that reading and discussing books is the most effective way to make teens think through and learn about the challenges of adolescence, which is also her thesis statement of the essay. With this, she means that discussing books is most important for teens to do in order to understand what they may be put up against in their