Thursday, October 4, 2012
Celebrating Banned Book Week: A Look at the Novels That Have Threatened the Moral Fabric of Our Nation. Or, You Know... Not really.
Posted by Zachary Gomes on Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 12:33 PM
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1984 — Fahrenheit 451 — The Giver
These three books are going together under “censored books that are themselves about the destructive effects of censorship and oppressive control.” You can only look like Big Brother after denying people these books. Honestly, would you rather be the kid who at least gets to experience the memories in The Giver or a goddamn ‘Birthmother’!
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