Shel Silverstein's Book Should Be Banned

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It is story time at school and everyone gathers around to find out what today's book will be about. Will it be funny, serious, happy, sad or scary? Shel Silverstein is an American author and poet who published a book in 1981 titled, A Light In the Attic. This is a book full of poetry directed at a young audience. A Light In the Attic is children's poems that were banned, but I feel that it should not have been. A Light In the Attic is a children's book of approximately 35 poems that encourage children to make light of difficult subjects. Some of the poem titles comprise of “How Not to Have to Dry the Dishes,” “Monsters I’ve Met,” “Messy Room,” and “Somebody Has to.” There are many topics discussed in the book. The topics can be as heavy as death or subjects such as doing chores. Other issues Silverstein discusses is life, getting older, not getting what you want, how to approach things and more. Juveniles reflect as plentiful as everyone else when it comes to serious topics and Silverstein acknowledges that. He tries to add humor to these topics and incorporates it into his poems. In A Light In the Attic, Silverstein added some silly aspects to things like chores. Consequently, …show more content…

I think that Shel Silverstein’s book should not have been banned. Everyone needs to have some kind of sense of humor about serious subjects. I believe that children should not have to worry about these topics, and Silverstein writes to makes kids less anxious. I know as a kid, I always hated talking about heavy subjects. However, Shel Silverstein addresses them in a silly way. He tries to make a point to show that they’re not always a bad thing. He encourages kids to write ridiculous poems, and draw crazy pictures. If this book teaches anything to children, it teaches children to think differently. To come to an end, I conclude that A Light In the Attic should not have been

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