Banned/Challenged Book Research Paper
The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby is usually a required book to read in a high school English classes across the United States. Since I read it in my junior year English class, I was quite surprised to find it on the frequently challenged young adult book list by the American Library Association (Kpekoll). I was also surprised to find it on many other lists where the book had actually been banned in some schools across the United States of America. The list, Banned & Challenged Classics is also maintained by the American Library Association (Banned & Challenged Classics). Many of the books on the lists from the American Library Association’s website surprised me because a majority of the classic books …show more content…
Scott Fitzgerald was published on April 10, 1925 in New York City. The book focuses on the “Roaring Twenties” and everything that comes along with that time. This classic piece of American fiction is noted for the author’s amazing way of capturing the incline and decline of the 1920s. The story is set in West Egg, Long Island. The book covers many different social issues like, partying, drinking, doing drugs, sex, and profanity. The story of the amazingly rich Jay Gatsby and his love for the gorgeous Daisy Buchanan takes place within many lavish parties on Long Island. This astonishing book depicts brutal realism, romance, and mystery. It is a great story that is set in the American 1920s era where the United States was busting and roaring like the parties at Jay …show more content…
Since I have read this book many times, in many different contexts, I believe that I have a good idea of what this book is about and the potential lessons it brings to the table. So, I feel that this book is a great teaching and learning tool for students and even teachers, no matter the age of the reader. I would use this book in a classroom of my own, but I would make sure it was in an age group that was old enough to understand and realize the reality of the 1920s rather than placing the context into their own reality of the twenty-first century. If I were to teach a lesson with this book, I would focus more on what the time period was about and not dwell on what vocabulary and language was being used in the text. This book is not a story that makes you feel good or happy at the end of it. It is one of those stories that catches your attention with the characters and the time period which is being depicted. Even though there is some profanity and sexual references in the story that is not what the story is all about. I feel that this is a great book to keep on the shelves of high schools and colleges because it is a great depiction of a time that is critical in American
The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby is usually a required book to read in a high school English classes across the United States. Since I read it in my junior year English class, I was quite surprised to find it on the frequently challenged young adult book list by the American Library Association (Kpekoll). I was also surprised to find it on many other lists where the book had actually been banned in some schools across the United States of America. The list, Banned & Challenged Classics is also maintained by the American Library Association (Banned & Challenged Classics). Many of the books on the lists from the American Library Association’s website surprised me because a majority of the classic books …show more content…
Scott Fitzgerald was published on April 10, 1925 in New York City. The book focuses on the “Roaring Twenties” and everything that comes along with that time. This classic piece of American fiction is noted for the author’s amazing way of capturing the incline and decline of the 1920s. The story is set in West Egg, Long Island. The book covers many different social issues like, partying, drinking, doing drugs, sex, and profanity. The story of the amazingly rich Jay Gatsby and his love for the gorgeous Daisy Buchanan takes place within many lavish parties on Long Island. This astonishing book depicts brutal realism, romance, and mystery. It is a great story that is set in the American 1920s era where the United States was busting and roaring like the parties at Jay …show more content…
Since I have read this book many times, in many different contexts, I believe that I have a good idea of what this book is about and the potential lessons it brings to the table. So, I feel that this book is a great teaching and learning tool for students and even teachers, no matter the age of the reader. I would use this book in a classroom of my own, but I would make sure it was in an age group that was old enough to understand and realize the reality of the 1920s rather than placing the context into their own reality of the twenty-first century. If I were to teach a lesson with this book, I would focus more on what the time period was about and not dwell on what vocabulary and language was being used in the text. This book is not a story that makes you feel good or happy at the end of it. It is one of those stories that catches your attention with the characters and the time period which is being depicted. Even though there is some profanity and sexual references in the story that is not what the story is all about. I feel that this is a great book to keep on the shelves of high schools and colleges because it is a great depiction of a time that is critical in American