Banned Books

In English my pupils and I were researching a banned book, this project caused a lot of controversy within the classroom, leaving a lot of people wanting to express themselves.
Should books be banned? Yes, some books are especially made for adults. Some books contain sexual content such as infidelity and if infidelity I praised in the book children may think it is okay. Homosexuality is always a controversial issue regardless of the situation. Violence definitely because children will probably try and act out the violent situations book.
First, sexuality is a prime example of why books should be banned. Rape in the book can cause the child to try and mock what is going on in the book and if these actions remain with the child until adulthood they will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Homosexuality always causes controversy no matter what the situation, some families just won’t allow it. Incest, a very strongly banned topic because children shouldn’t be exposed to. The book Chocolate War has a numerous amount of sexual scenes that are just entirely unfit for children.
Second, homosexuality always causes a lot of controversy regardless of the situation, it could be between gat and straight, parent and child, or and adult and another adult. Homosexuality causes a lot of problems with religions, most religions believe in heterosexuality meaning male and female should only be together. Bullying can also become a factor when a person tells people that they are homosexuality and then this can cause people to react violently because they don’t understand. The Drowning of Stephen Jones is a perfect example of gay bashing he was killed because he wasn’t like everybody else and they couldn’t accept that so they reacted violently.
Third, violence is a major factor why books are banned. If the book is violently graphic, children may get scared or maybe repeat the actions that were expressed in the book. Murder is a very serious topic in book banning. Gangs! That word by itself causes problems just to a child in grade school forming a gangs just because he read a book talking about how cool being in a gang is and then his “crew” go and beat up another child then what? This could all be avoided if the book wasn’t allowed to such age group. The novel Of Mice and Men, when Lennie killed the girl because she wouldn’t be quiet he snapped her neck this book is a key example. Violence in a book could easily provoke a child to do violent things.
My standpoint on banned books is that some books are made for children and some are not!!!!!