Draft For Banning Books Argument Essay

  Draft:

            Parents look out for their children when it comes to what they read. Many books are banned because of “sexual content” or they have “inappropriate” language and drug use. “The Perks Of Being a Wallflower” is about a boy that enters High School and finds out who he is, Charlie meets friends who experiment with sex, drugs, and alcohol. The text “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” Even though the book contains depression, drugs, use of alcohol, and molester, Middle Schooler’s should have access to it because it makes them aware of all those bad issues.

            The “Perks of Being a Wallflower” should not be banned from schools because some children relate to this book because they have the same social issues as some of these characters do, and when they read the text, they understand what they are going through even more.  In the article “Good Reads: The Perks of Being a Wallflower” states, “If a teen has been abused, the logic follows, reading about another teen in the same situation will be comforting.” This shows that teens in their daily lives have the same issues as the characters in the text, and a way to relate and understand the same issues in their lives, the can read “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” because its realistic. Also, in the text page 205, “I don’t know what is wrong with me. Its like all I can do is keep writing gibberish to keep from breaking apart. Sam’s gone. And Patrick wont be home for a few days.” This shows that the reason teens should have access to this book is because they have the same issues in their lives as the characters in this text. An example is depression and loneliness. Many teens struggle with these issues daily, and a way to relate is by reading “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” .

            The appropriate audience for this text is teenagers because they are mature enough to read about drug use, alcohol use, rape, and ,molestor. For example, in the article, “Banned Perks of Being a Wallflower” states, “not every book is right for each person, but providing a wide range of reading choices is vital for learning, exploration, and imagination.” This shows that the author is saying how this book may not be for every teenager because of such content. But on the other hand, other teens are mature enough to read this book because this book is for a specific kind of teenager. One who can read mature and serious content such as drugs, alcohol, and rape. Also, in “The Perks of Being a Wallflower Discussion Goodreads” It states, “Is that it discusses homosexuality , drugs, and its “explicit sexual content. Having to read this book myself, I agree that some parts require some maturity from the reader.” This shows that even if it has mature content in it, the readers meant for this book should be able to get through vulgar parts.

Many say that schools should ban this text because it has very inappropriate content that isn’t for children or teens. For example, in the article “Huffington post The Perks Of Being a Wallflower” talks about how a father thinks the text should be banned, “The amount of vulgarity and the amount of pornography was just overwhelming.” This shows that parents think it should be banned because of the amount of  “vulgar” and “pornography” in it.  In the book, there are many parts with scenes of suicide or molester, sexual assault such as rape and a boy punching a girlfriend, as well as drug use and alcohol use. But, teenagers could learn from this. When they read a book such as this one, they see how these issues affect your life. Parents should be aware of how reading a book with such issues, doesn’t make their children want to experiment with those issues such as, drugs, sex, and alcohol. They learn from the characters mistakes.

Studies show that 12.12% people say that “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” Is not suitable for teens. 27.99% say teens can deal with such content, 2.28%say its only for younger teens, and 38.3% say that we shouldn’t ban books at all.  This shows that this society has some people have different opinions on this topic, and that most people don’t even want to ban any book in this matter. Everyone has an opinion on banning “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”. But we should not ban it because teenagers enjoy reading about certain issues in their daily lives.