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Banning Books Our freedom is under attack! ... There are a number of books that are banned or challenged that are great books, such as The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck or The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. These books are classics. Banning these books robs students of great literature. Censorship of books in secondary schools should not be allowed. The list of books that have been banned completely in many schools across the nation is expansive, and so are the reasons that parents and schoolboards give for banning these books. ... One of the most controversial books is Huckleberry Finn, which is currently under fire by the Pennsylvania Chapter of the NAACP because it contains the word “nigger” 39 times in the first 35 pages. ... Large groups such as the NAACP are not the only people pushing for Huckleberry Finns banning in Americas schools. Small groups of parents have protested the books status as required reading in their childrens schools because of its language. ... The books were soon replaced with uncensored ones (Campbell, par. ... Opponents see the banning of Huckleberry Finn in many schools a form of censorship that will teach children that speaking their minds is not a good thing to do (Campbell, par. ... In books such as Huckleberry Finn and To Kill a Mockingbird, the point that the author was trying to get across when he or she included the racist slurs in his or her writing is open to misinterpretation. ... There is a huge difference between removing books from the curriculum and removing them from the library.
Approximate Word count = 1255
Approximate Pages = 5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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