Catcher In The Rye Censorship Essay

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The Catcher In The Rye a novel written by J.D. Salinger was banned from schools across the country because it was considered too “inappropriate” for students. Through the last few centuries 1960’s all the way through the 1980’s schools and the community's were booked for the kids and students to read in schools. J.D. Salinger's book The Catcher In The Rye was considered a very graphic, moral, and malapropos book. People are trying to edge this book into the shadows because they do not find that the books they are banning are appropriate for the students. What parents aren't seeing is that these kids will hear and read these books at some point and the censorship will only challenge the students and their curiosity. The censorship will only …show more content…

Censorship is the suppression or complete bannedment of any sort of book, news, movie, ect. People wished to banned and censored Catcher In The Rye because it was seen as a disturbance and too graphic for people especially children and students to be reading. Although censorship by the government is considered unconstitutional and can not be done through the government communities and protest groups can however pressure the book into a censorship. This is how books back in the 60’s and 70’s were hidden from the public. Individuals and groups who choose to protest such books and movies and other for forms of literature are protected by the first amendment and can protest as the please. Due to this groups and individuals then have the power to censor books as they prefer.”People for the American Way, a group that opposes censorship , issued a report listing 172 incidents in 42 states of attempted or successful censorship in schools in the last year, illustrating what the group's president, Arthur Kropp, called “n unreasonable undercurrent of fear about the so-called 'dangers' of public school instruction.'' The report, the group's seventh annual censorship roundup, said efforts to restrict books and curriculums from classrooms and school libraries were on the rise nationwide, with nearly half of them succeeding.”[] This quote shows statistics about the censorship of the book and censorship in general and