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In an amazing Yahoo Answer, Kat Atredies (most likely a pseudonym) a student at a private school asks the question “Is it OK to run an illegal library from my locker at school?”
Let me explain.
I go to a private school that is rather strict. Recently, the principal and school teacher council released a (very long) list of books we’re not allowed to read. I was absolutely appalled, because a large number of the books were classics and others that are my favorites. One of my personal favorites, The Catcher in the Rye, was on the list, so I decided to bring it to school to see if I would really get in trouble. Well… I did but not too much. Then (surprise!) a boy in my English class asked if he could borrow the book, because he heard it was very good AND it was banned! This happened a lot and my locker got to overflowing with the banned books, so I decided to put the unoccupied locker next to me to a good use. I now have 62 books in that locker, about half of what was on the list. I took care only to bring the books with literary quality.
The books on her list include, but are not limited to, the following:
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
- The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Slaughterhouse-5
- Lord of the Flies
- Bridge to Terabithia
- Catch-22
- East of Eden
- The Brothers Grimm Unabridged Fairytales.
- Candide
- The Divine Comedy
- Paradise Lost
- The Godfather
- The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
- Animal Farm
Kat is bravely ensuring that her fellow students have access to some very fine literature. She is also taking her librarian duties seriously by keeping a log book with due dates and even curating her collection: “Twilight is banned also, but I don’t want that polluting my library.”
via Neatorama
