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9/22/2019

Daily Literary Quote
“What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.”
- Salmon Rushdie

Journal Prompt
September 22-28, 2019 is Banned Books Week. What are some books you remember that have been banned or challenged in schools or libraries? Do you think books should be banned? Why or why not?

61 Comments

Cole

9/23/2019 10:36:58 am

I do not know any books that are banned. No I don’t if it is going to offend you just don’t read it

Cody

9/23/2019 10:39:37 am

I completely agree with you

Wylie

9/23/2019 10:40:04 am

I agree with this.

Troy

9/23/2019 10:40:12 am

I agree with you on this

Tamryn

9/23/2019 10:44:41 am

I agree with you in the way that if it offends you, then just don’t read it. It’s not that hard to stay away from books that you don’t want to read. People just like to complain about everything.

Owen

9/23/2019 10:46:05 am

I agree strongly.

Troy

9/23/2019 10:36:58 am

I do not know any books that are banned books shouldn’t be banned because it is your choice on what book you choose to read

Cole

9/23/2019 10:38:39 am

I agree with you

Wylie

9/23/2019 10:39:27 am

I agree

Loon

9/23/2019 10:40:29 am

I agree with that

Caleb C

9/23/2019 10:45:55 am

I think the same way. We should all be able to read anything we would like.

Cody

9/23/2019 10:38:29 am

I don’t know any books that have been banned. But it’s what you choose to read. I don’t think books should be banned.

Cole

9/23/2019 10:39:21 am

I agree that books shouldn’t be banned

Taelyn

9/23/2019 10:40:45 am

I agree that books should not be banned

Dakota

9/23/2019 10:46:00 am

I feel the same way that books shall not be banned

Wylie

9/23/2019 10:38:45 am

I don’t know of any books that have been banned. It depends on what kinda book it is.

Cheyenne Ward

9/23/2019 10:39:04 am

I don’t know any books that have been banned or that have been challenged in school libraries. I don’t think books should be banned because every once in a while it’s good to be able to sit down and read.

Riley

9/23/2019 10:39:04 am

I think Harry Potter has been challenged before. I do not think that books should be banned because if you ban books you suppress knowledge and learning for everybody. If you disagree with a books message don’t ruin it for everyone.

Dylan

9/23/2019 10:40:23 am

I agree that books should not be banned because of the messages they convey.

Brooke

9/23/2019 10:44:08 am

I agree that books should not be banned.

Loon

9/23/2019 10:40:58 am

Why was it challenged

Brooke

9/23/2019 10:43:03 am

Hasn’t to Kill a mockingbird been band.

Destiny

9/23/2019 10:44:29 am

I agree that if you don’t agree with a books message that unenthusiastic ruin it for everyone.

Tamryn

9/23/2019 10:46:23 am

I completely agree! Just because you don’t like the message doesn’t mean that everyone else has the same opinion.

Caleb C

9/23/2019 10:47:43 am

Yes this is very true we all have different beliefs on a books message and we shouldn’t be banned for, reading because a higher power said it sends the wrong idea

Dylan

9/23/2019 10:39:16 am

A book I remember reading that had been banned is Animal Farm. I don’t think that it should be banned. It is a very good book because it uses animals instead of people to show a event in history.

Troy

9/23/2019 10:41:06 am

I didn’t know that animal farm was banned

Paul

9/23/2019 10:43:24 am

Why was it banned

Loon

9/23/2019 10:39:27 am

I don’t remember any books that are banned or have been challenged. I don’t think any book should be banned because in this country we have freedom of speech.

Taelyn

9/23/2019 10:41:37 am

I agree that books shouldn’t be banned for this reason

Jacob

9/23/2019 10:41:43 am

I agree with your reasons.

Riley

9/23/2019 10:41:43 am

I agree that if you ban a book you are suppressing the freedom of press and speech.

Kelton

9/24/2019 10:45:23 am

I agree if it’s just gonna offend you don’t read it.

Taelyn

9/23/2019 10:39:37 am

The Lorax is a banned book. I feel like books shouldn’t be banned because they’re literally words on paper and someone actually put effort in writing them to be read.

Cody

9/23/2019 10:40:38 am

I did not know that

Sydnee

9/23/2019 10:40:53 am

Good point

Paul

9/23/2019 10:42:56 am

I agree when someone puts the effort into book it shouldn’t be banned

Owen

9/23/2019 10:46:53 am

I didn’t know that was a banned book.

