What book should be banned based on its boring subject matter?
Post your answer in the LEAVE A COMMENT section below. I’m not the boss of you, though. Don’t write anything for all I care! It’s not like I’ll ban you.
. . .here are my thoughts.
What book should be banned based on its boring subject matter?
I’ve written a novel. Few people know this because it’s unpublished and has only been read by, like, 4 people. (Hi, Mom!) When asked what my novel—Splash of Color—is comparable to, I immediately think of To Kill a Mockingbird. Not because I think it should sell a bajillion copies and be read by high schoolers for the rest of eternity. More so because my novel really doesn’t have much excitement in it—nothing really seems to happen. And isn’t that the basic plot of Harper Lee’s novel? The first ⅔ is about a kid playing in the yard, and ends with some kind of hidden message about racism. Perhaps I’m misremembering the point of the book, but I just don’t understand its enduring popularity. Go Set a Watchman only furthered the confusion— Atticus wasn’t a racist, but now he is? I just don’t think any child should have to suffer through To Kill a Mockingbird ever again. Of course, this is coming from the guy who’d be exaggerating if he said his novel’s been read by a handful of people. Perhaps I possess the cure for insomnia.