3/5/2018 27 Comments Banned BooksIn high schools across America, many books have been challenged and sometimes successfully banned from the curriculum or school libraries. In class, we have discussed at length the reasons people ban books and the pros and cons of removing certain controversial texts from shelves. Let’s continue the conversation!
First, research what your assigned book is about. Look up a written or video summary and read through some analysis to get some context. Next, research when, where, and why the book was banned or challenged. You may even want to read the different perspectives of individuals who may have already written their opinion for or against banning the book. Explore to see if there are any news video clips discussing the issue. For your post, start by listing the Title and author of the book using this format: Title: Animal Farm Author: George Orwell Next, briefly summarize in a sentence or two what the book is about. Then, explain what you learned about when, where, and why the book has been banned. Finally, discuss your own opinion. Do you think challenging this book was fair or appropriate, why or why not? Cite and reference any of the articles that influenced your opinion in your post and include a list of the links you visited while researching the book. As you read over your peers’ posts, seek out titles or reasons for banning that resonate with you. Argue for or against your peer’s thoughts on why the book was banned. Think about what these books have in common and the benefits/consequences of their being banned.
27 Comments
Karon Teat
3/5/2018 09:08:25 pm
Title: The Sun Also Rises
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Sephora Frejuste
3/7/2018 03:47:31 pm
Book Title: Slaughterhouse- Five
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Sephora Frejuste
3/7/2018 03:49:09 pm
Sorry, i forgot to put the website is I was referencing in my post, so here it is.
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Jocelyn Miltz
3/7/2018 06:30:06 pm
Title: One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
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Madison Palmer
3/7/2018 07:18:25 pm
"The Bluest Eye"
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3/7/2018 07:31:26 pm
Title: The Kite Runner
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Annie Elburn
3/7/2018 09:35:04 pm
Book: The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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jadyn carroll
3/8/2018 02:55:18 pm
Title: Leaves of Grass
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Brendan Wilson
3/8/2018 04:24:44 pm
Title: The Jungle
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MiKyra Dale
3/8/2018 05:11:14 pm
Title: Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Fernando Lopez
3/8/2018 06:08:46 pm
Title: A Farwell to Arms
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Gavin Wawzeniak
3/8/2018 06:09:26 pm
Title: Native Son
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Paul Yang
3/8/2018 06:36:07 pm
Title: To Kill A Mockingbird
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Will Schmidt
3/8/2018 07:12:28 pm
My book was The Catcher in the Rye. It's a book about how a depressed guy named Holden Caulfield. He is not the brightest crayon in the box as he has gotten the ax (failed all his classes in school) numerous times in his past. So he starts his story when he's at his school called Pencey Prep and his roommate is going on a date with a girl he is into called Jane Gallagher. He has feelings for Jane but Stradlater his roommate got to her first and made his move. Stradlater won't tell Holden what happened on his date and they get in a fight and Holden ends up leaving. He can't go home because he had recently gotten the ax at school and couldn't go home or else his parents would know. So he decides to stay at the Edmont hotel and tries to get lucky by gambling, he fails. So he goes to drink because he's depressed and stuff, but he can't because he is a minor. So he goes to Ernie's where he knows he can drink and when he goes home he finds a very odd surprise. He goes into a hotel room to find a prostitute but since Holden was simply drunk and thinking of only one person, Jane he rejected the prostitute. She then took some of Holden's money with no sex. So I found the sitehttps://www.shmoop.com/catcher-in-the-rye/summary.html and it said how the book wasn't that bad of a book because it never had a sex scene just talked about it. So I don't think it should be banned since it's not that bad of a book.
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Kailey Moyers
3/8/2018 07:33:48 pm
Title: Drama
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Alexis Hambleton
3/8/2018 07:35:57 pm
Title- For Whom the Bells Toll.
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Aniya
3/8/2018 08:26:56 pm
Title: The Scarlett letter
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Gage Sabater
3/8/2018 08:36:01 pm
Title: Uncle Tom`s Cabin
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Kilee Taylor
3/8/2018 08:37:11 pm
Title: A Streetcar Named Desire
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Dong Lee
3/8/2018 08:42:49 pm
Title: The words of César Chávez
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Brayden Luers
3/8/2018 09:11:49 pm
Title: The Great Gatsby
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Carmen Broadwater
3/8/2018 09:19:40 pm
Tittle: Call of the Wild
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Carli Jett
3/8/2018 09:24:30 pm
Title: The Grapes of Wrath
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Carmen Broadwater
3/8/2018 09:25:49 pm
(Continuation)
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Jude Mondestin
3/8/2018 10:36:46 pm
Title: In cold blood
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Jude Mondestin
3/8/2018 10:48:23 pm
*accidentally submitted, this is the second part*
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3/8/2018 10:49:57 pm
also forgot websites *sorry
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