Some parents want to take away the rights of teens and young adults to read certain books which they feel should be banned. One of these books is "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky. In my opinion this book should not be banned from a Middle School Library. "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" is about a teenaged boy of 14, named Charlie, who is only about a year or less older than we are. He doesn't know about some of the bad things in life like suicide, bullying, rape, drugs, and many other things, and he learns about them. This tells us why we need to read books like this, and understand about these things, and how and why they happen. Books like this should not be banned because they teach us about important life lessons.
Banned books teach us many lessons about real life. I think the book," The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky teaches us many of these types of lessons, and the lesson I am going to talk about from this book is one of this types of lesson. In the book, Charlie is introduced to people who lead different lifestyles. Charlie became very friendly with a boy named Patrick ,and Charlie was being "too friendly."" Patrick started kissing me on the lips and I let him. I didn't like it but I let him do it because I was being a friend." This means that Patrick is gay. Although Charlie was not comfortable with this because he liked girls and not boys, and he was not gay, he was not sure what to do about this situation. This is an important lesson for teens. Teens and young adults will confront situations where they will need to figure out how to deal with things. Things like this occur often with no previous warning, and teens need to know about various situations and on how to confront them.
YA books are dark and gruesome. This was from an article opposed
to young teens reading many books that people feel should be banned. “Patrick just broke up with his boyfriend,
and he was very sad. He had no money. He started kissing Charlie and he
did not realize it." This would be inappropriate according to some
of these parents because kids may not know what gay means. Some parents may
not want their children exposed to things like this. The article "Darkness
Too Visible" by Meghan Cox Wurdon
states that YA books are dangerous. They are dark and detailed and
very gruesome. Certain books that kids love such as “Shine” and “Tears”
have material that kids should not be exposed to.
Banned books are based on real things which teach us real lessons. Teens have to learn about situations in life as part of the process of growing up.” Kids want to read these banned books more when we ban them.” This means that kids get more interested in knowing why these books were banned.
Banned books are appropriate for young teens. They should not be banned, but perhaps a rating system like the movie theaters could be put in place, or parents who do not want their children reading certain types of books should have the right to have their children restricted from reading these books. I feel that an all-out ban is not fair or appropriate for all teens. These books teach us things that we will learn later on in life, and a classroom setting can provide a valuable place for teens to discover and learn about topics which will help them to better understand and discuss topics which might otherwise be confusing or scary. It can provide a safe environment for such discussions.
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