Monday, November 28, 2011

Should Stories be Censored?

Most historical stories are censored today. While reading Chapter Ten of The Joy of Children's Literature it brought up the the book Rosa Parks Tired is highly censored to please readers and not make the story too harsh. The author said that the story left out details of how she was always tired and a seamstress, it also added in the end a happy ending but it really wasn't.
Should historical stories be censored to the likings of kids or should authors tell the true story to teach the readers? I believe that stories should not be altered from the actual events. Kids read a lot of historical stories to learn about history and if it is altered it is basically like lying to the student about what actually happened.
If a story needs to be censored for kids to read than they should just not censor it and make the reading age higher. Author's shouldn't be writing a historical nonfiction story about an actual event and an actual person in history and then be changing it. As you can see, I clearly believe that authors should tell the story how it is and not change it, so students learn the correct historical event.

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