Monday, May 5, 2014

For Mature Eyes Only

After finding out that "The Great Gatsby" is banned from some high schools and cannot be used in their curriculum, it made me wonder if they had banned any other famous stories. For instance, is "A Streetcar Named Desire" banned? It has some adult content. Would a parent feel that the book was promoting domestic violence? Drinking? Gambling? Prostitution? Rape? Not only that, but Blanche was a compulsive liar. She lied so much she started to believe her lies were actually the truth. I guess I'm not quite sure how this story would be any different from The Great Gatsby. In fact, I feel that it might be a little more controversial. I think that society has gotten too dramatic and too eager to blame their child's problems on anyone but the child himself or the way that you have chosen to raise him. I think if we all just started taking a little more responsibility for our own actions and stopped blaming everything on what we see on tv, we might be in a little better shape. These are both great books and should both be allowed in our schools.

1 comment:

  1. I think schools are incredibly picky about what kids read in school. I thought The Great Gatsby is high school reading worthy and I do not see why that they do not accept it for children to read as well. There are a lot worse stories that kids could read and adults might not think twice about. I agree with you 100%!!

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