WHY DO YOU HATE ME!?!?!?!?!?!?
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WHY DO YOU HATE ME!?!?!?!?!?!?
An explanation
of why books are banned.
And Why they’re fun.
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1. Because Stalin didn’t like it• Nineteen Eighty-Four, By
George Orwell was banned in 1950 by Stalin because he thought it was a future view of his country.
• The ban was not lifted until 1990, and the book was only reprinted after editing
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2. Because Explosions are Fun• Fight Club, By Chuck
Palahniuk has been banned in China since 1999
• The Chinese government did not like that the book explained how to make explosives
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3. Because Catholics are Easily Offended
• The Golden Compass, by Phillip Pullman
• Kellenberg Memorial, a United States Catholic High school pulled the book from its library shelves because it negatively portrayed the Catholic Church (and all organized religion)
• The book’s view was not deemed offensive until the movie was released in 2007. The books sequels remain on the shelf
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4. For Treating People Nicely• Uncle Tom’s Cabin, By
Harriet Beecher Stowe• Was banned in the Southern
United States for abolitionist content
• Was also banned in Tsarist Russia because of parallels to treatment of Russian serfs
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5. Because Animals are not Humans!
• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carrol
• Was banned in the province of Hunan, China in 1931 for the portrayal of anthropomorphized animals acting on the same level as humans