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The Consequences Of Banning The Outsiders

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We recently learned in Miss Russell’s Unified Arts class that one are considering banning some books from the King Philip Middle School Library. I think that one should not ban The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton because it contains inspirational themes, shows the negative effects of drugs and alcohol, and shows the importance of responsibility. To start off, The Outsiders has many motivational themes. The main theme of this book is to not judge people because of their appearance. At the end of The Outsiders, Ponyboy states, “Maybe people would understand then and wouldn’t be so quick to judge a boy by the amount of hair oil he wore,” (179). This statement is teaching the students not to judge other people based on what they look like. Also, this
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