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Banned & Challenged Book Classics
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cacman Offline
#1 Posted: Sat, Oct 12 2013, 2:31 AM EST
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Was recently made aware of banned & challenged books by the American Library Assoc from a preschool teacher. None are available in our school district's libraries. I have to say I am appalled. The actual reason why some of these are banned is even more appalling.
http://www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/classics
(Top 20 copied from site)
1. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
3. The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck
4. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
5. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
6. Ulysses, by James Joyce
7. Beloved, by Toni Morrison
8. The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
9. 1984, by George Orwell

11. Lolita, by Vladmir Nabokov
12. Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck

15. Catch-22, by Joseph Heller
16. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
17. Animal Farm, by George Orwell
18. The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway
19. As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner
20. A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
DadZilla3 Offline
#2 Posted: Sat, Oct 12 2013, 4:03 AM EST
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I'm surprised that the Bible isn't on the banned books list.

1984, Brave New World, and Animal Farm...no surprise there. They definitely don't want government controlled public schools teaching impressionable young minds to question the political status quo and freely develop independent thought.
HockeyDad Offline
#3 Posted: Sat, Oct 12 2013, 6:13 AM EST
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DadZilla3 wrote:
1984, Brave New World, and Animal Farm...no surprise there. They definitely don't want government controlled public schools teaching impressionable young minds to question the political status quo and freely develop independent thought.



Those books damn well better be on the banned list. (They were required reading for me in school)

Atlas Shrugged should also be banned.
8trackdisco Offline
#4 Posted: Sat, Oct 12 2013, 4:45 PM EST
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Read six of the top ten.

The government should have protected me from these books. They made me think...... and stuff.
drnos Offline
#5 Posted: Sat, Oct 12 2013, 4:53 PM EST
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Grapes of Wrath was required reading in my 10th grade English class. A few snickers about the ending.

Just re-read it this year. One of the greatest books of all time, but high schoolers are too young to feel the impact, since they've never had to provide for a family.
Gene363 Offline
#6 Posted: Sat, Oct 12 2013, 6:46 PM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
Those books damn well better be on the banned list. (They were required reading for me in school)

Atlas Shrugged should also be banned.



Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand is book 94 on the full list.

It should be required reading along with 1984, though they could change the title to a date more current because a good part of the story is becoming fact right now.
Gene363 Offline
#7 Posted: Sat, Oct 12 2013, 6:48 PM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
Read six of the top ten.

The government should have protected me from these books. They made me think...... and stuff.



Exactly what they do not want you doing.
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