The most shocking thing to me about the banning of books, are some of the reason given in which to get the books banned..
Diary of Anne Frank - depressing
Harry Potter - witchcraft, cults, satanism, death
James and the Giant Peach - Says the word Ass
Snow White -violence
I grew up watching Disney movies and listening to my family read these books, to have them banned really bothers me. James and The Giant Peach was a favorite movie growing up because of the humor, the insects and the way this little boy was creative enough to think up a way to escape his crazy aunts he was forced to live with. The only reason a child is going to mentally spin these stories into the violent, satanic, and offensive is because the idea if being brought to their attention. When a child is that young they do not care about the different ways Snow White and the 7 dwarfs could be violent.. They see a girl singing in the woods and falling in love with her prince!
The reasons for people banning books like The Diary of Anne Frank, are crazy! Yes this book is depressing, it was not written to be happy, it was written to share a story of what this family went through. No one should be treated like they were in the war, but if you do not teach of children about this, we are doomed to repeat it.
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