In 1789, thirty-eight men who helped shape America into what it is now signed the Constitution of The United States of America, approving it’s message and the rights, or Amendments, listed within it. The first Amendment listed in the Constitution is the right of freedom of speech, the press, to peaceably assemble, and religion. However, in current times, citizens are challenging this Amendment by censoring the media, books, T.V shows, and movies. Why is it that people are doing this now, after nearly 230 years? Some people believe that certain information and ideas must be withheld from certain minorities and age groups, and few others believe that some ideas must be censored to everybody. Many other people, though, believe that no information or ideas should be withheld from anyone at all, and feel that way for many reasons. Take the book Nasreen’s Secret School for example, who many people have split opinions on.
Nasreen’s Secret School takes place in Afghanistan, which many people have issues about. Some people believe that children
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In the first few pages, there are soldiers shown with dangerous firearms, and only a few pages later soldiers are shown taking men and boys away from their families. Parents and adults may believe that children will be taught to view all governments in a negative light, and will rebel against the government when they are older. If adults taught children that not all governments are the same, though, and that the government is meant to protect citizens and not hurt them, then children wouldn’t be that way.
Therefore, if adults tried to explain to children the messages and themes conveyed in Nasreen’s Secret School, and other books like it, there wouldn’t be a need to censor; children and teens would be able to understand better the differences in the world and other ideals and cultures without being negatively