Dakota

9/23/2019 10:47:05 am

That makes me sad that the Lorax is banned. Was one of my favorites.

Charlie

9/23/2019 10:49:41 am

Why was The Lorax banned I wonder.

Kelton

9/24/2019 10:46:03 am

I agree a lot of work was put into making the book just for someone to get butt hurt.

Sydnee

9/23/2019 10:39:43 am

I’m not so sure about any books that are banned. I don’t think books should be banned because if people are liking a genre that is banned they probably won’t read

Charlie

9/23/2019 10:39:59 am

One book I remember being banned was “To Kill a Mockingbird”. I don’t believe that books should be banned because they help spread ideas that sometimes make a person think.

Jacob

9/23/2019 10:42:28 am

I agree with you on that.

Jacob

9/23/2019 10:40:44 am

I do not know of any books that have been banned of the top of my head. I do not think books she be banned. The reason for this is people have the choice to read a book or not and if it offends them then don’t read them.

Sydnee

9/23/2019 10:43:16 am

Very good point

Dylan

9/23/2019 10:43:53 am

I agree that that if you don’t like a book you should not ban it just read something you do like.

Destiny

9/23/2019 10:46:06 am

I agree it’s the readers choice.

Charlie

9/23/2019 10:47:28 am

I agree because if it’s something you don’t like, don’t read, watch, or listen to it. Don’t ruin someone else’s fun.

Destiny

9/23/2019 10:41:17 am

Black Boy, Captain Underpants. I don’t think that some books should be banned, some give a different perspective of the world. I think we that it’s also the reader’s choice to read the book itself.

Brayden

9/23/2019 10:41:30 am

I don’t know of any books that have been band. I don’t agree with banding books, it’s your choice to read them.

Brooke

9/23/2019 10:41:54 am

The Harry potter books have been banned. I don’t think books should be banned. It takes away are freedom to gain knowledge if we so wish and if the books aren’t available then how are we supposed to learn.

Riley

9/23/2019 10:42:41 am

I agree that blocking knowledge is a bad thing.

Paul

9/23/2019 10:42:06 am

The call of the wild is a book that is banned. I don’t think books should be banned for any reason. Books are meant to be read if there good or not. They all have a meaning in them.

Tamryn

9/23/2019 10:42:49 am

I believe that To Kill a Mockingbird and The Great Gatsby is banned. I don’t think that books should be banned from libraries or schools because usually they are apart of history and are categorized as “explicit” nowadays because in society today, you have to watch what you say because everything can be taken offensively.

Dakota

9/23/2019 10:44:53 am

A book that I looked up that is surprising banned is The Great Gatsby. I think that books shouldn’t be banned just not recommended for the younger people. I think this because some people wouldn’t want their children to read it because of the scenery or language. But they might want to read it.

Caleb C

9/23/2019 10:45:08 am

The Grapes of Wraith is a banned book I know of. It was banned because it promoted communist ideas. I don’t think books should be banned because we as Americans have freedom of the press which would include any books I believe. I think books are banned to get rid of any new or opposing ideas which is unfair to the people who should be able to think for themselves and decide for themselves.

Owen

9/23/2019 10:45:17 am

Animal farm was a banned book. If you don’t like a book don’t read it. Let people that want to read it, read it.

Tyrell Wortley

9/23/2019 10:45:23 am

The only books that I know were banned in various places is the Harry Potter Series, because I was “promoting witchcraft” (however that was only true with people who have mental problems). I don’t think books should be banned for the same reason we shouldn’t banned video games, movies, or the freedom of expression and entertainment as a whole. If these things were banned, you would also infringe on the freedom of religion. After all, the Bible has a lot of gruesome and “adult content” in it that would cause it too to be banned. We would also loose historic knowledge of the good and bad. If books were banned, then you spit on everyone one of the founding fathers and people who wrote the constitution and the bill of rights.

Tyrell Wortley

9/23/2019 10:50:13 am

Also we’d be no better than the communist countries we once (and kinda still are) fought.

Kelton

9/24/2019 10:44:42 am

I do not know of any books that have been banned. If it’s going to offend you, maybe just don’t read it.

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