Banning Books In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

From the Roman Empire to the Nazis in Germany, the destruction of books has been practiced over many generations and is a timeless event that prohibits the acquisition of knowledge and censors the information within each page of the thousands of books playing victim to these profane acts. Similar to the burning of books, the banning of books prevents kids from being exposed to subjects that others deem inappropriate. This can affect their growth in positive ways by limiting their exposure to issues that can negatively influence their developing minds. The book To Kill a Mockingbird contains many sensitive topics that can influence children at a young age and has been subject to numerous conversations over whether or not the book should be banned

They got him just as he went over the fence. They said if he’d had two good arms he’d have made it, he was moving that fast. Seventeen bullet holes in him. They didn’t have to shoot him that much. Cal, I want you to come out with me and help me tell Helen’”(Lee 268). The quote above conveys to the reader the events that led up to Tom Robinson's sad death and the violence that ensued. Tom was first charged with the crime of rape, which is already a violent crime that children should not be exposed to, but he was then shot seventeen times. This book is extremely violent and can impact the way kids in a school system think and the students shouldn’t be victims to the mental toll that all of the violence in this book ensues. In addition, violence can have a long lasting effect on kids at a young age, because this book contains a large amount of violence it should not be exposed to in a school system because of the detrimental effects it can have on a young

This quote from the article shows the effects of a child’s exposure to violence and how it can impact them for the remainder of their lives. To Kill a Mockingbird contains numerous instances where violence such as murder and rape are present, and both of these crimes are extremely severe and brutal crimes that can impact the development of a child. This book is too vulgar to be something that kids are taught at a place where they are supposed to be happy and learn,rather than be traumatized because a character they empathize with was shot seventeen times. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee should not be taught in a school system because of the overwhelming exposure to violence that can have lasting effects on the children in school. To conclude, in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee there is a constant portrayal of stereotypes, hypocrisy, and violence throughout the story conveying why it should not be taught within a school