Censorship Writing is an outlet, a way for many authors to put their soul on paper, to take their innermost thoughts and invite readers to immerse themselves in a glimpse of a writer’s personal world. This notion puts writing on a highly emotional and very delicate level. With so much time invested into each individual sentence on a page, an author has a connection to his or her work like that of a mother to her child. However, that connection is sometimes threatened by various people in society who believe that a book’s content should follow suitable guidelines. In other words, numerous novels, many of which are literary classics, are being banned across the nation in a widespread cry for censorship. “Censorship is when a person or group successfully …show more content…
“A climate of intellectual freedom is one where any individual may express any belie for opinion regardless of the viewpoint or belief of any other individual, organization, or governmental entity” (Symons). This “intellectual freedom” is threatened daily by the act of censorship. Censorship takes original thoughts and twists them to suit certain people’s wants. Also, books with literary merit are often sought out to be removed from stores and libraries due to cursing, sexual references, certain religious aspects, and many more similar reasons. “In 21985, the one hundredth anniversary year of publication of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twains classic narrative… became the subject of intense controversy over perceived racism in the novel”(Rise in Censorship). If each piece of writing that was criticized for being unacceptable was taken away, there would hardly be any reading material available at all. With a dependency on censorship, a void of knowledge would appear because the nation would be lacking the deep understanding that books so often teach. Also, another major problem with many people is that censorship is said to be against the First Amendment. The First Amendment grants free speech and when this is taken away, so are opinions and the right to express