According to the American Library Association 11,300 books have been challenged since 1982. The school board has banned many books for no reason. The novel The House on Mango Street is an example of one of these many banned books. The TUSD board banned this book because it “promotes the overthrow of the US government, promotes resentment to a race or class of people, and is designed primarily for one ethnic group.” Clearly you can tell that the school board banned this book without doing their research, because it never talked about the overthrow of the government. Also books should be able to have diversity and be different. All students should be able to have, the opportunity, to be educated about The House on Mango Street.
To begin with, in the book The House on Mango Street the main character is Esperanza. She is growing up in a ghetto neighborhood that is considered …show more content…
In the story it talks about people outside of the ghetto accidentally driving into the wrong neighborhood, like esperanza's neighborhood, scared because they’re not used to the environment. Esperanza says “Those who don't know any better come into our neighborhood scared. They think we're dangerous. They think we will attack them with shiny knives. They are stupid people who are lost and got here by mistake. But we aren't afraid...All brown all around, we are safe.” Readers can learn, from this, to not stereotype people based on their backgrounds and color of their skin.
In conclusion, although The House on Mango Street has been a banned or challenged book for containing crime, drugs, child abuse, and racial segregation. It is important for the reader because it gives us real life stories we can learn from like stereotyping, it opens the readers eyes to view other cultures and accept them and it also shows readers that no matter where you came from you can be
To begin with, in the book The House on Mango Street the main character is Esperanza. She is growing up in a ghetto neighborhood that is considered …show more content…
In the story it talks about people outside of the ghetto accidentally driving into the wrong neighborhood, like esperanza's neighborhood, scared because they’re not used to the environment. Esperanza says “Those who don't know any better come into our neighborhood scared. They think we're dangerous. They think we will attack them with shiny knives. They are stupid people who are lost and got here by mistake. But we aren't afraid...All brown all around, we are safe.” Readers can learn, from this, to not stereotype people based on their backgrounds and color of their skin.
In conclusion, although The House on Mango Street has been a banned or challenged book for containing crime, drugs, child abuse, and racial segregation. It is important for the reader because it gives us real life stories we can learn from like stereotyping, it opens the readers eyes to view other cultures and accept them and it also shows readers that no matter where you came from you can be