Ms. Nelle Lee is the author of “To kill a Mockingbird” which is a very famous 20th century novel. Recently “Go Set a Watchman” which is a sequel to her previous book was controversially published. Lee is very old and in bad health. Some people believe she never wanted “Go set a Watchman” published. Other people thought that she did want this book published. One of these people is her lawyer Tonja Carter. Carter is the spokesperson for Ms. Lee since Lee is mostly deaf and blind. The people who believe Lee did not want this book published believe Carter is manipulating her in order to make more money off the new book. To answer the question of “Should the publisher have published the book?” I will rely on Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.’s Defining Moments …show more content…
I will be relying on this framework to answer the question above. I believe “Go Set a Watchman” should not have been published because Badaracco’s framework for an ethical decision suggests against it. Although one step of the framework suggests to publish the book the majority suggests not to publish the book. “Go Set a Watchman” should be published because of the net-net consequences principle. According to Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. net-net consequences involves listing the winners and losers, then picking a plan that does the most good and least harm. Relating this to publishing the book I will first explain the winners. The first winner is Ms. Lee. “Lee, in a statement released by Carter, said she was “happy as hell” that is was finally being published” (Tucker, 2015). This shows that Lee is very happy and wanted the book published. The next …show more content…
According to Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. there are certain groups and individuals that have rights that we cannot violate. I believe Lee is in one of these groups because her health is declining and she may be vulnerable to coaxing. Before Lee’s health started to decline she promised she would never publish a book again. “Lee had long vowed she would never publish again” (Tucker, 2015). Since before her declining health she vowed she would never publish again, it would be against her personal rights to publish the book. Many of Lee’s friends have noticed a major decline in her health and memory. “They say they have witnessed a stark mental decline in their friend and report that her short-term memory is erratic” (Tucker, 2015). This shows that Lee’s mental state is diminishing. One of Lee’s friends also said, “I went to see her the next week, telling her how excited everyone was that she came. And she said, “Oh, but I didn’t go to that” (Tucker, 2015). This quote was talking about when Lee randomly showed up to a writers symposium. This shows that Lee is not aware of what she is doing sometimes so it would be unethical to publish the book because that is not what she really wants. If she didn’t want to publish the book for many years it would not make sense for her to want to publish it now that her health is declining. Therefore I believe “Go Set
The same way in real life the American government censors some materials especially during the time of wars to prevent the public from looking from the point of view of the other party in the war. The American government conducted press censorship during wartime; case in point, according to “Censorship in the United States,” is when antiwar journalists during World War I was arrested. In Fahrenheit 451, Captain Beatty explained censorship was not a government directive, but rather it was the people. Captain Beatty tells Montag if a group of people (minorities) no matter how small disliked the book, the book had to be banned. The same way small groups of people influencing the censorship of books in the Fahrenheit 451 is the same way today’s world works which are the corporations and nongovernmental organizations who pass the contemporary
Books that have shaped America are slowly starting to disappear. Many of the previous social norms have fallen out of fashion, and because of this reason numerous books are beginning to become banned. Blasphemy, racism, sex, and violence are all ethical reasons for books to be censored.
Why should To Kill a Mockingbird be published? One good reason is because To Kill a Mockingbird is a great read about the human dignity that connects people of all sorts. It helps students realize that life was not exactly fair in the 1930s. The lack of humane behavior is shocking and will arouse some students, plus increase their knowledge of history in the 1930s by way of telling the story through a child’s perspective.
Some people think that harper lee’s to kill a mockingbird should not be taught in schools for example malcolm gladwell a journalist says he wishes that the author had made finch(referring to atticus) a man sufficiently outraged by racial injustice to seek systemic change, rather
There’s always been the argument of “Which is better?” when it comes to book versus movie. In the case of To Kill A Mockingbird, in my opinion, the movie lacks certain details needed to really see some of the themes Harper Lee is trying to get across. The movie leaves out some important characters. It also leaves out many certain events that are significant to the character development of Scout and Jem. These things, I believe are crucial to the story and message of To Kill A
Considering all of this, Of Mice and Men should not be a banned book because it provides readers with information that they can use in school or for later in life. Another thing is that John Steinbeck makes readers enjoy the book with details that bring you inside the story. Also because banning a book that contains euthanasia is not necessary because having something suffer would be much worse. Lastly Steinbeck’s book helps people understand the disabilities that people have. Don’t let this great book rot away with the other banned books!
