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1984 | Why Nineteen Eighty-Four Should Be Read and Taught
James Davis contends that irrespective of its excellent literary merits, 1984 should be kept in the high school curriculum for its look at totalitarianism.
George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four has been challenged on such grounds as profanity, immorality, and obscenity. It has been charged with being Communistic, containing sex references, and being depressing. Some of these charges are absurd, and though some have a grain of truth when items are taken out of context, on the whole the book stands up well and though frequently challenged has a history of rarely being removed from classrooms and libraries. Critics, as well as readers in general, have recognized the book as significant and valuable since its appearance at the...
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