xFallenxAngelx
Writer's Block
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Posts: 19 | July 25th, 2008 at 03:33am What are banned books exactly? If they're banned, then why weren't they destroyed in the first place? |
Scarecrow Angel
Cliché Catastrophe
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Posts: 351 | July 25th, 2008 at 03:43am Generally books are banned by a political power because ideas they contain are considered a threat to society. Likewise, groups sometimes lobby to have books banned for 'moral' reasons, or because they are offensive. Banning can mean the book cannot be published or sold, but in some cases even possessing it can be illegal.
George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' was banned in parts of 20th Century Europe for having radical political notions, but that ban has since been lifted. Copies that survived were brought back into the public, and publishers began minting out new ones. Likewise, in communist countries and Germany under the Third Reich many books were banned by the reigning powers, but a few copies survived in secret, only to re-emerge later. |
StolenSerenity
Writer's Block
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Posts: 61 | July 25th, 2008 at 08:38am Four motivating factors having to do with the banning of books:
-Family Values
-Religion
-Political Views
-Minority Rights.
Source |
AmyPoptart
Cliché Catastrophe
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Posts: 332 | July 25th, 2008 at 05:36pm Scarecrow Angel:
George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' was banned in parts of 20th Century Europe for having radical political notions, but that ban has since been lifted. Copies that survived were brought back into the public, and publishers began minting out new ones. Likewise, in communist countries and Germany under the Third Reich many books were banned by the reigning powers, but a few copies survived in secret, only to re-emerge later.
I'm so glad some copies survived. It's a brilliant book. I studied it in class about 2 years ago, and I absolutely loved it. It's so clever and just... amazing. |
