Do Not Censor Knowledge! In the dark ages and during the third Reich of Hitler, free and opinionated speech in the form of books were burnt and destroyed. These books and stories that people put their life and their memories into, are lost forever. In the United States people try to censor books, words, and other things that they think people shouldn’t see or read. People should be able to decide what they want and don’t want to read.
With such hostility aimed at those who do read, others simply do not wish to be the victim of such negativity. Children today are much happier being accepted by their peers than they are expanding their own literary prowess. Consequently, we have a declining literary vocation in our own society. The pinnacle of this declination is starkly presented in Bradbury's novel. Troublingly, the bleak populist movement of today's youth against literature is frighteningly similar to that which led to the eventual total banishment of books in Fahrenheit 451.
114). This type of literature can cause parents to have concern, because there is a lot of racist language involved in the book, and many parents may feel that this may teach their kids that it will be okay to use this type of language everyday. Since some parents may feel that way about the literature, they may want to object and maybe ban the book from the
The literature most likely talks bad about the government. Montag is curious to learn why the government does not want citizens to read. Most people understand that certain literature must contain something that is not appropriate for the common people. Some rebellious people go against the government and try to figure out what these violating books
Certain aspects of the sixth novel frightened people even more because they depicted acts of terrorism from the Death Eaters in real-world cities. “Rowling’s books serve as a window to the world, illuminating current events in full detail. One needs to look no further than chapter one in ‘The Half-Blood Prince’ to discover reports of widespread terror in London” (Carpenter). The violence was escaping the fictitious world of Harry Potter and becoming too much of a reality for some people to handle. Scared parents did not want their children to
I have seen drugs ruin people’s lives and tear apart their family, there is no doubt that anyone should be doing drugs, let alone kids. The zero tolerance policy is no good for kids, we need to have a different way of going about punishment. Is a zero tolerance policy absolutely necessary? Zero tolerance policy is needed for controlling drugs, but there are negative effects of this policy. If caught with drugs at school students are faced with big trouble, such as, suspension
The Language Police Throughout “The Language Police,” the angered author, Diane Ravitch, speaks her mind on the issue of censorship. Censorship shelters students from the real world and gives them a false sense of reality. Ravitch believes that students are being censored to such an extreme that their freedom is being limited. The goal of the language police is not just to stop us from using objectionable words but to stop us from having objectionable thoughts (Ravitch 158). The language police are restricting what students learn by removing anything that may appear controversial.
Growing up, we all go through these situations where we are the victims of hurtful situations. As long as it doesn't get out of hand, it can be seen as a rite of passage. Some kids are afraid to go home at night too. With no home life and scared at school, kids can turn to drugs and alcohol for release. Society, parents, and schools do not teach children the skills of physical, psychological, emotional and verbal self-defense.
It's just horrible. Regardless if the kids get help by going to the school counselor or even a psychiatrist, that seems to not always help and that's sad! Dieter Wolke also stated, "In the case of bully-victims, it shows how bullying can spread when left untreated." I couldn't agree more with that statement. Bullying just gets worse and worse the more it gets untreated and continues.
Violence in children’s stories and books has been present from the beginnings of this genre and it has been an issue of contention for many adults, especially in the current and last century. Including violence in children’s literature is an important aspect that cannot be removed without negatively impacting the literature and its goals. Violence has remained a prominent element of children’s literature throughout the years to serve as a warning device, letting children know of the real world dangers in society through a safe medium, the creation of fictitious worlds, characters, and tales. The following will examine a wide range of children’s literature, from early fairy tales to modern works, spanning more than a century. In all of these works there are three main categories of violence that should be considered: adult verses adult, adult verses child, and child verses child.