Thursday, March 31, 2011
Topic 2: Cho Cho, Gavin, Mallory
"Catcher in the Rye" has come under fire numerous times since its publication in 1951. Some of the schools banned that book because it had excess vulgar language, sexual scenes, things concerning issues. Also, excessive violence and anything dealing with the occult. It was the most frequently banned book in schools between 1966 and 1975. In Tulsa, Oklahoma, a teacher was fired for assigning the book to 11th grader English class. Not only was it banned from schools some parents didn’t even want here kids reading it themselves.
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Were you able to find any book reviews in 1951?
ReplyDeleteHere's two from 1951:
http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/09/13/specials/salinger-rye01.html
http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/09/13/specials/salinger-rye02.html
Don't forget your works cited.
ReplyDeleteit makes me wonder since the book was such a big deal and caused all these problems, why wasn't it such a big deal when it first came out? why a decade later did it become a big deal?
ReplyDeletei agree with addie, why does it keep changing? it goes from banned to unbanned to banned again; it doesnt make sense.
ReplyDeleteCan't imagine it being banned now. All that stuff is on T.V. and in our movies. Man how times have changed.
ReplyDeleteI think its interesting how it was a best seller when it first came out but later on in the time of cultural revolution is when it was banned, not when it was all conservative in the 50's. CONTRADICTORY!
ReplyDeletei don't understand how someone can be fired for just assigning a book
ReplyDeleteDamian is right. It doesn't make any sense. A teacher's responsibility is to prepare the students for what is really going on in this world. What Holden is going through is something that could have actually happened, so its just bringing into the open, the real world.
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