Salman Rushdie once said, “What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.”. The banning of books interferes with certain rights. Children should be allowed to read specific books if given permission. The banning of books also limits the reality of certain individuals. Certain people believe specific books should not be banned in schools or libraries because it interferes with certain people’s freedom. Banning books interferes with the authors freedom rights. Our First Amendment Right states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” (“Your Bill of Rights”). This quote means that any citizen of the United States have the freedom of speech. With that being said, authors or writers should not get their books banned or challenged since they have the freedom of voice to state his/her opinions or thoughts on some paper. The article “I’m With The Banned” states, “Challenging a book is an attempt to remove it from a school or public library is a threat to your amendment rights.” (“I’m With The Banned”). This quote connects to banned books because whenever authors get their books challenged or banned it is a threat to their amendment rights. Therefore, this quote is very important because people need to realize that …show more content…
Again, Authors and writers should have the same amount of freedom as any other citizen in the United States as stated in our First Amendment Right. All children should be allowed to read specific books based on their maturity level. All children also need to read about the true world before experiencing the harsh issues in this world. Finally, it is not right to interfere with others’ first amendment