![]() ![]() ![]() While this book is a coming-of-age story, it depicts heavy topics that must be approached with care. You may not know where he lives, but you will know Charlie. The protagonist, young Charlie, tells his stories through his letters. Many school curricula and parents of teens have objected to having the young adult novel “Charlie and the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” available in public libraries. Reasons: Banned for graphic sex scenes, sexual abuse, drug use, and alcohol use The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky There is no room for criticism of the system, and anyone who dares gets punished - until the protagonist is the only one who died. ![]() ![]() Their futuristic World State is painted as a utopia because of the genetically-modified people’s complacence thanks to entertainment and mood-altering drugs. Sex is widely accepted in this novel’s society but not so much when it was published. The citizens are separated according to their jobs, intelligence, and appearance. This classic sci-fi novel explores the dystopian genre wherein a government’s need for economic growth results in a divided society into caste systems. Nearly 90 years after its publication, this novel is still a heated debate among literary lovers. Reasons: Banned for sexual promiscuity, sexually explicit scenes, drug use, and self-harm A coming-of-age story that depicts the reality of Native Americans, Junior’s story depicts the systemic oppression that tries to stop him from living a life he dreams of and sets him on a journey of self-discovery. Below is a list of banned books in and out of America.Īs Junior tries to figure out who he is, he grapples with discrimination from his peers to generational poverty. Whether the book had a scandalous relationship between people of the same sex or a talking pig was inciting opposing views or simply taking issue with women as authors, many people throughout the years have found reasons to ban this book or that book. Many court cases have been fought, bills passed, books burned, and movements ignited. Along with other organizations such as the American Booksellers Association and National Council of Teachers of English, they celebrate the freedom to read these banned books during Banned Books Week evert September 25th through October 1st. In the U.S., the American Library Association’s ( ALA) Office of Intellectual Freedom (OIF) is responsible more compiling the most challenged books in the country. There have been hundreds of titles that have been included in these infamous lists, and many of them have been on and off their spot due to changes in governance. These banned books have been challenged by school districts, federal governments, local governments, and other bodies of power worldwide.įrom expressing a different perspective to representing the LGBTQIA+ community to profanity to explicit sexual content, there are varying reasons why a book might be included in a list of banned books. Many great books are considered classic literature yet are still battling for their freedom to be read. Whether it is a positive or negative thing is still up for debate, but censorship is alive and well in many corners of the world. ![]()
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