Read a banned book, or just be aware of the reasons that books are challenged for their right to be in libraries or classrooms. Top three reasons for targeting a book:- the material was considered to be "sexually explicit"
- the material contained "offensive language"
- the materials was "unsuited to any age group"
- “sexually explicit” material
- “offensive language”
- “unsuited to age group”
- “violence”
- “homosexuality”
- “anti-family”
- “religious viewpoints”
Classics list is below.
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- Ulysses by James Joyce
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
- The Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- 1984 by George Orwell
- Lolita by Vladmir Nabokov
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
- Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
- As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
- A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
- Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
- Their Eyes are Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
- Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
- Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
- Native Son by Richard Wright
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
- The Call of the Wild by Jack London
- Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin
- All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
- The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
- Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence
- A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
- The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
- Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence
- Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
- A Separate Peace by John Knowles
- Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
- Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence
- The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
- Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
- An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
- Rabbit, Run by John Updike
For some reason, The Bible has not been put on any lists, even though it has the whole list of qualifications for being challenged.
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The Bible has not been put on any lists, even though it has the whole list of qualifications for being challenged..
HAH! Good one.
Oddly enough it is the book that is usually embraced by those doin' the bannin' !
Ugh.
Almost worth going through the process of getting the Bible challenged, but in truth I don't think the Bible should be banned - just treated as mythology the way other mythology/religion books are treated.
I guess I am not completely against the concept of banning certain literature, since I am currently boycotting amazon.com for continuing to sell dogfighting and cockfighting promotional and instructional materials (books, videos and magazines). I guess everybody has their own line in the sand.
I remember while working at a Barnes & Noble we had a banned books month, organizing book clubs around the material and raising awareness on how wrong it is to ban information in general.
Tales are a new point of view, which some people want to ignore. When banning happens it is because the banner wants to impose his point of view and enforce it, no matter what happens.
The reasons for banning also say a lot about how this people are frustrated or feel they are better than others.
I think that the best way to teach others is living as an example, not telling others how to live their life.
Outrage meter burned out long ago.
HOWEVER, still manage to be somewhat surprised at the sheer stupidity of it all.
And ditto what Lemme Caution said.
Twice.
I think if they appear on Oprah's booklist they should get a buy.
...unless it's called "Going Rogue"
I haven't some of those books under 'threat of being banned'. Thanks for giving me more reading material.:)
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