Banned Book List:

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Confessions of Nat Turner

Lolita

The Color Purple

The Satanic Verses

Catch 22

The Catcher in the Rye

Fahrenheit 451

Grapes of Wrath

Animal Farm

The Da Vinci Code

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

– For this journal, pick one – only one – of the books listed below and research the context of its banning. Discuss the potentially controversial elements of your novel and how it is accepted in our country today, often times for the very reasons it may have been banned. Keep in mind the argument aspect of this class. What arguments surround or surrounded this novel? This is an MLA research journal entry, which should be between 300-500 words. 

– The reading of the entire novel is not required, but a quote directly from it and a correct citation of the novel itself (not a webpage on the novel) is recommended.