2nd draft Argument Essay “Lord of the Flies”
by William Golding

By Dylan Pantaleo 808

            Why ban books? Especially timeless classics, many people think that these books are inappropriate for students. Me personally, I believe that you yourself should be the judge of that, not some parent in the Midwest. But what is the most shocking is that “banning books doesn’t, in fact, hurt them much at all. If anything, it may even inspire more interest in them, and sometimes sales, too.” “The Banned Books We Have Loved” by Jen Doll explains this. Also many of these books are being banned for poor reasons that are necessary, such as “Ten Banned Books” explains, that the dictionary has been banned for “inappropriate language.” Well, if your going to ban the dictionary you might as well go ahead and ban the whole English language! “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding for example shouldn’t be banned because there is barely any questionable content in the book, and when there is questionable content it isn’t specified.

            One example of why “Lord of the Flies” shouldn’t be banned is because it doesn’t have any inappropriate language and/or extreme content. Yes, the book does touch on subjects that could be hard on people, but the author describes it in ways so it isn’t as bad as it could be, which it is in different books. For example “Softly, surrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon’s dead body moved out toward the open sea.” Golding 157 shows a very professional way of describing a child’s death, so it isn’t inappropriate or disturbing to a large extent. Also, this shows that if there isn’t anything really extreme then why ban a perfectly good classic novel?

            Lastly, I believe that “Lord of the Flies” shouldn’t be banned; because the book does have disturbing content, but we don’t know it in great detail, so it doesn’t really make the book disturbing in a way. Because they coat the disturbing content by being blunt. By not describing such things that would upset many people, also, a book is made to be someone’s ideas and thoughts and supposed to be free to write what you feel, so why are people banning books if they’re banning the reason for writing books? How does this shows anything, especially since, if people really want to read  a book they’ll find a way to, so it doesn’t help anything, also since sales increase after ban, why even bother?

In conclusion, “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding shouldn’t be ban because there really isn’t any inappropriate content in the book, and if there was it wasn’t specified to make it banable, if that’s even a word.  Also because it shows great life lesson and shows what happens when people don’t stick together. The story is great and one of the best books ever and shouldn’t even be thought about being banned. Especially because it is full of great language such as on page 159 “The green light and the glossy patches of sunshine played over their befouled bodies.” The language in this book is amazing and was written greatly. That’s why “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding shouldn’t be banned.

Favorite childhood book.

      My favorite childhood book is by far "The Cat in the Hat" by Dr. Seuss, not only being one of the first books read to me as a kid, which makes it nostalgic to me. But also, it shows imagination and how cool books can be. The whole book was funny and perfect for a kid whose brain is still developing and getting into reading. it shows a great story of how two kids can have fun and shows how important it is for children to have fun and enjoy themselves. The book is great ad full of exciting characters and interesting ways that these young kids rebel against their mom by breaking all the rules their mother set for them.
      This is why "The Cat in the Hat" is my favorite children's book.

Writing Prompt

“The future depends on what we do in the present.” These are some of the great words by Mahatma Gandhi, the civil rights leader who sent India to independence from England. This quote makes me understand that Gandhi believes that before you start to think abut what happens in the future, you have to think about what you do in the present, because the present creates your future. He believed that instead of thinking about what is yet to come, live in the moment, think about what is happening around you, don’t think ahead. This is one way of thinking that I agree with, many people can worry too much about the future instead of concentrating on the present, which is more important then is yet to come. I can understand why people worry about the future though, because they don’t know what it will have to come, or what will happen when it comes. This is a one of lots of great quotes by a very inspirational man in history, which makes you think of life in a totally different way.

1^st Draft Argument Essay “Lord of the Flies” 
by William Golding        

             Why ban books? Especially timeless classics, many people think that these books are inappropriate for students. Me personally, I believe that you yourself should be the judge of that, not some parent in the Midwest. But what is the most shocking is that “banning books doesn’t, in fact, hurt them much at all. If anything, it may even inspire more interest in them, and sometimes sales, too.” “The Banned Books We Have Loved” by Jen Doll explains this. Also many of these books are being banned for poor reasons that are necessary, such as “Ten Banned Books” explains, that the dictionary has been banned for “inappropriate language.” Well, if your going to ban the dictionary you might as well go ahead and ban the whole English language! “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding for example shouldn’t be banned because there is barely any questionable content in the book, and when there is questionable content it isn’t specified.

            One example of why “Lord of the Flies” shouldn’t be banned is because it gives great examples of how important it is to act like a group in precious situations and also shows how important it is to work together. “I’m chief then.” This short quotation from the book tells a lot. I personally don’t believe that they should’ve never done this, because I think that giving one person power over other could start anarchy and jealously among the others, for example this probably made Jack feel like this, because he was expecting to be the chief. It’s best for everyone to be equal.

            Lastly, I believe that “Lord of the Flies” shouldn’t be banned, because when they do mention inappropriate content it isn’t specified. For example on page 157 “Softly, surrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon’s dead body moved out toward the open sea.” I think that William Golding did a great way of describing something that could be very hard on some people, the death of a child. This is another reason why “Lord of the Flies” shouldn’t be banned, because nothing is really that bad in the book, nothing at all.

              In conclusion, “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding shouldn’t be ban because there really isn’t any inappropriate content in the book, and if there was it wasn’t specified to make it banable, if that’s even a word.  Also because it shows great life lesson and shows what happens when people don’t stick together. The story is great and one of the best books ever and shouldn’t even be thought about being banned. Especially because it is full of great language such as on page 159 “The green light and the glossy patches of sunshine played over their befouled bodies.” The language in this book is amazing and was written greatly. That’s why “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding shouldn’t be banned.