Harper Lee once said “The book to read is not the one that thinks for you, but the one which makes you think.” Students have always relied on books for both pleasure and education; however, a trend to ban certain novels has popularized and caused the contamination of the inventory of novels available to students in their public schools and libraries. Accusations against books that contain implicit storylines and violence has ultimately caused a massive revolution of parents and other adult figures to shelter students from any book deemed inappropriate, depriving these students from learning such real-world concepts. While parents are allowed to censor for their own children, they have no right to impose book bans in a uniform manner because it denies students their fundamental freedom of expression and enforces universal censorship. Although unconstitutional, it is reasonable to understand a parent’s perspective on the ideas of book banning. Books that contain “explicit sex, violence, drug use, and the like” such as Fifty Shades of Grey and the Twilight Saga have increased in popularity among mass …show more content…
However, she would not have any right to censor another child that is not her own of such content. The same can be applied to the public education system. Ellen Hopkins, writer of Censorship Cannot be Allowed in America, states the latter as well, "If you don't like content in a book, don't read it. If you don't want your child to read a book, take it away. But you do not have the right to decide "appropriateness" for everyone.” The fact is, everyone has their own set of morals and style of parenting. While some parents choose to shelter their children from all forms of violence, lust, and crudeness, other parents wish to expose their children to these real-world concepts. Hopkins also states that “Ignorance is no armor.” The latter statement can be seen through Crutcher’s point