I would cry if I could never read another book in my entire life. I would be bored out of my mind with out books. My summers have been spent reading one to two books a week. That is all I do; read, read, and read. Not to mention what the world would be like without books. History, Science, Math, knowledge in general is all kept in books. Everything would be lost. Our governments could do whatever they want. We would be blind to everything around us. With books and literacy comes the free will and thought of the people. Just look at our history. When the poor started to become literate, they overthrew their old governments and set into motion a fair government.
I'm really not fully certain exactly how we "burn books" everyday. Some books are censored. Many popular books have been censored from grade schools. Some of these include Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, The Hunger Games, Twilight, and other stories. I read a book in 6th grade called "The Confessions of Charlotte Doyle". There were very violent parts in that book about rape and it freaked me out. So my mom tried to get the school to not entirely remove the book, but just only let older kids be able to read it. I understand age limits on certain books, especially in elementary or middle school. But banning books from High School or from everyone is a completely different scenario.
Love this blog! I would have to say I don't read books, but I know this could affect those who read more books than those who don't. Sad to say, the government would be in control, and we don't want that! We want to be able to have a say of what goes on and knowledgeable about all types of information!
ReplyDeleteI figured you would be very upset about this because you seem to be a very avid reader. I like your example of schools censory "burning books". I do understand the reasoning for this but I do not agree they should be removed entirely.
ReplyDeleteI think that there should be age limits on some books, but they shouldn't be banned from being read.
ReplyDeleteParents should certainly have the right to monitor their own child's reading, however, I don't think they have the right to make that decision for everyone elses' children....this is when we start to censor.
ReplyDeletei'm not nearly as big a erader as you but you're right about how important books can be and how that has been demonstrated in the past
ReplyDeleteI don't read as much as you but I read maybe a book or two a month. I'm not sure how I feel about parents controlling what the school is letting students read. Is that really any different from letting schools or the government censor material?
ReplyDeleteIn all technicalities putting an age limit on books is a censor. I'm going to be a middle school teacher and I know I'm not going to be putting Romance novels on the bookshelves of my classroom. It is censorship, but I feel that it is a different kind of censorship. I think I can compare it to a video game, it has a rating to advise those to or to not play it. Some game stores won't sell certain games if the buyer isn't of a certain age. The kids could still get it in round about ways (from their parents, older siblings etc), or they could wait. That's censoring, yet do we complain about that? The same with movies.
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