Banned Book Week

The firs amendment is connected to the banning of books by,  “CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION, OR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF; OR ABRIDGING THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, OR OF THE PRESS; OR THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE PEACEABLY TO ASSEMBLE, AND TO PETITION THE GOVERNMENT FOR A REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES.” Well I do because it says that we are free to say what we want in the constitution but really when we want to say something or read something they try to keep you quiet or keep you from reading it because they know is going to damage they way we look at the government. The difference between a challenge and a banning is that a challenge means to remove or restrict a book from the library or the school curriculum. A banning mean removing something for good from every place and from everyone. The ALA is a group that challenges most books often. I think they do this because they might have something to do with the government and they get paid to challenge books that they know are going to screw the government over. 3 main reasons people challenge and/or ban books:•        Occult theme or promoting the occult or Satanism•        Promoting homosexuality•        RacismI have read of these authors that have been challenged, Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin SchwartzGoosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine.Title 1: Scary StoriesWhy you think it was challenged: Because it talks about how things get moved and kind of make you thing that it had something to do with the devil.Do you agree? Explain: I don’t because well that is what makes the book interesting and well that is something kids these days like to read.  Title 2: GoosebumpsWhy you think it was challenged: This book also got challenge because it has horror in it. It talks about mockingbirds killing or big monsters coming out of nowhere and murdering families and people.Do you agree? Explain: I don’t agree because these books are cool and they get you excited because you want to know what is going to happen next in the story. Well I wouldn’t choose any book because well they all talk about the truth and we can’t hid from that even if we try too.