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post Sep 28 2006, 09:18 PM
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IT'S BANNED BOOK WEEK! What's your school/library doing for it? What's your favorite banned book? _smile.gif Mine, of course, is Fight Club. Our school librarian is throwing a raffle (I can't recall the prize) to all that submit the name of their favorite banned book. What's sad is the fact that out of a school of 3,000+ people, the only three people to have submitted entries thus far is myself and my two friends. laugh.gif They also showcased a bunch of banned books outside.
 
 
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post Sep 29 2006, 11:17 AM
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What banned week?

I don't believe we have that here. Our school is packed full like way over the limit with over 2000+ students, although were you live it may be bigger and we have to divide all these people amoung 3 schools. I don't think we would get many people if we had this though. Not many people around here like to read. -shrugs- their odd.
 
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post Sep 29 2006, 11:31 AM
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i never heard of it either.
 
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post Sep 29 2006, 12:05 PM
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No no no - it's a national thing! You can read more about it here. This is quite depressing.
 
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post Sep 29 2006, 06:24 PM
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We never had that at our school.

Some of the books on this list should be banned for sheer wretchedness, namely Heart of Darkness and Their Eyes Were Watching God.
 
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post Sep 29 2006, 06:32 PM
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shrug.gif I never heard of it. I'm reading The Giver in language arts though. Eh.
 
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post Sep 29 2006, 06:39 PM
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never heard of it! it sounds cool though i wish we had it here maybe i will go tell the library about it lol!
 
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post Sep 29 2006, 06:43 PM
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I've heard of it but I guess it hasn't reached my school. =P
Oh well.
 
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post Sep 29 2006, 06:43 PM
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there are really books that have been banned from..highschools or the entire country?
either way it reminds me of Farenheit 451 and thats depressing.
 
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QUOTE(one_and_only @ Sep 29 2006, 7:43 PM) *
there are really books that have been banned from..highschools or the entire country?
either way it reminds me of Farenheit 451 and thats depressing.

No, not from highschools or the entire country. In certain areas there are certain books that are banned because a particular person or group challenged a book. I don't think it's possible with our country to have a book banned in the entire nation.
 
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post Sep 30 2006, 02:13 AM
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Yea, I asked around and we don't do that in here. I wish we did neat stuff like that.
 
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post Sep 30 2006, 10:19 PM
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My school isn't doing anything. Last year, though, my Honors English class did a whole project on banned books. I read 1984, and I loved it. Then, we had to write a paper on whether or not we agree with the fact that it was banned.
 
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post Sep 30 2006, 11:33 PM
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Reading Lord of the Flies right now. I don't know if it's out of sheer coincidence, or if my teacher selected it just for this week.
 
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post Sep 30 2006, 11:48 PM
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Haha, I love this week. I love seeing all the silly reasons that people have for banning it, like Harry Potter! How bad could it be? I literally spent like half an hour with my friends just sitting down and reading why they're banned.
 
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post Oct 1 2006, 03:46 AM
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My school doesnt care. O_____o.
 
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if someone tried to ban books from our library i would have a large embolysm.
 
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post Oct 15 2006, 06:14 PM
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my favorite book on the banned books list is of course.......

Harry Potter. lol. its banned for what i feel is such a stupid reason.
 
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post Oct 15 2006, 06:22 PM
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I heard of it..our school has yet to ban any books
 
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post Oct 15 2006, 06:33 PM
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I've heard of it! My English class is reading To Kill a Mockingbird right now. But it's sad how books are banned around the country. So many kids are deprived of such great literature.
 
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post Oct 15 2006, 11:25 PM
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QUOTE(rawtheekuh. @ Oct 15 2006, 7:33 PM) *
I've heard of it! My English class is reading To Kill a Mockingbird right now. But it's sad how books are banned around the country. So many kids are deprived of such great literature.

I know..it is because many morons out there don't understand how great the literature is so they just go out and ban it...damn fascist
 
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post Oct 24 2006, 10:02 PM
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I have never heard of a week dedicated to it...

I have read so many banned books for school then, so I guess my school doesn't ban books?

School Requirements:
-To Kill a Mockingbird
-The Great Gatsby
-Catcher in the Rye
-Of Mice and Men
-Their Eyes Were Watching God
-Animal Farm

I have also read Charlotte's Web for fun.
 
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post Mar 9 2007, 10:36 PM
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The Satanic Verses, by Salman Rushdie, caused a fatwe authorized by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of Iran, against the author and the publication of his book. Many people died, and his books are banned in almost all Islamic nations, as well as in many western ones as well.

However, I haven't read it, and I've heard from some people that its a bit overrated. Has anyone read it who's willing to give me some feedback?

I just realized that though I'm only on the second page of the Books forum, the last post before mine is from October 2006. Wtf is going on, POST IN BOOKS MORE.
 
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post Mar 9 2007, 11:18 PM
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It's not Banned Book Week just yet, Ariel. stubborn.gif
 
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post Mar 9 2007, 11:22 PM
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SO WHAT I'M WRITING ABOUT BANNED BOOKS.

If you let me free I'll give you a dollar.
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post Mar 12 2007, 04:03 PM
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We have this zombie-manga book, I think titled "The Abandoned" that is about to be banned. As soon as my friend returns it to the library..

if he ever does. ;)

But usually, my school is open to all other books. I guess there was just too much homosexuality and dead people in this book :D
 
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