Catcher In The Rye Banned Essay

Catcher in the Rye is a book that pushes the boundaries.All the way from sex acts to swearing it gets very touchy at some points within the novel.Catcher in the Rye has been banned from many schools throughout the US.what schools call the book is “Just Inappropriate”. According to Gradesaver,A censorship debate took place between 1966-1975 making it the most banned book in schools.When this debate took place many teachers were fired for assigning the book to their students requiring them to read it. Most of the debates were between school boards and districts.As a neighboring district would not have the book banned as the other school district would.In 1976 a bookseller in Oklahoma City a vendor had the book up for sale but a local censorship …show more content…
They also were saying that it was “explicitly pornographic” and, predictably, “immoral” .“In 1986 in Pennsylvania the book was assigned to a English class.After angry parents refused their children to read it the school board ended up voting for a book ban.The school board would not ban the book.The school board only allowed parents to have their kids not to read it. What I think the school board should of done was ban the book because it is only one book and there are a million other books out there for students to read. As of 9 states have been recorded trying to ban the book by asking all the school boards.Only because of the inappropriate nature of the book.This attempt by all nine states have not fully reached there goal.I don't think that the states should have a say in banning the book.I think it should be up to the parents of the child whether if they want their child to read the book.Catcher In the Rye has a message in it,it is not just a pointless book.It can have teenagers learn from there mistakes which is good.As you get older the actions of your mistakes tend have more and more harsher