Along with various other banned/challenged books, the American Library Association has compiled a list of reasons that The Catcher in the Rye has been so highly banned. According the the list, “in 1963, a delegation of parents of high school students in Columbus, OH, [had] asked the school board to ban the novel for being ‘anti-white’ and ‘obscene’” (ALA). The book has been called “obscene” (ALA) often since then mainly due to the language that often used by Holden. Another time the book was removed from “Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania’s suggested reading list” (ALA) due to the parent outrage over the “language and content” (ALA) of the novel. This common theme of language continued on for many years, yet there are times when the book is banned
