In recognizing the ALA Banned Book week, I decided to see exactly how many classics that I love and plan to use in the future on the homeschool road that have been protested against and banned at some point in print history... I was amazed and astonished at how many classics had been torn apart in this fasion by people unable to appreciate them for the literary masterpieces they are... and it saddens me to think that there is still some of those opinions out there... So, here goes the list I have made for myself:
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
The Color Purple, Alice Walker
Ulysses, James Joyce
The Lord of the Flies, William Golding
1984, George Orwell
Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck
The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway
Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey
For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway
The Call of the Wild, Jack London
The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut
I'm with ya' on this. Completely a waste of time. There are other things that should be of concern and worry to people and society in this country.
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