Essay Against Banning Books

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Recommended: Negative effects of censorship

I. All Literature should be publiclly accessible, as well as in schools
A. First Digital Information
1. Include Teenink.com information "Against Banning Books"
2.Elborate on "Against Banning Book", including classic banned books
B. Second Digital Information
1. Include theodysseyonline.com "Why We Should Never Ban Book"
2. Relate to the Article with personal experiences at school, quoting the article
II. Banning books in general denies our Youth to a narrow mindset with 'proper' and 'acceptable' according to overprotective adults
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A. First Digital Information
1. Include LA Times "Tennessee Mother complains about Henrietta Lacks"
2. Use quotes of mother and use satire, poke fun
B. Second Digital Information
1. Present Information from Gawker.com "Parent calls cop to stop kids from handing out banned book" …show more content…

Again, use quotes from the article and use Satire. Use Personal thoughts on over protective Mothers and 'shielding' children.
III. 'Controversial' topics such as past or current cultural controversies hould be shown in books
A. First Print Information
1. Begin with excerpts from Unclean Lips: Obscenity, Jews, and American Culture
2. Go along with how said information should be made available to the public
B. Second Print Information
1. Finish off the last bit of provided information with excerpts from Banned in the Media: A Reference Guide to Censorship in the Press, Motion Pictures, Broadcasting, and the Internet
2. Point out US Bans on books as well as landmark incidents in books that are banned and should be exposed to the public to never forget these tragedies

Conclusion:
All in all, Books should be made and not censored just for it's 'vulgarity' or 'socially obscenity' they should be written, manufactured, just like any regular book. Without them, important values and information could not be available for future

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