How does censorship influence the children of our society today? Censorship can be defined as the suppression of ideas and information that individuals, groups, or government officials find objectionable. These certain groups have the right to cut or edit certain scenes with issues that could influence our society or young children in a wrongful manner. Censorship battles constantly between organizations. A movie that caused much controversy on the issue of censorship was Menace II Society. This 1993 film, directed by the Hughes brothers, raises many questions about the limitations on the film industry. Menace II Society is mainly about young African-American men and their everyday life in project homes. This Los Angeles based story is told by one boy, Caine. Throughout the movie, Caine shows the audience the circumstances that he was born into and the life that he has lived. As a young child, Caine witnessed his father murder a man in their home. Caine continually watched his parents abuse drugs. His mother died of an over-dose and his father was a victim of a drug deal. Caine felt that the lifestyle he led was essential to surviving in the projects. This negative message could lead children to believe the same. Therefore, society should support censorship in films because of the violence, drug use, and obscene language.
Although the First Amendment allows freedom of speech, monitoring the use of obscene language could help with the problem facing society today. When children are subjected to .
obscene language, they will eventually repeat what they have learned. Gore states that "It is especially damaging for young children because they lack the moral judgment of adults" (249). Some children may not believe that using obscene language is wrong when they are constantly seeing their role models and kids their age using it in the movies. Therefore, the type of censorship stating the rating of the movie is a simple and helpful way to inform the parents of the contents within the movie.
Musical composition parallels literature in the drama and development of one or more individuals through complex life circumstances. Ludwig van Beethoven's music is an autobiography. His music was as profoundly affected by his deafness as was his life. While there is much controversy among doctors a...
