Reasons For Banning The Book Dogsong

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You could not survive in the middle of Alaska. What would you try to do to survive in the winter? People are banning the book,”Dogsong”, because of the violence towards animals. Hunting is a part of life that people need to do. While many people think the book, Dogsong, should be banned because of violence towards animals, the book should be read because hunting is used as a way of life, and the book teaches about cultures around the world.

Many people from cultures around the world use hunting as a way of life and need it to survive in climates that they live in. In the book it talks about the Escimos cultures and how he would hunt with them. This explains that many cultures just like the Escimos do different ways of hunting as a part of their culture. People think that,”Dogsong”, should be banned for hunting but these are cultures that have been done for hundreds of years. This …show more content…

“In the long run they had lost much weight and it was necessary for Russel to make meat.” This is why in the conditions that they are in they need to hunt for food because they could die if they didn't get food. Hunting is what tribes and cultures do in cold areas to get food. No one could go through cold areas and not get hungry because they need to hunt because they can't grow food.

Although hunting is part of cultures and they need it to survive, many people will say that hunting is not good because animals should survive. Another thing is that in the summer months people could get lots of food and take it with them. Those who believe animals should not be hunted think that animals are going extinct a lot more. Although aspects of this argument are enticing, it ultimately fails to be a stronger argument because if you are not hunting then you could die because of starvation. This is why cultures hunt because they need food and they use them as clothing to