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? The denotative meaning of censorship is the examination of books, letters, movies, etc. and the removal of anything thought not right for the people to see or hear. In other words, censorship takes away the right of the individual to decide what is appropriate ....

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.... but they shouldn't be able to decide what their neighbor's child should and should not read. That would clearly violate our first amendment right. The first amendment, in part states that Americans have freedom of the press (to publish any material they want.) This also means that we can access any of these materials. It doesn't mean we have the freedom to control what others access, that would be referred to as communism. In Triverton, Rhode Island a middle school class was assigned to read a book called Go Ask Alice. The book portrays a fifteen-year-old girl who is trying to overcome a drug addiction. It is written as a series of diary ....