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"To Kill A Mockingbird, The Catcher and The Rye, Animal Farm, and, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; all wonderful American classic novels, unfortunately at one point in time all of these books have been banned (Banned Books That Shaped America 1) . These well-known books, as well as many others have been very important and vital to the education of both children and adults all around our country. Many of the books on the list were banned because of reasons such as racial issues, religious issues and even sexual references. Strong real world themes and important moral values can be learned through the reading of these books and banning them is taking away people’s rights to learn and farther educate themselves. There are

People supporting both sides of the issue have many different points that they use in their fight. The main argument for the people against the banning of books is that is that it breaks the first amendment of our constitution (Bill of Rights Institute 1). The freedom of speech and the press both include written word. This means that books featuring content deemed inappropriate should not be banned simply based on what is written. People have the freedom to read what they want. This being said if people don't want to read something they find obscene they should just stay away from the books with content they don't like. Creating a simple rating system similar to movies or video games to put on the cover of books could change everything. Books would no longer have to be banned; schools could simply only purchase books with certain ratings. Schools would still have to allow kids to read any book they bring from home even if the rating is mature, but they would not have to deal with all of the kids discussing topics that are considered mature. The control of what kids read would then be on the parents, which is the best option for schools and

That is all in the eyes of the reader, and depends a lot on the age of the reader. The book "To Kill a Mockingbird" was published and became available in 1960 during a time of intense racial issues in the United States. This book featured a topic in which a white lawyer who had to represent an African American man in a court case could not decide to help or not because of the towns views towards the man. The whole book was considered controversial and it was not long after this book came out that it was quickly banned from schools and nearly almost all stores in the country. Now, in many high schools around the nation the book is being used as a point of teaching simple morals and as a great literacy novel to read and use in the classroom. The book "Animal Farm" was banned because it featured animals in a farm that created a society and way of living very close to that of early communism in Russia. The book, written by George Orwell in 1945 was a huge issue when it was released as World War 2 was still going on. This book is also read in schools all around the nation and is used as a teaching tool for learning about religious and dystopian topics. These are just a couple examples of many books that at one point during United States history were banned from schools and hard to find, but are now able to be freely read anywhere and can be found in nearly every library around the