Banned Books Week

[myrdden]

I am curious...what is so objectionable about "James and the Giant Peach"?


Myrdden

 

[blackshirt5]

Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Cujo by Stephen King
Carrie by Stephen King
The Dead Zone by Stephen King
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford

OK, lemme ask; why The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn? What's wrong with the Outsiders?

And Why Would You Ban Where's Waldo? Why would ANYBODY want to ban Where's Waldo? Are Satanic messages encoded in the crowds?

 

[Dinkeldog]

OK, lemme ask; why The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn? What's wrong with the Outsiders?

Tom and Huck speak in the vernacular of 1850s Missouri. They say "". Edit: Hmmm. I should have known. The smileys, btw, are the "N" word.

And Why Would You Ban Where's Waldo? Why would ANYBODY want to ban Where's Waldo? Are Satanic messages encoded in the crowds?

There's supposedly a topless sunbather in the beach scene.

 

[Umbran]

I am curious...what is so objectionable about "James and the Giant Peach"?

IIRC, it's the depiction of abusive adults, an/or that running away is a viable alternative.

I've also seen some folks take exception to Harry Potter books because of the abusive situation Harry suffers under at Privet Drive, to which an adult authority figure repeatedly returns him...

 

[blackshirt5]

And I suppose that Chocolate Cake and Beer(the breakfast of champions, although I can't quite remember if they specifically mention what he's eating[Emilio Estevez's character; I need to reread the books as his name escapes me at the moment] in the book) isn't the reason why the Outsiders is banned, but instead the deaths of Johnny, Dallas, and Leif Garrett's character?

 

[blackshirt5]

There's supposedly a topless sunbather in the beach scene.

I remember her!

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

I am curious...what is so objectionable about "James and the Giant Peach"?

Its been a long time since I read it, but James has 2 evil aunts that he disobeys in the book, and they keep him locked up (I think). Then he runs off inside the peach, has lots of adventures (some of which are of disgusting, in Roald Dhal's typical fashion) and in the end something happens to his aunts. I think...

Several of Dahl's books have been challenged, as he tends to write stories that have children who are "disobediant" to their parents or other adults, and he has childishly disgusting things happen to people. They end up getting challenged by people who feel that he is telling children that you "should" disobey your parents, when all he is doing is writing stories that kids find funny. I know I found him very funny as a child.

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

IIRC, the Aunts are run over by the Giant Peach and squished, in traditional Dahl fashion.

 

[WayneLigon]

IIRC, it's the depiction of abusive adults, an/or that running away is a viable alternative.

I've also seen some folks take exception to Harry Potter books because of the abusive situation Harry suffers under at Privet Drive, to which an adult authority figure repeatedly returns him...

To which we now know the reason for that!

 

[Kesh]

Correction: those of you who have read the books know the reason for that.