Giver Banned book Argument essay

One of the most controversial topics in America right now is the censorship of teen literature. One of the most challenged books is the "Giver" by Lois Lowry. People Challenge this book because it's identified with containing sexuality, drug use, suicide and interpretable pedophilia. Most of the challengers of these supposed questionable texts are parents. The reason why all these parents are stepping in when it comes to teen novels is because they find them non-age appropriate and I think that those parents are wrong.

I Think that parents who  censor books are wrong because although the books may contain risky content it is there to help entertain teens and shape them by educating them on what not to do especially in the "Giver".  I think that some teen books help educate teens because it shows them a realistic, relatable circumstance that usually ends darkly. I find this more effective than a parent telling their kid not to do drugs or cut themselves because when you read a story you relate to it so when you read a story with some one like you that has death in the end then it all becomes more real and scary. An example of a book influencing youth is how in the Giver they took all the individuality out of the world to avoid war and terror but it  also made a bland purposeless utopian society. This has an Influence on youth because it tells them as the future of our world the right path to choose by showing them the outcome of the other.

I think that parents who challenge these books are also wrong because they interpret the ideas in the book wrongly  and nastily. An example of this is that parents felt the giver touching Jonas to give him memory was pedophiliac. I again find these parents to be wrong because there taking an innocent thing and making it sexual the fact that people look for profane things in a harmless book shows that the parents are more messed up then the children.

In Conclusion I don't think any book should be banned because its some one right of access and being an American they should have that freedom.