Banned

today i read this article in some magazine about books that are banned. it irritated me so much. not the article, but like how some books are banned. i think banning books is rediculous. i mean i understand a school keeping a book with a lot of sex out of an elemantary school, but why does it matter if its in a high school? at least half of them have already had sex. and then they had some books banned because they were "socially offensive". if someone is really going to get offended about a story character calling someone a racist name they should go to an island all by them self, because newsflash thats a part of life and being what ever race the person is. they have "anne frank: the diary of a young girl" on the list. that is so astonishing. that book is like something all people should read. and Harry Potter. i don't get why people hate those books so much just because the character is a wizard. people ban the book because an author has a good imagination. how messed up is that?!?!?! 

I don't get why some people think other people shouldn't be able to read certin books because of their content. it should be the readers choice if they can read it or not.

i think my rant is over. im not trying to offened anyone. those are just my oppinions. please dont get mad at me if you have a different oppion. please post your oppion about this

THE ARTICLE: seen in  AARPBulletin september 2010 vol. 51 No. 7

the list of books banned by american schools and libraries includes many of the classics. here's our list, prepared to coincide with the american library association's annual banned books week, sept. 25-oct.2.We've highlighted a few favorite 50-plus rogues and villians. Who says you gotta be young to rebel? by Betsy Towner

Too Political:

1. uncle tom's cabin

2 all quiet on the western front

3. a farewell to arms

4.the grapes of wrath

5.for whom the bell tolls

6.animal farm

7.1984

8doctor zhivago

9.slaughterhouse five

10in the spirit of crazy horse

Too much sex:

1madame bovary

2.tess of the d'urbervilles

3.ulysses

4.the sun also rises

5.lady chatterley's lover

6.tropic of cancer

7.lolita

8.peyton place

9.rabbit, run

10.i know why the caged bird sings

11.jaws

12.forever

13.the prince of tides

14.beloved

15.how the garcia girls lost their accents

IRRELIGIOUS:

1. on the origin of species

2.the lord of the rings trilogy

3.the last temtation of christ

4.bless me, ultima

5.harry potter series

SOCIALLY OFFENSIVE:

1 the autobiography of benjamin franklin

2. the scarlet letter

3.the adventures of huckleberry fin

4. as i lay dying

5. brave new world

6. gone with the wind

7. of mice and men

8.anne frank:the diary of a young girl

9. the catcher in the rye

10. fahrenheit 451

11. to kill a mocking bird

12. james and the giant peach

13. catch-22

14. a clockwork orange

15. one flew over the cuckoo's nest

16. in cold blood

17. cujo

18. the color purple

19. ordinary people

20. a thousand acres.

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then next to that it tells some about some of the books but i kind of got sick of typing all that so im not going to. i also didn't add the authors names. sorry.

 PLEASE add your oppinion about this. i like hearing what other people have to say.

by the way-they aren't banned in all schools and libraries. ive checked out a few of those books before.

ps. sorry this is soooo long.