In which Miss Gwaemir is amused
Sep. 16th, 2002 06:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tarigwaemirAd Mundo Exteriore,
Oh, I meant to do this before. What I've read from the 100 Most Banned Books list, which I shall not cut, simply because I'm lazy and because I'll put in commas:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Of Mice and Men, Harry Potter (and series), Bridge to Terabithia, The Catcher in the Rye, The Giver, Goosebumps (only two of series, so I don't know if that counts), The Color Purple, The Great Gilly Hopkins, A Wrinkle in Time, The Witches, Anastasia Krupnik (and series), The Goats, Blubber, Julie of the Wolves, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Outsiders, The Pigman, Flowers for Algernon, A Light in the Attic, Brave New World, James and the Giant Peach, Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret, The Face on the Milk Carton, Lord of the Flies, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, How to Eat Fried Worms, and The Headless Cupid. A grand total of 29.
I'm sort of confused. Something like The Goats was good, but contoversial, so I can see why that's on the list. But what on earth was wrong with Anastasia Krupnik? Or Julie of the Wolves? Oh wait, attempt at rape or something like that. But How to Eat Fried Worms? Maybe I just conveniently forgot what was so bad about these books but this still sounds a bit ridiculous.
I can just hear Lyd-chan saying, "Censorship always is." Although personally, I wish they'll censor out boring commercials on TV once in a while. Like those stupid cars driving down scenic roads that in all probability don't really exist anywhere anymore.
...Tari
Oh, I meant to do this before. What I've read from the 100 Most Banned Books list, which I shall not cut, simply because I'm lazy and because I'll put in commas:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Of Mice and Men, Harry Potter (and series), Bridge to Terabithia, The Catcher in the Rye, The Giver, Goosebumps (only two of series, so I don't know if that counts), The Color Purple, The Great Gilly Hopkins, A Wrinkle in Time, The Witches, Anastasia Krupnik (and series), The Goats, Blubber, Julie of the Wolves, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Outsiders, The Pigman, Flowers for Algernon, A Light in the Attic, Brave New World, James and the Giant Peach, Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret, The Face on the Milk Carton, Lord of the Flies, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, How to Eat Fried Worms, and The Headless Cupid. A grand total of 29.
I'm sort of confused. Something like The Goats was good, but contoversial, so I can see why that's on the list. But what on earth was wrong with Anastasia Krupnik? Or Julie of the Wolves? Oh wait, attempt at rape or something like that. But How to Eat Fried Worms? Maybe I just conveniently forgot what was so bad about these books but this still sounds a bit ridiculous.
I can just hear Lyd-chan saying, "Censorship always is." Although personally, I wish they'll censor out boring commercials on TV once in a while. Like those stupid cars driving down scenic roads that in all probability don't really exist anywhere anymore.
...Tari
