Posted on 12/03/2004 10:47:10 AM PST by MaineRepublic
'Noble High Parent"
I like the title -- I think I'll use it from now on.
Wait till she reads "Heather has 2 Mommies".
This is the same mindset that got several literary works by Mark Twain banned because they contained the word "nigger." (*GASP* Run away! Run awaaaaaay!)
Will only thought of that after reading the Song of Solomon.
(2) Aside from the details of language and plot, the book is not really appropriate for the average 14-year old because it presents a very jaded, depressing and negative view of life. There are tons of far better books to read at the age of 14.
I like the title -- I think I'll use it from now on.
I always preferred "His Supreme A$$holiness," myself.
Never understood the hullabaloo about Salinger’s "The Catcher in the Rye". Even when I was younger. The only reason I read it was for the "good parts" the adults didn't want me to read. And wouldn't you know it - there were no good parts - just a whining young man who cussed. A little tepid and inane - maybe that's why liberals love it.
Can we round up the PC crowd and ship them somewhere, like say oh maybe MARS for instance.
Then we must ban "The Song of Solomon"......
As usual, the woman has not read the book. These people are so stupid that they don't know how much it damages their cause by NOT reading the book they want banned.
"I always preferred "His Supreme A$$holiness," myself."
LMAO
This moron never read the book, but she wants it banned!?! She is living proof of the inbreeding in Maine.
Is there a pool in regards to how many times her kid gets shoved into his locker for the remainder of the school year? I'll take 146.
Couldn't agree with you more.
I remember reading this book in high school myself, and found it hilariously amusing to watch my teacher's reaction when hearing my oral report on the novel.
I thought it was pap back then, and I think it's pap now.
While I don't think "Catcher In The Rye" should be banned from the library or anything, the parent who said that there are MUCH better examples of American literature is quite correct.
Regards,
This idiot and others like her just don't get it. The surest way to get people to read something is to ban it.
Her particular reasons aren't very good. But I happen to agree that Catcher in the Rye is a lousy book for schoolkids. The purpose of school is to help children to mature and grow wiser. Catcher in the Rye is custom designed to turn people into permanent adolescents.
A second reason for not reading it is that there are thousands of better novels that could be read instead.
Every school child is assigned Catcher in the Rye, To Kill a Mockingbird, Lord of the Flies, Suddenly Last Summer, and a similar assortment of books that came in during the 60s. I suppose you can say it's not bad, but it's hardly the best.
One of my kids is currently suffering through Somerset Maugham's Of Human Bondage. What a waste of good school time, when there are so many better books out there.
AMEN! I had to read it in 71-72 when my HS English teacher, fresh from the lib diploma factory, was just having a kaniption over its socially aware claptrap!....
And it's a very short book, too. You'd think she'd find a day or two to read it so she wouldn't look like so silly and uninformed. "I want this book banned... no, I haven't read it but I skimmed it and saw a few 'dirty' words..."
A far better book is Stop Time, but it's also far more risque.
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