Analysis Of The Banning Of Books By Pat Conroy

Pat Conroy, a man with many years and much knowledge, is an author of many novels and writings. It is the year 2007, Mr. Conroy is writing a letter to the editor of the Charleston Gazette, about why the banning of his books is depriving students of the real world knowledge they enclose, while also setting back the teachers from teaching to their fullest ability. He is not the happiest man in the world as he replies, his work showing how he feels. Conroy uses powerful statements along with personal examples and metaphors to establish his message within the text.
In this letter, Conroy discusses how students and teachers are being set back because of the banning of books that are about the same visuals and sayings they hear on a daily basis.

These days if you tell a high school student not to do something they often do it anyways because they do not want to be told what to do and not do. For example, Conroy says, “Because you banned my books, every kid in that county will read them, every single one of them.” These provides more evidence to his message by saying banning the book will do no good since the students will end up reading it anyways. You cannot keep these books from the students for the rest of their lives you’re only making them wait a semester before they get it from that same teacher. The student could also go to a library and check this book out, or even some cases they could look out the window and acknowledge an event occurred like the ones in these books. You are not able to keep any person away from all bad objects or sights in the world, doing it now will only hurt them in the

He even states, “I’ve enjoyed a lifetime love affair with English teachers” These teachers taught him to have the love and devotion for literature he shows today. They are the reason that he is where he is now, and every teacher hopes to achieve this with many of their students but they cannot because of all the books that are being banned. It is making their job that much harder to do because they do not have all of the reading material they need with these restrictions. These books and stories are about real world problems and discussions that students need to be informed about today, banning these book will hurt both them and the teachers more than it will help them in the