the treasure behind banned books
Banned books are the best books to read because there will always be a thrilling and underlying reason why it was banned. I get the hobby of trying to understand the reason why a certain book is banned from a country.
This made me realize how they wanted to deprive people of knowledge because they’re scared of letting people know they’re doing something wrong.
Animal Farm by Goerge Orwell, for instance, is banned from multiple countries for clearly portraying the danger of authoritarianism that will make even kids wonder. I understand that appropriacy matters. Some might be too overwhelming for kids but I know it is the parent’s responsibility to teach children self censorship.
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Banning books is an act of cowardice. It reminds me of how the media are being suppressed. How journalists are being in danger for every news they make. And for every person who is silenced for knowing something that could ruin one’s reputation. They are scared of the truth. They are scared of educated people.
In the book mentioned, after the pigs won their rights to self-govern, they started to write rules. Some of it revolves on how no animal should have a mark of being a human being wherein no animal shall wear clothes, sleep in bed, and drink alcohol. But then with the ignorance of other animals, they let the pigs direct and supervise them. Everything goes down from there. Those who swore not to adopt the human traits they hated the most are the one who started acting exactly like a human.
The story shows how those people who are more educated are the ones who have the capability to be evil. They will have a taste of power and will continuously crave for it. No resistance was made because they too were being gaslighted and manipulated by the wise. This is how a dictator was born.
Books are made for a reason, the very reason why they ban it. If you don’t seem to find what you want to read, try checking the banned book section. Maybe you will find something worth sharing with others. Challenge yourself to unlock banned books and treasure the root of the wrath of the dictator.
