Banned Books

For this weeks journal entry we were assigned to write about our views on the governments right to ban books. It came to my surprise to just how many books have been banned over the years. A few of my favorite books such as The Complete Persepolis and The Perks of Being a Wallflower have been banned due to their excessive use of alcohol and other drugs, only representing the imperfection of reality. It was truly bewildering to see how much  power the government holds, especially in what we expose ourself's to. Enforcing the restriction of the books we read, in my opinion, is something the government does not have the right to do. It is understandable how the government censors and challenges the books we read, in order to shelter their power. However, this idea of censorship does not hold me back into something I am willing to divulge myself into, for it sounds like a personal rather than political ideal.