3 Banned Books

  Fist of all, I would like to talk about one of the most popular books, Twilight Series. As far as I know, lots of teenagers are crazy about it, so do I. However, such a popular book had been banned for a period of time in 2007, but it came back on the shelves soon. The reason why Twilight Series was banned was that there are considerable amount of scenes are violent, involving too many bloody murder, which some people thought it would be harmful for children’s psychological development. What is more, no one in the world ensures whether the vampires exist or not, so Twilight Series are exactly fictional. Just like teenagers can be attracted by several video games. Fictional books and games really brought hidden troubles to children. For instance, in China, in 2008, a junior-high school student died of jumping from a building. Did the boy want to suicide? No, the local polices explained for this reason why this boy jumped from a building is that he was lost between the reality and the illusion, and he thought he had the super powers as the unreal characters that only exist in the books and games. It was such an unbelievable reason, and many people promised that they would never do the same stupid thing. However, I confirmed that boy also had been confident enough before he was obsessed with fictional contents too much.

  Secondly, “Brave New World”, written by Aldous Huxley, was banned in a large      scale, and only in the Coeur D’Alene District, this book was allowed to sell. Speaking of the reasons, some official institutions explained that there were too many sex and drug content in this book, which might cause an increasing criminal rate.

  Moreover, “How to eat fried worms”, written by Thomas Rockwell, was banned in La Paz and Indiana from 1990 to 1999, because it encouraged children to engage in unacceptable behavior in daily life. In addition, profanity and the promotion of gambling also involved in this book.