According to Wikipedia, “banned books are books or other printed works such as essays or plays which are prohibited by law or to which free access is not permitted by other means. The practice of banning books is a form of censorship, from political, legal, religious, moral, or (less often) commercial motives” (“List”). In other words, challenged and banned books is when a group of people or audience disapproves a book because of inappropriate content. Therefore, they remove or attempt to remove it permanently from libraries, so that others can not have availability to it. One book that has been challenged and banned was The Perks of Being a Wallflower, written by Stephen Chbosky. According to Gradesaver.com, Stephen Chbosky was born on January 25, 1970 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; which he is now currently 48 …show more content…
Chbosky), and his younger sister (Stacy Chbosky), which she is two years younger than him. For his education, “he attended the University of Southern California, and upper St. Clair High school. Later on he left Pittsburgh and went to the University of Southern California’s Film Writing Program” (“Biography”). According to Entertainment Weekly, Chbosky then got married on September 18, 2010 to his wife Liz Chbosky and they have two children together (“‘The Perks’”). Chbosky wrote The Perks of Being a Wallflower for many purposes. According to Layouth.com, Chbosky states, “‘ the truth is, I wrote the book for many personal reasons, and I’ve been very happy to see how many people have been able to relate to it’” (Interview). Therefore, after writing the book, he feels very satisfied because many people who has read his book has had a connection with it. He had several reasons of writing it, but one reason that he wrote it was because he has always had the thought of writing a story based of how The Perks of Being a Wallflower was