Censorship Essay: 'The Boy Who Lost His Face'

Censorship Essay

Do people really need to be in a group or live a normal life? “The Boy Who Lost His Face” is written by Louis Sachar. The Boy Who Lost His Face is about a boy who stole an elderly woman’s cane, and it was banned, but I do not believe that it should be banned. The book is young children literature.

The book is about a boy named David who is trying to be in a group of cool kids so he has to steal a cane. He steals the cane but is not accepted into the group. He becomes an outcast and he is picked on. He chooses to fight to get the cane back and his dignity. He gets his friends and his little brother to help him fight against Roger and his gang.“Your Doppelganger will regurgitate your soul!” The elderly woman was saying that

as David and the other kids took her cane and ran off with it. He tries to become a better person and get the cane back from Roger’s gang. David, his brother, and a few of his friends are going to get the cane back from roger. Not knowing what lies ahead for David, he is willing to be physically pulverised to retrieve a cane. This book “also considers friendship and responsibility”says the Banned Book Database.
The book being banned it is still interesting to those who chose to read they book. The book revolves around the old woman and the cane that Roger, Randy and David then steal. She is claimed to be a witch by all the kids in the neighborhood and she “curses” David for taking her cane. The elderly woman's name is Mrs. Bayfield. David decides to “fight for his dignity, and, with his friends and little brother by his side he goes to face rogers gang.”According to banned books database. David had eventually come to realize he didn’t really hate Mrs.Bayfield he liked her, he thought she was a nice elderly woman.
After David, Randy, and Roger steal her cane but David is rejected to the “cool” group of kids and find himself being picked on. “David falls off his desk,walks into class with his zipper unzipped, and his only friends are fellow outcasts.” According to Banned Books Database. He tries to be tranquil but he keeps having the same problem Roger and his friends. David feels staid that he can’t do anything to make it better and he is being called names all the time in school.
The book contains mild profanity, bullying, and obscene gestures. Randy and the gang are bad often because they think they are cool but there being quiet mean and they hurt people. David is emotionally hurt because he isn’t accepted into the group and he is picked on. The Boy with no Face is still banned in schools. The book gives a good perspective that gang involvement is bad and what not to do if your like David if you're in the same situation as him. The Boy with no Face is still a good book. This book is thrilling and amazingly good to show that friendship is better than a gang. I find this book should not be banned from schools it is educational and helps guide you through if you're in that situation. We all do deserve to live a normal life like David we don’t need to be part of a group just to be cool we can live a normal life.