Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned

On 2025-02-15 13:59, J. J. Lodder wrote:

Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
 

On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 11:32:53 +0100, nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J.
Lodder) wrote:
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On Wed, 12 Feb 2025, Judith Latham wrote:
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Below are 25 of the most popular works of literature from the last
century that have been banned from schools, libraries, and, in some
cases, entire countries. For even more great books that have been
banned, including picture books like Dr. Seuss's The Lorax, check out
this list.

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Mini review time!
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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Boring!

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And thoroughly American-nasty.
The idea that it is allright to kill any bird for any reason,

For any reason? Have you actually read the book, or at least the passage including that part of the 'summary'. I wonder if you also read the rest of the summary. The summary I have states, right after the above,
This is a lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of this story - a black man charged with raping a white girl in the Deep South of the 1930s.

because you happen to feel that way, or just for target practice
put me off whatever else the book is trying to say.
Excepting Mockingbirds doesn't make it any better,

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Are you sure you know the story? That is, what the phrase actually
means?
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I have only seen it in movie form; perhaps the book is different.

 First line of the synopsis of the book:
"Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em,
but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."
It recurs in the text, as advice given to youngsters with air guns.
 You do know what a bluejay is, I hope?

I do, and in some areas it is a pest. Here's the passage in question.
That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it.
"Your father's right," she said. "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens,
don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts
out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."
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