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Why was Joy Luck Club banned?
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If you like the catcher in the rye, try getting Old Glory and the Real time Freaks... almost identical events but somewhat humorous yet just as powerful. Sorry I cannot tell you why it was banned, haven't read it, yet.
Heh. The school where i teach just adopted The Joy Luck Club for our senior English course. Now I'm REALLY looking forward to teaching it... :)
Catcher in the Rye has been banned multiple times for various reasons, one of which being the sexuality within, also the language. In fact, the ALA website has it listed as number 13 on the list of books most frequently challenged. This is an interesting book to read, especially since I've found many of my favorite books among the top numbers.
Don't mention the names Jesus and Jerry Falwell in conjunction with each other. Those two have nothing in common.
No way. "Concerned parents" aren't as pragmatic as you assume. :)They hate the book, and only because it's full of bad words. They don't even need to know what it's about.
I suspect this is also the reason why a lot of other people like the book. I certainly didn't get anything else out of it.
I don't think so.Seems like they'd be all about that one.
(He does read the Bible to the hooker, right? And she converts to JEEZUSism and gives up her sinful ways? Goes out to raise money for Jerry Falwell?)
I wonder if those Wisconsin parents would object to Catcher in the Rye- you know, since Holden brings a hooker in his room and everything. And curses so goddamn much.
Sounds like the same kind of problem that the filming of Brick Lane ran into:
http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/article...
When it was assigned at a Wisconsin high school, some parents objected that it was sexually explicit and "conflicted with the values of the community". Whatever that means....
