FREE ESSAY ON OF MICE AND MEN

OF MICE AND MEN

Persuasive Essay
I strongly believe that Of Mice and Men should not be banned from public libraries. After
creating a survey on the freshman class, I am not the only one who thinks this book
shouldn't be banned. About seventy-five percent of the class wants to keep this book on
the shelves. 
One reason why students want to keep this book is because of its interesting plot. This
book was about two migrant workers, one being abnormal, who work at a ranch so that they
could fulfill their dream to own their land. At the end, the abnormal one dies because of
his many accidents killing people. There are some bad characters in this book that are
cruel and treat others with no respect. In every book or movie there are always bad guys.
Without the bad guys it wouldn't make any movie or book interesting. I think that the
people that would want any book to be banned are being selfish and spoiled. Just because
they don't like it doesn't mean they have to ban it from everyone else.
In Ray Bradbury's book Fahrenheit 451 he sees the future where books were going to be
destroyed for many reasons. One of them being " Colored people don't like Little Black
Sambo. Burn it. White people don't feel good about Uncle Tom's Cabin. Burn it." Banning
Of Mice and Men because it doesn't please to all audiences doesn't mean it should be off
the shelves. Everyone has their own opinion on different things. Obviously, some people
did like this book because it was published. A book doesn't get published unless people
like it. For that reason, people thought this book was entertaining. 
It is impossible to write a book that everyone likes. Having this book banned by the
school board is a wrong idea. I think that people should be able to read whatever they
would like to read. If people don't like the book they should just ignore it, instead of
ban them, because other people might like it. This is one of my favorite books and I
would really be upset if I wouldn't be able to read it again.