If Superman was real, he'd probably be a villain.

I feel like ending the class on To Kill A Mockingbird was the perfect ending to our censorship class. The novel has so many elements to it, it's hard not to appreciate a novel like that. Some people might criticize the novel or have mixed feelings, but at the end of the day, you can't ignore a novel like To Kill A Mockingbird. Maybe if you're illiterate, but that's a whole different issue! I guess what I'm getting at is, if you can't fight against censorship then the most you can do is write about issues in such a way that make it hard for people to runaway from them. The world is never going to stop being judgmental, people will constantly be pushed down or oppressed. It's just not going to ever stop. But does that mean we should just stand back and watch it happen? I know most people are willing to do that, but I'm not. It's those few that actually care that will make all the difference, even if it's a small difference.

It makes me think about when you're a kid, and you feel like you can save the world. You're going to be the next superman, maybe even settle for being a sidekick. Then one day life just hits you, kind of like how we see life creeping into Scout's childhood. The thing is, most people conform and just give up on the childish dream. What if you didn't though? What if you kept that little flicker of hope inside of you, that part who isn't afraid to read their child a story about two gay penguins or hand your sister The Catcher in the Rye without regret and worry?

At the end of the day, I loved going through and re-reading a lot of the novels we have. I probably wouldn't have picked up most again if it weren't for this class.