If we ban books we are banning part of history. Some books like "The Diary Of Ann Frank" tell a long lost story that many need to know. Others about the underground railroad are our history. The speeches of Martin Luther King bring words of peace from a grave. No I don't think some should say the things they do, but my dad fought in two wars to make sure we all should be able to read and speak freely.The worlds our children live in now have a different out look. The only way they will ever know the past is from books and history.And a poem from Maya Angelou can place you in a time capsule to another time. No I don't think books should be banned.I think they should be read,taught, and passed on.Many stories are horrific but very true. I think if we don't pass on the injustices that have occured in our history we may be doomed to repeat it.When i was younger I read many Dean Koontz books. They did not teach me much about history, but they did spark a great interest for me in books.I also read "The Diary of Ann Frank" and it prompted me to study about the Holocaust.It's hard to believe in todays world that things such as mass murder, starvation, and experiments were done to even the smallest of children was allowed to happen a time in history that many would like to forget. Reading use to be a privilege. A privlege that many were denied in hopes to keep them ignorant by people trying to suppress them.
No comments:
Post a Comment