Are you censored? Well, if you answered no, you might want to ask yourself again. As a citizen in the United Sates of America, censorship is everywhere and is only getting worse. From books to movies, the censors have taken control of what the public can and cannot view. The censors in America are out of control and need to be stopped. As a citizen in this great country, you are granted the First Amendment right to freedom of religion and freedom of expression. As a right in this country, a person is allowed to publish or produce any material he or she wants to produce. People, no matter what title they hold, should not have the right to burn books or censor other citizens from viewing this material.
             When a person is young, he or she is taught to use his or her imagination. A child is read stories of a talking cat, or a silly old bear, to encourage use of his or her creativity. The ideas of such characters are for pure amusement, and are obviously fictional. Unfortunately today, there are issues of censorship that stifle a person’s creativity. In “Crazies at The Gate,” by Michael Scott Cain, the author explains the radical movement of book burning and book banning. To think that children will be denied the right to read these stories greatly upsets me. To restrict a child’s imagination is like restricting a child’s breathing. Each child should be allowed to let his or her creativity flourish, growing into a resourceful and innovative adult.
             A great example of this preposterous idea is the banning of a dictionary. The reason for its banning is because it contains “such ‘obscene’ words as bed, tail, ball and nut” (Cain 599). The idea of banning a dictionary is, in my mind, absurd and people who agree with such notions are “crazies” (598). Although these words can have sexual connotation, they are often thought of as nonsexual. Whether these d...