Argument essay

Many parents/ teachers try to look out for their kids and young adults by censoring what they read. But is that helpful for kids or is it more harmful than good? Trying to censor kids from dangerous vile themes in books is not helpful at all, when it comes to realistic events that are happening everyday all day around the world. Why censor things in books that are not censored on T.V or in real life.

The text "A Long Way Gone" Should not be banned/ removed from middle school libraries because it teaches and shows readers how life is different and stressful in a country not to far away from America. Even though the text includes war/violence, innocent killings, drugs, etc. middle school students should have access to it because the book can open peoples eyes & make sure they are not naive to the dangerous stunts going on in Sierra Leone.

The text "Darkness too visible" by Gurdon Mehgan shows how litterateur like Ishmael Beah's text A long way gone, is not very helpful and should be banned too young adults. Ishmael's book explains a series of events that occurred in his life back in Africa. He explained how it was in Africa being a child soldier after being kidnapped. He talked about doing drugs, how little girls got spared just so that the soldiers can rap them, how he fired his gun at enemies, and how many innocent people died as a result of war. There was burning villages and dead corpses on the floor, just a lot of stuff that would get a booked banned with q blink of an eye. But although the text visualizes inappropriate things for young adults it shows how much life is better here then there. It teaches readers to value their lives because in Sierra Leone you don't know how long you have to live, because it is ten times more dangerous there than walking the streets of New York.

The text should not be banned because behind all the drama and chaos there's a lesson, and the author ishmael saw the fault in his ways as a child soldier. The text can teach very valuable things, and you can learn a lot from reading his experience. You learn how hard it is to be but can never imagine yourself in the position. It makes the readers think critically and he doesn't censor the events in the book as the world and Africa didn't censor the events in his life. 

The text teaches readers about the bad things happening in Africa and should not be removed from our school bookshelves. 

In my book , you can learn how to become a better person . It shows you should appreciate what you have in life . some people are worried about if theyll survive through the night , while others are worried about the new $200 sneakers . Although there are many graphic scenes , that shows how grateful you should be . Cause you think you have it bad , but some one put there has it worst . in this book , a little boy was lost from his family and everyday had to worry whether he would make it through the night . this young boy eventually became and a solider and lost people he started with as kids . He survived although he went through many struggles . He should be able to tell what he went through and show kids how difficult there life could be.