As we read banned books, we as scholars should be able to discuss banned books after reading them because when they make an educated person uncomfortable, we have to think about the subject and consider the content matter on why banned books make us feel more aware of what we as a community and a group or a society of scholars should feel uncomfortable about before being faced with these kinds of issues.
The curriculum that starts banning books is wrong because these books are a red flag to be aware of.
When I read Donna Tartt’s The Secret History, I felt that these college issues talked about the dangers and causes and effects that come from strangers who have the intelligence to do such dreadful and Satanic rituals such as the rituals mentioned within the book.
We should ask ourselves what the protagonist of the story should have done because it talks about elitism and what some people could get away with in college in Tartt’s book.
We should think about these experiences and examples of deliberate acceptance of the literature and not be limited to excess amounts of academic bias.
A banned book is everyone’s worst nightmare in content and context and yet the literature is all the things we should and shouldn’t do.
It is a test of time for some people who read banned books and who feel uncomfortable such as myself and others who read banned books.
It makes the person think about why we feel uncomfortable with subjects like these. Why do we write banned books about delinquency, domestic violence, abuse, torture and race? It’s because we feel uncomfortable about these things and write it down and then we challenge the reader to think about the possibilities of what we should an de shouldn’t do in life.
Read a banned book and discuss it!
