A.Definition of Censorship: The American Association of School Administrators (AASA), in the book “Censorship and Selection: Issues and Answers for Schools,” defines censorship as: “[T]he removal, suppression, or restricted circulation of literary, artistic, or educational materials — of images, ideas, and information — on the grounds that these are morally or otherwise objectionable in light of standards applied by the censor.”
B.Some book and why they were banned
1.Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) by Mark Twain: The word “nigger,” which appears many times in the novel, was the cause for the removal of this classic from an eighth-grade reading list. In the 1950s, the NAACP objected to the book’s perceived racist tone. In 1984, the book was removed from a public high school reading list in Waukegan, Illinois, because a black alderman found the book’s language offensive.
2.Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury: This book is about censorship and those who ban books for fear of creating too much individualism and independent thought. In late 1998, this book was removed from the required reading list of the West Marion High School in Foxworth, Mississippi. A parent complained of the use of the words “God damn” in the book. Subsequently, the superintendent instructed the teacher to remove the book from the required reading list.
The Review on A Message To Garcia: A Commandant's Reading List Book Report
As the most commonly talked about book off the Commandant’s reading list, I’ve taken the interest into finding out first hand exactly what is, or was, the message to Garcia. Little did I know, you never actually find out that message. Instead, “A Message to Garcia,” is but a short rant about what every man/woman should hold, and that is the willingness disobedience to orders. [President] “McKinley ...
3.The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger: Considered “dangerous” because of vulgarity, occultism, violence and sexual content.
4.The Color Purple by Alice Walker: Considered inappropriate because of its “troubling ideas about race relations, man’s relationship to God, African history and human sexuality.”
5.Nineteen Eighty-four by George Orwell: Objections to pro- Communist material and explicit sexual matter.
C.Why we shouldn’t ban books
1.We cannot guard people from things that occur all around them
2.All we are doing is promoting a society of ignorant people
IIIConclusion
A.Main Points and Idea:Definition of Censorship, Some book and why they were banned, Why they should not be. The banning of book will not stop situations from existing it only will provide for the ignorance of people stemming from the ignorance of others.
B.Leave Appropriately: Show cartoon here
IVOpposing Views:
A.Vulgarity
B.Occultism
C.Violence
D.Sexual Content
E.Race Relations
Works Cited
Foerstel , Herbert N. Banned in the U.S.A.: A Reference Guide to Book Censorship in Schools and Public Libraries. Greenwood Press. Westport, Conn. 1994. 256 pages
Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. Little Red Cap. 21 July 2000
List of Banned Books (A-I).
20 July 2000
Miner, Barbara. Rethinking Schools –Reading, Writing and Censorship — Volume 12, No. 3 Spring 1998. 20 July 2000
Mississippi School Bans Book on Censorship. 22 July 2000
The most frequently banned books in the 1990’s. Carnegie Mellon U. 22 July 2000
