I have read an essay from the “Arak Anthology” on page 49, which talks about the “Book Banning in the United States”. The author talks in both voices about the banning books. On one side, she talked about the disadvantage of books, which is it will limit people to come up new ideas; however, the advantage of books is also mentioned in the paper.
The author’s claim is that books should be banned in some case because in many American schools, books begin to limit children’s opportunities to explore new ideas and they cannot even expand their knowledge. She used many examples in history to support her claim. Firstly, she mentioned the first banning of books in the United States was in 1650. After that activity, people were not able to follow book writers’ experience. Then, in 1873, there was a Civil War founded the New York Society for the Prevention of Vice, it changed a lot about the role of books. And hundred years later, the same thing happened again in the United States. Based on all the facts in history, the writer concluded her claim.
In fact, this is a very persuasive essay because the claim and the thesis is pretty clear. And the author expressed her claim very well because the support she used is very strong to prove her ideas. And the use of quotation is pretty good and useful for her essay.