Over the past decades the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee has been taught to American students anywhere from seventh grade to twelfth, credited as a story with themes such as coming of age, discrimination and justice, all of which might appeal to young adults. However, the teachings of the Lee’s recently second published book, Go Set A Watchman seem to be daunting many within the English profession. Some reasons why there is hesitation to incorporate the new novel into curriculum is because it contains incest, racism, and the reconstruction of the heroic Atticus Finch. In order to prevent misinterpretations of characters like those of Jean Louise and Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird should not be taught unless it is alongside with Go Set a Watchman.
Censorship is defined as the act of taking out unacceptable parts from books, movies, and other content available to the public eye. In Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451, censorship takes over a major part of the citizen’s lives. In the modernistic era, the story is based upon a lot of television and is censored to the important and educational content we have in the present, such as; books, which open doors to infinite amounts of knowledge.
e a world where books were banned and all words were censored. Freedom of speech has always been considered to be the most fundamental of the human rights. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury emphasizes the importance of freedom of speech by giving readers a glimpse of how the world would be if written works were prohibited. The novel is considered to be a classic because it can usually be linked to society. The novel’s relevance is connected to its themes and its overall message. The themes of loneliness, alienation, conformity, and paranoia play a crucial role in the novel by showing how censorship can transform society negatively.
In 1957, Lee submitted a manuscript to JB Lippincott Company, which consisted of two essays and three short stories. She was advised to re-write her work perhaps by expanding one of the short stories into a novel. For the next two and a half years, Lee revised the work under the supervision of her editor, Tay Hohoff [6]. Finally, in 1960, Harper Lee's first and only book, To Kill a Mockingbird, was published. The story, which is set in a small Alabama town during the 1930's, is narrated by Scout, a six year old girl. She tells the events surrounding a court case in which her father, Atticus Finch, defends a black man, Tom Robinson, who has been wrongly accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman [4]. The novel was extremely successful, selling over fifteen millio...
I agree with Ray Bradbury on his theory about the book not having censorship simply because a person could have thought he had censorship while he was writing the book, but he believes different. Also are books being replaced by television? I believe that, that theory is true in the most but less amount of truth.Mr.Bradbury would say that the book means the same thing. The book basically talks about how the world has changed but in a literature way. He want to show people that the book wasn’t about the government but simply about the racial deification. For example, Bradbury had an interview with Amy E Boyle from LA WEEKLY, and the stated, “Bradbury imagined a democratic society whose diverse population turns against books: Whites reject Uncle Tom’s Cabin and blacks disapprove of Little Black Sambo”.
...tional stage with the Scottsboro trials, which became the inspiration for Harper Lee’s burning expeditionary work of fiction, To Kill a Mockingbird, in which she employs a tone critical of racism. The two cases, fictional and real, shared many stunning similarities, such as the preservation of southern womanhood and police brutality, as well as minor differences such as the attitudes of the accusers. The great tragedy of both cases is best exemplified by Atticus Finch’s declaration that “this case should never have come to trial. This case is as simple as black and white” (Lee 271).
...s like with the mob that was after Tom Robinson. To Kill a Mockingbird is full of many truths that people need to know; Harper Lee has done an amazing job bring those truths to light through the eyes of a child.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is an emblem of racial jurisdiction. All throughout the book it shows how the law applies to blacks as opposed to whites. Lee shows how unjust the treatment of blacks is and the disregard for their human rights. Though through the actions of the characters in the book; it can be said that their actions show a glimmer of hope for this very prejudiced society.
From the facts at hand, Go Set a Watchman is an early manuscript of what would eventually become To Kill a Mockingbird. From an author’s point of view, Go Set a Watchmen is merely the first draft of what would become a highly successful book and nothing more. It seems rare that as an attorney and representative that Carter would not know anything about the manuscript of the book beforehand. Harper Lee’s privacy is well known and she even stated herself in a public letter that “as long as [she is] alive any book purporting to be with [her] cooperation is a falsehood. (Charles)” It seems unlikely that a woman so strongly willed and extremely private would decide one day to publish a manuscript of an already completed and successful book. She swore she would not offer her cooperation in aby book as long she shall live. While it is not clear if she was referring to her own writing or biographical books, the public statement further exemplifies her strong will and