Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Banned Books
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, was first challenged in Eden Valley, Minn. and temporary banned due to profanity, and the use of the word "nigger". The book was challenged by a number of different schools, and was also challenged by the NAACP for the use of racial slurs. I agree that the book is not appropriate for junior high school or middle age children. Some kids, are not as mature as others, or on a level to fully comprehend with the book is about. Being that we're talking about young children they will not understand the moral of the story, and could take the story the wrong way. I feel that th e book can stir up conflicts among such a young group of kids.
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I love this book. It was assigned reading for me in jr high and high school. In college, I have chosen it several times to do as analysis papers. It is a good focus point for domestic abuse, racial prejudice, and young men’s right of passage, family tradition, and self war. Maturity is expected to develop later and later than it used to. Just because we down grade our kids responsibility does not mean that we need to ok for them to be ignorant about how the world should work and teach them how to act with good moral.
ReplyDeleteI like what you say here, kla! I agree--our children are exposed and know much more than we ever did at that age. To shelter them is to miss an opportunity to teach them what we often don't learn ourselves: to act justly and fairly regardless of the color of someone else's skin.
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