Censored Books

Censored Books

You could have gone to jail for reading them

Definition

Banned books are books to which free access is not permitted.

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Anne Franck

It was banned  because she talked about her body and explained how it felt to be a teenager.

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CHINA

Formerly banned in the province of Hunan, China, beginning in 1931, for its portrayal ofanthropomorphized animals acting on the same level of complexity as human beings. The censor General Ho Chien believed that attributing human language to animals was an insult to humans. He feared that the book would teach children to regard humans and animals on the same level, which would be "disastrous".[3]

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Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert was banned in France and Flaubert was prosecuted and subsequently acquitted for "offences against public morals" in 1857. The story is about a doctor whose young wife Emma Bovary falls in love with another man and then has a three-year-long affair with a rakish landowner Rodolphe Boulanger. After her plans to run off with Boulanger are thwarted by his indifference, Bovary has further unsuccessful liaisons and eventually kills herself.

Malaysia

The entire trilogy was banned in Malaysia from 2015 for containing "sadistic" material and "threat to morality"

Maya Angelou's Biography

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In 2011, TIME magazine named the book one of the 100 best and most influential books written in English since the beginning of the publication in 1923. It has been used in high schools and universities, and the book has been celebrated for creating new literary avenues for the American memoir. However, the book’s graphic portrayal of childhood rape, racism, and sexuality has caused it to be challenged or banned in some schools and libraries- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings has had thirty-nine public challenges or bans since 1983.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_banned_by_governments 

Homework.

Memorize the information on Maya Angelou.

Choose one banned book from the list and say why in your own words