Banned Books
Banned books are books that have been challenged by someone and removed from a self for various reasons. The book “More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” was banned for graphic violence such as stories of a one armed man who escaped from an insane asylum who broke out and brutally murdered teenagers. There are is also a story of a man who was a jolly butcher who grounded up people and served them as “wonderful sausages”. There are also stories of the practice of satanic rituals. The author Alvin Schwartz constantly used graphic gore and all his stories in the book.
Alvin Schwartz paints a pretty graphic picture in reader’s minds with graphic violent stories. There was stories of murders such a cowboy who was in a gun fight with another man and his dog was there and after he was murdered the dog …show more content…
In the book there are acts of cannibalism in stories. One with a fat jolly butcher who grounded up his wife and mad her into sausages. The butcher sold them to the towns people talk about creepy. Just another reason for it to be challenged. I mean elementary age kids shouldn’t be reading stories of cannibalism.
With all the many things that make this book banned is the illustrations .Teachers and parents everywhere are complaining that the picture are graphic for children. The book was challenged by a school board in Michigan after just a week of being on the shelves. Children of all grades are being freighted by the book just another reason for it to be pulled from the shelf.
The book ‘More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” has many reasons to be banned. After all it was making its way to the number on the list of most challenged books from 1990-1999.The book has murders and other graphic crimes. It also contains stories of acts of cannibalism. Banning books seem like a waste of time and effort to me even though I believe the book should be banned they can’t stop people from reading
Banned books are books that have been challenged by someone and removed from a self for various reasons. The book “More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” was banned for graphic violence such as stories of a one armed man who escaped from an insane asylum who broke out and brutally murdered teenagers. There are is also a story of a man who was a jolly butcher who grounded up people and served them as “wonderful sausages”. There are also stories of the practice of satanic rituals. The author Alvin Schwartz constantly used graphic gore and all his stories in the book.
Alvin Schwartz paints a pretty graphic picture in reader’s minds with graphic violent stories. There was stories of murders such a cowboy who was in a gun fight with another man and his dog was there and after he was murdered the dog …show more content…
In the book there are acts of cannibalism in stories. One with a fat jolly butcher who grounded up his wife and mad her into sausages. The butcher sold them to the towns people talk about creepy. Just another reason for it to be challenged. I mean elementary age kids shouldn’t be reading stories of cannibalism.
With all the many things that make this book banned is the illustrations .Teachers and parents everywhere are complaining that the picture are graphic for children. The book was challenged by a school board in Michigan after just a week of being on the shelves. Children of all grades are being freighted by the book just another reason for it to be pulled from the shelf.
The book ‘More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” has many reasons to be banned. After all it was making its way to the number on the list of most challenged books from 1990-1999.The book has murders and other graphic crimes. It also contains stories of acts of cannibalism. Banning books seem like a waste of time and effort to me even though I believe the book should be banned they can’t stop people from reading