Uhm yeah, answer the question please(: aha, I love this book but my wonderful teacher is deciding to challenge me and I have to write a 5 paragraph essay on why I think it should be banned. Great, right? Well yeah, I can't think of any good reasons so if you'd help me out, I'd greatly appreciate it :D Please and thank you(:
Why should the book "Flowers for Algernon" be banned?
Why SHOULD it be banned? What kind of teacher would ask a stupid question like that??? I guess you could say because of the sexual themes like all the psychological observations Charly has as he gets smart. And the violent scene where he tries to rape Alice. I seriously can't think of any more.
Reply:In January 1970, the school board of Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada, as well as Calgary, Alberta, Canada, banned the novel-length expansion of Flowers for Algernon from the local grade-nine curriculum and the school library, after a parent complained that it was "filthy and immoral." The president of the BC Teachers' Federation criticized the action. Flowers for Algernon was part of the BC Department of Education list of approved books for grade nine and was recommended by the BC Secondary Association of Teachers of English. A month later, the board reconsidered and returned the book to the library; they did not, however, lift its ban from the curriculum.
While the full novel does contain material about the character's personal life (that is, flashbacks of experiences of puberty that may be objectionable to some readers), the original short story does not. It is on the American Library Association list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000 at number 47.
Reply:Hmmm, I really can't think of anything. {It's an amazing book} Maybe the sexual themes? Sorry I can't help more. =[
Reply:Because its making fun of the mentally challenged? possibly.
I love that book to, so its kinda hard. sorry =/
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