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Why Smack Should Be Banned

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British writer, Melvin Burgess, was born in Twickenham, England on April 25, 1954. He currently lives in Hebden, West Yorkshire with no wife, and no kids. Burgess was not the smartest kid, nor made an effort to do well in school. He went to quite a few of schools that he did not admire, until he attended a school in Berkshire. He has gotten better since he went there, because of, “one or two teachers who helped [him] along, but [he] was still a poor worker” (About Me). Burgess received “two bad A levels in Biology and English” (About Me). After he was done with school, he didn't know what he wanted to do. According to MelvinBurgess.net Burgess mentions that, “My dad eventually filled in an application form for a job as journalist with [a] …show more content…

In addition to not finding any information, for whether people disagreed that Smack should have not been banned, there was also no information that stated Smack was for sure, not banned anymore. Reflection I found Smack to be a book that I really did enjoy. I was not really thrilled at first when I had to read a 300 page book, but after reading the first 20 pages, I couldn't wait to get to the end. I thought it was interesting for the author to write about young teenargers doing drugs. That would have definitely peaked my interest more as if adults were doing drugs. Although doing research for this book wasn't necessarily easy, i'm glad i got the opportunity to read it. I have found many themes that contributed to Smack being banned/ challenged. Themes that included prostitution, drug use, foul language and promoting a “damaging” lifestyle. No, I personally do not think that Smack shouldn’t have be banned. The content of this book isn't so horrible to the point where students can’t read them. If a student is interested in reading about young teens running away and doing drugs, then they should be able to. An adult shouldn't determine what is best for a young reader to

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