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controversy over banning books in Americas Schools



Books are being pulled from library shelves and classroom curriculums all over the country. Books are often banned on the grounds that they contain seditious political or religious ideas or they have language and material that is not appropriate to some young readers. There are strong opinions held by both those for and against banning books in schools. Banning books is not just about its surface issue of banning books from libraries, but is about censoring our youth from material that some deem inappropriate. ...

One of the most publicized and banned books today is the novel Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. ... Those against the banning of Huckleberry Finn argue that the novel is an accurate representation of the time period and is a classic that children should be exposed to. ... Many people against the censorship of Fahrenheit 451 find it ironic that the book written about the negative effects of censorship was being censored in many schools. The supporters of banning the book found the words ‘hell’ and ‘damn’ to be inappropriate for middle and high school readers.


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