Comments on: 15 of the Most Controversial Books in the Western Canon

By: JediKnight

JediKnight — Tue, 24 May 2011 03:48:17 +0000

harry potter n lolita on the same list..haha

By: George

George — Mon, 09 May 2011 15:31:59 +0000

After reading the above list, i am now encouraged to Beat the record for the most obscene book ever written.
I want to write a book so Repulsive, so obscene, so nasty, and just plain absolutely sickening, and then it will be a best seller and will remain so for at least a decade. I want it to be so obscene and twisted that im placed on Americas most wanted, put on a TSA no fly list, and Black listed from re entering the usa.

and by doing so ill be rich, and famous.

By: YALL ARE CRAZY

YALL ARE CRAZY — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:52:44 +0000

seriously people if you have a problem with a boook then dont read it or dont let your child read it either!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU DONT HAVE TO PUNISH OTHER PEOPLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS BECAUSE YOU DONT LIKE A BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU HAVE A PROBLEM

By: LA Headshots

LA Headshots — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 08:39:05 +0000

Anarchist Cookbook? Probably a bad idea…just sayin.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 05:08:42 +0000

A Clockwork Orange: Anthony Burgess

By: Ras: Good Reads, Cool Views

Ras: Good Reads, Cool Views — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:11:07 +0000

[...] Shmoop, a beta site for high school humanities teachers, has helpfully outlined the 15 greatest banned books in English. Not a bad place to start a summer reading list for AP students.Shmoop [...]

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 09:58:44 +0000

What About “TEN LITTLE NIGGER BOYS AND TEN LITTLE NIGGER GIRLS BY NORA CASE”? Those where children books that where released in 1907 but its now extremely offensive to African-American Culture.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:06:31 +0000

I recently read about a parent that tried to ban Shel Silverstein’s Poetry, specifically “A Light in the Attic” and “Where the Sidewalk Ends,” because it supposedly encouraged suicide, disobediance, rude behavior, and cannibalism.

Fortunately, the school dismissed her claim. Honestly, people don’t give kids enough credit! Even an elementary student can tell that just because a character does something in book, that doesn’t mean they should do it, especially if it’s meant to be funny or silly.

If a kid reads a book about characters with real flaws, in a world where people aren’t always punished for bad behavior and rewarded for good, they’ll be much more likely to “click” with the book; they may even become lifelong readers!

And seriously, what kid will become a voodoo/pagan/druid after reading Harry Potter? No one. Besides, while spiritual things are real, the kind of magic in Harry Potter isn’t. No kid could become a wizard, no matter how much they want to, so really, parents have nothing to worry about. It seems like no one’s thinking of the obvious here.

By: PennyTration

PennyTration — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 22:35:24 +0000

shutup MarHin, you truly are an idiot.
and yeah, I was going to say Marquis De Sade myself…

By: William Friskey

William Friskey — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:20:27 +0000

Where would literature be without some of these titles. It just goes to show, something that’s degrading and offensive today could be a classic tomorrow. Not to mention that nobody ever benefits from limiting the amount of ideas in the world. I really enjoyed this. http://www.williamfriskey.blogspot.com