Claim of Fact Essay 

Thesis: Book banning is stopping the diversification of the knowledge of, specifically, children - who have to grow up one day to be in a diverse world.

Antithesis: Book bans is protecting children from topics their parents may want to shelter them from, such as LGBTQ+ perspectives or perspectives from different religions. This could be against their parenting styles and cause problems within the home.

Three reasons:

  • If we allow any person with bias to ban books, then we will eventually end up with no books to read because it's a possibility that the two sides will never come to a common ground
  • Books is our way of gaining different perspectives from lives that we will never be able to live, those perspectives should not be silenced because of the disagreement with the lifestyle
  • Banning of books will stop the diversification of knowledge among people and will cause more and more separation between different groups of people who will never have a way to learn about or at least look from the perspective of someone who opposes them

Sources

https://explore.proquest.com/sirsissuesresearcher/document/2628380362?accountid=65408

  • Children, as they grow into teenagers, will find a way to get to the “bad” books.
  • Because of Covid, parents want to have more control when it comes to their children, and virtual learning brought school into the home into a more intimate way.
    • Teenagers were growing in their homes instead of away from their homes, which is what their supposed to do
  • “Fortherecord,Ithinkbansareterribleformanyreasons,includingbecausethey’refrequentlyaboutpoliticalfightsamongadultsthatspillintochildren’sliveswhenit’snotreallyaboutthem.”“For the record, I think bans are terrible for many reasons, including because they’re frequently about political fights among adults that spill into children’s lives when it’s not really about them.”

https://explore.proquest.com/sirsissuesresearcher/document/2628381201?accountid=65408

  • Books put children and teenagers in the shoes of those who are different, less fortunate, and that go through different situation and circumstances than them
  • “Beloved” is a book that would put children in the position of being a slave and take them through the emotions of what it was like for slaves and have to make decisions due to the injustice
  • Teenagers want to read these books and have more knowledge about other walks of life with groups like Voters of Tomorrow

https://explore.proquest.com/sirsissuesresearcher/document/2628380358?accountid=65408

  • More progressive books such as “Maus”, “Queer Eye”, and “To Kill a Mockingbird” are what is being targeted
  • Proposed idea: But what happens when the other side decides that their right to ban books is just as good as the conservative sides’. All books could be banned if everyone wants to exercise their right, and children could be caught up in this.