In neighboring Des Moines, it is on the recommended reading list for ninth-grade English, and it is used for some special education students in the eleventh and twelfth grades. District Court in Minarcini v.
Strongsville City School District. Removed from classrooms in Miller, MO , because it makes promiscuous sex "look like fun. Challenged as required reading at the Yukon, OK High School because of "the book's language and moral content. The book was retained, and teachers selected alternatives if students object to Huxley's novel. Removed from the Foley, AL High School Library pending review, because a parent complained that its characters showed contempt for religion, marriage, and family.
The parent complained to the school and to Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. Parents objected to the adult themes—sexuality, drugs, suicide—that appeared in the novel.
Huxley's book was part of the summer Science Academy curriculum. The board voted to give parents more control over their children's choices by requiring principals to automatically offer an alternative to a challenged book.
Animal Farm , by George Orwell A Wisconsin survey revealed in that the John Birch Society had challenged the novel's use; it objected to the words "masses will revolt. Its findings identified the novel on its list of "problem books"; the reason cited was that "Orwell was a communist. A survey of censorship challenges in the schools, conducted in DeKalb County for the period of to , revealed that the novel had been objected to for its political theories.
After 44 parents filed a suit against the district claiming that its instructional aids policy denies constitutional rights, the Bay County School Board reinstated the book, along with sixty-four others banned. Banned from schools in the United Arab Emirates, along with others in The Ministry of Education banned it on the grounds that it contains written or illustrated material that contradicts Islamic and Arab values—in this text, pictures of alcoholic drinks, pigs, and other "indecent images.
Burned in Nazi bonfires in Germany Challenged as a required reading assignment in an advanced English class of Pulaski County High School in Somerset, KY because the book contains "profanity and a segment about masturbation.
Two school board members were concerned about the book's coarse language and dialect. Banned in Italy because of its painfully accurate account of the Italian retreat from Caporetto, Italy. Burned by the Nazis in Germany A parent objected to the novel's language and sexual explicitness. Removed from the high school English reading list in St.
Francis, WI Retained in the Yakima, WA schools after a five-month dispute over what advanced high school students should read in the classroom. Two parents raised concerns about profanity and images of violence and sexuality in the book and requested that it be removed from the reading list.
The complainant believed that the book contains language degrading to blacks, and is sexually explicit. Removed from required reading lists and library shelves in the Richmond County, GA. School District after a parent complained that passages from the book are "filthy and inappropriate.
Mary's County, MD schools' approved text list by the superintendent, overruling a faculty committee recommendation. Complainants referred to the novel as "filth," "trash," and "repulsive.
Students not wanting to read the book can choose an alternative without academic penalty. The superintendent had suspended the book from the curriculum. In , five residents of Strongsville, OH, sued the board of education to remove the novel. Labeling it "pornographic," they charged the novel "glorifies criminal activity, has a tendency to corrupt juveniles and contains descriptions of bestiality, bizarre violence, and torture, dismemberment, death, and human elimination.
Removed from the required reading list in Westport, MA Banned from the St. The teacher sued. A decision in the case—Fogarty v. Atchley—was never published. Challenged as part of the curriculum in an Aberdeen, WA High School honors English class because the book promotes "secular humanism.
Challenged at the Placentia-Yorba Linda, CA Unified School District after complaints by parents stated that teachers "can choose the best books, but they keep choosing this garbage over and over again. Banned in Rochester, MI because the novel "contains and makes references to religious matters" and thus fell within the ban of the establishment clause. The book is filled with profanity and obscenity. We want students to use appropriate language.
So why should they study inappropriate language? Lennon was asked to sign a copy of The Catcher in the Rye the morning by his murderer the morning of his assassination.
The book contains no evidence that it could possibly have had anything to do with leading Chapman to murder John Lennon, however, as a result that it was The Catcher in the Rye , a book describing a nervous breakdown, media thought deeply about the possible connections, giving the book yet another reason for people to arguer to ban the book Banks. There have been many complaints made against The Catcher in the Rye. Vulgarity is one complaint The Catcher in the Rye gets over and over again.
Holden swears steadily throughout the book. Today, most of the cursing in the book would not even be considered PG if it were put in a movie. Too much vulgarity seems like a rather ridiculous excuse to ban a book.
Swearing is not something new; on the contrary, cursing can be traced back more than five centuries. In March and April of , researchers went to Portsmouth High School to research the amount of vulgarity used among students while walking around campus. Steinle, Pamela Hunt. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, Edwards, June. Simon Stern. The Catcher in the Rye [electronic resource]. Why does Holden wear the red hunting hat? How does Holden feel about Jane? Why is Holden obsessed with the ducks at the Central Park Lagoon?
Where is Holden as he narrates the story? Does Holden kill himself? Salinger and The Catcher in the Rye Background. Characters Character List. Holden Caulfield The protagonist and narrator of the novel, Holden is a sixteen-year-old junior who has just been expelled for academic failure from a school called Pencey Prep. Sally Hayes A very attractive girl whom Holden has known and dated for a long time. Sunny The prostitute whom Holden hires through Maurice.
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