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To Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee in 1960. The book is talking about racism back in the 1900s. It revolves around a small family of three Atticus, finch, and his two children Scout and Jem. The main idea is about Atticus trying to defend Tom Robison during the trial because Tom Robison is being accused of raping a girl. So that is one of the background knowledge about the story. To kill a mocking is a book that could be about racism and talks about things that nobody wants to hear. It has a lot of negative comments and slurs that we don't need to hear, not need to know about. The next problem about killing a mockingbird is that the book is long and it could take up 1 semester or maybe 1 trimester which is 12 weeks or it depends how long it will take for a class or a school to read the book you never KNOW!!!!.
First, The problem with this book is that it has some racial slurs that can be inappropriate for teenagers who are reading this book or a teacher reading this book aloud to the class. It could be offensive. Some students will not take this book seriously. They will probably keep on saying these offensive comments throughout the story. According to the article, it says that Recently, a Mississippi school district pulled To Kill a Mockingbird from its 8th-grade reading list because the use of the N-word made students feel “uncomfortable,” and so the district planned to find another book.. ( Davis, 2 ). What they are talking in this quote or their explanation is that to kill a mocking a bird is book that could make some of the student uncomfortable because it has racial slurs, but yet the agreement side does not support this claim their side is that it should be taught in school because it will teach the student about segregation and racism and it could bring a lot of eye-opening to teenagers that don't know about racism. To Kill a Mockingbird” is a revolutionary novel that exposed the large glaring fault of racism in our society in the 1960s. This novel is now more relevant than ever with our country still dealing with segregation and discrimination, but it has managed to survive hidden under the radar. ( Misa, 2 ). In their explanation is that they are ok about reading this book because they want their students to learn about racism and that they are fine for their students to be reading this book and they will learn about different things while reading this book. In this case, both sides have different opinions and different reasons why it should be taught in class or not to be taught in class.
Secondly, to kill a mockingbird is a book that talks about picking sides and while during toms Robison trial people in the benches are picking the girl side because they are believing that tom Robison is the guy that raped the girl which there is no proof right but yet there are a lot separation and picking sides why they are believing that it was him that raped the girl. This is the supporting claim in which why young adults should not be reading this book. According to the text ''To be clear, To Kill a Mockingbird is a well-written book. As a teaching narrative on the reality of race, however, it is helplessly facile and ill-suited. It is a story told through the voice of a white child, Scout Finch, centered on the toils of her white father, Atticus Finch, and whose conflict rests on the judicial fate of a black man, Tom Robinson.'' (Demise, 3) so in this explanation what they are saying or in our understanding there is a lot of conflict with the whites who are trying to defend the little girl and the people who are trying to defend tom Robison, but yet the other side is saying that it's alright to teach the book because it shows why we should respect other racism which they are right. there supporting quote is ''Students should be trusted to read this novel, understand its intricacies and the historical importance of racism, because of the tremendous effect it has had on our society as a whole''. ( Misa, 4)in their understanding, they are fine reading this book because it talks about everything that they are trying to teach the kids which it's fine but they could have written the book better and be more understandable for teenagers who are reading this book.
Nevertheless, why this book should not be in the teaching plans is because the book could take a long time to finish. There are way too many pages. There are too many chapters and in one chapter there's like 16 pages in which the students are going to sleep while teaching this book or reading this book. On the other hand, they disagree with me. They say that the book could be thoughtful to the students and could learn a lot in the book even though it could take a long time. One of the supporting quotes on my side is ‘’Still, I'm just making clear that I'm not a die-hard 'TKAM' fan. I think the first few chapters can feel slow for kids.’’ (Torres, 2 ). So to understand to kill a mockingbird the book at the beginning could be slow but at the end, it could be a little bit more quicker in which there is an agreement with this quote but yet each chapter is long, but in the agreement side they don't agree with this idea they are saying that it goes by fast and they learn a lot with this book which I do agree but not all the way because of the book being so long and could be slow at the beginning. In their statement according to the article ‘’There’s a reason why the book won a Pulitzer after having spent 40 weeks on the bestseller list. Like the other great authors of that century, Lee’s novel helped open the eyes of the American people to the injustice that African-Americans had suffered for decades’’. ( Misa, 2 ). In this case, the agreement side wouldn't mind taking 40 weeks teaching this book because they think this is important for students to be reading about even though it's long and that there are many chapters about this book but yet they are getting some knowledge in this book.
In conclusion, To Kill a Mockingbird is a book about segregation and racism and it talks about the Tom Robison trial. and much more. To kill a mockingbird should not be taught in school because of the racist comment that it brings and picking sides or favoritism during the trial. On the other hand, there agrees on the other side they said that it would be good for teenagers because they could learn about segregation and racism I mean they are not wrong they could have a good reason why this book should be in the teaching plan and why schools should read to kill a mockingbird.
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