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Profanity In Catcher In The Rye

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Classic literature is currently under fire from many school districts because of the content within the historic books. High schools are discussing whether to include classical books that contain sensitive material, such as The Catcher In The Rye, in their curriculums for the safety of their students. The issues that are within Catcher In The Rye include references sexual content and the use profanity through out the book. Although many critics think that profanity and sexual content are excessive and inappropriate, The Catcher In The Rye should be included in high school curriculums to provide realistic language and literature to students in high schools. Catcher In The Rye contains copious amounts of profanity that could harm the minds …show more content…

But, profanity must be used correctly or profanity will not help create a more developed paper. For example, "When used incorrectly, profanity can be a shortcut to emotion and the reader is bound to remain unconvinced"(Reissenweber). This quote shows how fragile profanity is when used in literature. Reissenweber is proving that profanity is dangerous tool when used in a paper, and that if profanity is not used with purpose and caution, it is inappropriate and irrelevant when used in a paper. But, profanity is frequently heard and used in society, therefore, fearing the misuse of profanity should not be an issue. Although profanity has to be implemented correctly, profanity can improve writings, for example, "When profanity influences characters or becomes pertinent to the unfolding action, it can be necessary. In the autobiography Black Boy, Richard Wright uses strong profanity and racial epithets to show the ways in which white characters try to intimidate and terrorize him"(Reissenweber). As shown in the quote, profanity can shape characters to be more round. Profanity can show the attitude of characters and the way they act in the storyline. Therefore, in such a way that helps the writing become more enhanced. All in all, Catcher In The Rye should be included in high school curriculums to be used as an example to help develop students essays and

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Why Catcher in the Rye Should be Banned Catcher in the Rye should not be included in the English department curriculum at North Quincy High. In Catcher in The Rye the main protagonist Holden Caulfield is portrayed as an emotionally unstable high school student who has been kicked out multiple schools for his behavior and poor grades. This book has already been banned in multiple schools for its use of inappropriate language, sexual implications, and Holden being an unfit model for adolescent readers, and for these reasons it should also be banned from our curriculum. Throughout Catcher in the Rye there were multiple instances in which inappropriate languages was used from various characters and Holden himself.

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This suggestion is beneficial to a society and it should be implemented. However, there is a case where some take the idea of avoiding offensive language to the extreme. In the article “Council Bans Brainstorming” by Nick Allen, the author reveals the “Tunbridge Wells Borough Council” in the UK banned its staff from using the term “brainstorming” (Allen). Allen reveals that the reason they banned the term because “brainstorming” may offend “mentally ill people” and individuals with “epilepsy” (Allen). Instead, the council replaces the term “brainstorming” with “thought showers” (Allen).

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Just because a book that was written many decades ago may have bad words in it, doesn’t mean that it should be withheld from the students. Additionally, the educational value of, The Catcher in the Rye would be totally lost if a book is banned just for containing “explicit” language. Sophomore students are at the age where they are old enough to know what is appropriate and what isn’t and they can read a book that has bad words in it. If a book is banned because of its explicit content, that overshadows the educational content and the moral lessons that the reader would take away from reading this book.

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