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th2203
th2203

Why would someone in the USA wish to ban To Kill a Mockingbird?

This could be in the present or the past.

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Posted by th2203 on Monday December 3, 2007 at 10:39 PM and tagged with banned, censorship, themes, to kill a mockingbird.

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  1. malibrarian Teacher
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    Apparently the objections to the book include the use of profanity and the violence, especially rape.  The eNotes link below will take you to an article about this very topic, which also says...

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    Posted by malibrarian on Tuesday December 4, 2007 at 12:52 AM

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    Though the violence and talk of rape in the novel can be upsetting, the most obvious answer is probably the use of the "n" word. To avoid or ignore it however, in a novel intended to...

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    Posted by dbralexander on Wednesday December 5, 2007 at 6:18 AM