Why Books Should Be Banned Essay

Olabanji Faidat

Amelia Norton-Cooke

English 91

31 March 2015

The Causes and Effects of Banned Books.

Many books are written by different writers and are fast selling, but not all these are suitable for the United States of America society because of different reasons. Books are known to be categorized into different sections based on what the books are trying to interpret. Books that are banned do not necessarily reflect on the people generally. Books that are banned are decided by the United States of America society if it will be accepted. Some people in the society argue that some books are not to be banned because they have positive impacts on the United States of America society while some says that such books should be banned.

Racism is a cause for banned books. Racism is "a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one 's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to other"(Dictionary.com). Racism is known to be a way of discrimination of people, when there is racism in a book it can cause a book to be banned. An example of a book that is said to be banned because of racism and the other reason is The Absolutely True Diary of a

When some books are preferred by the United States of America society they look for ways to get what they want. "Great Literature They Did Not Want Us to Read" (Ryan). So using all means to get what they want increases crime.

When some books are banned for racism, it would result to decrease in crime rate in the United States of America society, it is because many individuals would want to fight for their ethnicity and culture. Also, when books are banned from age group it would affect life message that are to be taught. When books are banned for Religion point of view, it would decrease the crime rate and it is because individuals would want to protect their religion. So all this causes leads to effects.

There are various causes and effect leading books to be banned due to various reasons. For a book to be banned it is decided by the United States of America society. Banning books is a way of censorship meaning a way of removing things that would cause harm to the United States of America society. To make the United States of America society safe from books that are not good for the United States of America society books are